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Whomadewho
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Out of 17 votes - Similar Artists: Fischerspooner, The Faint, The Presets
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Editor's review
Gomma records leftfield disco trio Whomadewho infiltrated the record crates of all the European hipster electro DJs in 2005 with their version of labelmate Munk's "Kick Out The Chairs!" track that features James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Everyone from electro-house wonderkind Mylo to mashup kings Soulwax/2ManyDJs have toted Whomadewho's production prowess--and while it'd be easy to mistake them for the disco-punk artist of the minute, don't. The Scandinavian threesome's ultradiverse backgrounds adds to the genre casserole that mixes in punk, snyth pop, surf rock, and just about everything in between.
Biography
They play DISCO. But not so much mixing it with (Post) Punk and New Wave like so many other bands right now. WhoMadeWho use lot more influences: from Surfrock to Folk to 70ies Funk. And sometimes it feels like the guys heard a dose of Italodisco and Cosmic tapes before recording.
One of the interesting things about WhoMadeWho is the fact that all the three members have totally different backgrounds. Tomas Barfod the drummer is known as one of Skandinavia's best electronic DJ's and has published acclaimed records on Get Physical, Kitsune and Gomma under his moniker TOMBOY. Jeppe Kjellberg , guitar player, used to live in NYC where he was established in the local Avantgarde Jazz scene. He even recorded an album with former Lounge Lizzard guitar player DAVIS TRONZO. And Tomas Hoeffding (the bass player) is also member of Danish garage rock band Garbo..
The band released only three singles in the last year - but these 12inches caused a good buzz and heavy rotations with DJ's all over the place. Especially the single SPACE FOR RENT (and The Rapture's remix of it) is currently getting a huge response (Leftfield single of the issue in DJ mag), and their cover version of Benny Benassi's Satisfaction is still a hit in many clubs. The album?s second single OUT THE DOOR was remixed by French producers IN FLAGRANTI and SUPERDISCOUNT and has been getting good exposure in clubs worldwide.
Pete Tongfeatured it in his Radio One Essential charts and 2 MANY DJ?s featured a few WhoMadeWho Songs in their latest Radio One mix. MTV in France and Italy and MTV in UK put the video on rotation. The 2 MANY DJ'S/ SOULWAX guys are such huge fans of WhoMadeWho that they invited the band to do their live support on their big UK tour in autumn 2005. Same with MYLO who invited the band to support them on their tours.
UK Press quotes:
"Brilliant!"(NME)
"...focused and brilliant." (iD sept 2005)
"while the record is super fun, the band is even better live!" (Dazed & Confused)
"Should coax even the shyest of floors back from the death!"(DJ mag)
NME about WHOMADEWHO's Remix of MUNK's Kick out the chairs!:One of our favorite dance tracks of the year!
