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- WhoMadeWho
- ReleaseProduct
- Synchronicity
- Label
- Kompakt
- Catalogue Number
- Kompakt 427 D
- Release Date
- November 13, 2020
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On Synchronicity, WhoMadeWho call on friends old and new – Michael Mayer, Echonomist, Adana Twins, Alex Boman, Robag Wruhme, Frank Wiedemann, Sainte Vie, Mano Le Tough, Marc Piñol, Rebolledo, and Perel is the cast list; WhoMadeWho direct the material, shaping it into one lovingly flowing gem of dance-pop glory. Tomas Barfod’s penchant for electronic music poetically juxtaposed with Tomas Høffding and Jeppe Kjellberg’s respective backgrounds in rock and jazz, gives their music an electrifying combination of sounds, merging a variety of influences to produce a unique sonic fingerprint that is emotive, irresistible and immensely satisfying. Though we both have yet to strike a note together since the release of their 2012 full length “Brighter” (KOM 254), WhoMadeWho have been remarkably productive. With two full lengths, a DJ mix for Watergate’s series and releasing two of 2019’s most played out club tracks together with Rampa (Innervisions) and Artbat (Watergate Records), the trio have found themselves diving more and more into the world of electronic music, tapping into their goldmine of connections within the scene to spearhead an array of collaborations. “We have always been very fortunate to meet and know many talented producers. In recent years, we have been exploring those relationships with different remixes and collaborations, and every time something exciting came out. That’s why we started our Synchronicity project. To challenge ourselves making inspiring, fun and beautiful music.‘Synchronicity’ means "the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection. This very well describes how our path led to the place we are now – somewhere between the club and indie scenes.” – WhoMadeWho Synchronicity is all about ‘meaningful coincidences’ – bringing interpretation to bear on connections that have no actual causal relationship. It’s a canny concept to pin onto Copenhagen trio WhoMadeWho’s latest album, which sees them return to Kompakt for the first time since 2012’s Brighter. This re-established connection helps us to understand the synchronicity at play, the way that the WhoMadeWho core ave built an album around collaboration with friends and peers, much as Kompakt is all about cross-connections and family. There’s something particularly generous about hearing an album as all-inclusive and open-hearted as Synchronicity in the midst of the profound social and cultural shifts we’re currently experiencing. While some songs on Synchronicity were recorded together, in real time, such as the collaborations with Adana Twins and Rebolledo, most of them have taken place via long distance, thanks to the pandemic lockdown. But you don’t need to know who was where to understand either the magnesium-flare melancholy of “Sooner”, recorded with Piñol, which has you holding your breath with the gentle thrill of the song’s lush melody, or the stomping strut of the following Adana Twins collaboration, “Shadow Of Doubt”. Elsewhere, there’s the stentorian robot voice at the heart of “Hamstring”, where they’re joined by Michael Mayer; the lustrous headsoak of “Twenty Tears”, a tender intervention by Rebolledo; the strip-light, slow-motion disco strut of “Cecil”, produced alongside Echonomist; or the glittering, arpeggio dreamwork that Perel helps sculpt into shape on “Der Abend birgt keine Ruh.”... Really, there’s so much to celebrate here, a panoply of pleasures. From pop revelations to dancefloor delirium to slow-burning brooders, Synchronicity is just that; a space for the joys of the unexpected to collide, and to be given meaning by their coincidental co-existence in WhoMadeWho’s beautiful world.
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Dream Hoarding
WhoMadeWho / Frank Wiedemann
5:59
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Hibernation
WhoMadeWho / Sainte Vie
6:28
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Oblivion
WhoMadeWho / Mano Le Tough
7:00
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Sooner
WhoMadeWho / Marc Pinol
5:38
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Shadow Of Doubt
WhoMadeWho / Adana Twins
7:01
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Anywhere In The World
WhoMadeWho / Axel Boman
6:54
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Cecil
WhoMadeWho / Echonomist
7:23
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Der Abend Birgt Keine Ruh
WhoMadeWho / Perel
6:27
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Hamstring
WhoMadeWho / Michael Mayer
6:30
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Twenty Tears
WhoMadeWho / Rebolledo
6:53
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Peter Pan Me
WhoMadeWho / Frank Wiedemann
6:05
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If You Leave
WhoMadeWho / Robag Wruhme
6:47
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Track List
1/A1 WhoMadeWho & Frank Wiedemann – Dream Hoarding
2/A2 WhoMadeWho & Sainte Vie – Hibernation
3/A3 WhoMadeWho & Mano Le Tough – Oblivion
4/B1 WhoMadeWho & Marc Piñol – Sooner
5/B2 WhoMadeWho & Adana Twins – Shadow Of Doubt
6/B3 WhoMadeWho & Axel Boman – Anywhere In The World
7/C1 WhoMadeWho & Echonomist – Cecil
8/C2 WhoMadeWho & Perel – Der Abend Birgt Keine Ruh
9/C3 WhoMadeWho & Michael Mayer – Hamstring
10/D1 WhoMadeWho & Rebolledo – Twenty Tears
11/D2 WhoMadeWho & Frank Wiedemann – Peter Pan Me
12/D3 WhoMadeWho & Robag Wruhme – If You Leave
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