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GOMMA
Indie rock/Dance punk/Funk
2009/3/23

Copenhagen,
Denmark

Band Members
Tomas Hoeffding, Bass/Vocal.
Jeppe Kjellberg, Guitar/Vocal.
Tomas Barfod, Drums

非常贊的丹麥三人組，實在太適合這個季節聽了。2003年建隊，第三張專輯。時間不長，樂隊本身就是奇妙的組合，一個先鋒派的爵士樂吉他手，一個原來在搖滾樂隊干的主唱，加上一個玩DJ的鼓手，出來的是什麼東西也只有你聽了才知道了..來自斯堪的納維亞的清晰自在和現代流行電子樂的完美結合，甜蜜的復古電子，它不會拘泥於任何一種形式，但絕對有一個後果，讓你在不經意之間練習了一次“悶騷”。

1. TV Friend
2. Plot, The
3. Small Town City
4. Trickster
5. Keep Me In My Plane
6. This Train
7. Office Clerk

8. Ode To Joy
9. Motown Bizarre
10. I Lost My Voice
11. Cyborg
12. Raveo
13. Working After Midnight



Danish trio Who Made Who manipulate embellished bass lines and seamless electronics into classy pop the likes of Hot Chip, Late of the Pier and Mr. Oizo drool over. As a matter of fact, Hot Chip have asked to remix WMW’s latest single, TV Friend. Copenhagen’s finest skeleton-suited gents have delivered on their earlier promise of 2005’s self-titled debut which was Gomma Records’ sleeper hit of the year. Out The Door was a prime example of a tiny budget stretched to alarming lengths and layered with synth, and falsetto vocals, culminating in dancefloor destiny.

A group with talent in spades, Who Made Who enticed legendary engineer Christian Wright (of Abbey Road Studios) to master the entire album. This provides the backdrop for the three distinctive personalities to unfold throughout The Plot. Bass player Tomas Høffding possesses a wicked falsetto which features in most tracks, whilst Jeppe Kjellberg carries the ‘70s groove via guitar. Tomas Number Two, Tomas Barfod (aka Tomboy), accessorises the simple melodies and lyrics with all the talent he lends to the electro/house scene.

Most tracks carry the polish of modern music, yet the rough pop edges are left in tunes such as the horror film-like Trickster and Flamenco-inspired I Lost My Voice. Such complexities enable Who Made Who to appeal to such a wide audience, as they refuse to pigeonhole their approach to dirty disco beats.

Obvious standout tracks include titular track The Plot, which blends zany Human League-esque pop friendliness with Soulwax disco, and Tomas Høffding’s staple falsetto. ‘60s funk is dragged through the mud in Keep Me In My Plane, whilst Led Zeppelin and Bowie join forces on rocking dance-off This Train, a song I’d love to shake some action to. Motown Bizarre is exactly as the title suggests, with a bassline you could trace along the Great Wall of China. Toward the end we have Raveo is a filthy ode to Benny Benassi’s Satisfaction, yet better.

In hindsight – and hindsight is a wonderful thing – The Plot is not the perfect album. Yet it doesn’t have to be; it provides an appetiser to the bigger and better things we can come to expect from the funk-tacular Danes in catsuits. A thick slathering of funk goes down nicely in Copenhagen, it seems.

The Plot is out 21 March on Gomma through Inertia.