Matisse & Sadko and SIX40TWO make it Whole Again
- Matisse & Sadko join forces with SIX40TWO on "Whole Again", out now on Tomorrowland Music. It is a warm, organ led progressive house record that took more than two years to finish.
"Whole Again" came together almost by accident. Aleksandr and Yury Parkhomenko, Matisse & Sadko, were in the studio, stumbled on an organ sound they liked and started playing around with a few chords. The emotion in those chords instantly made the brothers think of one voice, SIX40TWO, the project of British singer and songwriter John Newman, so they sent him the idea and he loved it right away. Then the record sat unfinished for over two years, until the duo finally came back to it and brought it to life. That patience is audible: the organ still sits at the centre of the song, and around it the two build the kind of wide, emotional moment they have made their signature.
Few duos are better placed to land it. The Russian born siblings broke through globally with "SLVR" alongside Steve Angello, released as the 100th record on SIZE Records, and went on to build a defining creative partnership with Martin Garrix across "Dragon", "Together", "Forever", "Mistaken", "Hold On" and "Won't Let You Go". Their catalogue of progressive house anthems counts hundreds of millions of combined streams, released across STMPD RCRDS, Tomorrowland Music, Musical Freedom, Spinnin' Records and their own label Monomark Music. Along the way they have worked with Tiësto and Steve Angello, and taken their sound from the Tomorrowland Mainstage to iconic venues around the world. "Whole Again" is the next chapter of that story.
"Whole Again" is out now on Tomorrowland Music.
Stijn Maris