‘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.
They then 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…
