French musician Jimmy Whoo has blended genres and ethnicities, while also using one of the rarest synthesizers in the world, on his most recent track “6 De La Manana.”
This is a hypnotic electronic track with a catchy, steady beat featuring Peruvian-American singer/songwriter/producer A.CHAL on vocals singing both English and Spanish. It is just the first part of an ongoing project called World News that will be released in segments from now until July.
“I like to connect people,” said Jimmy Whoo. “That’s what I like about electronic- it can connect a lot of people together from different parts of the world. That’s why it is called World News because it is something very global. I think that’s the purpose of music.”
The story behind “6 De La Manana” starts with Jimmy Whoo going to Los Angeles two years ago and visiting the Vintage Synth Museum, where the Gleeson Crystal Synthesizer was available. There are only 10 in the world, and Jimmy Whoo was able to rent it for an hour and came up with the chords for “6 De La Manana.”
Jimmy Whoo currently owns a studio in Paris called Ciel Rouge that attracts major acts, which is where he was introduced to A.CHAL.
“This is a place where artistic people meet,” Jimmy said. “It’s the purpose of the place- to make collaborations. It’s like a crossover of genres in Paris. People meet, they do music and they don’t care about what genres they come from. They just share their experiences.”
A.CHAL is mostly in the hip-hop and R&B world, while Jimmy delves in electronic and disco. This track has a little of both going on.
“We are different but we like the same thing at the end, so we just mixed our genres,” said Jimmy Whoo. “I’m French, born and raised in Paris. So we tried to put a little bit of all our influences into the music.”
Jimmy Whoo produced the track at his studio and A.CHAL gave it a listen. He knew right away that he loved it and wanted to be a part of it. They recorded the whole night, and the song was finished in a week. A.CHAL stuck around and recorded several songs before heading back to the United States.
“I didn’t know if it would be a proper track,” Jimmy Whoo said. “It was kind of a surprise. At first the song was in English. With my friend, the engineer at the studio, we told him he should do it in Spanish, too. In the end it’s in English, Spanish and it’s a French produced track, so it’s interesting.”
Jimmy Whoo started DJing in 2011, and then began creating beats for rap music. After attending beat parties that attracted high profile rappers like Mos Def, he and his friends created their own collective called Grande Ville that included a studio he managed. This studio attracted the likes of big name artists like Drake. At the time he was still making music on the side, and in 2014 he went to America where he traveled from New York to Los Angeles. This is when Jimmy Whoo created “Motel Music,” which he says is a genre in himself. It was named because he was living out of motels throughout his journey, and represents the relationship he has with America.
“6 De La Manana” is part of three EP/mixtapes that include a total of 24 tracks, with the next release coming in February.
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