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SideChild

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Sidechild, the moniker for a Swedish guy with crazy hair called Pontus, has definitely been taking his time to complete his first album.Sidechild had for years been writing songs that didn’t fit in to the music projects he was involved in back then. These songs were all deeply personal, folky pop songs and differed a lot from the funk and R..n..B music he was working on at the time.But it wasn’t until a computer crash had wiped out all the home made recordings he’d made that he decided that he had to gather all his notes and see if any of the songs were worth recording for real. He went through his old song pads and played some stuff to his friends in music/producer collective Soundhabits Stockholm. Uplifted by the encouraging words he got from them he decided that it was time to put some of his other projects aside and start to focus on his own music.The name Sidechild came to him in a dream where he was trying to explain how his side project was really his lovechild and by merging the two words Sidechild was born.In the autumn of 2007 Sidechild recorded a 3-song demo that through some friends reached the ears of The Magic Numbers lead singer Romeo Stodart. Excited by the songs Romeo sent Sidechild an email offering him the opening slot for The Magic Numbers Christmas tour in Sweden and Finland. Before he knew it Sidechild was playing his very first gigs in front of audiences of thousands of people.2008 was a year of ups and downs for Sidechild. A record deal in France fell through last minute and the stress of finishing the debut album was starting to take it’s toll and Sidechild grew more and more dissatisfied with the recordings he’d done so far. At the same time he had some great gigs around Sweden and he was writing loads of new songs – songs he felt were much stronger than the ones he’d worked on before.By the end of 2008 Sidechild decided to bin most of his old recordings and head back into the studio. This time only working with a tightly knit group of musicians and producers and together they quickly started to realise the full potential of Sidechild’s music.In the spring of 2009 all the songs were recorded and mixed and now there is finally a Sidechild album ready for release. Music For Children will be out in the autumn and the first single Nothing Like Love is already available on iTunes and other digital music stores.Sidechild is currently doing a lot of small gigs in Sweden and is also booked to do five gigs in Tokyo in late October and early November.


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Member Since: 20/01/2007
Band Website: www.soundhabits.se
Sounds Like: "whimsical folk music with a healthy does of soul" Knoxroad.com ..................................... "Blue eyed soul meets Thomas Di Leva" Headlock .......................................................... "... so I hope that this means that I don't have to play for more than one loop" A lazy drummer from Billy Momo ..................... "A stroke of genius" Romeo Stodart, The Magic Numbers
Record Label: soundhabits
Type of Label: Indie

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video: Nothing Like Love

Nothing Like Love
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:41:00 GMT

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Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:51:00 GMT

Sidechild far from wild child

http://www.knoxroad.com/2009/06/18/sidechild-far-f... Yup! Feelin the love from the blogs
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:13:00 GMT

Sidechild - Hey Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH6dWy6qXWU Live at Nada
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:30:00 GMT

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Just to let you know that we are playing in Stockholm a few times this summer, check events for details. More dates will be up there shortly.We are also going to Tokyo! Playing a few shows in late oct...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:41:00 GMT

New songs here now

4 new songs! Listen!
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:46:00 GMT

mixing

I'm mixing in studio 301, Solna, Sweden. We've got til midnight. Hopefully we'll have 16 songs finished after this session but I think we might have to mix some of them back at the Bastu tomorrow.But ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:01:00 GMT

thanks

Thanks 4 listening!Love!SC
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:36:00 GMT

what a day!

Recorded strings today. It sounds really, really good.Excited!Here soon!Love!SC
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Bon Iver

My sister thinks I should sound more like Bon Iver. I'd love to. But I don't. Here's panic.Love,SC
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:55:00 GMT