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ORPHAN SONGS

About Me


Carl-Otto Johansson lives in Kalmar on the South-East coast of Sweden, and makes music under the name Orphan Songs. He was singer and songwriter in the Swedish indie band Eyedrop who released the critically acclaimed album “You And Me Vs. The Machine” back in 2002 on Swedish indie Dead Frog Records. Eyedrop split up in 2005 in the early stages of recording their second album and in the aftermath of the break-up, Carl-Otto got single custody over the songs left behind – his “Orphan Songs".
Soon his family of melodies got bigger as he started writing new material and set out to record a solo album, a project that took years to complete. Produced in his home studio, Carl-Otto plays almost every instrument himself with occasional help from his former Eyedrop bandmates - drummer Mathias Jonsson and bassist Henrik Johansson.
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Member Since: 19/04/2006
Band Website: www.orphansongs.com
Band Members: Carl-Otto Johansson and accomplices
Sounds Like: a sweet summer breeze in a duet with a computer fan
Record Label: Pennybags
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Deadlines Rock!

http://iloapp.orphansongs.com/blog/news?Home&post=...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:00 GMT

Youtube surprise.

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Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:00 GMT

Harmonies & Dane Cards

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Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:00 GMT

New website

http://iloapp.orphansongs.com/blog/news?Home&post=...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:06:00 GMT

Nyebo Recording Sessions

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Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:06:00 GMT

New blog

Check the new blog for news: http://news.orphansongs.com/#home
Posted by on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:48:00 GMT

6/10 Review - Zero

"Kalmar-sonen Carl-Otto Johanssons soloskiva under namnet Orphan Songs är en trevlig, heminspelad (men det hörs inte) singersongwriterplatta med flera fina melodier och en soft ljudbild, där de akusti...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:21:00 GMT

4/5 - Review at Musiklandet.se

(Translation further down)   Stundtals mästerligt "Det finns tillfällen då jag funderar över meningen med att ägna timmar, dygn, veckor, månader åt att gräva ner mig i musik och leta nytt nytt n...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:28:00 GMT

4/5 - Review in Sydsvenskan

4/5 - Håkan Engström, Sydsvenskan "Under namnet Eyedrop gjorde han en briljant och mycket anglofil popplatta 2002, medan han ännu bodde i Malmö. Det bandets rytmsektion hjälper till på några spår, men...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:20:00 GMT

4/5 - Review at Joyzine.se

Joyzine.se Betyg: 4/5 "Kan Leonard Cohen skriva en låt baserad på ordet hallelujah och få varenda skönsjungande credputte i världen att tolka den kan väl jag också. Det var förmodligen inte alls så C...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:39:00 GMT