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SIDECHILD

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 on january 27th.

Sidechild just came back from a tour in Japan and will play shows both in Sweden and other European countries during 2010.