Sandy Mouche

Sandy Mouche is a Swedish band from Lund, Skåne County, southern Sweden. It consists of songwriter- and singer couple Martinique and Helena Josefsson, and the brothers Per (drums) and Ola (guitar) Blomgren. On live shows they bring a bassist and a pianist. They sing in English and French.

andy Mouche was born ...(2001)

Sandy Mouche was created in the fall of 2001. Helena and Martinique were on holiday in Crete, Greece, with Per (who had played with Helena in other bands for six years) and his girlfriend, Hanna. Martinique played his song, "A Year" for the group. It was then that they collectively decided to form a band.

Searching for a name, they were inspired by their surroundings: Back on the beach, Per played with the hot sand and shouted "sandy!" Helena looked at her friends, and noticed they all had a mouche on their faces. The name clicked, to the band it sounded like a woman's name, about whom they would make up stories. Following the name was the idea to sing in both English and French. According to the band, they picture Sandy Mouche as "a young woman who lives in every band member making sure we stay on the right track". Per's brother Ola joined the band shortly after.

The E.P. (2003) and White Lucky Dragon (2004)

The band recorded demo's in Per's bedroom, and in a studio along with Danyal Taylan, who would play the bass from then point until 2004. Sandy Mouched recorded and released an EP, which they sent to producer Christoffer Lundquist, whom the band felt to be "the perfect collaborator". Sandy Mouche decided they would release their first album, "White Lucky Dragon" (2004) on their own label, Magpie Music.

"White Lucky Dragon" was released in Sweden and Japan.

... and poems for the unborn (2006)

"...and poems for the unborn" is the band's latest album, and it was self-financed, with Playground Music Scandinavia and Junk Music handling the distribution. It was recorded and mixed over a 10-day period. Unlike the first album, the songwriters wrote separately for their second album, which resulted in a more diverse release than their debut, counting ABBA, jazz, disco, pop, and even children's music among its influences. According to the band, they made the kind of album they would like to buy themselves.

Future plans

Since 2006, Helena Josefsson, Martinique Josefsson, Per Blomgren and Ola Blomgren have been working in solo projects, although Sandy Mouche will probably record a new album soon, according to Helena and Martinique. They have also made some promotion of "…and poems for the unborn" with gigs in France and Switzerland.

On February 28, 2007, Helena Josefsson released her first solo album, "Dynamo", produced by Christoffer Lundquist. Helena has worked with Per Gessle (Roxette), The Ark, Righteous Boy, Swan Lee, Andreas Johnson, Sebastian Karlsson, Gyllene Tider... and is a member of Son of a Plumber. "Dynamo" does not break the Sandy Mouche project: in fact Martinique Josefsson and Per Blomgren have been working in Helena's solo project (in the studio and/or in the gigs).

Since September 2007, Sandy Mouche is recording a new album. They are recording in Per Blomgren's house, so the album will be produced by themselves. This time Martinique has written all the songs. Helena Josefsson takes part in vocals but she is also working in her second solo album.

Albums by Sandy Mouche

* Sandy Mouche (spring 2003) - ep
* White Lucky Dragon (September 2004) - just in Sweden and Japan
* ...and poems for the unborn (January 2006) - in Sweden, Belgium and Australia

Albums by Helena Josefsson

* Dynamo (February 2007)

ingles by Sandy Mouche

* Une histoire (2005)
* In the sand (2005)
* Spiderweb suit (2005)

ingles by Helena Josefsson

* By Your Side (2006)
* Never Never (My Dynamo) (2007)
* Where Does the Unused Love Go? (2007)

Videography by Sandy Mouche

* Cherry pie (dir. Johan Tholsson)
* C’est pas juste (dir. Per and Ola Blomgren)
* Papillon (dir. Jeffry Rich)

Videography by Helena Josefsson

* By Your Side.

Links

* [http://www.sandymouche.com Official site for Sandy Mouche]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sandymouche Sandy Mouche's Myspace]
* [http://www.helenajosefsson.com Helena Josefsson's Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/helenajosefsson Helena Josefsson's Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/martiniquejosefsson Martinique Josefsson's Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/perspop Per Blomgren's Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/andtheblacksparrow Ola Blomgren's Myspace]
* [http://www.phpbb88.com/helena/ Official Helena Josefsson Fan Forum]
* [http://helenamouche.blogspot.com Le Journal des Mouches - News about Helena, Sandy Mouche and Son of a Plumber]
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