The Child ft. Anna Sofía Skoradal

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Anna Iachino wrote The Child as a young teenager when her dream of becoming a dancer was destroyed because of religion and culture. It’s the only poem that she managed to keep hidden for all these years, until composer Arnold Ludvig found it and composed music for it on Ableton Live.

When asked what words were to be read on Anna’s behalf for her mother’s funeral, her poem, The Child came to mind as her mother’s mind became like that of a child with her dementia, free at last to express herself, laughing, singing, and clapping her hands for all to hear and cheer.

The Child is MonkeyRat’s first electronic song composed solely on Ableton Live by Arnold Ludvig and sung by up-and-coming rising star Anna Sofía Skoradal. A live performance of the song delighted the audiences at Copenhagen Winter Jazz Festival with MonkeyRat’s award winning musicians. The genre is bedroom pop/dream pop/neo-soul, MonkeyRat’s first of its kind, recorded and mixed by Arnold Ludvig.

Additional mix by Kurt Uenala and mastered by Kurt Uenala, Grammy award nominated producer of Depeche Mode.

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The Child

I saw you again
Your smile was gone

I saw you in pain
Your time was drawn

You shed a tear
I wiped it off your cheek

You touched me
I trembled, I felt weak

A burning sensation
Entered my heart

I looked away
You tore me apart

For the first time I cried
I wanted to stop - I swear I tried

You fell into my arms
Like a child would

I kissed you twice
As best as I could

I closed your eyes
You opened mine
I saw how a lovely person dies

(instrumental)

You fell into my arms
Like a child would

I kissed you twice
As best as I could

I closed your eyes
You opened mine
I saw how a lovely person dies

By: Anna Iachino © KODA 2006
(written in 1976)

credits

released March 18, 2022
Lyrics: Anna Iachino

Music: Arnold Ludvig

Vocals: Anna Sofía Skoradal

Producers: Anna Iachino & Arnold Ludvig

Mix: Arnold Ludvig & Kurt Uenala

Master: Kurt Uenala

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MonkeyRat Sandur, Faroe Islands

MonkeyRat released the following albums and singles: Fuck The Jante Law - 2010. Sunshine - 2012. 4 funky singles w/ The Hentze Horns - 2016. Get into The Light - hip-hop/gospel single w/ Debbie, Deborah, & Joanita - 2018. funky Good Morning Reykjavík single - 2020, pop U Gotta Love Being U single - 2020. The Child ft. Anna Sofía Skoradal dream pop - 2022. psychedelic rock Isolation - 2022. ... more

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