It’s the city of Stockholm, the middle of the 90s, and a four-year-old boy sits in front of the TV set in a living room. With a mesmerized stare only kids can possess he’s placed himself less than an inch away from the screen, vividly conducting his little arms with a surprisingly accurate precision, following every dramatic move the violinist in the state broadcasted television program makes. When spotted by his grandmother, this young classic concert enthusiast gets his musical interest taken seriously from the very start. She puts a violin in the little boys hands.
At the age of 20 Kim Cesarion came in contact with songwriter Arnthor Birgisson, from the production and management team Aristotracks. A two-year experimentation in the Aristotracks studio began to find just the right musical style for Kim Cesarion.
After all, his childhood had been filled to the brim with music like Soca/Calypso, Zouk, Reggae/Dancehall, Blues, Funk, classical music and modern r’n’b, and the addition thereto of Kim Cesarion’s own music heroes – greats like Prince, D’Angelo and Stevie Wonder, the musical exploring in the studio was a lot of hard work.
Influenced by his very own musical canon, funk masters like Prince and George Clinton sets the standard: Kim Cesarion says that when performing live a true artist should give the audience an experience beyond the records. Basically just make songs for the stage.
