Where there is sin there is hope (Sokrates)
Some things never change and sometime it is for g.o.o.d. the dark pearl of SIN was there ripe in its oyster long before teenage angst had invaded electronic music, the weltschmerz from the likes of portishead had turned into empty formalism and former SIN-member richard d. had launched a project that added a "k&" to his initial. New ground was broken and barely anyone noticed. what a micro-size backyard industry had welded together: a redefinition of cool, a fine tuned seismographic instrument for reality checks. Against all odds nothing was lost, the brilliance remains. Heartbroken electronica, lovelorn songs, very slow and very moving. Dont be fooled by the fact that SIN`s sound is easy, warm & soothing, this is no invitation to lounge music mongers and boutique sound suckers. This is a strong brew with countless side-effects. still you could take in these songs like exotic long-drinks, but only when your heart is switched off while listening. in fact very dirty tricks are played here on the common images of glamour, desire & things available for money. Welcome to the world of tortured super-models, eartha kitted vocalisms and suddenly-being-not-so-sure-anymore. This is essentialism vs. mere fx, movement vs. hedonism. Its not by chance that the members of sin are on the forefront of the counter-measures against the current austrian right-wing government. If david lynch would have looked a lttle bit further he, some years ago, would have opted for SIN as his euro partners in crime, rather than the tasteless crypto-teutonism of rammstein. But the world is full of sin. Get your tax-free absolution today. (Werner Geier)