This baby rides in on a fresh spring breeze
 

Der Titel ist natürlich Programm. Steht der grüne Nektar Absinth ja schon seit Urzeiten für die elegante Sünde und perversen Wahnsinn. Für den gepflegten Untergang und die ästhetische Ausschweifung.

Absinth - Passende Titelwahl für das neue Doppelalbum von Sin. Alle aufgezählten Aspekte scheinen dem heimischen Duo mehr als am Herzen zu liegen.  
 
 1989 gründen Mona Moore, Andy Orel and Richard Dorfmeister die Band Sin. Sin verpacken unendliche Melancholie und die divaesken Posen der Frontdame Mona Moore in bittersüßen Elektropop. 1990 erscheint die erste Single "Where Shall I Turn?".

Ein wenig später wird Richard Dorfmeister Wiener Groovekaiser. Andy Orel und Mona Moore arbeiten aber weiter am Sin-Universum, dass im Laufe der Zeit immer düsterer wird. Vom flockig-hippen Musikkollektiv aus dem Vienna Scientist-Umfeld zum nihilistischen Dark-Wave-Trip-Hop. Eine gute Entwicklung, wie ich meine. Scheiß auf Cafe Latte, es wird Absinth gesoffen.  
 
 Der neue Sin-Tonträger ist eine Doppel-CD geworden. Eine CD für die neuen Musiken, die man thematisch sehr schön auf "Sex und Tränen" reduzieren könnte. Umgesetzt durch verspielte Elektronik und Gesangsgroßtaten.

Großes Highlight die ätherisch Version des deutschen Volksliedes "Der Rosmarienbaum". Was für ein Soundtrack für Großstadtspiritisten.

Auf der zweiten CD widmen sich befreundete Musiker wie Freedom Satellite oder Kirlian dem Remixen von Sin-Liedern.

Wohl bekomm's.  

david pfister, FM4 22.05.05

Hi Mona!

First of all thank you so much for the CD. You have absolutly no idea how
much this means to me right now. Andy & Yourself as Sin have been one of the
few things that have remained with me for all this time now. It's been 6
years since I left Austria and I still believe no week passes where I dont
listen to your music with a little "Schweremut". SIN was the soundtrack of
my life for so many years now, and everything new and exciting still gets
celebrated with a sin Track. So many of my friends have also been captivated
by your songs, whereas "On Boulevards" and "Julia" as well as "Heartbeat"
always seem to become instant favourites with people I introduce to sin, no
matter in which order I introduce them to your Album.

This new Album of yours suprised me and schocked me in some ways but toched
me more than i thought it would. Its incredible.
Too often we become greedy and we expect the artists we love to follow a
certain path or progress in a certain way. I think thats what I did when I
listened to AbSINth for the first time about a week ago now. But the way
this music touched me is mindblowing.

I almost felt like a pervert, preying into your life and soul this much. And
if I am wrong and those songs are just clever arrangements of people and
lifes you dream of you fear I have to say you gave this girl with the
bleeding heart and soul a voice that gave her a life of her own.

This album is incredible. My instant favourites were "Wishful Thinking" and
"Poem for Raphaelle". "Poem For Raphaelle" seems to take me away to a
different world after the first few beats. Then your Voice cutting in like a
devine ghost. And then to my biggest suprise your words turning into french,
a language I am not the biggest fan of, but you manage to let me forget that
I do not understand a single word but make be believe I can feel every
emotion. WOW!
Wishfull Thinking touched me for a different reason. The day I heared the
song I was struggeling to explain my feelings and relationship I have with
soemone at the moment to myself. And all of a sudden there it was, and
instead of seeing it with sad eyes I learnt to aknowledge the wonderful
gifts this boy brought into my life and be thankful for what I get and not
what I think I should be entitled to. I understand that this is not the
meaning of your song but sometimes the right words and the right perspective
helps us to understand certain things that are only related by
six-degrees-of-seperation...

"Sex is more" is such a sober, but still deep, such a realistic but still
spiritual journey for me. I fell in love with it right away.
I was also pleased to see "So Sad" and "Der Rosmarienbaum" on the album.
But I also have to admit, as a fan that craves to hear new creation from you
I felt a bit cheated, but they perfectly suit the album. So its only the
greed " des Nimmersatten" fans talking.

" My Plants Are Enough " - I will not deny that a small smirk crossed my
face when I read that title. But it seems to be the most personal song on
this album and once you forget and listen this song enchants you. I still
cannot believe how bare and naked you leave that girl. But at the same time
you see her dark beauty and resignation that only those words would allow.
Thank you so much for that song and allowing me to understand that girl,
whoever she might be, a little better.

The other songs and me are still getting to know each other but I love that
challenge. Its always like that. Your music grows faster than me and I love
the race to catch up and run after them and grow with them and slowly
understand them and their part in the game. Thats why your music manages to
facinate me over and over again and I already know it will take me a whikle
to catch up.

A new sin album and Tori was here in australia to celebrate this new start
with. Music has always been my biggest passion and therefor that was one
hell of a way to celebrate my new life.

Thank you so much

All my love to both of you and thnaks for enchanting and challenging me
again

Love

Léon