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What? From MAD SIN?
Indeed!
Well, it’s not entirely new. Admittedly, it’s even old. But also new again.
What does the writer mean by that? Cryptic descriptions to confuse the reader or to suggest that the author has lost his marbles?
Let’s make it clearer.
Concrete Jungle Records is doing fans of MAD SIN without a turntable and without much money a favor. The label is releasing the first four albums by MAD SIN as remastered CDs. And each as a double CD.
The first two albums “Chills and Thrills in a Drama of Mad Sin and Mystery” from 1988 and “Distorted Dimensions” from 1990 are the starting point.
These first two records took the band from an unknown combo playing on the street and in small venues to a scene-wide known band that now also played in larger clubs in Berlin, Germany, and in neighboring countries.
It’s hard to imagine, but even singer Köfte was once young and fit! Now he is still handsome and in his prime. Köfte founded the band with Stein and Holly. Together, they shook up the world. And that can certainly be left as is. In the past, Psychobillies were people you’d best avoid. A scene of their own that lived its own kind of Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’Roll. Nowadays, it’s a bit calmer, but still different...
These two first albums are from that wild time. On these albums are songs that still belong to the core live repertoire, simply anthems.
The old recordings were not remastered. It’s not necessary either. The sound is powerful, hard, aggressive, yet so good that both the instruments and the vocals are very distinct. Only the double bass might have been recorded a bit too fat. Here, the dry deep bass really hits the ears.
The deep bass has been highlighted, which is especially noticeable with the double bass.
MAD SIN, even though the band has retreated and reformed in the last two years, still belongs to the most well-known, important, and influential bands in the Psychobilly scene. The grand skill of the band can already be heard in the first two albums. They were young, going crazy... just psycho.
And they still are. You can best see this in the video that shows Köfte and his colleagues in Beelitz-Heilstätten in the abandoned rooms of a former clinic complex. Featuring Wigald Boning. The link to the video is as follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLCne6DQ4Do
The band has lost none of its wildness!
Let’s get back to the topic.
This double CD is nothing less than a must-buy.
The only downside: One misses a proper booklet, liner notes, or something similar, but after all, it’s about the music.
Concrete Jungle Records deserves great thanks for the release, as the vinyl of the first two records is almost priceless today in good condition.
