Anna Öberg has the knack of popping up with catchy tracks imbued with a little mystery. With producer Charles Storm, the Nordic songstress creates techno-infused songs that hint at the exotic or add drops of pagan ecstacy. Like Chris & Cosey in the Swedish woods.
SIN fits the pattern. It’s a set of tracks with their roots deep in traditions of dance music and experimentalism. The love child of Fad Gadget and The Flowerpot Men. The album title isn’t a celebration of misdeeds – “sin” is the Swedish third person reflexive possessive pronoun. So, it corresponds to “her” or “his,” depending on the context. Feel free to add it to your email signature amd Instagram profile.
The album features found sounds, but you will get lost in the music. The sources are diverse:
Animal sounds and wind in foliage on trees outside at Alvaret, Öland. Locks on the Dalslands canal. Tin buckets with stones; porphyry from Vinga and granite from Bohuslän. Flakes of ice that are thrown towards a frozen Kattegat.
SIN offers a rich vein of sensual and dynamic material. Mine it at your leisure.