(Photo by Willem Wouterse) “Child of Sin” is the all new album by Kovacs. Featured on the title track is Rammstein’s Till Lindemann

Sharon Kovacs: “During the writing, I immediately thought of Till, I wanted it to be a duet. The message is loud and clear, because you seldom hear a male and a female voice team up to bring a story to a song. We shot the video in November 2022 and that was the icing on the cake! Working with Till was a learning process for me, I feasted my eyes on every detail. A huge set, thirty people working on a big short film. People really believe in the song, the collaboration, and the message. I hope it moves you as well.”

Watch the official “Child of Sin” lyric video on YouTube.

This is the third Kovacs album: “It is a culmination of everything I have learned these past few years, it’s one complete story I had to tell. I’m controlling everything now, independently. Music, videos, costumes, set design, make-up, even the look of the record. I’ve designed the sleeve myself, experimenting with stamps and brushes. Other than that, I have opted for a combo of many different flavours. I have gathered the masks from my past and pictured them on the inside of the record’s sleeve. Subconsciously, it was a very symbolic sign, because my own masks were coming off while making ‘Child of Sin’. With my first album, I could barely let go. With my second album, I regretted the loss of a lot of details. Now everything’s ace from the get-go.”

The Dutch artist, originally from Baarlo, released her first EP, “My Love”, in 2014. The singles “My Love” and “Diggin'” and her debut album, “Shades Of Black” followed.

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The Greek dark pop artist Lia Hide has recently released the first single from the project’s new (4th) album “The Missing Fourth Guest”.

Here’s what Lia Hide says about the song itself: “The ‘Proposal’ is an invitation to a debate, a dispute, a symposium, where the three people involved are discussing the ideas that puzzle them throughout their lives. The lyrics are weaved in a dialogue between me singing and my alter-ego.”

The video for “Proposal” was shot at the historic Bagkeion Hotel at the Omonoia square in Athens, Greece. In the video the band members are investigating elements of the Timeaus (Plato) dialogue, getting ready in their rooms for a later dinner (as it happens “Dinner” is also the title of the next single and the musical sibling of “Proposal”), in the Timeaus Sonata, the conceptual three-part work of the album.

On the forthcoming album, “The Missing Fourth Guest”, the Plato’s Timeaus dialogue discusses among others, Atlantis’ war to ancient Athens, the purpose and properties and elements of the universe, the world-soul, and the nature of the physical world.

About Lia Hide

Lia Hide the band is Lia Hide on vocals, keyboards and production, Aki’Base on bass and d.bass and George Rados on drums. Lia Hide’s debut “Home” was released by ΕΜΙUniversal in 2013. That debut was followed by “Everyone Seems to Know Who I Am” in 2017 and “Tells no Fairytales” in 2019, both released via the band’s own indie label DontHideMe. Both albums were produced by Lia Hide and mixed by Yiannis Lampropoulos in Athens, Greece.

In 2020 the band launched “Fairytales Remixed” holding remixes by international electronica producers and artists on Amour Records.

In the meantime Lia composed music for theatre and dance productions such as “Copia Aperta: Dario Fo” (2012) and “Genoktonia: Pavlos Kourtidis” (2019). Other collaborations include Tricky, Joseph van Wissem, Anneke van Giersbergen, Kadebostany, KBHTA, Keep Shelly in Athens, Molly Nilsson, Kovacs, and more.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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