Deutsche Version Dear Antichrisis-Devotees! My life saw some profound changes in the past few months, hence the serious lack of updates of this website. The story so far: We've started with the studio sessions to our new album on March 16th at Bluehouse Studio in Meerane,where I've been working on 11 brand new tracks with our dearest producer and notorious guitarist, Jens, and the mighty Kugator on drums. Unfortunately we had to cancel these recording sessions after a fortnight because - out of the blue - Dragonfly left me and therefore Antichrisis as well! Those of you familiar with my lyrics and the development of Antichrisis will easily understand how painful this breakup felt to me: All of a sudden everything I ever believed in vanished like a dream in the night! I am grateful for the years Dragonfly and me were allowed to spend together, but it was sad to see that something that once started with so much fortrightness and frankness turned out so dishonourably and undignified in the end: We would have deserved something better than this! Maybe we were just soulmates for a certain time, or maybe what seemed like soulmateship to us was nothing more than a beautiful illusion. We've lived a dream that lastet 4 1/2 years, but the first and only probation of a marriage that was once made in heaven ended in hell... So this is a last "Thank You" to Dragonfly for the years we shared as well as for her contribution to Antichrisis: She was the inspiration and the voice of "Perfume", and she also created our website in first place. Our website will now be taken care of by Jens, and I'm sure he'll do a great job due to his commitment and expertise. From now on he's not only producer, guitarist and kind spirit, but also our webmaster: Hope there are still enough odd jobs left in Antichrisis for myself... My life has changed a lot since April: I had to stay for 6 weeks in a mental asylum, as this breakup had a serious psychosomatic impact on me - my state of health simply was a complete mess for quite some time. I've decided to leave my former hometown Bonn for Nuremberg to start a new life there: Sometime's it's better to leave the past behind. But I'm really looking forward to Nuremberg: I don't know much about this town yet, but I hope to find a new home there quite soon and to become part of its music-scene, which is supposed to be rather lively. I'll be looking for fellow musicians to start a side-project apart from Antichrisis, because I'm really keen on playing live again as soon as possible. Besides, there are also some really good news to announce: After some pretty tenacious negotiations with our former label Napalm Records (we're now signed to Bluehouse Productions) which we wouldn't have brought to such a successful ending without Näx and his strength to endure (there's nothing like having your personal solicitor in the band - highly recommendable!), we've regained the publishing rights for both "A Legacy of Love" and "Perfume"! This means that we're working fervently on the reissue of "A Legacy of Love", as this album got out of stock a long time ago and is nowadays only available in second hand-stores or via Ebay. And our new label won't just come up with a simple reissue of "A Legacy of Love": The new edition of this album will be completely remixed and remastered - and it'll contain an additional track as well (and maybe even more surprises). If there'll also be a similiar reissue of "Perfume" I cannot say: It still hurts too much when I think of this album that was once meant to be a statement of everlasting love!; but now too many broken promises are connected with otherwise beautiful songs like "Wasteland" or "Like the Stars". Anyway, time is said to be a great healer, and maybe one day I'll be able to find a less bitter and more ingenuous approach to this album - and that'll be the day when its reissue might be taken into consideration. As soon as I've settled down in Nuremberg we'll continue to work on the new Antichrisis-album, which - because of aforementioned incidents - will be titled "A Legacy of Love Part 2". Hopefully we'll find a new female vocalist for Antichrisis quite soon in order to work at the vocal arrangements earliest possible! It'll still take some time before I'll be connected to the internet again. Emails sent to us after March 15th couldn't be answered yet, but I'm working on it! Please be patient as I'm the only one to answer your enquiries at the moment, but be assured that nothing's lost - it'll just take some time. I'd like to conclude with a bvery big "Thank You" to all my friends and those people out there who offered me their help and support during the last few months: This has been the hardest time of my life so far, but your friendship and encouragement helped me to find strength and confidence again when I needed it most: I'll never forget what you have done for me! Sid, June 2003 Deutsche Version   The ROLLING STONE Review of Perfume definitely the most popular question - and its answer: "What's the meaning of ANTICHRISIS?" last update: Juni 2003 what was updated?