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Review: In its original form, on Hot Since '82's 2020 album 'Recovery', 'Sinnerman' is a woozy, impeccably atmospheric chunk of slowly rising deep house brilliance featuring suitably soulful lead vocals from Ed Graves. So what has long-serving German producer Henrik Schwarz done with it on these surprise 2023 remixes? For starters, he's stripped back some of the enveloping pads and chords, instead basing his brilliant A-side 'Remix' around bubbly electronic lead lines, simmering strings, tech-tinged drums and twinkling piano motifs. Add in Graves' superb vocals, and you have a genuine anthem-in-waiting. The almost overwhelming emotiveness of Schwarz's re-production comes through loud and clear on the accompanying 'Dub', which features only snippets of Graves' vocal and more prominent use of the (synth) strings. In a word: brilliant.