"Chris Bigos writes hits. Since the nineties, practically without interruption. Initially for and with Your Finest Drops, a band that really should have been the German Cardigans. After the band's breakup, he continued under the name Rondoprinz, which, even when it involved more or less solo work, always allowed for the interpretation of the respective constellation of contributors as a collective – a fundamentally appealing trait. Equipped with the eclectic understanding of pop and the technical finesse of an Andy Partridge or Robyn Hitchcock, Bigos has quietly amassed a quite remarkable body of work, which reaches its provisional peak in 'Gartentagebau' (Garden Digging). Delicate acoustic guitars and bouzoukis take center stage this time – fitting the album title, there's a (perhaps late-seventies) folk vibe that suits the sophisticated, clever, yet somehow casual songs very well. And it's quite excellent, too." to the Berlin cassette label FROH & MUNTER RECORDS with its penchant for slightly spaced-out genius between the stools (LOIK, OSKAR ICH, SUNDOWN...).

(Tom Liwa)