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Enigma
The Complete Guide
Contents
Articles
Overview
1
Enigma 1
Present members
8
Michael Cretu 8
Andru Donalds 13
Past members
17
Frank Peterson 17
Sandra Lauer 19
Peter Cornelius 23
Jens Gad 25
Ruth-Ann Boyle 27
Discography
29
Enigma discography 29
Studio albums
33
MCMXC a.D. 33
The Cross of Changes 40
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! 45
The Screen Behind the Mirror 49
Voyageur 54
A Posteriori 57
Seven Lives Many Faces 61
Remix albums
65
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection 65
Compilation albums
67
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits 67
Cover albums
70
The Dusted Variations 70
Associated albums
72
The Energy of Sound 72
Box sets
74
Trilogy 74
15 Years After 75
The Platinum Collection 77
Extended plays
80
Eppur si muove 80
Singles
82
"Sadeness (Part I)" 82
"Mea Culpa (Part II)" 87
"Principles of Lust" 89
"The Rivers of Belief" 91
"Carly's Song" 92
"Return to Innocence" 93
"The Eyes of Truth" 97
"Age of Loneliness" 99
"Out from the Deep" 101
"Beyond the Invisible" 103
"T.N.T. for the Brain" 106
"Gravity of Love" 107
"Push the Limits" 109
"Turn Around" 111
"Voyageur" 112
"Following the Sun" 113
"Hello and Welcome" 114
"Goodbye Milky Way" 116
"La Puerta del Cielo" / "Seven Lives" 117
"MMX (The Social Song)" 118
Videography
121
Enigma videography 121
Associated acts
126
Trance Atlantic Air Waves 126
Related articles
127
A.R.T. Studios 127
References
Article Sources and Contributors 129
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 132
Article Licenses
License 133
1
Overview
Enigma
Enigma
Origin Germany
Genres Worldbeat, New Age, downtempo, electronica, experimental
Years active 1990present
Labels Virgin, EMI, Charisma
Website
www.enigma.de
[1]
www.enigmaspace.com
[2]
Members Michael Cretu
Past members David Fairstein
Frank Peterson
Sandra Cretu
Louisa Stanley
Peter Cornelius
Jens Gad
Andreas Harde
Ruth-Ann Boyle
Andru Donalds
Elizabeth Houghton
Notable instruments
Sampler
Drum machine
Synthesizer
Keyboard
Korg M1
Alchemist
Merlin
Enigma is a German new age band formed in 1990 by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. The
Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but based his recording studio
A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, from the early 1990s until May 2009, where he has recorded all of Enigma's studio
releases to date. Cretu is both the composer and the producer of the project. His former wife, pop singer Sandra,
often provided vocals on Enigma tracks. Jens Gad co-arranged and played guitar on three of the Enigma albums.
Peter Cornelius also contributed to Enigma during the 1990s.
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History
From the late 1970s onward, Michael Cretu already had his own music career on his hands and apart from some
collaboration efforts with several other musicians, he also produced his wife's albums. Before Enigma, he released a
number of albums under his own name, but none of them sold particularly well. Cretu revealed in an interview that
he believed that his ideas were running out at that point.
In December 1990, after eight months of preparation, Cretu released Enigma's debut album, MCMXC a.D., which
received over 57 platinum awards worldwide, and topped the charts in 41 countries, directly becoming the most
successful Virgin Records act during that time.
[3]
The album was Cretu's first commercial success through the single
"Sadeness (Part I)," which juxtaposed Gregorian chants and sexual overtones over a dance beat that was very
peculiar to the ears of the public at that time. Cretu explained that the album was about unsolved crimes and
philosophical themes such as life after death, hence the name Enigma. He had previously used a Gregorian-type
chant on the opening seconds of Sandra's 1987 single "Everlasting Love", without integrating them into other parts
of the song. "Sadeness" quickly rose to the top of the charts in Germany and France; it went on to become a
worldwide hit. Later Cretu would claim that the now signature Enigma sound was inspired after falling asleep on the
London Underground.
[citation needed]
The title of the album MCMXC a.D. is the Roman numeral for the year of its
release, 1990.
Before the album was released, Cretu was cautious of the response towards the upcoming album, decided to forgo
mentioning his and most of the personnel's real names and credited himself as Curly M.C., while the album sleeve
contained little information about the background of the project, furthering the mystery about the creators of the
album and leading to speculation whether Enigma was a band, a person or a group.
In 1993, Cretu was given an offer by producers to compose the full soundtrack of the motion picture Sliver, but he
was unable to accept the offer. Instead, he came up with "Carly's Song" ("Age of Loneliness" in the album and video
releases) and "Carly's Loneliness," which were used in the movie and credited in the motion picture soundtrack as
well.
In the same year, The Cross of Changes was released. It received about the same response from the public (it sold 6
million copies in a year). However, both of the albums also attracted lawsuits over the issue of sampling from other
music sources.
In 1996, Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (French for "The King is dead. Long live the King!") was released. Cretu's idea
was that this third album was the child of the previous two albums, and therefore included familiar elements of
Gregorian chants and Sanskrit/ Vedic chants in it. Though the album was as meticulously crafted by Cretu as the
earlier two albums, it failed to achieve the same level of success that they enjoyed. As a result only two of the three
singles originally slated were released, with the third one ("The Roundabout") being silently canceled in 1998.
The 2000 release of The Screen Behind the Mirror included samples from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana on four tracks
on the album. This time the Gregorian chants were toned down tremendously, although Shakuhachi flutes and other
traditional Enigma signatures remain. Only "Gravity of Love" and "Push the Limits" were released as singles from
the album. Ruth-Ann Boyle (from the band Olive) and Andru Donalds mark their first appearances on the Enigma
project.
In 2001, Cretu released a new single called "Turn Around" together with Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest
Hits and Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection to end what he considers to be the first chapter of Enigma.
A light show was held at the Munich Planetarium in conjunction of the release of the compilation albums.
2003's Voyageur saw a change of direction for the project. Practically all of the prominent Enigma signature
elements (the ethnic and Gregorian chants, the Shakuhachi flutes) were no longer employed. As a result many fans
did not appreciate this new direction, and sales were affected. From a statistical point of view, every Enigma studio
album to date has sold roughly half of what the previous release did.
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To commemorate the fifteen years of Enigma, a special limited-edition album called Fifteen Years was launched,
which was the size of an LP vinyl disk, with Leonardo da Vinci's art in the cover, a big booklet with extra art, and
featured eight compact discs: all the previous albums, the DVD Remember the Future, and a special and exclusive
bonus CD, The Dusted Variations, which included the project's greatest hits remade by another project. All of the
songs are different from the originals and use minimal percussion.
[citation needed]
This disc also contained the single
version of "Hello and Welcome", which was later released as a single. On 28 August 2005, Enigma's management
Crocodile Music
[4]
announced the release of "Hello and Welcome" as a single. Originally it was slated to be
released in October; the release date was moved to 25 November 2005 and was released in Germany on 10 March
2006.
[citation needed]
Much like Voyageur, the song shows little similarity to earlier Enigma works.
[citation needed]
The
song was the walk-in music of the German boxer Felix Sturm.
On 26 September 2006, Enigma's sixth album A posteriori was released worldwide, containing a new version of
"Hello and Welcome" and the new song "Goodbye, Milky Way", which, despite earlier announcements, was not
released as a single. The album is more techno- and pop-oriented electronic music than any previous one. The
concept is based on such sciences as astronomy, physics, history, and sociology. A DVD version of A posteriori was
released on 16 December 2006, which featured kaleidoscope images in synchronization with the multi-channel
remastered music.
In late March 2007, a special private lounge remix album version of A posteriori was released on the iTunes Music
Store. This compilation includes 12 new remixed tracks from the album by artists such as Boca Junior, Tocadisco,
and more. Some of these tracks were available previously on the original A posteriori iTunes version of the album
and on the previously mentioned DVD release.
On 19 September 2008, Enigma's seventh album Seven Lives Many Faces was released worldwide. The lead single,
"Seven Lives", is a fusion of modern and classical elements.
The Platinum Collection, a 3-CD compilation, was released on 27 November 2009 in Germany, and on 9 February
2010 worldwide. The first CD contains Enigma hits. The second CD contains remixes. The third CD is a collection
of "lost tracks", musical experiments which never were finalized and released previously.
20th anniversary single "MMX"
On 5 October 2010, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first album MCMXC a.D., The "Enigma's Social
Song" project began. Enigma fans were asked to submit vocals for a new Enigma song. The public were then asked
to vote, with the winning submission "Fei mea" being provided by Latvian singer Fox Lima for the chorus.
The top 3 runners up: Mark Joshua from Brazil, J. Spring from Spain and Rasa Serra from Lithuania provided other
important parts of the vocals like the bridge, backing and verse of the final version of the single. Fans also influenced
further stages of the song's creation by voting on elements such as a lead instrument, general mood and style of the
track.
The final mix of the single named "MMX The Social Song" was released on December 15, 2010.
It became the first song ever created for and by the fans via internet.
Influence
Enigma's first two studio albums also led to the creation and popularity of bands and musical groups that follow
similar styles, often called "Enigmatic Music". The first album was named as one of the most important and
influential albums of mainstream New Age music. The album not only popularized the "Enigmatic" music style but
also introduced some technical changes in music production. With MCMXC a.D., Michael Cretu developed the
technical features and intentions of sampling. Though samples were in use long before (introduced by such
musicians as Jean-Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze and others), Cretu built his own music around whole sequences of
previously recorded parts. His method was not remixing and remodeling, but rather recontextualisation by
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changing a piece of musics natural environment. This was a new way of composing and creating albums, which was
adopted by some Hip-Hop artists, electronic music producers, and even Rock producers as well. It was also one of
the first albums to be recorded directly to hard drive. Furthermore, MCMXC a.D. was arguably one of the first steps
in a series of developments which would eradicate the division between mainstream and underground music.
[5]
Era and Gregorian (led by former Enigma member Frank Peterson) are among some notable groups which
capitalized songs which heavily incorporate Gregorian chants in their works. Enigma and Deep Forest are also to be
considered by many to have brought the tribal chant genre to the ears of the public. Achillea, a musical project by
arranger and guitarist on several Enigma albums, Jens Gad, features music with similar atmospherics, while
featuring female vocals in different languages, with different singers from different parts of the world. Enigma also
influenced Christopher von Deylen's musical project Schiller. The influence can be heard in any album by the band.
Cretu's musical project is also included into the list of influences of Schiller.
Critics Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words and fans Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words have noted down the probable
influences if not similarities of Enigma and the works of other notable musicians. Some examples include PR MRS
Delerium's Semantic Spaces album, Mike Oldfield's albums, The Songs of Distant Earth and Tubular Bells III, all
B-Tribe's albums as well as other Claus Zundel projects and Sarah Brightman's cover of Hooverphonic's song,
"Eden".
Several prominent songs from the project have appeared on notable TV shows and movies:
Song Type of Work Name Comments
"Beyond the Invisible" TV series La Femme Nikita
"Carly's Song" Movie Sliver
"Carly's Loneliness" Movie Sliver
"Gravity of Love" Movie The Scorpion King In the preview trailer
"I Love You ... I'll Kill You" Movie Money Train
Eraser In the preview trailer
"Modern Crusaders" TV series La Femme Nikita
"Principles of Lust" Movie Single White Female
Sliver
Charlie's Angels
"Return to Innocence" Movie Man of the House In end credits
Exit to Eden
TV series The Outer Limits In episode The Conversion
My So-Called Life
Cold Case In episode Sanctuary.
The L Word
American Idol Used in an audition.
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"Sadeness (Part I)" Movie Boxing Helena
Single White Female
Exit to Eden
The 13th Warrior In HD DVD trailer
1492: Conquest of Paradise In teaser trailer
Tropic Thunder In a faux trailer for Kirk Lazarus' upcoming film
Gomorra
TV series Cold Case In episode Who's Your Daddy?
Chappelle's Show
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia In episode The Gang Gets a New Member
The Brothers Grunt
"Smell of Desire" Movie Bounce In the preview trailer
TV Series Temptation Island
"The Eyes of Truth" Movie The Matrix In the preview trailer
The Long Kiss Goodnight
"Return to Innocence" also appeared in numerous TV commercials around the world, including one for Virgin
Atlantic.
Awards
World Music Award
Most Popular German Solo Artist, 2002
ECHO
Most Successful German Production Abroad, 1991
Best Marketing, 1992
Best National Artist, 1992
Most Successful German Production Abroad, 1995
"Beyond the Invisible", 1997
Over 100 platinum awards worldwide
7 RIAA platinum awards
2 RIAA gold awards
5 BPI platinum awards
2 BPI gold awards
Recording technologies
Michael Cretu recorded the first five Enigma albums in his private A.R.T. Studios, located on the Spanish island
Ibiza. From 1988 until 2001, the studio was located in his home in Santa Eulria des Riu, and from 2001 till 2008 on
the hills near Sant Antoni. This studio was designed and built by Gunter Wagner and Bernd Steber
(Sydney/Australia). The equipment in the studio regularly changed. The sixth and seventh albums were recorded
using a mobile computerized system, Alchemist. In 2010 a new system, Merlin, was ready to use, and the first music
recorded on it was the "MMX The Social Song".
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Sampling and lawsuits
In 1994, Cretu was sued by Munich-based choir Capella Antiqua and its record label Polydor Germany for infringing
its "right of personality" through distortion in the samples used in "Sadeness (Part I)" and "Mea Culpa". The samples
were taken from Capella Antiqua's 1976 LP Paschale Mysterium; while the musical compositions were in public
domain, Capella Antiqua's recording of them was copyrighted. European law also recognizes moral rights (droit
moral) in works that American copyright does not.
[6]
Cretu was not spared over the issue of sampling when in 1998, Difang and Igay Duana from Taiwan's Ami tribe filed
a suit over uncredited vocals in "Return to Innocence".
[7]
Both of the lawsuits were settled, with the source of each sample being granted compensation and credit for the
sampled performance; however, the anonymity that Cretu intended to keep after the release of the first album
[8]
was
shattered due to the first lawsuit.
Personnel
Current members
Michael Cretu - vocals, production (1990present)
Former members
David Fairstein - lyrics (19902000)
Frank Peterson - samples (1990)
Sandra Cretu - vocals (19902003)
Louisa Stanley - voices (19901996; 2006)
Peter Cornelius - guitars (19931996)
Jens Gad - guitars (19932003)
Andreas Harde - vocals (1993)
Ruth-Ann Boyle - vocals (19992003)
Andru Donalds - vocals (19992003)
Elizabeth Houghton - voices (2000)
Discography
MCMXC a.D. (1990)
The Cross of Changes (1993)
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (1996)
The Screen Behind the Mirror (2000)
Voyageur (2003)
A posteriori (2006)
Seven Lives Many Faces (2008)
The Platinum Collection (2009)
Sources
Allmusic biography and discography
[9]
Billboard.com, biography, discography and US chart history
[10]
rateyourmusic.com, biography and discography
[11]
Discogs.com Biography and discography
[12]
Chartstats.com, UK chart history
[13]
Chartssurfer.de, German chart history
[14]
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References
[1] http:/ / www. enigma. de
[2] http:/ / www. enigmaspace.com/
[3] Most Successful Virgin Act (http:/ / www.enigma-music. com/ press/ enigma/ most-successful-virgin-act), enigma-music.com
[4] http:/ / www. crocodile-music. de/ enigma/ index. php
[5] (http:/ / www.tokafi. com/ newsitems/ musicalmemories3/ ) tokafi.com
[6] Taylor, Timothy Dean. Strange Sounds: Music, Technology & Culture, Routledge (2001): 233.
[7] Guy, Nancy. "Trafficking Taiwan Aboriginal Voices", Handle with Care: Ownership and Control of Ethnographic Materials, ed. Jaarsma,
S.R. University of Pittsburgh Press (2002): 195-206.
[8] Biography (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ reviews/ biography. html) at enigmamusic.com
[9] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p4195
[10] http:/ / www.billboard. com/ artist/ 301764/ enigma/ biography
[11] http:/ / rateyourmusic. com/ artist/ enigma
[12] http:/ / www.discogs. com/ artist/ Enigma
[13] http:/ / www.chartstats. com/ artistinfo.php?id=3457
[14] http:/ / www.charts-surfer.de/ musiksearch. php
External links
German
Official website (http:/ / www. enigma. de/ )
Crocodile-Music.de (http:/ / www. crocodile-music. de/ enigma/ index. php) (Official Enigma management
website)
EMI Virgin Record Company (http:/ / www. virginmusic. de/ enigma) (Official Enigma Record Company)
English
Official website (http:/ / www. enigmaspace. com/ )
EnigmaMusic (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com) (Official international fansite)
Enigma Planet (http:/ / www. myspace. com/ enigmaplanet) (Official Enigma MySpace Page)
Last.Fm Profile (http:/ / www. last. fm/ music/ Enigma) (Music scrobbler)
Enigma Music TV (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ EnigmaMusicTV) (Official Enigma YouTube Channel)
Enigma Music Project (http:/ / www. moodbook. com/ music/ enigma. html) (Web-site about Enigma Music
Project)
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Present members
Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu
Birth name Mihai Creu
Also known as Michael Crtu
Curly
MC
Curly M.C.
Born 18 May 1957
Bucharest, Romania
Genres New Age, electronic, trance
Occupations Musician, producer
Instruments MIDI keyboard, guitar
Years active 1978present
Labels Virgin
Associated acts Moti Special, Enigma, Sandra, Trance Atlantic Air Waves Project
Website
www.enigmaspace.com
[1]
Michael Cretu (Romanian: Mihai Creu pronounced[mihaj kretsu]; born 18 May 1957, Bucharest, Romania) is a
Romanian-German musician. He is also known as Curly, MC or Curly M.C. because of his fair curled hair (cre
means "curly" in Romanian). His peak musical activity was with the Enigma project, which was mainly based in
Germany.
He has collaborated with many musicians along his career, including his ex-wife Sandra Lauer (Sandra Cretu from
marriage in 1988), musician Peter Cornelius, guitarists Manfred Thiers and Jens Gad, Frank Peterson, David
Fairstein (Fabrice Guitad), D.J. Andr Tanneberger (from the A.T.B. Music Project), Peter Ries, Bernt Moehrle,
singer Ruth-Ann Boyle, and Andru Donalds, who produced the single Mishale in 1995.
In 2002, Crocodile-Music, Cretu's management company, stated that 100 million Cretu-produced records had been
sold worldwide. By the year 2008, Michael Cretu's Enigma project had sold over 50 million studio albums according
to his official site.
[citation needed]
He owns A.R.T. Studios, a recording studio facility located near the resort on the Balearic Islands, where he lived
with his wife and their two teenagers, Nikita and Sebastian. He and Sandra divorced in 2007. Cretu has been
reported as living in Germany since that time.
Background
Cretu was born to a Romanian father and an Austrian mother in Bucharest. His uncle, Ion Voicu, a Romanian
violin-player and former director of the Bucharest Philarmonic, told Michael's parents that he had talent in music and
as such, he studied classical music at Liceul Nr. 2 in Bucharest in 1965 and in Paris, France, in 1968.
[2]
He later
attended the Academy of Music in Frankfurt, Germany, from 1975 to 1978, attaining a degree in music. Cretu was
taken on as a keyboard player and producer for Frank Farian.
[3]
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In the 1980s, Cretu took over production for the pop quartet Hubert Kah and started writing songs with the band
leader Hubert Kemmler, achieving a number of hits. Among his other work, Cretu was also one of the producers of
Mike Oldfield's 1987 album Islands and the producer of Peter Schilling's 1989 The Different Story (World of Lust
and Crime) album.
In 1992 Cretu worked with Peter Cornelius on Return to Innocence, to provide the guitar riffs.
For the third album, Cretu teamed up with Jens Gad to work together on Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! and
launched in 1999 a new trance project Trance Atlantic Airwaves and the album The Energy of Sound.
Another band of Cretu's was called Moti Special ("Cold Days, Hot Nights"), which Cretu produced and performed
with in the mid-1980s.
He owns the A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza before moving to a new mansion in the Ibiza hills. His new house, near Sant
Antoni de Portmany on the western coast of Ibiza, is a Moroccan-style mansion that was designed and built by Bernd
Steber and Gunter Wagner in more than nine years. It also features a brand new, state-of-the-art recording studio.
The Spanish High Court deemed the house to have been built illegally and in infringement of Spanish environmental
regulations which led to the 18 million villa being razed in May 2009.
Cretu as a solo artist
Cretu's first solo release was the single Wild River in 1978. His first solo album was released in 1979, entitled Moon,
Light & Flowers.
Cretu's second solo album, titled Legionre, was released in 1983. It featured German-language lyrics and was sung
by Michael. It was co-produced and supervised by Harald Steinhauer and mastered by Armand Volker.
Cretu's third solo album was titled Die Chinesische Mauer and was released in 1985. The literal English translation
is The Chinese Wall. It had, like its predecessor, German-language lyrics, was sung by Michael and co-produced by
Armand Volker and Michael Cretu. This album was also released as a separate album with English-language lyrics
and a different track listing under the name The Invisible Man. Several of the tracks on The Invisible Man were
edited slightly and, therefore, had different lengths than the German-language versions on Die Chinesische Mauer.
This featured the song "Samurai," which became a hit.
The Enigma project
After Cretu's marriage to Sandra in 1988, he had an idea for a musical new-age dance project under the name of
Enigma, presented by Fairstein. Cretu worked with Frank Peterson and David Fairstein to create their
ground-breaking first single "Sadeness (Part I)", which became a surprise hit. MCMXC a.D., the album, which was
released in 1990, was hugely successful.
MCMXC a.D. stayed on the charts for 282 weeks on European charts and dropped off two years after the second
album, The Cross of Changes, was released in 1993. Prior to this, Frank Peterson had some disagreements with
Cretu and he left the project in 1991. Cretu changed Enigma's direction from Gregorian chants to tribal chants for its
second album, and this led to the single "Return to Innocence" with Peter Cornelius, which became a worldwide hit.
Cretu was approached by Paramount Pictures to write the soundtrack of the movie Sliver and he came up with
another 1993 single "Carly's Song" after the main female character's name.
In 1996 Enigma's third album Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! was released. Stylistically, it sounded like a combination
of the first and second albums, but it failed to achieve the same level of success.
In 1999 Cretu steered the project in another direction by using samples of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana for the fourth
album The Screen Behind the Mirror, released in 2000. Andru Donalds and Ruth-Ann Boyle first appeared as
features on this Enigma project. Although Jens Gad had been working with Cretu on the earlier albums, this was the
first time that he had been given actual credits.
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Deciding that the first chapter for Enigma was closed under the Virgin Records label, Cretu releases a set of
compilations: Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits and Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection that
include credits to ATB.
He had continued the Enigma project, and in 2003 he came up with Voyageur album. Familiar sounds of the
Shakuhachi flute, tribal, or Gregorian chants were replaced with more commercially-friendly tunes and beat. In
March 2006, a new single called "Hello and Welcome" was released in anticipation of another album.
A posteriori is the sixth Enigma studio album. It was released on 22 September 2006.
Seven Lives Many Faces became the seventh Enigma studio album. It was released on 19 September 2008 and has
not received yet a critical or positive review from the musical scene or the printed media in Europe.
Discography
Solo albums
1979 Moon, Light & Flowers (re-released in Germany in 1994 as: Ausgewhlte Goldstcke)
[4]
1983 Legionre (English edition: Legionnaires)
1985 Die Chinesische Mauer (English edition: The Invisible Man)
Solo singles
1978 - "Shadows Over My Head"
1978 - "Wild River"
1979 - "Moonlight Flower"
1983 - "Total normal"
1983 - "Zeitlose Reise"
1983 - "Der Planet der verlorenen Zeit"
1983 - "Today, Today"
1984 - "Schwarzer Engel"
1985 - "Carte Blanche"
1985 - "Die Chinesische Mauer"
1985 - "Samurai" (German Version)"
1985 - "Samurai (Did You Ever Dream)" (English Version) [#3 Austria, #2 Switzerland, #4 Sweden, #1 Greece,
#4 Italy, #12 Germany]
1985 - "Silver Water"
1986 - "Gambit"
1987 - "School's Out" (Cretu & Thiers)
1987 - "When Love Is The Missing Word" (Cretu & Thiers)
1988 - "Don't Say You Love Me (Let Me Feel It)" (Cretu & Thiers)
1992 - "Rettungsringe sterben aus" (Cretu & Peter Cornelius)
1992 - "Nur die Hoffnung nicht"(Cretu & Peter Cornelius)
1993 - "Captain Right" (Cretu & Thiers)
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Collaborations / Productions
1980 Topaz: "Topaz"
1981 Peter Kent "Happy Weekend"
1982 Severine
1983 Mireille Mathieu; "Ein neuer Morgen"
1983 Mary and Gordy
1983 Peter Cornelius; "Fata Morgana"
1984 Hubert Kah; "Goldene Zeiten"
1986 Hubert Kah; "Tensongs"
1985 Moti Special: Motivation
1987 Mike Oldfield: Islands
1987 Inker & Hamilton: Dancing Into Danger
1987 Cretu And Thiers: School's Out
1988 Cretu and Thiers: Belle Epoque
1989 Hubert Kah; "Sound of My Heart"
1989 Peter Schilling; The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)
1992 Peter Cornelius and Cretu: Peter Cornelius and Cretu
1993 Maggie Reilly ; "Midnight Sun"
1998 Trance Atlantic Air Waves Project The Energy of Sound
1999 Andru Donalds; "Snowin' Under My Skin"
2001 Andru Donalds; "Let's Talk About It"
2007 Ruth-Ann Boyle; "What About Us"
Sandra
Michael Cretu worked as writer, producer and background vocalist for Sandra's albums:
1985: The Long Play [#12 Germany, #8 Norway, #2 Sweden, #18 Austria, #4 Switzerland]
1986: Mirrors [#16 Germany, #14 Norway, #40 Sweden, #13 Switzerland]
1987: Ten On One [#19 Germany, #28 Austria, #14 Switzerland]
1988: Into a Secret Land [#14 Germany, #18 Norway, #22 Sweden, #13 Austria, #9 Switzerland]
1988: Everlasting Love
1990: Paintings in Yellow [#4 Germany #30 Sweden, #14 Austria, #8 Switzerland]
1992: Close to Seven [#7 Germany, #20 Norway, #27 Sweden, #26 Austria, #13 Switzerland]
1992: 18 Greatest Hits [#10 Germany, #7 France, #36 Sweden, #27 Switzerland #1 Finland]
1995: Fading Shades [#42 Germany, #37 Switzerland]
1999: My Favourites [#16 Germany, #15 Norway, #43 Switzerland]
2002: The Wheel of Time [#8 Germany, #63 Austria, #68 Switzerland]
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References
[1] http:/ / www. enigmaspace.com
[2] "Enigma Michael Creu: ntalnire cu omul invizibil" (http:/ / www. evz. ro/ articole/ detalii-articol/ 824300/
Enigma-Michael-Cretu-intalnire-cu-omul-invizibil/ ), Evenimentul Zilei, 14 October 2008
[3] "Enigma Michael Creu: ntalnire cu omul invizibil" (http:/ / www. evz. ro/ articole/ detalii-articol/ 824300/
Enigma-Michael-Cretu-intalnire-cu-omul-invizibil/ ), Evenimentul Zilei, 14 October 2008
[4] Moon, Light & Flowers (http:/ / www.discogs.com/ Michael-Cretu-Moon-Light-Flowers/ master/ 129578) on discogs.com
External links
The Official Enigma website (http:/ / www. enigma. de/ ) (in German)
The Official Enigma website (http:/ / www. enigmaspace. com/ ) (international)
Michael Cretu (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm1107371/ ) at the Internet Movie Database
EnigmaMusic.com (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ ) (fan site)
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Andru Donalds
Andru Donalds
Born 16 November
1964
Kingston, Jamaica
Genres Pop-Rock
Soul
Reggae fusion
Reggae
Enigmatic
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 1994present
Labels Sony Music
Seven Days
Music
313 Music Jwp
Website [1]
Andru Donalds (born 16 November 1974) is a Jamaican musician and vocalist with a previous solo career, who is
now working in collaboration with the Enigma project as lead vocalist. Donalds had a hit single in America in 1995
with Mishale, which reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Biography
Andru Donalds was born in Kingston, Jamaica. His musical style ranges from pop, rock and roll, to reggae and
ballads. His influences include The Beatles, Prince, Bob Marley, Queen, Michael Jackson & Black Uhuru.
[citation
needed]
Solo career
Upon leaving school at the age of 18 Donalds travelled to England, the Netherlands and New York, in order to
develop his musical abilities as singer and songwriter.
[citation needed]
He met the producer and songwriter Eric Foster
White, who had hits with stars such as Frank Sinatra, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, Julio
Iglesias, Backstreet Boys, Regina Belle, Hi-Five and Boyzone. Together they produced the debut album Andru
Donalds. The two singles from this - Mishale and Save Me Now - became successful worldwide.
[citation needed]
His second album Damned, If I Dont was published two years later in 1997. The song Somebodys Baby was taken
from this for the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting.
[citation needed]
In April 1998 Donalds received a call from producer and songwriter Michael Cretu, who wanted to engage him for
the Enigma project. The outcome was that they collaborated not only on Enigma songs but also on two solo albums.
His third album Snowin Under My Skin included two singles: All Out of Love, a cover version of the Air Supply
song which achieved international platinum status,
[citation needed]
and Simple Obsession.
[citation needed]
Lets Talk About It, his fourth album, featured the single One Night Lover.
[citation needed]
Five years after his last solo album, Donalds released a "best of" album in 2006.
[citation needed]
It included five new
songs, of which Dreamer and Let The Stars Fall Down were released as singles.
[citation needed]
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Enigma
Since 1999 Donalds has been one of the lead singers in Enigma, Cretus music project which has sold over 50
million
[citation needed]
records worldwide, received more than 100 platinum and gold awards
[citation needed]
and took
over 50 #1 chart positions.
[citation needed]
He has performed in Enigma songs such as: Seven Lives, Modern
Crusaders, The Screen Behind The Mirror, Boum-Boum, In The Shadow, In The Light, Hello And Welcome
(soundtrack for the Felix Sturms box).Wikipedia:Please clarify He also co-wrote and performed Je taime Till My
Dying Day and Distorted Love.
[citation needed]
Other collaborations
In 2005 Donalds co-produced and performed the song And I Feel for the soundtrack of the German film Barefoot /
Barfu, starring and directed by Til Schweiger.
[citation needed]
In 2005 he co-operated with the Ukrainian singer Evgenia Vlasova. Their songs Limbo & Wind Of Hope gained
airplay on Slavic radio stations.
[citation needed]
Wikipedia:Vagueness
Donalds also wrote a song for Sandra, the former wife of Cretu: The Way I Am, the lead single from her The Art of
Love album released in 2007.
[citation needed]
Solo albums
Year Title
1994 Andru Donalds
1995 Andru Donalds (limited edition)
1997 Damned If I Don't
1997 Damned If I Don't (limited edition)
1999 Snowin' Under My Skin
2001 Let's Talk About It
2006 Best Of
2011 Trouble In Paradise (15 April 2011)
Singles
Year Title
1994 Mishale
1994 Save Me Now (radio only)
1995 Tryin' To Tell Ya
1995 Mishale (remix)
1998 Beautiful Friday
1998 (Still) Lovin' You
1999 All Out Of Love
1999 Simple Obsession
2000 Precious Little Diamond
2000 (I'm Not Your) One Night Lover
2001 Hurts To Be In Love
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2001 Someday
2005 Limbo (radio only)
2006 Wind Of Hope (radio only)
2006 Dreamer
2006 Let The Stars Fall Down
2007 AD07 (EP)
2009 Stop The Pain (by Sly&Robbie / Taxi Records)
2010 Marble Eyes
2011 Falling Down
2012 Serenade (by Sly&Robbie / Taxi Records)
"Enigma" lead vocals
Other than "Love Sensuality Devotion" not even a single track in listing is performed by Donalds.Wikipedia:Please
clarify
Year Title
2000 The Screen Behind The Mirror (album)
2001 Love Sensuality Devotion (Greatest Hits)
2003 Voyageur (album)
2004 Boum-Boum (single)
2005 15 Years After (box set)
2005 Hello And Welcome (single)
2006 A Posteriori (album)
2008 Seven Lives (single)
2008 Seven Lives Many Faces (album)
Soundtracks
Donalds' work has featured on the soundtracks of two films.
Year Title
1997 Good Will Hunting
2005 Barfuss (Barefoot)
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ollaboration with Eugenia Vlasova
Albums
Year Title
2006 Wind of Hope (album)
Covers
Donalds' songs have been covered by other artists include:
[citation needed]
Mishale - covered by Tranx-Mission, 4Play and Marianna Gerasimidou
Ruth Ann Boyle covered Just for One Day (I'd Die for You) on her album What About Us.
Songs that have been covered by Donalds include:
[citation needed]
Jackson Browne's Somebody's Baby
Led Zeppelin's D'yer Mak'er
Sinad O'Connor's Thank You
Air Supply's All Out Of Love
Aerosmith's Dream On
Cretu & Thiers' Snowing Under My Skin
Fox The Fox' Precious Little Diamond
Gino Vanelli's Hurts To Be In Love
Also there's another co-writer's version:Wikipedia:Please clarify
Kari Kimmel Dreamer released on the album A Life In The Day
References
[1] http:/ / www. facebook. com/ andrudonalds
External links
http:/ / www. facebook. com/ andrudonalds
Andru Donalds's channel (https:/ / www. youtube. com/ user/ AndruDonaldsOfficial) on YouTube
Andru archive homepage (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ andru)
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Past members
Frank Peterson
Frank Peterson is a German music producer known for his work with Enigma and artists such as Sarah Brightman,
Ofra Haza, Gregorian, Princessa and Andrea Bocelli on his first international album Romanza in 1997.
Peterson was born on December 20, 1963, in Hamburg. As a child he taught himself to play the piano and keyboard,
going on to work in a music store. It was here that he met Michael Cretu and became lead keyboardist for Sandra,
appearing prominently on her hit single Maria Magdalena.
He was a member of Sandra's band for a few more years, then moved with the Cretus to Ibiza. While there he
became involved with Cretu's new project, Enigma, under the pseudonym of F. Gregorian. Peterson contributed to
their first album, MCMXC a.D., writing several tracks.
Peterson left the group in 1991 and pursued work on Gregorian, a musical project co-founded by Thomas Schwarz
and Matthias Meissner. The female vocals for this album were provided by The Sisters of Oz - a duo composed of
Birgit Freud and Susana Espelleta, who was married to Peterson at the time. Soon after, he met English soprano
Sarah Brightman and collaborated with her on her solo albums Dive through Gothic.
Gregorian was re-invented later on in his career as a group performing chant arrangements of popular songs.
Peterson's inspiration, as he stated in an interview, was the approaching new millennium and its spiritual aspect.
[1]
In 1997, Peterson collaborated with Israeli singer Ofra Haza, producing her last album Ofra Haza. This album was
very successful in Europe and the United States.
Other artists whom Peterson has worked with include Princessa, Carolin Fortenbacher, Violet, and Sinsual (the last
two of which have CDs in the works).
Lawsuit against Google/Youtube
On April 16, 2009 Billboard reported that Peterson has filed a lawsuit at the Higher District Court in Hamburg
against Google/YouTube,
[2]
claiming that his music videos and other audiovisual repertoire were used illegally. In
his lawsuit Peterson claims infringement of his copyrights and master rights. He states that more than 125 million
streams of his productions - of which he owns the copyrights and master rights as author, publisher and producer -
have been viewed, for which he never received payment from Google/YouTube. In the Billboard interview Jens
Schippmann, senior partner of the law firm Kamin & Wilke representing Peterson claimed the lawsuit has been
necessary because Peterson never granted any synchronization rights and adaptation rights to GEMA as part of his
membership agreement: "The German legal situation is different to the Anglo-American copyright law because in
Germany the copyright itself will always remain with the author and exploitation rights granted do not exclude the
author from any decision regarding synchronization and adaptation because of the author's moral right," says
Schippmann. "My client did not assign any synchronization or adaptation rights to Google/YouTube and is therefore
entitled to demand [they] cease and desist such usage [and] negotiate about demanding appropriate remuneration."
Lutz Melzer, junior partner at the firm: "The lawsuit includes our demand for injunction, for information and
accounting about the figures of the usage and the turnover, especially from advertising. In addition we demand for a
court decision that any damages incurred by such exploitation have to be reimbursed by Google/YouTube. So far we
cannot exactly compute the amount of such damages without additional information from YouTube but it seems that
the damages will exceed a few million [U.S.] dollars solely in the Peterson case."
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Notes
[1] Best, Sophie. Q&A: Frank Peterson." (http:/ / web.archive. org/ web/ 20010828182429/ http:/ / theage. com. au/ entertainment/ 2001/ 08/ 26/
FFXR2DDASQC. html) The Age. August 26, 2001. Retrieved August 6, 2006.
[2] "German Composer Sues Google/YouTube " (http:/ / billboard. biz/ bbbiz/ content_display/ industry/
e3i27945265e8c95425efc47d45a1c1f594)
External links
Nemo Studio (http:/ / www. nemo-studio. de)
Gregorian Music - bio of Frank Peterson (http:/ / www. gregorian-music. com/ gregorian/ en/ a-peterson. php)
FPWeb - The Frank Peterson Website (http:/ / home. global. co. za/ ~jvd/ index. html)
Frank Peterson (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0677152/ ) at the Internet Movie Database
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Sandra Lauer
Sandra
Sandra, 11 February 2007
Background information
Birth name Sandra Ann Lauer
Also known as Sandra Cretu
Born 18 May 1962
Saarbrcken, Saarland, West Germany
Genres Synthpop, Euro disco, Sophisti-pop
Occupations Singer
Years active 1975-present
Labels Virgin
Associated acts Michael Cretu, Basshunter, Enigma, Arabesque
Website
www.sandralauer.com
[1]
Sandra Ann Lauer, commonly known under her stage name Sandra (born 18 May 1962) is a German pop singer,
who enjoyed a mainstream popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of European hit singles, produced
by her then-husband and musical partner, Michael Cretu, most notably "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" (1985),
"In the Heat of the Night" (1985), "Everlasting Love" (1987), "Secret Land" (1988), "Hiroshima" (1990) and "Don't
Be Aggressive" (1992). Her albums Into a Secret Land (1988) and Close to Seven (1992) have won Sandra a high
critical acclaim.
Prior to embarking on a solo career, Sandra was the lead singer of an all-female disco trio Arabesque, which had a
massive following in Japan and Russia. Also, between 1990 and 2001, she provided vocals on album releases of the
very successful group Enigma, which had top 10 hits in North America and United Kingdom. A cult star with a
devoted fan base, Sandra remains one of the most popular singers of the 1980s in Continental Europe. During the
height of her popularity, she even managed to outsell Madonna in a number of countries around the world. With
sales in excess of 30 million records worldwide, Sandra has established her position as the most successful German
pop female vocalist.
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Biography
1962-1984: Early life and Arabesque
Sandra Ann Lauer was born in the German town of Saarbrcken, close to the French border. Her father, Robert, who
owned a wine store in Saarbrcken, is French and her mother, Karin, who worked in a shoe store, is German. She
also had an older brother, Gaston, a paraplegic who died in 1995. Sandra showed an early interest in music and
dancing, starting to learn classical ballet at the age of 5, which she would continue for ten years, and receiving guitar
lessons when she was 10 years old. In 1975, at the age of thirteen, Sandra went with her mother to see Young Star
Festival, a Saarbrcken talent competition. She was only a member of the audience, but when all participants had
finished performing and the jury was discussing the results, Sandra walked onto the stage, persuaded the DJ to put on
the German version of a song made famous by Olivia Newton-John and started singing. The impromptu performance
gained considerable recognition and led to the release of her first single, which was a children's song about a pet dog,
"Andy mein Freund". The single, however, performed poorly on charts at that time dominated by disco mania.
In 1979, now seventeen, Sandra joined Arabesque, a disco group consisting of Michaela Rose and Jasmine Vetter,
and would become the band's lead singer. At that time Sandra met a keyboardist named Michael Cretu. They found
that they share the same birthday, albeit five years apart, and became good friends. Arabesque became successful
with their cheerful music and flamboyant, sometimes daring costumes, winning a massive following in Japan and
scoring a top 10 hit in Germany in 1981 with "Marigot Bay". After nine albums, emerging differences in musical
interests of group members and decreasing popularity of disco music signaled the group's break-up. Sandra and
Michael Cretu, at that point already romantically involved, moved to Munich, where Michael created his own studio,
Data-Alpha, named after a song from his solo album Legionre. Their first single together was 1984's "Japan ist
weit", a German cover of the Alphaville song "Big in Japan". However, the song failed to enter any charts and only
125 copies of the single were sold.
1985-1992: Peak of international career
Sandra won international success in 1985 with a song "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena", which topped the charts in
21 countries worldwide and reached top 10 in further five. Her first album, The Long Play (1985), reached number
12 in her home country of Germany and was a top 10 success in Scandinavia. The follow-up single, "In the Heat of
the Night", continued her international success, reaching number two in Germany and top 10 positions in many
European countries. The song also earned Sandra second place at the Tokyo Music Festival in 1986. "Little Girl"
became the third single from the album in 1986, with the music video filmed in Venice, but met with moderate
success. Shortly after the release of The Long Play, Sandra moved to London for six months, where she worked with
singing instructor Helena Shelen and took drumming lessons to practice her timing. She also joined a language
school, where she worked on her English skills, while she spent weekends in Munich recording new songs.
Sandra's second studio album, Mirrors, was released in October 1986, with "Innocent Love" chosen as the first
single, followed by "Hi! Hi! Hi!". Both songs were synthpop up-tempo offerings and met with considerable charts
success in Europe. Two further singles from the album, ballad "Loreen" and another danceable song "Midnight Man"
met only with moderate success. In 1987, Sandra released her own version of "Everlasting Love", which she claimed
had been her favourite song since childhood, to a great international success. The single was a top 10 hit in
German-speaking countries and charted within top 20 internationally. The song was included on Sandra's first
retrospective album, Ten on One (The Singles), which met with success and spawned another top 10 single, "Stop for
a Minute".
Sandra and Michael married in January 1988 and relocated from Munich to the Spanish island Ibiza to work on what
would be Sandra's third studio album. Into a Secret Land moved from electro-pop to more sophisticated areas of pop,
what was showcased by the first single, "Heaven Can Wait", a top 20 European hit. Second single, "Secret Land",
met with even greater success and is now considered one of Sandra's biggest hits while "We'll Be Together", released
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as the third single to a big success, was the first song co-written by Sandra. In order to promote Sandra's music in
Anglosphere, another compilation was released at the end of 1988, Everlasting Love. The album failed to enter
charts, but included a PWL remix of the title track which charted at number 45 in the UK. 1989 saw the release of
the final single from Into a Secret Land, "Around My Heart", which became another chart hit, while at that point the
album itself was her best-selling offering. With animal rights and nature conservation high on her personal agenda,
Sandra took part in recording a song "Yes We Can" together with 15 other musicians as a part of the project Artists
United for Nature.
Sandra's fourth album, Paintings in Yellow, was released in March 1990 and became her highest-charting album in
her home country. "Hiroshima" was released as the lead single and eventually became one of her biggest chart hits.
Danceable "(Life May Be) A Big Insanity" and ballad "One More Night" were released as the second and third
single off the album, respectively, but met with modest success. At the end of 1990, Sandra accepted an award for
the best-selling German artist at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. Also in 1990, the singer contributed
vocals to four songs for her husband's musical project Enigma, including a worldwide number 1 hit "Sadeness".
In early 1992, Sandra's fifth album was released, Close to Seven, which continued more mature, less dance-oriented
musical style. The album was a remarkable international success as was its lead single, "Don't Be Aggressive".
However, the second single, "I Need Love", was Sandra's first since 1984 to fail to enter charts. Later in 1992, a new
compilation was released, titled 18 Greatest Hits. It included most of her previous single songs and a re-recording of
"Johnny Wanna Live", originally from Paintings in Yellow, which was released as a single and became a minor hit in
Germany and the Netherlands. 18 Greatest Hits was another commercial success and marked the end of Sandra's
most successful period of her career.
1993-2006: Comeback attempts
In 1993, Sandra released a new version of "Maria Magdalena" with a techno arrangement and futuristic music video.
The re-recording turned out a flop, signaling her declining popularity. Nonetheless, she sang in three songs on
Enigma's next album, The Cross of Changes, including hit single "Return to Innocence".
While pregnant with twins, Sandra recorded and released Fading Shades in 1995. The album saw a new
writer-producer Jens Gad working alongside Michael Cretu and consisted of mostly pop-oriented material. A cover
version of "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues was released as the first single, becoming one of Sandra's
lowest-charting singles in Germany, although it was a hit in Israel. The album met with lukewarm commercial and
critical reception, and the second single, "Won't Run Away", failed to make any impact on music charts. After giving
birth to twin sons Nikita and Sebastian in a Munich hospital through Caesarean section in July 1995, Sandra decided
to put her career on hold to raise children. However, the following year she participated in recording two songs for
Enigma's third album.
1999 saw the release of My Favourites, a double disc album featuring remixes of Sandra's older songs and some of
her favourite ballads. It was a success, charting within top 20 in some European countries. A new version of "Secret
Land" was released as a single, accompanied by a music video in which Sandra sported a new, shorter hair. Her
vocals again appeared in two songs on Enigma's 2000 album The Screen Behind the Mirror as well as the project's
2001 single "Turn Around". 2001 also saw the release of Sandra's brand new single, a ballad "Forever", which was a
minor chart success in Germany. It foreshadowed her next studio album, The Wheel of Time, eventually released in
spring 2002, after several delays. The album was a chart success and met with positive critical response, producing
two more singles, "Such a Shame", originally performed by Talk Talk, and another ballad "I Close My Eyes". In
2003, the DVD The Complete History was released, featuring all of her music videos, and became a commercial
success. The same year, Sandra contributed vocals for Enigma's Voyageur album, what would mark the last time she
worked with the project.
After several years of break, in 2006, Sandra teamed up with a Swiss singer DJ BoBo for a duet "Secrets of Love"
from his Greatest Hits album. The single was a big hit, reaching top 5 in Switzerland and top 20 in Germany. Sandra
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subsequently took up performing live again and began working on her next album. In late 2006, Reflections was
released, an album consisting of remixes of Sandra's biggest hits, and met with minor commercial success. A new,
ballad version of "Everlasting Love", with re-recorded vocals, was released as a promotional single in Germany
while the remix of "Around My Heart" proved to be a big radio hit in Poland.
2007-present: A new musical direction
The highly anticipated new studio album, The Art of Love, was released in February 2007, charting within top 20 in
German charts and enjoying a minor success internationally. For the first time, Michael Cretu did not participate in
recording the album, as he was reportedly busy with new Enigma recordings, instead letting Jens Gad produce the
entire work. Sandra now participated actively in composing and writing the album, therefore lyrics were more
personal and reflected struggles in her personal life. "The Way I Am" was the album's lead single, peaking at number
50 in Germany, while the second single, "What Is It About Me", failed to chart. However, her version of the The
Hooters' "All You Zombies" became a big radio hit in Poland. In November 2007, it was announced that Sandra and
Michael were getting divorced and Sandra spent the following year touring Europe.
A new Sandra album, titled Back to Life, was released in March 2009, showcasing an up-tempo material, influenced
by Latin pop, dance and R&B. "In a Heartbeat" and "The Night Is Still Young", the latter featuring Thomas Anders
of Modern Talking, were released as singles and both met with modest success in Germany. The album itself was
moderately successful too and generated mixed reviews. Later in 2009, a three-disc compilation album titled The
Platinum Collection was released, featuring all of Sandra's hit singles as well as some album tracks and extended
versions. The release did not chart.
2012 saw the release of Stay in Touch, Sandra's tenth studio album. Produced by a German DJ duo Blank & Jones,
the album incorporated 1980s sound into songs, reproducing the pattern of Sandra's early albums. "Maybe Tonight"
was released as the first single, peaking only at number 77 in Germany, while the second single, "Infinite Kiss"
failed to enter charts. However, the album was a modest chart success internationally and received warm response.
Personal life
Sandra and Michael Cretu were married on 7 January 1988 and, in July 1995, became parents of twin sons, Nikita
and Sebastian. They separated in November 2007, citing "personal and professional differences". While Michael has
been living in Germany since May 2009, she has continued to reside in Ibiza and married music producer Olaf
Menges in 2010.
Discography
The Long Play (1985)
Mirrors (1986)
Ten on One (The Singles) (1987)
Into a Secret Land (1988)
Everlasting Love (1989)
Paintings in Yellow (1990)
Close to Seven (1992)
18 Greatest Hits (1992)
Fading Shades (1995)
My Favourites (1999)
The Wheel of Time (2002)
Reflections (2006)
The Art of Love (2007)
Back to Life (2009)
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The Platinum Collection (2009)
Stay in Touch (2012)
References
[1] http:/ / www. sandralauer. com
External links
Official website (http:/ / www. samoqi-music. com)
Official website in Russia and Post Soviet Countries (http:/ / sandralauer. com)
Official page (https:/ / www. facebook. com/ sandralauerofficial) on Facebook
Official page (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ user/ SandraOfficialHD) on YouTube
Peter Cornelius
Peter Cornelius, performing in Vienna in2010.
Peter Cornelius (born January 29, 1951 in Vienna, Austria) is an
Austrian pop-singer, guitarist and a former member of Enigma.
Discography
Albums
1974 Hampelmann
1974 Fleckerlteppich
1976 Eine Rose aus Papier
1980 Der Kaffee ist fertig
1980 Zwei
1981 Reif fr die Insel
1982 Bevor i geh' / Ohne Filter
1983 Fata Morgana
1984 Schtig
1986 Gegen den Strom
1987 CORNELIUS '87
1988 Sensibel
1989 Jahreszeiten
1989 Live aus dem Wiener Konzerthaus
1990 In Bewegung
1992 Cornelius + Cretu
1993 Lieber heut als morgen
2001 Lebenszeichen
2003 Schatten und Licht
2006 Peter Cornelius - Wie ein Junger Hund im hohen Gras
2008 Handschrift
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DVDs
December 2006: Peter Cornelius: Live vor 100.000 auf dem Donauinselfest
Compilations
1984 Streicheleinheiten
1987 Meine grossen Erfolge
1988 Liederbuch
1988 Portrait
1989 Poptakes
1989 Instrumental
1990 Sehnsucht
1992 Streicheleinheiten
1995 Meisterstcke
1995 Song Portrait
1996 Liedermacher
1997 Die grssten Hits aus 25 Jahren
1998 Master Series
1999 Schwerelos (box set)
2001 Best of Peter Cornelius
2004 Peter Cornelius - Das Beste
2006 Peter Cornelius - Best of - Reif fr die Insel (disc 1 of 3)
External links
Peter Cornelius
[1]
(German)
References
[1] http:/ / www. petercornelius. com/
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Jens Gad
Jens Gad
Birth name Jens Gad
Origin Danish
Genres New age, Pop, Rock, Dance
Occupations producer, songwriter, musician
Website
http:/ / www. jensgad. com
[1]
Jens Gad is a songwriter, producer and guitarist. He was previously the co-producer for the musical project,
Enigma. Currently, he is releasing albums under the name of Jens Gad Presents for his new instrumental work, and
also under the name of Achillea, for his new world-influenced music which features different female vocalists on
each album, singing in different languages. Jens is the older brother of Toby Gad.
Discography
Albums
Contact (1986) - Fancy
All or Nothing (1988) - Milli Vanilli
NRG. (1989) - Q[2]
Love Is No Science (1989) - Mnchener Freiheit
Welcome To The Soul Asylum (1991) - Angel X
The Cross Of Changes (1993) - Enigma
Sliver: Music from the Motion Picture (1993) - Enigma / BSO
Fading Shades (1995) - Sandra
The Energy of Sound (1998) - Trance Atlantic Air Waves
Snowin' Under My Skin (1999) - Andru Donalds
My Favourites (1999) - Sandra
The Screen Behind the Mirror (2000) - Enigma
Freiheit Die Ich Meine (2000) - Mnchener Freiheit
Let's Talk About It (2001) - Andru Donalds
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits (2001) - Enigma
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection (2001) - Enigma
The Wheel of Time (2002) - Sandra
Zeitmaschine (2003) - Mnchener Freiheit
Voyageur (2003) - Enigma
Secrets of Seduction (2005) - released under the group name Enigmatic Obsession
The Nine Worlds (2005) - released under the group name Achillea
[3]
Le Spa Sonique (2006) - released under the recording artist name Jens Gad Presents
[4]
Amadas Estrellas (2007) - released under the group name Achillea
[3]
The Art Of Love (2007) - Sandra
Back to Life (2009) - Sandra
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References
[1] http:/ / www. jensgad.com
[2] http:/ / toolserver.org/ %7Edispenser/ cgi-bin/ dab_solver. py?page=Jens_Gad& editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/ editintro&
client=Template:Dn
[3] The Nine Worlds (http:/ / www. sequoiarecords.com/ 118. php) album photo and description
[4] Le Spa Sonique (http:/ / www. sequoiarecords. com/ 122. php) album photo and description
External links
GadMusic.com (http:/ / www. gadmusic. com/ )
Jens Gad at EnigmaMusic.com (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ jens/ )
Jens Gad en EnigmaMusica.com (http:/ / www. enigmamusica. com/ gad/ )
Q NRG. (http:/ / q-farianet. narod. ru/ )
Ruth-Ann Boyle
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Ruth-Ann Boyle
Ruth-Ann Boyle
Born 26 April 1970
Origin Sunderland, England
Genres Pop
Occupations singer
Years active 1987present
Website
Ruthann-music.com
[1]
Ruth-Ann Boyle (born 26 April 1970, Sunderland) is an English pop music singer who became famous during the
1990s. Together with producers Tim Kellett and Robin Taylor-Firth, she formed the British band Olive. The band
became world famous with "You're Not Alone" in 1997.
In 1999 she sang lead vocals on tracks "Gravity of Love" and "Silence Must be Heard" on Enigma's album "The
Screen Behind the Mirror", the former of which was also released as a single. She also performed guest-vocals for
their 2003 album Voyageur.
Her first solo album 'What about Us?', produced by Michael Cretu of Enigma, was only released as a digital
download via iTunes in 2007, quoting a lack of necessary project support and co-ordination to produce physical
copies of the album.
Biography
Influenced by singers like Rickie Lee Jones and Joni Mitchell, Boyle joined various bands from age 1719, but these
turned out to be unpleasant experiences ("folk bands, Rickie Lee Jones and stuff like that, all the angst"). In the
intervening time, she performed assembly-line work in factories before ending up managing a pub in Sheffield.
Meanwhile, she also recorded vocal samples for The Durutti Column, the Manchester-based musical project headed
by Vini Reilly.
However, Boyle was considering a career in nursing by the time Kellett, who had heard the vocal samples
pre-recorded onto a keyboard while playing live with The Durutti Column, contacted her about singing for the group
he had formed with Taylor-Firth. After auditioning, Boyle found in the band an ideal musical collaboration. Olive
produced two albums from its inception in 1995 to 2000, after which the band ceased to work together.
During the production of Olive's second album under Madonna's label Maverick and titled as Trickle, Boyle met
Michael Cretu, mastermind behind the 1990s leading new age / pop project of Enigma, who had heard one of her
songs (Miracle) in Ibiza and he invited her to participate on his fourth concept album The Screen Behind the Mirror
(1999). Boyle sang the lead vocals on two tracks on the album, one of them was released as the lead single titled
"Gravity of Love" and afterward Boyle also performed as a female voice for the more commercial pop oriented
Voyageur album on tracks "Boum-boum" and "Following the Sun" in late 2003.
Because of their successful collaboration, they produced a solo debut album, which was then produced in A.R.T.
Studios in Ibiza, late 2004. The album was named What about Us?. After numerous delays, the album was digitally
released in June 2007.
Ruth-Ann Boyle
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Discography
Albums
As Olive
Extra Virgin (1997)
Trickle (2000)
Solo
What about Us? (2007) iTunes digital distribution only
Collaborations
The Durutti Column
Sex and Death (1994)
The Rest of My Life
Believe in Me
Where I Should Be
Grand Theft Audio
Hold Back the Night (1999)
Sleep Tonight
To be with You / Mind and Body with Sara Jay
Enigma
The Screen Behind the Mirror (1999)
Gravity of Love
Silence Must be Heard
Voyageur (2003)
Boum-boum with Andru Donalds
Following the Sun
Kojak
Every Room on Every Floor (2003)
Tell Me
You Can't Live without Me
Notes and references
[1] http:/ / www. ruthann-music. com
External links
RuthAnn-music.com (http:/ / www. ruthann-music. com) Official site
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Discography
Enigma discography
This is the discography of Enigma project.
Note: all albums were released on Virgin Records or its subsidiary Virgin Schallplatten GmbH. The Eurochart
singles top and Eurochart albums top are compiled by Music & Media trade magazine (subsidiary of Billboard
magazine) and are based on the sales charts of 16 European countries. (countries list
[1]
).US Top data: for singles
from The Billboard Hot 100, for albums from The Billboard 200;
Enigma project has sold over 50 million records worldwide.
Albums
Studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER AUS AUT
FRA
[2]
NDL NOR SWE SWI UK
US
MCMXC a.D. Released: 10 December
1990
Label: Virgin (EMI)
Formats: CD, Cassette,
Vinyl
3 2 3 1 7 4 3 2 1 6 GER: 2
Platinum
AUT: Gold
FRA: 2 Gold
SWE: Gold
SWI: 2
Platinum
UK: 3
Platinum
US: 4 Platinum
The Cross of Changes Released: 6 December
1993
Label: Virgin (EMI)
Formats: CD, Cassette,
Vinyl
5 2 5 9 7 5 3 4 1 9 GER: Platinum
AUT: Gold
FRA: Gold
SWE: Gold
SWI: Platinum
UK: 2
Platinum
US: 2 Platinum
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le
Roi!
Released: 20 November
1996
Label: Virgin (EMI)
Formats: CD, Cassette
3 10 4 8 6 1 8 4 12 25 GER: Gold
AUT: Gold
FRA: Gold
SWI: Gold
UK: Gold
US: Platinum
The Screen Behind the
Mirror
Released: 14 January
2000
Label: Virgin (EMI)
Formats: CD, Cassette
2 44 6 16 4 2 7 4 7 33 GER: Gold
SWE: Gold
SWI: Gold
UK: Silver
US: Gold
Enigma discography
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Voyageur Released: 30 September
2003
Label: Virgin (EMI)
Formats: CD, Cassette
6 19 32 13 31 29 46 94
A Posteriori Released: 22 September
2006
Label: Virgin (EMI)
Formats: CD
16 17 98 8 24 95
Seven Lives Many Faces Released: 19 September
2008
Label: Virgin (EMI)
Formats: CD
15 30 93 22 18 92
"" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Compilation albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
GER AUS AUT FRA NDL NOR SWE SWI UK
US
Love Sensuality
Devotion: The Greatest
Hits
Released: 8
October 2001
Label: Virgin
(EMI)
Formats: CD
4 49 10 11 10 6 11 13 29 29 GER:
Gold
UK: Gold
US:
700,000
"" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Remix albums
2001 Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
Box sets
1998 Trilogy
2005 15 Years After
2009 The Platinum Collection
2013 - Enigma: Classic Album Selection (A box set featuring the first five albums)
Extended plays
2006 Eppur si muove
Singles
Enigma discography
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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER AUS AUT FRA NLD NOR SWE SWI
UK
[3]
US
"Sadeness (Part I)" 1990 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 GER:
Platinum
AUT: Gold
FRA: Gold
UK: Silver
MCMXC a.D.
"Mea Culpa (Part II)" 1991 7 21 4 11 20 10 55 FRA: Silver
"Principles of Lust" 90 29 59
"The Rivers of Belief" 37 68
"Carly's Song"
(only USA and AUS)
1993 Music from the Motion
Picture Sliver
"Return to Innocence" 1994 5 16 4 11 8 1 1 5 3 4 GER: Gold
UK: Silver
US: Gold
The Cross of Changes
"The Eyes of Truth" 31 34 21
"Age of Loneliness" 40 21
"Out from the Deep"
"Beyond the Invisible" 1996 40 20 32 27 13 29 36 26 81 Le Roi est mort, vive le
Roi!
"T.N.T. for the Brain" 1997 60
"Gravity of Love" 1999 65 84 89 The Screen Behind the
Mirror
"Push the Limits" 2000 96 76
"Turn Around" 2001 65 45 Love Sensuality Devotion:
The Greatest Hits
"Voyageur" 2003 Voyageur
"Following the Sun" 97
"Boum-Boum" 2004 98 108
"Hello and Welcome" 2006 87 15 Years After
"Goodbye Milky Way" A posteriori
"Seven Lives / La Puerta
Del Cielo"
2008 56 Seven Lives Many Faces
"The Same Parents"
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Enigma discography
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DVDs
Remember the Future (2001)
MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album (2003)
MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album / Remember the Future box set (2004)
A posteriori (2006)
Seven Lives Many Faces (2008)
Other miscellaneous releases
In the Beginning... (1997) (Promotional Compilation CD)
The Dusted Variations (2005) bonus disc of Enigma covers in 15 Years After
A posteriori (Private Lounge Remixes) (2007) several remixes based on tracks from A posteriori, exclusive to
iTunes
References
[1] http:/ / thunder. prohosting.com/ ~euro100/
[2] [2] French peak positions for albums:
For MCMXC a.D. and The Cross of Changes:
For Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!, The Screen Behind the Mirror, Voyageur, A Posteriori, Seven Lives Many Faces:
[3] [3] Peak positions for UK:
For "All except those indicated below":
For :"Push the Limits" and "Boum-Boum":
Chart positions of albums and singles (http:/ / www. enigma-fanclub. com/ max. htm) (Mirror site) (http:/ / web.
archive. org/ web/ 19991103164946/ http:/ / www. fortunecity. com/ tinpan/ drake/ 193/ m_chart. htm)
UK chart positions (http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ )
Billboard album charts from Allmusic (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p4195/ charts-awards)
Billboard single charts from Allmusic (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p4195/ charts-awards/
billboard-singles)
EnigmaMusic.com discography (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ discography/ )
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Studio albums
MCMXC a.D.
MCMXC a.D.
Studio album by Enigma
Released 10 December 1990
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 1990
Genre New Age, ambient house
Length 40:16
Label Virgin, Charisma
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
MCMXC
a.D.
(1990)
The Cross of
Changes
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly (A-)
MCMXC a.D. ("1990" in Roman numerals followed by an abbreviation of "Anno Domini") is the first studio album
from the electronic music group Enigma, headed by Michael Cretu. Recorded at A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, it is one of
the first albums to be recorded on a hard disk.
Released in 1990 on Virgin Records, the album reached number one in 41 countries including the UK. It peaked at
number 6 in the United States, and remained on the Billboard 200 for 282 weeks. The album spawned four singles:
"Sadeness (Part I)", "Principles of Lust", "Mea Culpa (Part II)" and "The Rivers of Belief". "Sadeness (Part 1)"
topped the UK singles charts and peaked in the US at number 5.
MCMXC a.D.
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Concept
The main theme in MCMXC a.D. could be interpreted as the struggle that one faces in life, between religion and
sexuality.
[citation needed]
"Sadeness (Part I)", the main song of the album, questions the personal beliefs of the
Marquis de Sade, who had an affection towards torture as pleasure. Other themes that appear on the album were
based on Christian beliefs, and the end of the world from the Book of Revelation.
[citation needed]
Overview
MCMXC a.D. starts with the mellow sounds of a foghorn, later on to be known as the "Enigma horn" and the voice
of Louisa Stanley, who at the time was an executive at Virgin Records speaking in "The Voice of Enigma". The
Gregorian chant "Procedamus in pace!" then segues into the first three-part movement of the album even before it
starts, "Principles of Lust".
The first part, "Sadeness", received the most attention through its unique and previously unheard mix of Gregorian
chants and dance beat. Triangles and synthesized shakuhachi flutes add to the French vocals and breathy sounds of
Michael's wife, Sandra. Cretu only describes the male voice speaking in French in "Sadeness (Part I)" as a good
friend of his. The song fades into "Find Love", in which Sandra instructs the listeners to follow their lust. Reversed
chants signal the start of "Sadeness (reprise)" and continues with a short piano piece, based on the same tunes as the
shakuhachi flute earlier. The flute returns as chants of "Hosanna" gradually bring an end to the movement.
The next song, "Callas Went Away" is a tribute to the opera singer, Maria Callas. Chirps from electronic birds at the
beginning, mixed with a slow beat and sounds of a piano leads to Sandra's whispers and ends with some samples of
Callas singing the aria Ces lettres, ces lettres from the opera Werther by Massenet.
The rain at the beginning of "Mea Culpa" is a sample taken from the introduction of Black Sabbath's self-titled
album and song. The plainsong chant "Kyrie Eleison" (from Mass XI, Orbis Factor, in the Liber usualis) appears
predominantly, alongside Sandra's vocals and the same flute. It fades into the experimental track, "The Voice and the
Snake", which is based on "Seven Bowls", a song from Aphrodite's Child where a group of people describe the end
of the world in an eerie and haunting manner, as mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
A bowl falls to the ground and breaks, leading it to "Knocking on Forbidden Doors". The drums beats in the song
made to resemble the sound of a door being knocked, before it progresses into a faster beat. A guitar enters and slips
aside quietly for more Gregorian chants, this time a part of "Salve Regina", and fading into the following track.
The second three-part movement in the album, "Back to the Rivers of Belief", begins slowly with John Williams'
five-toned notes from Steven Spielberg's movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which leads to mellow
Gregorian chants in the first part of the movement, "Way to Eternity". The same beat from "Sadeness" enters for the
start of "Hallelujah" as the strong sounds of violins accompany the beat. The triangle and voices from the first track
reappears and repeats itself. An Orthodox/Byzantine chanting style is apparent in this part and segues into the next
part, "The Rivers of Belief", the only track where Michael Cretu sings in the album. After Cretu sings the chorus, the
music stops completely and an unfamiliar male voice intones Revelation 8:1: "When the Lamb opened the seventh
seal, silence covered the sky". This is also sampled from Aphrodite's Child album 666 (the voice here is of John
Forst). The sentence about the Seventh Seal enters at the 7th minute and 7th second of the 7th track, although in
some pressings, it appears at the 7th minute and 17th second. The music resumes with the shakuhachi flute and
Cretu's vocals. The album ends with the falling star effect and the "Enigma horn".
MCMXC a.D.
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Impact of MCMXC a.D.
The album was named as one of the most important and influential albums of mainstream New Age in the 1990s.
The album not only popularized the "Enigmatic" music style but also introduced some technical music production
changes. With MCMXC a.D., Michael Cretu developed the technical features and intentions of sampling. Though
samples were in use long before (introduced by such musicians as Jean-Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze and others),
Cretu built his own music around whole sequences of previously recorded parts. His method was not remixing and
remodelling, but rather recontextualisation: changing a piece of musics natural environment. This new method of
composing and album creating process was mainly adopted by hip-hop artists, as well as electronic music producers.
It was one of the first albums to be recorded directly to hard drive. MCMXC a.D. was one of the first steps in a series
of developments which would eradicate the division between mainstream and underground culture.
Controversy surrounded the music in the album for both its religious and sexual overtones, particularly the first three
singles. The video clip for "Principles of Lust" was banned from MTV and most TV stations, who were also
unwilling to play the music videos for "Sadeness (Part I)". The album itself was banned in several countries because
of that same reason,
[citation needed]
while critics have slammed the songs in the album as blasphemous. Nevertheless,
the popularity of the album shot up to number one in at least 24 different countries in where it was released, reaching
gold and platinum status.
The success of MCMXC a.D. influenced the works of B-Tribe (Fiesta Fatal!), Delerium (Semantic Spaces, Karma),
Banco de Gaia, and even Sarah Brightman (Eden). The album was also a stepping stone for the creation of many
other groups who mainly include Gregorian chants in their music, such as Era and Gregorian, which was founded by
Frank Peterson prior to his falling out with Michael Cretu.
In addition, Cretu received a total of 1.4 million pre-orders of their next album, The Cross of Changes which was
launched even before MCMXC a.D. fell out of the charts after four years.
In 1994, Polydor Germany sued Cretu and Virgin Germany for infringing on its "right of personality" in the samples
used in "Sadeness (Part I)" and "Mea Culpa". The lawsuit was settled out of court, after Cretu agreed to pay
compensation to the original creator of the samples.
Sleeve
The artwork on the sleeve of MCMXC a.D. was designed by Johann Zambryski, who also continued to design the
sleeves of the next four albums after MCMXC a.D. and its compilation and DVD covers. It depicted a thick, black
frame surrounding a silhouette of a figure being enshrouded in a bright light, and a Christian cross in the lower
centre of the album for emphasis towards the themes of the album. The sleeve bears a strong resemblance to that of
the 1986 Dead Can Dance album Spleen and Ideal.
Several quotes are printed on the booklet of the album, including the following:
The path of excess leads to the tower of wisdom.
William Blake (a misquote of "The Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom.")
The pleasure of satisfying a savage instinct, undomesticated by the ego, is uncomparably much more intense
than the one of satisfying a tamed instinct. The reason is becoming the enemy that prevents us from a lot of
possibilities of pleasure.
Sigmund Freud
If you believe in the light, it's because of obscurity, if you believe in happiness it's because of unhappiness, and
if you believe in God then you'll have to believe in the devil.
Father X, Exorcist, Church of Notre Dame, Paris
The cover of the "Limited Edition" of the album is the same as for the original release, but has a grainy dark green
background instead of black. The first million copies of the album also have a holograph of the monk and cross on
MCMXC a.D.
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top of the album instead of the normal art work.
Track listing
Original album
Most releases contain these seven tracks; some subsequent releases gave a track to each part.
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Voice of Enigma" Curly M.C. 2:21
2. "Principles of Lust"
"Sadeness"
"Find Love"
"Sadeness (reprise)"
Curly, David Fairstein, F.
Gregorian
Curly
Curly, Fairstein, Gregorian
11:43
3. "Callas Went Away" Curly 4:27
4. "Mea Culpa" Curly, Fairstein 5:03
5. "The Voice & The Snake" Curly, Gregorian 1:39
6. "Knocking on Forbidden Doors" Curly 4:31
7. "Back to the Rivers of Belief"
"Way to Eternity"
"Hallelujah"
"The Rivers of Belief"
Curly
Curly
Curly, Fairstein
10:32
Total length: 44:12
The limited edition
Released in November 1991, included the songs from the original album and 4 additional remixes. The original part
of the album blends into the first of the four additional tracks, and each of the additional tracks also blend into each
other. This gives the album a sense of continuation from start to finish. One of the remixes, The Returning Silence of
The Rivers of Belief, does not appear on any of the singles.
No. Title Writer(s) Length
8. "Sadeness (Meditation)" Curly, Gregorian, Fairstein 2:43
9. "Mea Culpa (Fading Shades)" Curly, Fairstein 6:04
10. "Principles of Lust (Everlasting Lust)" Curly 4:50
11. "The Rivers of Belief (The Returning Silence)" Curly, Fairstein 7:04
Bonus disc
Released in November 1999, included re-release of the original album and 6 remixes of 2 songs from the album on a
separate disc. All songs written and composed by Curly, Fairstein.
MCMXC a.D.
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No. Title Length
1. "Sadeness (Part I) (Meditation Mix)" 3:00
2. "Sadeness (Part I) (Extended Trance Mix)" 5:01
3. "Sadeness (Part I) (Violent U.S. Remix)" 5:03
4. "Mea Culpa (Part II) (Fading Shades Mix)" 6:13
5. "Mea Culpa (Part II) (Orthodox Version)" 4:00
6. "Mea Culpa (Part II) (Catholic Version)" 3:55
Singles
1990 "Sadeness (Part I)" (Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
1991 "Mea Culpa (Part II)" (Virgin Records)
1991 "Principles of Lust" (Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
1991 "The Rivers of Belief" (Virgin Records)
Credits
Michael Cretu (credited as "Curly M.C.") record producer, lead vocals
Sandra Cretu lead vocals
David Fairstein lyrics
Frank Peterson (credited as "F. Gregorian") samples
Louisa Stanley voices
Release history
Release Date
Original album 10 December 1990
The Limited Edition
4 November 1991
[1]
Charts
The album reached number 1 in 41 countries. The album spent 184 weeks (over 3 years) on UK Top 200 Albums
Chart, including 87 weeks in Top 75.
[citation needed]
It spent 282 weeks (over 5 years) on Billboard Top 200 Albums
Chart and 332 weeks in Top Catalog Albums Chart in the USA. As of 1994, it sold over 14 million copies. The
album received over 60 platinum awards worldwide.
Certifications
Album
MCMXC a.D.
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Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)
[2]
3 Platinum
210,000
^
Argentina (CAPIF)
[3]
Gold
30,000
x
Austria (IFPI Austria)
[4]
Gold
25,000
x
Brazil (ABPD)
[5]
Gold
100,000
*
Canada (Music Canada)
[6]
2 Platinum
200,000
^
France (SNEP)
[7]
2 Platinum 918,700
Germany (BVMI)
[8]
2 Platinum
1,000,000
^
Netherlands (NVPI)
[9]
Platinum
100,000
^
Sweden (GLF)
[10]
Gold
50,000
^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
[11]
2 Platinum
100,000
x
United Kingdom (BPI)
[12]
3 Platinum
900,000
^
United States (RIAA)
[13]
4 Platinum
4,000,000
^
*
sales figures based on certification alone
^
shipments figures based on certification alone
x
unspecified figures based on certification alone
Singles
Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Sadeness (Part I)" The Billboard Hot 100 5
Modern Rock Tracks 6
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 67
Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1
Notes
BBC News (14 November 2003). Enigma founder's lone project
[14]
. bbc.co.uk.
Billboard, U.S. (26 January 1991). "Sadeness" Tops On Euro Charts
[15]
. Billboard, United States.
Ellie Weinert (14 September 1991) "Sadeness" Creator Settles Sample Suit; Will Compensate For Unauthorised
Usage
[16]
. Billboard, United States.
FPWeb (2003) Biography of Enigma
[17]
. Retrieved March 4, 2005.
Enigma in UK Charts
[18]
MCMXC a.D.
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References
[1] http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ illdiscog/ MCMXCaD.limited-edition. html
[2] "ARIA Charts Accreditations 1996 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
[3] "Argentinian album certifications Enigma MCMXC AD" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0&
PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=Enigma& album=MCMXC+ AD& LanDesde_MM=0&
LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=1& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5&
CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
[4] "Austrian album certifications Enigma MCMXC a.D." (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter
Enigma in the field Interpret. Enter MCMXC a.D. in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
[5] "Brazilian album certifications Enigma MCMXC a.D." (http:/ / abpd. org. br/ certificados_interna. asp?sArtista=Enigma& tmidia=1) (in
Portuguese). Associao Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos.
[6] "Canadian album certifications Enigma MCMXC a.D." (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=MCMXC+ a. D. &
sa=Enigma& smt=0). Music Canada.
[7] "French album certifications Enigma MCMXC a.D." (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ Certif_Album. php) (in French). InfoDisc. Select
ENIGMA and click OK
[8] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma;'MCMXC a.D.')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche&
strTitel=MCMXC+ a. D. & strInterpret=Enigma& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
[9] "Dutch album certifications Enigma MCMXC a.D." (http:/ / www. ifpi. nl/ nvpi/ pagina. asp?pagkey=61112& documentid=1235048) (in
Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
[10] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat r 19871998" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp-content/ uploads/ guld-platina-1987-1998. pdf) (PDF) (in
Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
[11] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enigma;'MCMXC a. D.')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/
search_certifications. asp?search=Enigma+ MCMXC+ a. + D. ). Hung Medien.
[12] "British album certifications Enigma MCMXC a.D." (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British Phonographic Industry.
Enter MCMXC a.D. in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
[13] "American album certifications Enigma MCMXC a.D." (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="MCMXC+ a. D. ").
Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
[14] http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ music/ 3268997. stm
[15] http:/ / www.five. no/ enigma/ articles/ Billboard0191.html
[16] http:/ / www.five. no/ enigma/ articles/ Billboard0991.html
[17] http:/ / home.global.co. za/ ~jvd/ enigma/ middle. htm
[18] http:/ / chartwatch. co. uk/ TopTen/ acts/ act00700.htm
External links
Short article from MichaelCretu.com (http:/ / michaelcretu. com/ enigma/ albums/ mcmxcad)
Details of its release in different countries (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ discography/ E1/ Documents/ index.
htm)
Lyrics to the songs in the album (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ lyrics/ lyrics. html#E1)
Precededby
The Immaculate Collection by Madonna
UK number one album
26 January 1991 1 February 1991
Succeededby
The Soul Cages by Sting
The Cross of Changes
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The Cross of Changes
The Cross of Changes
Studio album by Enigma
Released 6 December 1993
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 1993
Genre New Age, New Wave, ambient
Length 44:12
Label Virgin
Charisma (US)
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
MCMXC
a.D.
(1990)
The Cross of
Changes
(1993)
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le
Roi!
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
allmusic
Entertainment Weekly (B)
The Cross of Changes is the second studio album by the musical project Enigma. after MCMXC a.D., released three
years earlier.
The most notable songs on the album are "Return to Innocence", which was released as a single and featured in
several film soundtracks, "Age of Loneliness (Carly's Song)" which was written especially for the film Sliver and
included on its soundtrack and "The Eyes of Truth" which was also used as the music on the trailer for the film The
Matrix
[citation needed]
The song "Out From the Deep" was the final song released from the album, although it was
only available in a handful of territories.
A more rock-infused sound is present in The Cross of Changes, and the Gregorian chants from the previous album
were replaced with ethnic-style world chants.
Track listing
Original album
The Cross of Changes
41
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Second Chapter" Curly M.C. 2:16
2. "The Eyes of Truth" Curly 7:13
3. "Return to Innocence" Curly, Kuo Ying-nan, Kuo Hsiu-chu 4:17
4. "I Love You ... I'll Kill You" Curly, David Fairstein 8:51
5. "Silent Warrior" Curly 6:10
6. "The Dream of the Dolphin" Curly, Fairstein 2:47
7. "Age of Loneliness (Carly's Song)" Curly 5:22
8. "Out from the Deep" Curly 4:53
9. "The Cross of Changes" Curly 2:23
Total length: 44:12
Special Limited Edition
Released on 21 November 1994 on a 24-carat gold plated disc with three additional remixes. All songs written and
composed by Curly M.C..
No. Title Length
10. "Return to Innocence (Long & Alive Version)" 7:07
11. "Age of Loneliness (Enigmatic Club Mix)" 6:23
12. "The Eyes of Truth (The Gtterdmmerung Mix)" 7:18
Singles
1993 "Return to Innocence" (Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
1994 "Age of Loneliness" (Virgin Records)
1994 "The Eyes of Truth" (Virgin Records)
1994 "Out from the Deep" (Virgin Records)
Samples
The discogs website lists the following samples used in the album:
[1]
The Eyes of Truth Contains samples of "Habebe" and "A Survivor's Tale" by Anne Dudley and Jaz Coleman from
the album "Songs From The Victorious City". Vocal sample (Mongolian chant) taken from "Alsyn Gazryn
Zereglee" as performed by Adilbish Nergui. Chorus taken from "Gtterdmmerung" (The Twilight Of The Gods)
composed by Richard Wagner. NASA retransmissions sampled from "Mare Tranquillitatis" Performed by
Vangelis. Also contains a sample of "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)" performed by U2.
Return to Innocence Contains samples of "Jubilant Drinking Song" performed by Kuo Ying-nan and Kuo
Hsiu-chu. Also contains samples of "Pinta. Nina Santa Maria (Into Eternity)" performed by Vangelis.
I Love You ... I'll Kill You contains samples from Fading Lights from the Genesis album, We Can't Dance
Silent Warrior Contains samples of "The Ghost Dance", a Native American war chant.
Age of Loneliness Contains a sample of "Habebe" by Anne Dudley and Jaz Coleman from the album "Songs From
The Victorious City". Vocal sample (Mongolian chant) taken from "Tosonguyn Oroygoor" Performed by
Dechinzundui Nadmid.
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42
Out from the Deep Contains samples of "The Calling" Performed by A Positive Life and of the album "Songs
From The Victorious City" by Anne Dudley and Jaz Coleman.
I Love You ... I'll Kill You contains samples of the harmonica of the song "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath.
Personnel
Peter Cornelius guitar
Michael Cretu (credited as "Curly M.C.") vocals, production
Sandra Cretu vocals
Jens Gad guitar
Andreas Harde (credited as "Angel X") vocals
Louisa Stanley vocals
Production
Produced & engineered by Michael Cretu
All Songs Published By Enigma Songs, except track 4 (Enigma Songs-Wanho Music) and track 7 (Ensign
Music/Data Alpha-Wanho)
Release history
Release Date
Original album 6 December 1993
Special Limited Edition 21 November 1994
Charts and certifications
Album
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)
[2]
Gold
25,000
x
Canada (Music Canada)
[3]
2 Platinum
200,000
^
France (SNEP)
[4]
Gold
100,000
*
Germany (BVMI)
[5]
Platinum
500,000
^
Netherlands (NVPI)
[6]
Gold
50,000
^
Norway (IFPI Norway)
[7]
Platinum
50,000
*
Sweden (GLF)
[8]
Gold
50,000
^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
[9]
Platinum
50,000
x
United Kingdom (BPI)
[10]
2 Platinum
600,000
^
United States (RIAA)
[11]
2 Platinum
2,000,000
^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)
[12]
Platinum
1,000,000
*
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World Wide 8,000,000
*
sales figures based on certification alone
^
shipments figures based on certification alone
x
unspecified figures based on certification alone
Singles
Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position Certifications
1994 "Age of Loneliness" Hot Dance Music / Club Play 30
"Return to Innocence" Modern Rock Tracks 2 US: Gold
Rhythmic Top 40 15
The Billboard Hot 100 4
Top 40 Mainstream 5
References
[1] List of samples and proper credits, as found at discogs (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Enigma-The-Cross-Of-Changes/ release/ 1039995)
[2] "Austrian album certifications Enigma Cross Of Changes" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter
Enigma in the field Interpret. Enter Cross Of Changes in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
[3] "Canadian album certifications Enigma The Cross of Chances" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=The+ Cross+
of+ Chances& sa=Enigma& smt=0). Music Canada.
[4] "French album certifications Enigma Cross of Changes" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.
html?year=1994& type=8) (in French). Syndicat National de l'dition Phonographique.
[5] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma;'The Cross of Changes')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche&
strTitel=The+ Cross+ of+ Changes& strInterpret=Enigma& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband
Musikindustrie.
[6] "Dutch album certifications Enigma The Cross of Changes" (http:/ / www. ifpi. nl/ nvpi/ pagina. asp?pagkey=61112&
documentid=1236664) (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
[7] "Norwegian album certifications Enigma The Cross of Changes" (http:/ / www. ifpi. no/ sok/ lst_trofeer_sok. asp?type=artist) (in
Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
[8] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat r 19871998" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp-content/ uploads/ guld-platina-1987-1998. pdf) (PDF) (in Swedish).
IFPI Sweden.
[9] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enigma;'The Cross of Changes')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/
search_certifications. asp?search=Enigma+ The+ Cross+ of+ Changes). Hung Medien.
[10] "British album certifications Enigma The Cross of Changes" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British Phonographic
Industry. Enter The Cross of Changes in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
[11] "American album certifications Enigma Cross of Changes" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Cross+ of+
Changes"). Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click
SEARCH
[12] "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 1996" (http:/ / www. ifpi. org/ content/ section_news/ plat1996. html). International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry.
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External links
Short article about the album (http:/ / michaelcretu. com/ enigma/ albums/ the_cross_of_changes)
Details of its release in different countries (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ discography/ E2/ Documents/ index.
htm)
Lyrics to the songs in this album (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ lyrics/ lyrics. html#E2)
Precededby
Under the Pink by Tori Amos
UK number one album
19 February 1994 25 February 1994
Succeededby
Music Box by Mariah Carey
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
45
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
Studio album by Enigma
Released 20 November 1996
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 1996
Genre New Age, ambient
Label Virgin
Charisma (USA)
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
The Cross of
Changes
(1993)
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le
Roi!
(1996)
Trilogy
(1998)
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (French for "The King Is Dead, Long Live The King!") is the third studio by the
Romanian band Enigma.
Released on 25 November 1996, the album reached to the top spot in Norway's top40charts and third in the whole
of Europe. Two singles from the album, "Beyond the Invisible" and "T.N.T. for the Brain" were also released at
around the same time of its parent album. A planned third single, "The Roundabout", was scrapped at the last minute
for unclear reasons, even though a remix had already been created by DJQuicksilver.
[1]
This album continued Enigma's trend, giving it a slightly more modern, futuristic sound by combining the elements
of Enigma's first album, MCMXCa.D., and their second album, The Cross of Changes. Michael Cretu, producer of
the project, considered Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! to be the child of the previous two albums, with the first being
the father and the second being the mother, as indicated by the 19second track, "Third of its Kind".
There are two editions of the packaging; one with standard paper artwork, and another with translucent tray and
booklet artwork printed on a heavier plastic.
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! was nominated in the 1998 Grammy Awards for Best New Age Album and Johann
Zambryski's album art design earned him a nomination for Best Recording Package.
[2]
The intro track begins with a sample of mission control contacting the Discovery from the movie 2001: A Space
Odyssey. The intro, including the famed "Enigma horn", is played in reverse for the closing track, "Odyssey of the
Mind".
The track "T.N.T. for the Brain" contains samples taken from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the
Worlds. The samples are just audible, underlying the main music. They can be most clearly heard at the start and the
end of the track, but are just noticeable throughout.
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
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Reception
Allmusic Template:User Rating link
[3]
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!" Michael Cretu 1:57
2. "Morphing Thru Time" Cretu 5:47
3. "Third of Its Kind" Cretu 0:19
4. "Beyond the Invisible" Cretu, David Fairstein 5:00
5. "Why! ..." Cretu 4:59
6. "Shadows in Silence" Cretu 4:21
7. "The Child in Us" Cretu 5:05
8. "T.N.T. for the Brain" Cretu 4:26
9. "Almost Full Moon" Cretu 3:25
10. "The Roundabout" Cretu, Fairstein 3:38
11. "Prism of Life" Cretu, Fairstein 4:54
12. "Odyssey of the Mind" Cretu 1:41
Total length: 45:32
Singles
1996 "Beyond the Invisible"
1997 "T.N.T. for the Brain"
1998 "The Roundabout" (unreleased)
Personnel
Peter Cornelius guitar
Michael Cretu record producer, sound engineer, instruments
Sandra Cretu voices
Louisa Stanley voices
Additional personnel
Volker Strter illustrations
Johann Zambryski art direction, design
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
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Charts and certifications
Album charts
Chart Peak
Australia 10
Austria 4
Belgium (Wallonia) 30
Europe 3
Finland 4
France 8
Germany 3
Greece 1
Italy 17
Netherlands 6
New Zealand 8
Norway 1
Switzerland 4
Sweden 8
UK 12
US
[4]
25
Album certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)
[5]
Gold
25,000
x
Canada (Music Canada)
[6]
Platinum
100,000
^
France (SNEP)
[7]
Gold
100,000
*
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)
[8]
Gold
21,236
[8]
Germany (BVMI)
[9]
Gold
250,000
^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)
[10]
Gold
10,000
*
Ireland (IRMA)
[11]
Gold
7,500
x
Netherlands (NVPI)
[12]
Platinum
100,000
^
Norway (IFPI Norway)
[13]
Platinum
50,000
*
Poland (ZPAV)
[14]
Gold
50,000
*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
[15]
Gold
25,000
x
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
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United Kingdom (BPI)
[16]
Gold
100,000
^
United States (RIAA)
[17]
Platinum
1,000,000
^
*
sales figures based on certification alone
^
shipments figures based on certification alone
x
unspecified figures based on certification alone
Singles
Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
1996 "Beyond the Invisible" The Billboard Hot 100 81
References
[1] (http:/ / www.five.no/ enigma/ records/ roundabout.html), www.five.no
[2] (http:/ / theenvelope.latimes.com/ extras/ lostmind/ year/ 1997/ 1997grammy. htm), theenvelope.latimes.com
[3] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r242157
[4] [4] [ Billboard.com]
[5] "Austrian album certifications Enigma Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi !" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI
Austria. Enter Enigma in the field Interpret. Enter Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi ! in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click
Suchen
[6] "Canadian album certifications Enigma Le Roi est mort...vive le Roi" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=Le+
Roi+ est+ mort.. . vive+ le+ Roi& sa=Enigma& smt=0). Music Canada.
[7] "French album certifications Enigma Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi !" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/
pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS. html?year=1996& type=8) (in French). Syndicat National de l'dition Phonographique.
[8] [8] The first web page presents the sales figures, the second presents the certification limits:
"Enigma" (http:/ / www. ifpi. fi/ tilastot/ artistit/ Enigma) (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland.
"Kultalevyjen myntmisrajat" (http:/ / www.ifpi. fi/ tilastot/ kultalevyt/ myontamisrajat) (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland.
[9] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma;'Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi !')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/
?action=suche& strTitel=Le+ Roi+ Est+ Mort,+ Vive+ Le+ Roi+ !& strInterpret=Enigma& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in
German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
[10] "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award 1997" (http:/ / www.ifpihk. org/ www_1/ go3e. php). IFPI Hong Kong.
[11] "Irish album certifications Enigma Enigma 3" (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ awards/ gold-3. htm). Irish Recorded Music Association.
[12] "Dutch album certifications Enigma Roi est mort" (http:/ / www. ifpi. nl/ nvpi/ pagina. asp?pagkey=61112& documentid=1236081) (in
Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
[13] "Norwegian album certifications Enigma Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi !" (http:/ / www. ifpi. no/ sok/ lst_trofeer_sok. asp?type=artist)
(in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
[14] "Polish album certifications Enigma Le Roi est mort, vive le roi" (http:/ / www. zpav. pl/ rankingi/ wyroznienia/ zlote/ index. php) (in
Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV).
[15] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enigma;'Le roi est mort vive le roi')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/
search_certifications. asp?search=Enigma+ Le+ roi+ est+ mort+ vive+ le+ roi). Hung Medien.
[16] "British album certifications Enigma Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi !" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British
Phonographic Industry. Enter Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi ! in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field
By Format. Click Go
[17] "American album certifications Enigma Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi !" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata.
php?artist="Le+ Roi+ Est+ Mort,+ Vive+ Le+ Roi+ !"). Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click
Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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External links
Short article about the album (http:/ / michaelcretu. com/ enigma/ albums/ le_roi_est_mort_vive_le_roi)
Details of its release in different countries (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ discography/ E3/ Documents/ index.
htm)
Details of chart positions (http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ records/ RoiEstMortViveLeRoi. html)
Lyrics to the songs in this album (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ lyrics/ lyrics. html#E3)
The Screen Behind the Mirror
The Screen Behind the Mirror
Studio album by Enigma
Released 14 January 2000
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 1999
Genre New Age, ambient
Length 43:25
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Trilogy
(1998)
The Screen Behind the
Mirror
(2000)
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest
Hits
(2001)
The Screen Behind the Mirror is a 2000 music album created by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's fourth
album. Recorded at the A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, it was released worldwide by Virgin Records.
Supporters of the album credited it as the most mature album Michael Cretu had created, while critics lamented the
use of extensive samples from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, even though it only appears on four out of the eleven
tracks on the album.
[citation needed]
Reception
Professional
ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
allmusic
Heather Phares of AllMusic gave the album 2 (out of 5) stars stating "Though it doesn't reveal significant growth or
change in Enigma's work, The Screen Behind the Mirror will please fans of the group's other atmospheric works."
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Overview
"The Gate" begins the album with its trademark Enigma horn, fused together with Elisabeth Houghton narrating
astronomical facts about the fourth planet from the sun, Mars, similar to the ending title track of Vangelis' album,
Albedo 0.39. "O Fortuna, velut Luna, statu variabilis" cuts into it rather abruptly and loudly, and ends quickly for the
voice to continue the recital unfazed, as it continues deep into the next song, "Push the Limits" for 24 seconds.
"Push the Limits" introduces first a high-paced beat, first some snare drums and then several other layers of music
gradually to form a complex and multilayered track. Elisabeth Houghton whispers the lyrics to the song and this
brings in a presumably mellow voice (Actually an electric guitar solo modified to sound so) throughout the slow
centre of the track, and as the music picks up, Elisabeth whispers again and the soft moans of a girl enters. Further
strong beats brings an end to this 6'26" track as it fades to silence, leaving a blurry mumble at the end of the song,
and the beginning of the next one.
Chants of "O Fortuna, velut Luna" appears at the start of the next song, "Gravity of Love" as Ruth-Ann Boyle sings
with sounds of "O Fortuna" in between. A woman and a man whispers a line each before Ruth-Ann resumes and "O
Fortuna" comes in, following the same pattern. The beats of this track becomes more and more audible as each of the
instruments fade away, and eventually it stops.
"Smell of Desire" reintroduces the shakuhachi flute from the MCMXC a.D. as Jens Gad plays the guitar occasionally
in the middle of the song. Reversed Gregorian chants from "Sadeness (Reprise)" and vocals from "Mea Culpa" lead
to Sandra Cretu's whispers at song's end with more reversed chants and fades into the next track.
Andru Donalds sings on this high tempo and rock-ish song, "Modern Crusaders", with significantly large portions of
"O Fortuna" in the middle as Jens Gad plays the guitar. Andru continues on with the vocals and the track ends with
an organ sample from Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor".
In "Traces (Light and Weight)", the sounds of a match being struck and water droplets, symbolising the elements of
fire and water respectively, form a loop together with a light beat, and the chiming of church bells entering
occasionally. A vague crying sound and the chiming continues and after the beat stops, it fades into the following
song.
"The Screen Behind the Mirror" reintroduces the beat used in "Sadeness (Part I)" as vocals from Andru Donalds and
Ruth-Ann Boyle sing part of the lyrics from "Gravity of Love". An earlier version of this song, named "The
Experience" only appears on the Australian promo version of the album.
The previous song crossfades into "Endless Quest", where further more snare drums and shakuhachi flutes can be
heard, with two different guitar riffs from Jens Gad replacing the former two instruments. The paces turns
uncontrollably high and somewhat erratic before it stops with sounds of heavy breathing and segues into "Camera
Obscura", where it immediately starts with a sample of Andru Donalds' vocals in "Modern Crusaders" being reversed
and sections of "O Fortuna" being followed up quickly. The pace and music then turns erratic and chaotic, and fades
gently into the next song.
"Between Mind & Heart" brings in a light and breezy pace and Michael Cretu sings in this track. Sandra Cretu only
appears in this track for the whispers as sounds of gentle, ethereal Chinese yangqin can be heard. It fades with more
whispers and vocals.
Ruth-Anne Boyle sings in the last track, "Silence Must Be Heard" as the album picks up its pace, with echoes in the
middle. The effect repeats itself again for one more time as it quickly resumes back the original pace. Ruth-Ann's
vocals turn into whispers and the earlier crying voice enters, before ending the album with the signature Enigma
horn.
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Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Gate" Michael Cretu 2:04
2. "Push the Limits" Cretu, Jens Gad 6:26
3. "Gravity of Love" Cretu 3:58
4. "Smell of Desire" Cretu, David Fairstein 4:57
5. "Modern Crusaders" Cretu 3:50
6. "Traces (Light and Weight)" Cretu, Gad 4:11
7. "The Screen Behind the Mirror" Cretu 3:58
8. "Endless Quest" Cretu 3:06
9. "Camera Obscura" Cretu 1:27
10. "Between Mind & Heart" Cretu 4:09
11. "Silence Must Be Heard" Cretu, Gad 5:19
Total length: 43:25
Singles
1999 "Gravity of Love" (Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)
2000 "Push the Limits" (Virgin Records)
Personnel
Ruth-Ann Boyle - lead vocals
Michael Cretu - record producer, lead vocals
Sandra Cretu - voices
Andru Donalds - lead vocals
Jens Gad - guitar
Elisabeth Houghton - voices
Charts and certifications
Charts
Chart Peak
Europe 2
Greece 1
Arabia 1
Portugal 19
Germany 2
Denmark 2
Norway 2
Italy 13
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Netherlands 4
Switzerland 4
Japan 5
Finland 5
Israel 5
Austria 6
Poland 12
UK 7
Sweden 7
Czech Republic 7
New Zealand 8
Singapore 8
Hungary 12
Thailand 10
Canada 12
Spain 15
France 16
Belgium 19
USA Billboard Top 200
[1]
33
USA Top Internet Albums 2
Ireland 41
Australia 44
Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)
[2]
Gold
50,000
^
Germany (BVMI)
[3]
Gold
150,000
^
Netherlands (NVPI)
[4]
Gold
40,000
^
Norway (IFPI Norway)
[5]
Gold
25,000
*
Sweden (GLF)
[6]
Gold
40,000
^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
[7]
Gold
25,000
x
United Kingdom (BPI)
[8]
Silver
60,000
^
United States (RIAA)
[9]
Gold
500,000
^
*
sales figures based on certification alone
^
shipments figures based on certification alone
x
unspecified figures based on certification alone
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53
References
[1] [1] [ Billboard.com]
[2] "Canadian album certifications Enigma The Screen Behind the Mirror" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=The+
Screen+ Behind+ the+ Mirror& sa=Enigma& smt=0). Music Canada.
[3] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma;'The Screen Behind the Mirror')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/
?action=suche& strTitel=The+ Screen+ Behind+ the+ Mirror& strInterpret=Enigma& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German).
Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
[4] "Dutch album certifications Enigma The Screen Behind the Mirror" (http:/ / www. ifpi. nl/ nvpi/ pagina. asp?pagkey=61112&
documentid=1234710) (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
[5] "Norwegian album certifications Enigma The Screen Behind the Mirror" (http:/ / www. ifpi. no/ sok/ lst_trofeer_sok. asp?type=artist) (in
Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
[6] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat r 2000" (http:/ / www.ifpi. se/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20002. pdf) (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
[7] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enigma;'The Screen Behind the Mirror')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/
search_certifications. asp?search=Enigma+ The+ Screen+ Behind+ the+ Mirror). Hung Medien.
[8] "British album certifications Enigma The Screen Behind the Mirror" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British
Phonographic Industry. Enter The Screen Behind the Mirror in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By
Format. Click Go
[9] "American album certifications Enigma The Screen Behind the Mirror" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="The+
Screen+ Behind+ the+ Mirror"). Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select
Album, then click SEARCH
External links
Short article about the album (http:/ / michaelcretu. com/ enigma/ albums/ the_screen_behind_the_mirror)
Voyageur
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Voyageur
Voyageur
Studio album by Enigma
Released 30 September 2003
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 2003
Genre Europop, New Age, ambient, electronic music, experimental
Length 47:18
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix
Collection
(2001)
Voyageur
(2003)
15 Years
After
(2005)
Voyageur is a 2003 music album created by the German new age band Enigma. It is Enigma's fifth album.
Voyageur was considered to be Enigma's most different album ever created, due to Enigma's drastic changes in
sound as compared to the previous four albums. The project's signature shakuhachi flutes, Gregorian chants and
tribal chants found on the earlier albums were all but gone on Voyageur. Instead, most of the songs found on the
album were more pop-oriented, such as "Voyageur", "Incognito", "Boum-Boum" and "Look of Today"; the latter of
which interpolates the chorus of ABC's hit "The Look of Love". Michael Cretu described Voyageur's genre as
"sophisticated pop". Only a few samples of previous works are retained; a familiar reversed cymbal rhythm appears
in "Look of Today", while "Incognito" contains the chorus of previous hit "Sadeness" buried in the bridge of the
song. The "Enigma foghorn" also appears at the opening of the record.
This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "From East to West" Michael Cretu 4:11
2. "Voyageur" Cretu, Jens Gad 4:36
3. "Incognito" Cretu 4:23
4. "Page of Cups" Cretu, Gad 7:01
5. "Boum-Boum" Cretu 4:29
6. "Total Eclipse of the Moon" Cretu 2:16
7. "Look of Today" Cretu 3:43
8. "In the Shadow, in the Light" Cretu 5:35
9. "Weightless" Cretu 2:15
10. "The Piano" Cretu, Gad 3:00
11. "Following the Sun" Cretu 5:49
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Total length: 47:18
Personnel
Ruth-Ann Boyle lead vocals (for songs #5 and #11)
Michael Cretu record producer, lead vocals (for songs #3, #6, #7 and #9)
Sandra Cretu back vocals (for songs #2, #4, #7)
Andru Donalds lead vocals (for song #5 and #8)
Jens Gad guitars
Additional personnel
Johann Zambryski artwork
Certifications
Country Certification
Russia
Gold
[1]
Charts
Chart Peak
Europe 12
Billboard Electronic Albums
1
[2]
Arabia 1
Greece 3
Portugal 4
Germany 6
Netherlands 13
Italy 17
Austria 19
Argentina 20
Switzerland 29
Hungary 29
Sweden 31
France 32
Finland 34
Czech Republic 39
Belgium 40
UK 46
Denmark 52
Canada 61
Norway 71
Voyageur
56
Spain 87
USA Billboard Top 200 94
Album editions
Voyageur was released on the CD and cassette formats, while the CD cover art (done by Johann Zambryski) has two
different versions:
A normal version with full paper inserts (which can be harder to find compared to the "special package" edition);
A "special package" edition with a transparent CD cover, with the album art printed on the inside of the CD case
and partly on the CD itself, and a ring-shaped booklet placed under the CD.
Reception
allmusic link
[3]
Notes
"Michael Cretu "Voyageur" Interviews Part 3"
[4]
. EnigmaMusic. EnigmaMusic.com. 2003. Retrieved 10
February 2011.
References
[1] http:/ / 2m-online. ru/ gold_n_platinum/ detail. php?COUNTRY=5069
[2] [2] [ Billboard.com]
[3] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r658008
[4] http:/ / www. enigmamusic.com/ interviews/ voyageur-iv3. html
External links
Lyrics from EnigmaMusic.com (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ lyrics/ lyrics. html#E5)
Please note that the lyrics to some songs may not be entirely correct.
A Posteriori
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A Posteriori
A Posteriori
Studio album by Enigma
Released 22 September 2006
Recorded 20052006
at various places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio)
Genre New Age, ambient, trance, house, electronic music
Length 53:36
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
15 Years
After
(2005)
A
posteriori
(2006)
Eppur si
muove
(2006)
A Posteriori is a 2006 music album created by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's sixth album. In December
2006, the album was nominated in the Best New Age Album category in the 2007 Grammy Awards.
While the previous album, Voyageur, contained minimal amounts of the project's signature sounds, A posteriori only
contains the signature "Enigma horn" (a foghorn) during the opening minute of the album, and even then it is a
fleeting glimpse. Coupled with the album's subject matter of the collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda
galaxies, A posteriori is, compared to earlier releases, stark and foreboding.
Overview
History
News about the album's title and tracklist were first made public on 18 July 2006 through Crocodile-Music.de news
page and EnigmaMusic.com's forums, while the album cover was made public ten days later. The first track from the
album to be made public was "Hello and Welcome," released as a stand-alone single in 2006. Enigma's management
subsequently stated that a new version would be included on the album, while the lead single off the album proper
would be "Goodbye Milky Way".
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Recording
A posteriori became first Enigma album to be recorded using Cretu's new 5.1 fully computerized mobile music
studio "Alchemist". "Alchemist" represents a machine of comparably small size with main keyboard and a number of
hardware MIDI controllers with some "special" expansions and central computer with LCD screen. It was designed
for Michael Cretu privately and according to him helped a lot producing music, transferring ideas into sound.
Etymology
"A posteriori", a Latin phrase translated as "after the fact", refers to empirical knowledge, the epistemological
concept of deriving knowledge from past experience.
"Eppur si muove", alternately spelled "E pur si muove!", is an Italian phrase translated to "And yet it moves",
attributed to Galileo Galilei after he was sentenced by the Roman Inquisition to recant his belief in heliocentrism.
Reception
allmusic
Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album a mixed review saying "if you like the Enigma sound, this will be up your
alley, full of the things you may seek out in a recording, but there is little new here."
Track listing
All songs written, arranged, and produced by Michael Cretu.
All songs published by 1-2-3 Music / Crocodile Music.
No. Title Length
1. "Eppur si muove" 3:41
2. "Feel Me Heaven" 4:50
3. "Dreaming of Andromeda" 4:26
4. "Dancing with Mephisto" 4:25
5. "Northern Lights" 3:39
6. "Invisible Love" 4:55
7. "Message from Io" 3:09
8. "Hello and Welcome" 5:08
9. "20.000 Miles over the Sea" 4:23
10. "Sitting on the Moon" 4:21
11. "The Alchemist" 4:41
12. "Goodbye Milky Way" 5:58
Total length: 53:36
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Credits
Michael Cretu - performance
Additional personnel
Voice - Andru Donalds (track 8)
Narration - Louisa Stanley (tracks: 4, 12)
Apart from the album, some additional remixes were released exclusively through the iTunes Store. They are:
"Eppur si muove" (Tocadisco Remix) 6:39
"Dreaming of Andromeda" (Jean F. Cochois Remix) 7:28
"20.000 Miles over the Sea" (Boca Junior Remix) 7:07
"The Alchemist" (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel) 7:17
A posteriori Private Lounge Remix
The Private Lounge Remix album version of A posteriori was released via iTunes Store on 18 March 2007 in
Germany and on 26 March in the rest of Europe.
No. Title Length
1. "Eppur si muove (Tocadisco Remix 2)" 6:11
2. "Feel Me Heaven (Boca Junior Remix)" 6:24
3. "Dreaming of Andromeda (Jean F. Cochois Remix)" 7:29
4. "Dancing with Mephisto (Boca Junior Remix)" 5:28
5. "Northern Lights (Boca Junior Remix)" 5:41
6. "Invisible Love (Boca Junior Remix)" 5:45
7. "Message from Io (Boca Junior Remix)" 5:33
8. "The Alchemist (Christian Geller Remix)" 6:54
9. "20.000 Miles over the Sea (Boca Junior Remix)" 7:08
10. "Voyageur (Boca Junior Remix)" 5:31
11. "The Alchemist (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel)" 7:16
12. "Goodbye Milky Way (Boca Junior Remix)" 5:10
Total length: 1:14:30
Release history
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Region Date
Germany 22 September 2006
Worldwide 25 September 2006
Certifications
Country Cerfification
Russia Platinum
Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
Europe 32
Greece 3
USA Billboard Top Electronic Albums
3
[1]
Netherlands 8
Turkey 8
Germany 16
Austria 17
Switzerland 24
Hungary 24
Portugal 28
Italy 32
Czech Republic 34
Slovakia 35
Poland 44
Spain 82
UK 115
USA Billboard Top 200 95
France 98
References
[1] [1] [ Billboard.com]
Seven Lives Many Faces
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Seven Lives Many Faces
Seven Lives Many Faces
Studio album by Enigma
Released 19 September 2008
Recorded 20072008
at various places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio)
Genre New Age, pop, electronica
Length 50:01
Label Virgin / EMI
50999 2 37979 0 2
V0-37979
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Eppur si
muove
(2006)
Seven Lives Many
Faces
(2008)
The Platinum
Collection
(2009)
Seven Lives Many Faces is a 2008 music album created by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's 7th album.
The album was released on 19 September 2008 worldwide and on 30 September 2008 in North America. Michael
Cretu stated that the new album will feature an omnicultural sound unlike anything on its previous releases. On 12
September, the album was released on Enigma's MySpace page for pre-listening.
[citation needed]
After enjoying a huge
success on MySpace (with over 400,000 listens in 2 days), several international MTV and VH1 web sites started
streaming the album until 22 September.
Seven Lives Many Faces was also released in DVD format with 5.1 surround sound, similar to their previous album
A posteriori.
Singles
The first 2 singles on the album are "Seven lives" and "La puerta del cielo." The videos for each song use scenes
from Enigma previous videos, "Push the limits" for "Seven lives" and "Age of Loneliness" for "La puerta del cielo".
The single for "The same parents" was released as the third single of the album .
Critical reception
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Professional
ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic
Allmusic's James Christopher Monger gave the album three stars out of five. While he praised the singles "Seven
Lives" and "La Puerta del Cielo" calling them "quietly stunning", he found that in most cases "the new age,
fortune-cookie derived lyrics... mirror the unimaginative, two-chord melodies that carry them along."
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Encounters" Michael Cretu 3:12
2. "Seven Lives" Cretu 4:25
3. "Touchness" Cretu 3:35
4. "The Same Parents" Cretu 5:19
5. "Fata Morgana" Cretu 3:23
6. "Hell's Heaven" Cretu 3:51
7. "La Puerta del Cielo" Cretu, Margalida Roig 3:28
8. "Distorted Love" Cretu, Andru Donalds 4:11
9. "Je t'aime Till My Dying Day" Cretu, Donalds 4:18
10. "Dj Vu" Cretu 2:56
11. "Between Generations" Cretu, Roig 4:31
12. "The Language of Sound" Cretu 6:52
Total length: 50:01
Japanese bonus track
No. Title Length
13. "Epilogue" 1:57
Bonus disc
All songs written and composed by Michael Cretu.
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No. Title Length
1. "Superficial" 2:58
2. "We Are Nature" 3:51
3. "Downtown Silence" 2:08
4. "Sunrise" 2:38
5. "The Language of Sound (Slow Edit)" 3:56
Total length: 15:31
Credits
Michael Cretu - performance, production
Additional personnel
Photography Rosemary Robenn
Artwork By Dirk Rudolph
Voice Andru Donalds (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 9), Nanuk (tracks: 4, 9), Nikita C. (tracks: 4), Sebastian C. (tracks: 4),
Margarita Roig (tracks: 7, 11)
[1]
Charts
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austria Albums Chart 30
France Albums Chart 93
Germany Albums Chart 15
Italy Albums Chart 36
Mexico Albums Chart 59
Netherlands Albums Chart 22
Poland Albums Chart 48
Portugal Albums Chart 29
Spain Albums Chart 75
Switzerland Albums Chart 18
US Top New Age Albums
[2]
1
USA Billboard Top 200 92
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Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
GCC (IFPI Middle East)
[3]
Gold
3,000
*
Russia (NFPF)
[4]
Gold
10,000
*
*
sales figures based on certification alone
Release history
Country Date
Worldwide 19
September
2008
North
America
30
September
2008
DVD release
The entire album was released on DVD, with claimed 5.1
surround sound. Unlike previous DVD release called A
Posteriori, Seven Lives, Many Faces features video movies to
each song.
References
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Remix albums
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
Remix album by Enigma
Released 8 October 2001
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 2001
Genre Dance
Length 57:56
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest
Hits
(2001)
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix
Collection
(2001)
Voyageur
(2003)
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection is a 2001 remix album of remixed songs made by Enigma. All of
the remixes on the album were taken from previously released singles.
Virgin Records reissued the album in the United States in December 2006.
Track listing
1. "Turn Around" (Northern Lights Club Mix) (135 BPM) (Michael Cretu, Jens Gad) 10:27
2. "Age of Loneliness" (Enigmatic Club Mix) (128 BPM) (Curly M.C.) 6:14
3. "Push the Limits" (ATB Remix) (133 BPM) (Cretu, Gad) 7:51
4. "Gravity of Love" (Judgement Day Club Mix) (140 BPM) (Cretu) 5:59
5. "Return to Innocence" (380 Midnight Mix) (088 BPM) (Curly) 5:42
6. "Sadeness (Part I)" (Violent U.S. Remix) (095 BPM) (Curly, F. Gregorian, David Fairstein) 4:43
7. "Principles of Lust" (Everlasting Lust Mix) (095 BPM) (Curly) 4:56
8. "Mea Culpa" (Fading Shades Mix) (100 BPM) (Curly, Fairstein) 6:04
9. "T.N.T. for the Brain" (Midnight Man Mix) (112 BPM) (Curly) 5:56
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Reception
allmusic link
[1]
JustDance.ca link
[2]
References
[1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r563844
[2] http:/ / www. justdance.ca/ cdreviews/ lovesensualitydevotion. php
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Compilation albums
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Enigma
Released 8 October 2001
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza,
19902001
Genre New Age, Ambient
Length 76:29
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
The Screen Behind the
Mirror
(2000)
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest
Hits
(2001)
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix
Collection
(2001)
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits is a 2001, multi-million selling, greatest hits album by the musical
project Enigma. The album, along with Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection brings a close to Michael
Cretu's first chapter of Enigma. It contains most of Enigma's singles and songs from 1990 to 2001.
The album takes 3 songs from the first album, MCMXC a.D., 4 songs from The Cross of Changes, 4 songs from Le
Roi est mort, vive le Roi!, 5 songs from The Screen Behind the Mirror, and also features a new single "Turn Around"
and its intro "The Landing".
Among the notable singles that were not included in the compilation album were "The Rivers of Belief", "Out from
the Deep" and "The Eyes of Truth".
Track listing
1. "The Landing" (Michael Cretu) 1:04
2. "Turn Around" (Cretu, Jens Gad) 3:51
3. "Gravity of Love" (Cretu) 3:59
4. "T.N.T. for the Brain" (Cretu) 5:18
5. "Modern Crusaders" (Cretu) 3:53
6. "Shadows in Silence" (Cretu) 4:19
7. "Return to Innocence" (Curly M.C., Kuo Ying-nan, Kuo Hsiu-chu) 4:15
8. "I Love You ... I'll Kill You" (Curly, David Fairstein) 8:01
9. "Principles of Lust" (Curly) 3:08
10. "Sadeness (Part I)" (Curly, F. Gregorian, Fairstein) 4:15
11. "Silence Must Be Heard" (Cretu, Gad) 4:46
12. "Smell of Desire" (Cretu, Fairstein) 4:32
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13. "Mea Culpa" (Curly, Fairstein) 4:31
14. "Push the Limits" (Cretu, Gad) 3:48
15. "Beyond the Invisible" (Cretu, Fairstein) 4:50
16. "Age of Loneliness" (Curly) 4:10
17. "Morphing Thru Time" (Cretu) 5:26
18. "The Cross of Changes" (Cretu) 2:15
Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)
[1]
Gold
50,000
^
Germany (BVMI)
[2]
Gold
150,000
^
United Kingdom (BPI)
[3]
Gold
100,000
^
^
shipments figures based on certification alone
Charts
Chart Peak
position
Greece 1
Portugal 1
Germany 4
New Zealand 3
Norway 6
Hong Kong 6
Europe 7
Denmark 9
Netherlands 10
Austria 10
France 11
Sweden 10
Hungary 10
Thailand 10
Switzerland 12
Italy 18
Belgium 19
Spain 20
Canada 25
UK 29
US Billboard 200 29
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Japan 30
Czech Republic 43
Ireland 46
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard 200 29
Top Internet Albums 15
Reception
allmusic link
[4]
Slant Magazine link
[5]
References
[1] "Canadian album certifications Enigma LSD-Love, Sensuality, Devotion" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult.
aspx?st=LSD-Love,+ Sensuality,+ Devotion& sa=Enigma& smt=0). Music Canada.
[2] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma;'Love Sensuality Devotion')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche&
strTitel=Love+ Sensuality+ Devotion& strInterpret=Enigma& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband
Musikindustrie.
[3] "British album certifications Enigma Love Sensuality Devotion" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British Phonographic
Industry. Enter Love Sensuality Devotion in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
[4] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r557015
[5] http:/ / www. slantmagazine.com/ music/ music_review. asp?ID=67
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Cover albums
The Dusted Variations
The Dusted Variations
Studio album by Rollo Armstrong
Released December 9, 2005
(Germany)
December 12, 2005 (Europe)
Recorded Ark Recording Studios
Genre Ambient
Length 52:15
Label Virgin Records
Producer Rollo Armstrong
Mark Bates
The Dusted Variations is a set of songs from the musical project Enigma covered by Rollo Armstrong. It is the sixth
disc from Enigma's 15 Years After box set, labeled as a bonus disc and also includes the radio edit of "Hello and
Welcome".
With the exception of the opening track, the album is composed of covers done by Rollo in an ambient and
minimalist way. The only instruments used in the songs are violins, pianos, drums, bell-like instruments, guitars and
some synths. The songs were mixed by Rollo, Mark Bates and Grippa. The slow style of Rollo's covers raised the ire
of some Enigma fans.
Before the disc's track list was confirmed, there were plenty of alterations, with some songs being switched for
another. In the end although "Endless Quest" was listed in the track list, the song was actually "Principles of Lust".
Track listing
No. Title Length
1. "Hello and Welcome" 3:55
2. "The Child in Us" 4:17
3. "Age of Loneliness" 5:23
4. "The Eyes of Truth" 9:01
5. "The Rivers of Belief" 6:56
6. "Endless Quest" 5:28
7. "Sadeness (Part I)" 7:34
8. "Voyageur" 1:41
9. "Beyond the Invisible" 4:39
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References
Enigma: 15 Years After (boxset)
[1]
. Retrieved May 10, 2006.
External links
News and streaming audio from EnigmaMusic.com
[2]
References
[1] http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ records/ 15YearsAfter. html
[2] http:/ / www. enigmamusic.com/ news/ news.html#dec
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Associated albums
The Energy of Sound
The Energy of Sound
Studio album by Trance Atlantic Air Waves
Released July 14, 1998
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre Electronica
Length 45:55
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Cretu
Professional
ratings
Review
scores
Source Rating
Allmusic (2.5/5)
The Energy of Sound is a 1998 album created by Trance Atlantic Air Waves, a side project of Michael Cretu. Cretu
worked alongside Jens Gad during the recording of the album. Out of the ten songs in the album, only three were
original as the rest were all cover versions.
Track listing
1. "Lucifer" (Parsons, Woolfson) 3:53
2. "Axel F" (Harold Faltermeyer) 3:52
3. "Crockett's Theme" (Jan Hammer) 3:45
4. "Dance with the Devil" (Dennys, Hayes) 3:53
5. "Addiction Day" (Jens Gad) 4:56
6. "Magic Fly (Wonderland Mix)" (Ecama) 6:17
7. "Chase" (Giorgio Moroder) 3:37
8. "Twelve After Midnight" (Gad) 5:02
9. "L-42" (Gad, Michael Cretu) 4:31
10. "Pulstar" (Vangelis) 6:09
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Singles
1997 "Magic Fly"
1998 "Chase"
1998 "Crockett's Theme"
References
74
Box sets
Trilogy
Trilogy
Box set by Enigma
Released 2 November 1998
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza,
19901996
Genre New Age, ambient
Length 2:10:00
Label Virgin Schallplatten GmbH / EMI
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le
Roi!
(1996)
Trilogy
(1998)
The Screen Behind the
Mirror
(2000)
Trilogy is a box set by the German musical project Enigma. This set includes the first three studio albums by
Enigma, MCMXC a.D., The Cross of Changes, and Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!, which comprises their artistic
output from 19901996.
Box set contents
MCMXC a.D. (1990)
The Cross of Changes (1993)
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (1996)
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15 Years After
15 Years After
Box set by Enigma
Released 9 December 2005
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza,
19902005
Genre New Age, ambient
Label Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Voyageur
(2003)
15 Years
After
(2005)
A
Posteriori
(2006)
15 Years After is a box set by the musical project Enigma. It was released by Virgin Germany on 9 December 2005.
The box set contains 8 discs, 5 of them original studio albums created from 1990 to 2003, 2 DVDs and a bonus CD
of Enigma's songs covered by Rollo Armstrong.
As the title suggests, the box set's release was to celebrate the 15 years since the release of Enigma's first single,
"Sadeness (Part I)". The album cover was taken from Lady with an Ermine, a 1490 painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
The box set packaging and photography was done by Dirk Rudolph while artwork direction and original designs
were created by Johann Zambryski, a long-time designer of Enigma artworks.
Originally the box set was sold at 128 and this raised a stir with fans of the project, since the discs were not
remastered unlike the compilation album Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits but were instead fitted with
Copy Control. The new single, "Hello and Welcome" (from the unreleased 6th album A Posteriori) and The Dusted
Variations disc also received mixed responses from the fans, who questioned the release of the album.
Additionally, the music video for "Out from the Deep" which was dropped from the Remember the Future DVD
without an apparent reason, was still absent in this re-release, and despite the box set being 12-inch vinyl-sized, there
were little information about the history of the project within the booklet, apart from the credits and a press release
inside.
Later on, the price of the box set dropped to 92.99 and on 30 November 2005, the producer and creator of Enigma,
Michael Cretu personally visited the EMI factory in Uden, Netherlands to sign a thousand copies of the box set. The
thousand signed copies had Cretu's initials ("MC") signed with a silver marker. While signed copies of Enigma's
albums are extremely rare, the autographed version of the box set was still available for purchase at Amazon.de half a
year after its release. Also within the box set was a code which enabled owners of the box set to download the music
videos of "Voyageur" and "Boum-Boum" by typing it in a special section within Enigma's official website, but is no
longer available.
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Box set contents
Albums
MCMXC a.D. (1990)
The Cross of Changes (1993)
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (1996)
The Screen Behind the Mirror (2000)
Voyageur (2003)
Bonus CD
"Hello and Welcome" and The Dusted Variations
DVDs
Remember the Future (2001)
MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album (2003)
Notes
Joar Grimstvedt (1 January 2006). "Enigma: 15 Years After (box set)"
[1]
. Joar Grimstvedt Site. www.five.no.
Retrieved 10 February 2011.
External links
Enigma Official website
[2]
The Platinum Collection
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The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection
Box set by Enigma
Released 23 November 2009
Genre New Age, ambient
Length 3:00:07
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Seven Lives Many
Faces
(2008)
The Platinum
Collection
(2009)
The Platinum Collection is a 2009 box set by the musical project Enigma. It contains three CDs. The first CD
contains most popular Enigma tracks from the previous years, the second CD contains remixes and the third CD
contains previously unreleased tracks composed and produced by Michael Cretu.
Track listing
Disc 1
The Greatest Hits
No. Title Length
1. "Sadeness (Part I)" 4:20
2. "Mea Culpa (Orthodox Version)" 4:01
3. "Principles of Lust" 3:26
4. "The Rivers of Belief" 4:23
5. "Return to Innocence" 4:11
6. "Age of Loneliness" 4:16
7. "Out from the Deep" 4:32
8. "Beyond the Invisible" 4:35
9. "T.N.T. for the Brain" 4:03
10. "Gravity of Love" 4:00
11. "Push the Limits" 3:54
12. "Turn Around" 3:57
13. "Voyageur" 3:55
14. "Boum-Boum" 3:43
15. "Following the Sun" 4:18
16. "Seven Lives" 3:47
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17. "La Puerta del Cielo" 3:33
Total length: 1:08:54
Disc 2
The Remix Collection
No. Title Length
1. "Sadeness (U.S. Violent Mix)" 5:05
2. "Mea Culpa (Fading Shades Mix)" 6:16
3. "Principles of Lust (Everlasting Lust Mix)" 5:09
4. "Return to Innocence (Long & Alive Version)" 7:07
5. "Age of Loneliness (Enigmatic Club Mix)" 6:22
6. "Out from the Deep (Trance Mix)" 5:50
7. "T.N.T. for the Brain (Midnight Man Mix)" 5:57
8. "Gravity of Love (Judgement Day Club Mix)" 6:13
9. "Push the Limits (ATB Remix)" 8:31
10. "Voyageur (Club Mix)" 6:25
11. "Boum-Boum (Chicane Club Edit)" 5:03
12. "Dreaming of Andromeda (Jean F. Cochois Remix)" 7:29
Total length: 1:15:27
Disc 3
The Lost Ones
No. Title Length
1. "Lost One" 3:39
2. "Lost Two" 2:13
3. "Lost Three" 3:34
4. "Lost Four" 3:28
5. "Lost Five" 2:31
6. "Lost Six" 2:17
7. "Lost Seven" 4:12
8. "Lost Eight" 3:59
9. "Lost Nine" 3:23
10. "Lost Ten" 2:40
11. "Lost Eleven" 3:50
Total length: 35:46
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Charts
Chart (2010) Peak
US Billboard Dance/Electronic albums 18
Reception
allmusic
References
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Extended plays
Eppur si muove
Eppur si muove
EP by Enigma
Released 7 November 2006
Genre New Age
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
A
Posteriori
(2006)
Eppur si
muove
(2006)
Seven Lives Many
Faces
(2008)
"Eppur si muove" is an EP by Enigma that was released on 7 November 2006 in Greece. The EP was only released
as a 12" single, although all four tracks were avialble as digital downloads on iTunes and also appeared as audio
bonus tracks on the DVD A posteriori Video Album, which was released on 15 December 2006. The remixes would
also later be included on the Private Lounge Remix album version of A posteriori, which was released via iTunes
Store on 18 March 2007 in Germany and on 26 March in the rest of Europe.
The remixes were made by Jean F. Cochois ("Dreaming of Andromeda" (Jean F. Cochois Remix)), Wolfgang Filz
("20.000 Miles Over the Sea" (BocaJunior Remix)), Ralf Hildenbeutel ("The Alchemist" (The Alchemist's Vision by
Ralf Hildenbeutel)) and Tocadisco ("Eppur si muove" (Tocadisco Remix)).
"Eppur si muove", alternately spelled "E pur si muove!", is an Italian phrase translated to "And yet it moves",
attributed to Galileo Galilei after he was sentenced by the Roman Inquisition to recant his belief in heliocentrism.
Track listing
Publisher: 1-2-3 Music/Crocodile Music.
All songs written and composed by Michael Cretu.
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No. Title Length
1. "Eppur si muove (Tocadisco Remix)" 6:37
2. "The Alchemist (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel)" 7:17
3. "Dreaming of Andromeda (Jean F. Cochois Remix)" 7:27
4. "20.000 Miles Over the Sea (BocaJunior Remix)" 7:06
Total length: 28:27
Notes
Joar Grimstvedt (16 December 2006). "Enigma: Eppur Si Muove (EP 2006)"
[1]
. Joar Grimstvedt Site.
www.five.no. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
References
[1] http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ records/ EppurSiMuove.html
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Singles
"Sadeness (Part I)"
"Sadeness (Part I)"
Singleby Enigma
from the album MCMXC a.D.
Released November 1990
Format CD, cassette, 12"
Recorded 1990
Genre New Age, downtempo
Length 4:16
Label Charisma / Virgin / EMI
Writer(s) Curly M.C.
F. Gregorian
David Fairstein
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Sadeness (Part
I)"
(1990)
"Mea Culpa (Part
II)"
(1991)
"Sadeness (Part I)" is a song by German musical project Enigma. The song was released in November 1990 as the
first of four singles from the project's first album MCMXC a.D. and upon release became an international smash hit,
reaching number one in 24 countries and the top ten in many others including the United States, where it made
number five on the pop chart and number one on the dance chart.
History
"Sadeness" was written by Michael Cretu (under the pseudonym Curly M.C.), Frank Peterson (under the pseudonym
F. Gregorian), and David Fairstein. The lyrics are in Latin and French; the Latin text includes a quotation from
Psalm 24:7-8. The Extended Trance Mix from the CD single contains some additional French lyrics.
The Gregorian vocals were mostly taken from the 1976 album Paschale Mysterium by the German choir Capella
Antiqua Mnchen with conductor Konrad Ruhland, specifically from their track "Procedamus in pace! (Antiphon)".
The vocals were at first used without permission; a lawsuit followed in 1994 and was settled by compensation.
The song was named "Sadeness (Part I)" on its single release in Germany, and "Sadness Part I" on its single release
in the United Kingdom and Japan. It is a sensual track with an insistent beat based around "questioning" the sexual
desires of Marquis de Sade; hence the German release name of "Sadeness", as opposed to the English word of
Sadness used in the UK release.
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It was followed by a pseudo-sequel named "Mea Culpa (Part II)", which was a moderate commercial success
compared to "Sadeness (Part I)".
The Theme of 1991 Sega Megadrive game Streets of Rage samples the Drums of the song.
Track listings
4-track CD single for the UK
1. "Sadeness Part I" (Radio Edit) 4:16
2. "Sadeness Part I" (Extended Trance Mix) 5:04
3. "Sadeness Part I" (Meditation Mix) 3:01
4. "Sadeness Part I" (Violent US Remix) 5:03
5-track CD single for the U.S.
1. "Sadeness Part I" (Violent US Remix) 5:03
2. "Sadeness Part I" (Meditation Mix) 3:01
3. "Sadeness Part I" (Extended Trance Mix) 5:04
4. "Sadeness Part I" (Radio Edit) 4:17
5. "Introit: Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas" 3:04
2-track promotional CD single for Japan
1. 1. "Sadeness Part I" (Ebi-Kuma Mix)
2. 2. "Sadeness Part I" (Meditation Mix)
2-track 7-Inch single for France
1. "Sadeness Part I" (Radio Edit) 4:17
2. "Sadeness Part I" (Meditation Mix) 2:57
Music video
The video shows a scholar, possibly a reference to Marquis de Sade, who falls asleep at a desk in his room while
writing ... and has a fantastic, seductive, and enlightening dream. The scholar finds himself wandering among
cathedral ruins. He comes up to Auguste Rodin's The Gates of Hell, which is probably the "Forbidden Door",
according to the album concept. As the young man looks on, he sees a beautiful, succubus-like young woman
(played by French model Cathy Tastet )
[1]
beyond it. She whispers the main lyric to him in a seductive tone - "Sade,
dis-moi" "Sade, donne-moi" or translated- "Sade, tell me" "Sade, give me". The man turns and tries to flee, but
relents to his desires and is "sucked" back through the door. At this point, the young man wakes from the dream and
looks around anxiously, but finds only a light from his window shining down on him.
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Charts
The single became a number-one hit in the UK in January, and soon followed in over 20 other countries. It remained
at number one on the Eurochart for nine weeks. In the United States, it peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot
100 singles chart in April 1991. The record sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S. and was certified Gold there. The
single has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.
Peak positions
Chart (1990-91) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)
[2]
2
Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
[3]
1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
[4]
1
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)
[5]
6
France (SNEP)
[6]
1
Germany (Media Control AG)
[7]
1
Ireland (IRMA) 1
Italy (FIMI) 1
Japan (Oricon) 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
[8]
1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
[9]
2
Norway (VG-lista)
[10]
1
Spain (AFYVE) 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
[11]
1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
[12]
1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)
[13]
1
US Billboard Hot 100
1
[14]
5
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
1 1
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
1 6
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 67
1
"Principles of Lust" ("Sadeness"/ "Find Love" / "Sadeness")
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Year-end charts
Chart (1991) Position
Australian Singles Chart
[15]
23
Austrian Singles Chart
[16]
8
Dutch Top 40 57
Swiss Singles Chart
[17]
6
US Billboard Hot 100 63
Sales and certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA) Gold
35,000
^
Austria (IFPI Austria)
[18]
Gold
15,000
x
France (SNEP)
[19]
Gold 385,000
Germany (BVMI)
[20]
Platinum
500,000
^
Netherlands (NVPI)
[21]
Gold
75,000
^
New Zealand (RMNZ)
[citation needed] Gold
7,500
*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)
[citation needed] Gold
25,000
^
Sweden (GLF)
[22]
Platinum
50,000
x
United Kingdom (BPI)
[23]
Silver
200,000
^
United States (RIAA)
[24]
Gold
500,000
^
*
sales figures based on certification alone
^
shipments figures based on certification alone
x
unspecified figures based on certification alone
References
[1] Kati Tastet (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0851034/ ) at the Internet Movie Database
[2] " Australian-charts.com Enigma Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma&
titel=Sadeness+ Part+ I& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles.
[3] " Enigma Sadeness Part I Austriancharts.at" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Sadeness+ Part+
I& cat=s) (in German). 3 Austria Top 40.
[4] " Ultratop.be Enigma Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Sadeness+ Part+ I& cat=s)
(in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
[5] " Enigma: Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www.ifpi. fi/ tilastot/ virallinen-lista/ artistit/ Enigma/ Sadeness+ Part+ I) (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat
IFPI Finland.
[6] " Lescharts.com Enigma Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www. lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Sadeness+ Part+ I&
cat=s) (in French). Les classement single.
[7] " Enigma - Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www.charts. de/ song. asp?artist=Enigma& title=Sadeness+ Part+ I& cat=s& country=de). Charts.de.
Media Control.
[8] " Nederlandse Top 40 Enigma search results" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ zoeken?search=Enigma) (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
[9] " Charts.org.nz Enigma Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Sadeness+ Part+ I&
cat=s). Top 40 Singles.
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[10] " Norwegiancharts.com Enigma Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma&
titel=Sadeness+ Part+ I& cat=s). VG-lista.
[11] " Swedishcharts.com Enigma Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Sadeness+
Part+ I& cat=s). Singles Top 60.
[12] " Enigma Sadeness Part I swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Sadeness+ Part+
I& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart.
[13] UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (http:/ / www.chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=18405) . Retrieved 14 April 2008.
[14] [14] Billboard [ Allmusic.com] . Retrieved 10 September 2008.
[15] 1991 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1991. htm) .
Retrieved 10 September 2008.
[16] 1991 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ 1991_single. asp) . Retrieved 10 September 2008.
[17] 1991 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ year. asp?key=1991) . Retrieved 10 September 2008.
[18] "Austrian single certifications Enigma Sadeness" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved June
29, 2012. Enter Enigma in the field Interpret. Enter Sadeness in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
[19] "French single certifications Enigma Sadeness" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ Single_Certif. php) (in French). InfoDisc. Select ENIGMA
and click OK
[20] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma;'Sadeness Part One')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche&
strTitel=Sadeness+ Part+ One& strInterpret=Enigma& strTtArt=single& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
Retrieved June 29, 2012.
[21] "Dutch single certifications Enigma Sadeness" (http:/ / www. ifpi. nl/ nvpi/ pagina. asp?pagkey=60463) (in Dutch). Nederlandse
Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
[22] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat r 19871998" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp-content/ uploads/ guld-platina-1987-1998. pdf) (PDF) (in
Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
[23] "British single certifications Enigma Sadness Part I" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British Phonographic Industry.
Retrieved June 29, 2012. Enter Sadness Part I in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click
Go
[24] "American single certifications Enigma Sadeness Part I" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Sadeness+ Part+
I"). Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 29, 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single,
then click SEARCH
External links
Full lyrics of this song (http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ sadeness-lyrics-enigma. html) at MetroLyrics
"Mea Culpa (Part II)"
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"Mea Culpa (Part II)"
"Mea Culpa (Part II)"
Singleby Enigma
from the album MCMXC a.D.
Released April 17, 1991
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi, cassette
Recorded 1990
Genre New Age
Length 4:30
Label Virgin / EMI
Writer(s) Michael Cretu, David Fairstein
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Sadeness (Part
I)"
(1990)
"Mea Culpa (Part
II)"
(1991)
"Principles of
Lust"
(1991)
"Mea Culpa (Part II)" is a song by German musical project Enigma. It was released in April 1991 as the second of
four singles from their debut album MCMXC a.D.. As with the previous single Sadeness (Part I), it is sung in French
and Latin. It was the project's second top ten hit in their native Germany, reaching #7, but it failed to match the
success of "Sadeness (Part I)" elsewhere.
Track listings
CD single
1. "Mea Culpa Part II" (orthodox version) 3:58
2. "Mea Culpa Part II" (catholic version) 3:54
CD maxi
1. "Mea Culpa Part II" (fading shades mix) 6:15
2. "Mea Culpa Part II" (orthodox mix) 3:58
3. "Mea Culpa Part II" (catholic version) 3:54
7" single
1. "Mea Culpa Part II" (orthodox version) 3:58
2. "Mea Culpa Part II" (catholic version) 3:54
12" maxi
1. "Mea Culpa Part II" (fading shades mix) 6:15
2. "Mea Culpa Part II" (orthodox mix) 3:58
3. "Mea Culpa Part II" (catholic version) 3:54
4. 4. "Mea Culpa Part II" (LP version) -- 5:05
5. 5. "Communion: O sacrum convivium -- 4:42
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Certifications
Country Certification Date Sales certified
France
[1]
Silver 1991 125,000
Charts
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
[2]
21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
[3]
9
Canada Top Singles (RPM)
[4]
59
France (SNEP)
[5]
4
Germany (Media Control AG)
[6]
7
Ireland (IRMA) 20
Italy (FIMI) 7
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)
[7]
11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
[8]
34
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
[9]
20
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
[10]
10
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)
[11]
55
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play
[12]
7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 19
References
[1] French certifications Chartsinfrance.net (http:/ / www.chartsinfrance. net/ certifications/ artiste-61. htm) (Retrieved August 28, 2008)
[2] " Enigma Mea Culpa Part II Austriancharts.at" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Mea+ Culpa+
Part+ II& cat=s) (in German). 3 Austria Top 40.
[3] " Ultratop.be Enigma Mea Culpa Part II" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Mea+ Culpa+ Part+ II&
cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
[4] Canada peak (http:/ / www.collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?& file_num=nlc008388. 1552& type=1& interval=20&
PHPSESSID=99d4a5eua9jj9rpdb2jcteu8u7)
[5] " Lescharts.com Enigma Mea Culpa Part II" (http:/ / www. lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Mea+ Culpa+ Part+
II& cat=s) (in French). Les classement single.
[6] " Enigma - Mea Culpa Part II" (http:/ / www.charts.de/ song. asp?artist=Enigma& title=Mea+ Culpa+ Part+ II& cat=s& country=de).
Charts.de. Media Control.
[7] " Dutchcharts.nl Enigma Mea Culpa Part II" (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Mea+ Culpa+ Part+
II& cat=s) (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100.
[8] " Charts.org.nz Enigma Mea Culpa Part II" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Mea+ Culpa+ Part+
II& cat=s). Top 40 Singles.
[9] " Swedishcharts.com Enigma Mea Culpa Part II" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Mea+
Culpa+ Part+ II& cat=s). Singles Top 60.
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[10] " Enigma Mea Culpa Part II swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Mea+ Culpa+
Part+ II& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart.
[11] UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (http:/ / www.chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=18751) (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
[12] Billboard Billboard.com (http:/ / www.billboard. com/ bbcom/ index. jsp) (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
"Principles of Lust"
"Principles of Lust"
Singleby Enigma
from the album MCMXC a.D.
Released July 1, 1991
Format Compact disc, cassette, 7", 12"
Recorded 1990 A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 3:25
Label Virgin
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Mea Culpa (Part
II)"
(1991)
"Principles of
Lust"
(1991)
"The Rivers of
Belief"
(1991)
"Principles of Lust" is a 1991 song created by the musical project, Enigma. The single was the third one released
from their debut album, MCMXC a.D. Confusingly, the single version of "Principles of Lust" is actually "Find
Love", part two of the album version of "Principles of Lust", which includes "Sadeness" as its first part. The song
contains a sample of "Justify My Love" by Madonna. The cover includes a detail from the painting Venus, Cupid,
Folly and Time by Agnolo Bronzino.
Track listing
4-track CD single in the UK
1. "Radio Edit" 3:25
2. "Omen Mix" 5:52
3. "Jazz Mix" 3:06
4. "Sadeness (radio edit)" 4:17
4-track CD single in the U.S.
1. "Radio Edit" 3:25
2. "Everlasting Lust Mix" 5:25
3. "Album Version" 4:20
4. "Jazz Mix" 3:06
4-track CD single in Japan
1. "Radio Edit" 3:25
2. "Everlasting Lust Mix" 5:25
"Principles of Lust"
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3. "The Omen Mix" 5:52
4. "Sadeness (Meditation Mix)" 3:04
Charts
France - #29
UK - #59
Germany - #90
"The Rivers of Belief"
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"The Rivers of Belief"
"The Rivers of Belief"
Singleby Enigma
from the album MCMXC a.D.
Released October 7, 1991
Format Compact disc, cassette, 7", 12"
Recorded 1990
Genre New Age
Length 4:24
Label Virgin
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Principles of
Lust"
(1991)
"The Rivers of
Belief"
(1991)
"Carly's
Song"
(1993)
"The Rivers of Belief" is a 1991 song created by the musical project, Enigma. The single was the last to be released
from MCMXC a.D..
It starts with a sample of the intro of Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor.
Track listing
1. "The Rivers of Belief (Radio Edit)" 4:24
2. "The Rivers of Belief (Extended Version)" 7:49
3. "Knocking on Forbidden Doors" 3:46
Charts
UK #68
Sweden -#37
External links
Full lyrics of this song
[1]
at MetroLyrics
References
[1] http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ the-rivers-of-belief-lyrics-enigma. html
"Carly's Song"
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"Carly's Song"
"Carly's Song"
Singleby Enigma
from the album Sliver: Music from the Motion Picture
Released 1993
Format Compact disc, 12"
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 3:47
Label Virgin
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"The Rivers of
Belief"
(1991)
"Carly's
Song"
(1993)
"Return to
Innocence"
(1994)
"Carly's Song" is a 1993 song created by the musical project Enigma. The song is featured on the soundtrack of the
1993 movie Sliver. The song uses samples from the Mongolian folk music vocalist Namjilyn Norovbanzad. It is
rumored that Sharon Stone received a portion of the soundtrack profit so she agreed to appear in the music video for
this song. This song was later re-mixed and re-released as "Age of Loneliness".
Single track listing
1. "Carly's Song" 3:47
2. "Carly's Song (Jam & Spoon Remix)" 6:31
3. "Carly's Loneliness" 3:11
4. "Carly's Song (Instrumental)" 4:00
"Return to Innocence"
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"Return to Innocence"
"Return to Innocence"
Singleby Enigma
from the album The Cross of Changes
Released January 4, 1994
Format CD, cassette, 12" (30 cm)
Recorded 1993 A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age, Worldbeat
Length 4:03 (243 sec)
Label Virgin / EMI
Writer(s) Michael Cretu (Curly M.C.), Kuo Ying-nan, Kuo Hsiu-chu
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Enigma singles chronology
"Carly's
Song"
(1993)
"Return to
Innocence"
(1994)
"The Eyes of
Truth"
(1994)
"Return to Innocence" is a song by German musical group Enigma. The single was the first from their
chart-topping second album, The Cross of Changes.
It became one of the project's most popular international singles, reaching number one in over 10 countries
(including Greece, Norway, Sweden and Ireland), number three on the UK Singles Chart, the Top 5 in Austria,
Canada,
[1]
Germany, New Zealand, Netherlands, Switzerland and South Africa. It reached the Top 20 in Italy and
France. It was also the project's biggest hit in America, reaching number two on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart,
number four on the US Hot 100, and number six on the U.S Top 40 Mainstream.
[2]
History
The song's main vocals are provided by Angel X (Andreas Harde), while an Amis chant is repeated. The chant was
sampled from the "Jubilant Drinking Song" (Sapiliepah a Radiw in Amis) without the singers' permission. Kuo
Ying-nan (born Difang Duana) ( ) and Kuo Hsiu-chu ( ), both Amis, were in a cultural exchange
program in Paris in 1988 when their performance of the song was recorded by the Maison des Cultures du Monde
and later distributed on CD. The producer of Enigma, Michael Cretu, later obtained the CD and proceeded to sample
it. In addition, the drum beat of the song was sampled from the Led Zeppelin song "When the Levee Breaks."
The song was used to promote several types of media in the mid-1990s, including film and TV commercials. In fall
1994, the song was featured in an episode of the TV show My So-Called Life. In 1995, the song was used as the
closing theme in Disney's live-action film Man of the House, as well as in the opening and closing of an Outer Limits
episode. In 1996, the song was further popularized when it was used in a television advertisement to promote the
1996 Summer Olympics.
Julien Temple directed the video, which depicts a man's life in reverse, starting with him dying and ending with his
birth. (See also List of Enigma videos#The Cross of Changes).
"Return to Innocence"
94
Legal dispute
In March 1998, Kuo Ying-nan and Kuo Hsiu-chu sued Cretu, Virgin Records, and a number of recording companies
for unauthorised usage of their song without credit.
[3][4]
The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount
of money and all further releases of the song were credited (including royalties) to the Kuos.
[5]
Cretu has stated that
he had been led to believe that the recording was in the public domain, and that he did not intentionally violate the
Kuos' copyright.
[6]
Single track listing
4-track CD single
1. "Radio Edit" 4:03
2. "Long & Alive Version" (remixed by Curly M.C. and Jens Gad) 7:07
3. "380 Midnight Mix" (remixed by Jens Gad) 5:55
4. "Short Radio Edit" 3:01
5-track CD single
1. "Radio Edit" 4:03
2. "Long & Alive Version" (remixed by Curly M.C. and Jens Gad) 7:07
3. "380 Midnight Mix" (remixed by Jens Gad) 5:55
4. "Short Radio Edit" 3:01
5. "Sadeness (Part I) (Radio Edit)" 4:17
"Return to Innocence"
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Charts and certifications
Charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)
[7]
16
Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
[8]
4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
[9]
16
Canada Top Singles (RPM)
[10]
4
France (SNEP)
[11]
11
Germany (Media Control AG)
[12]
5
Ireland (IRMA) 1
Italy (FIMI) 12
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)
[13]
8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
[14]
5
Norway (VG-lista)
[15]
1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
[16]
1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
[17]
5
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
[18]
4
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
[19]
40
Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)
[20]
Gold
250,000
^
United Kingdom (BPI)
[21]
Silver
200,000
^
United States (RIAA)
[22]
Gold
500,000
^
^
shipments figures based on certification alone
References
[1] Canadian RPM Singles Chart (http:/ / www.collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 2442&
type=2& interval=24& PHPSESSID=2brc3e5p2efs1u9u1nro47cs44) (Week of April 11, 1994)
[2] [ Enigma Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com]. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
[3] Channel News Asia (1998-03-28). . Channel News Asia.
[4] Craig Rosen (1999-03-04). Enigma Sued By Aboriginal Couple Over Song Rights (http:/ / music. yahoo. com/ read/ news/ 12049600).
LAUNCHcast.
[5] Richard F. Roper (1999-06-23). Taiwanese Settle Lawsuit Claiming Their Original Composition Was Stolen; They Will Now Set Up
Foundation (http:/ / replay. waybackmachine.org/ 20091027110755/ http:/ / www. geocities. com/ enigmalair/ rtiarticle4. html). Business
Wire.
[6] http:/ / www. geocities. com/ enigmalair/ rtiarticle5. html RTI Article (http:/ / replay. waybackmachine. org/ 20091027110753/ http:/ / www.
geocities. com/ enigmalair/ rtiarticle5. html) (archived), EnigmaLair, Geocities.com
[7] " Australian-charts.com Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma&
titel=Return+ to+ Innocence& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles.
[8] " Enigma Return to Innocence Austriancharts.at" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Return+ to+
Innocence& cat=s) (in German). 3 Austria Top 40.
[9] " Ultratop.be Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Return+ to+
Innocence& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
"Return to Innocence"
96
[10] Canada peak (http:/ / www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 2442& type=2&
interval=24& PHPSESSID=2brc3e5p2efs1u9u1nro47cs44)
[11] " Lescharts.com Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Return+ to+
Innocence& cat=s) (in French). Les classement single.
[12] " Enigma - Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www.charts. de/ song. asp?artist=Enigma& title=Return+ to+ Innocence& cat=s& country=de).
Charts.de. Media Control.
[13] " Dutchcharts.nl Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Return+ to+
Innocence& cat=s) (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100.
[14] " Charts.org.nz Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Return+ to+
Innocence& cat=s). Top 40 Singles.
[15] " Norwegiancharts.com Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma&
titel=Return+ to+ Innocence& cat=s). VG-lista.
[16] " Swedishcharts.com Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Return+
to+ Innocence& cat=s). Singles Top 60.
[17] " Enigma Return to Innocence swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Return+ to+
Innocence& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart.
[18] [18] [ Billboard.com]
[19] Top Adult Contemporary 1961-2001 by Joel Whitburn (Billboard Books, 2002)
[20] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma;'Return to Innocence')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche&
strTitel=Return+ to+ Innocence& strInterpret=Enigma& strTtArt=single& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
[21] "British single certifications Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certified-awards. aspx). British Phonographic
Industry. Enter Return to Innocence in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
[22] "American single certifications Enigma Return to Innocence" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Return+ to+
Innocence"). Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click
SEARCH
External links
Full lyrics of this song (http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ return-to-innocence-lyrics-enigma. html) at MetroLyrics
"The Eyes of Truth"
97
"The Eyes of Truth"
"The Eyes of Truth"
Singleby Enigma
from the album The Cross of Changes
Released April 8, 1994
Format Compact disc, 7", 12"
Recorded 1993
Genre New age, World
Length 4:36
Label Virgin Records/EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Return to
Innocence"
(1994)
"The Eyes of
Truth"
(1994)
"Age of
Loneliness"
(1994)
"The Eyes of Truth" is a 1994 song by the German New age band Enigma. This single was one of Enigma's four
singles from its second album, The Cross of Changes. The video for this song was recorded in the rural areas of
Nepal.
Similar with "Age of Loneliness", the song featured samples of Mongolian Folk Music (most notably Alsyn Gazryn
Zereglee) and samples taken from Anne Dudley's album Songs from the Victorious City. It also contains samples
from U2's song "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)", Peter Gabriel's "Kiss That Frog", NASA retransmissions sampled
from "Mare Tranquillitatis" performed by Vangelis, and Genesis' "Dreaming While You Sleep".
In 1999, the song was popularized from its artistic use in the worldwide trailer for the movies The Matrix, and also
for The Long Kiss Goodnight. As is the trend for many trailers, the song did not appear in either film or soundtrack.
For the case of The Matrix, the song was sampled for the theatrical trailer release.
Use of the track in Software
1. 1. The full track is used as the 'Standard' theme of multiMAN (a multi-purpose homebrew program on the PS3
System)
Track listing
1. "Radio Edit" 4:36
2. "Album Version" 7:27
3. "The Gtterdmmerung Mix (The Twilight Of The Gods)(140 bpm)" 7:17
4. "Dub Version (140 bpm)" 5:34
"The Eyes of Truth"
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Chart positions
#21 UK
#38 Netherlands
#34 Sweden
References
Joar Grimstvedt (1996) Single: The Eyes of Truth
[1]
. Retrieved Aug. 4, 2005.
[1] http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ illdiscog/ eyes. of.truth.html
External links
Full lyrics of this song (http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ the-eyes-of-truth-lyrics-enigma. html) at MetroLyrics
"Age of Loneliness"
99
"Age of Loneliness"
"Age of Loneliness"
Singleby Enigma
from the album The Cross of Changes
Released August 8, 1994
Format Compact disc, 7", 12"
Recorded 1993
Genre New Age
Length 4:14
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"The Eyes of
Truth"
(1994)
"Age of
Loneliness"
(1994)
"Out from the
Deep"
(1994)
"Age of Loneliness" is a 1994 single by the musical group, Enigma. The single was the second one to be released
from The Cross of Changes.
The song can be regarded as a remixed version of an earlier Enigma song, "Carly's Song", where the song was
originally more laid back and goes at a slower pace. The vocals in the song are whispered by Sandra Cretu and the
lyrics actually refers to the main character from Sliver, Carly Norris (played by Sharon Stone).
The haunting chant in this song is of Mongolian origin and has a tinge of Gregorian chanting in it. It is from the
Mongolian traditional long song, "Tosonguyn Oroygoor", sung by Dechinzundui Nadmid. For the "Enigmatic Club
Mix", the beat of the song was pushed up a notch and laced generously with beeps of morse code throughout the
song. The morse code spells out "I love you". For the "Jam & Spoon Remix", the song starts off with a short and
relaxing piano piece. Although included in the "Age of Loneliness" single, it is exactly the same one found in the
"Carly's Song" single.
In the music video for the song, the scene is set in New York City and entirely filmed in sepia. People are seen
floating through the air weightlessly but remain unseen by the surrounding people.
"Age of Loneliness"
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Sleeve
The background of the single cover is mostly white (or beige) and has a tarot card placed in the centre. The figure in
the card might be seen as a wizard at first glance, but the person is actually a thin Santa Claus conjuring up toys. The
number "7" which appears at the four corners of the card indicates that the song is the seventh track in The Cross of
Changes.
Single track listing
1. "Radio Edit" 4:14
2. "Clubby Radio Edit" 3:31
3. "Enigmatic Club Mix 128 bpm" 6:23
4. "Jam & Spoon Remix 93 bpm" 6:28
5. "Album Version" 5:19
References
External links
Full lyrics of this song (http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ age-of-loneliness-lyrics-enigma. html) at MetroLyrics
"Out from the Deep"
101
"Out from the Deep"
"Out from the Deep"
Singleby Enigma
from the album The Cross of Changes
Released 1994
Format Compact disc
Recorded 1993A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 4:27
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Age of
Loneliness"
(1994)
"Out from the
Deep"
(1994)
"Beyond the
Invisible"
(1996)
"Out From The Deep" is a 1994 song created by the German electronic band Enigma. This single is the fourth and
last single released from the band's second album, The Cross of Changes. The single cover art is a simplified version
of The Cross of Changes.
The song employs a more traditional rock format compared to Enigma's hallmark electronica sound. Its motif is very
similar to that from The Beatles' "Dear Prudence". The song contains a sample from A Positive Life's "The Calling".
Michael Cretu provides vocals here.
Music video
In the music video for the song, helmed by Venezuelan director Angel Gracia (which along Cliff Guest, won MTV's
Make My Video competition for Madonna's "True Blue" song in 1986), a diver comes upon an Atlantis-like
submerged ancient city (underscored by sound effects resembling a sonar's echo) and takes a tour around the city,
similar to the video clip for "Sadeness (Part I)". Soon he realizes he can breathe without the scaphander, and is
attracted by a series of lively murals (paintings or mosaics) combining Pompeii and Byzantine features. Eventually
driven to try and make contact with a woman of strange beauty, as their fingertips touch, all the figures come alive
resuming what presumably were their last actions. But so does the being responsible for the city's doom - a Poseidon
reminiscent of the Sistine Chapel's angry Jehovah - reenacting the catastrophe and the spell. All of the newly
liberated beings return to their mural condition. Sadly enough, the spell also befalls the diver - which admits,
however, a glimpse of hope: the figures are now in slightly different positions as a consequence of their progress
during their brief period of freedom, and the intrepid diver has left his imperishable mark, as a mural in his likeness -
the background music featuring, for a last time, the chorus: That's why we are here.
"Out from the Deep"
102
Track listing
1. "Radio Edit" 4:27
2. "Rock Mix" 6:44
3. "Trance Mix (168 bpm)" 5:49
4. "Short Radio Edit" 3:30
External links
Full lyrics of this song
[1]
at MetroLyrics
References
[1] http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ out-from-the-deep-lyrics-enigma. html
"Beyond the Invisible"
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"Beyond the Invisible"
"Beyond the Invisible"
Singleby Enigma
from the album Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
Released October 21, 1996
Format Compact disc, cassette
Recorded 1996 A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age, Ambient, Electronic
Length 4:30
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Out from the
Deep"
(1994)
"Beyond the
Invisible"
(1996)
"T.N.T. for the
Brain"
(1997)
"Beyond the Invisible" is a 1996 song created by the musical project Enigma. This is the first of only two singles
taken from the album Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!. A remake was released by Scooter in 2011.
Production
In "Beyond the Invisible", Sandra Cretu again provides the opening vocals, Michael Cretu sings lead vocals. The
track also includes samples of a Latvian folk tune Sajja Bramai' ("Nobleman Rode Together") performed by the
folk ensemble Rasa and a Gregorian chant (Isaiah 64:9-11) from "Gregoriani Cantus" by Pierre Kaelin. Most of the
tracks on Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! include both Gregorian chants and tribal chants, reminiscent of their first and
second albums, MCMXC a.D. and The Cross of Changes.
Release
The 5-track single also contains "Light of Your Smile", which is not on the parent album.
Music video
The video for the song was directed by Julien Temple and features two ice dancers (the Finnish ice dance couple
Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko) skating in a forest. The video was shot in Savernake Forest, Marlborough,
Wiltshire, UK. The ice rink was constructed especially for the video and took over a week to freeze. Simon Scotland,
line producer on the video, subsequently used the title Beyond the Invisible as the name for his Home Cinema and
Entertainment company.
"Beyond the Invisible"
104
Track listing
All lyrics written by Michael Cretu and David Fairstein, music by Cretu.
2-track CD single:
1. "Beyond the Invisible (Radio Edit)" 4:30
2. "Almost Full Moon" 3:40
3-track CD single:
1. "Short Radio Edit" 3:42
2. "Radio Edit" 4:30
3. "Album Version" 5:05
4-track CD single:
1. "Beyond The Invisible (Radio Edit)" 4:30
2. "Almost Full Moon" 3:42
3. "Beyond The Invisible (Album Version)" 5:05
4. "Light of Your Smile" 5:10
5-track CD single:
1. "Beyond the Invisible (Radio Edit)" 4:30
2. "Almost Full Moon" 3:42
3. "Beyond the Invisible (Album Version)" 5:05
4. "Light of Your Smile" 5:10
5. "Beyond the Invisible (Short Radio Edit)" 3:42
Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
Austria 20
Eurochart 46
Germany 40
Greece 1
Finland 6
Netherlands 27
Norway 13
Sweden 29
France 32
Switzerland 36
New Zealand 45
UK 26
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
[1]
81
"Beyond the Invisible"
105
References
Ye Min Than (Nov. 5, 1996). Review of "Beyond The Invisible" (http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ reviews/
beyond.the. invisible.ymt. html). Retrieved Aug. 21, 2005.
Joar Grimstvedt (Oct. 12, 1996). Enigma: Beyond The Invisible (http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ reviews/
beyond.the. invisible.jg.html). Retrieved Aug. 21, 2005.
External links
Full lyrics of this song (http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ beyond-the-invisible-lyrics-enigma. html) at MetroLyrics
"T.N.T. for the Brain"
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"T.N.T. for the Brain"
"T.N.T. for the Brain"
Singleby Enigma
from the album Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
Released February 17, 1997
Format Compact disc
Recorded 1996 A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 4:00
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Beyond the
Invisible"
(1996)
"T.N.T. for the
Brain"
(1997)
"Gravity of
Love"
(1999)
"T.N.T. for the Brain" is a 1997 song created by the musical project Enigma. This single is the second and last one
taken from Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!, Enigma's third album.
There is also a "Club Mix" version of the song which is only available on a rare promo edition in a blue tin and on
the compilation album Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits.
The single reached #60 in UK singles charts.
The Introduction samples "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray" from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the
Worlds.
Single track listing
2-track CD single:
1. "Radio Edit" 4:00
2. "Instrumental Mix" 4:07
3-track CD single:
1. "Radio Edit" 4:00
2. "Instrumental Mix" 4:07
3. "Midnight Man Remix" 5:56
4-track CD single:
1. "Radio Edit" 4:00
2. "Midnight Man Remix" 5:56
3. "Album Version" 4:34
4. "Instrumental Mix" 4:07
"Gravity of Love"
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"Gravity of Love"
"Gravity of Love"
Singleby Enigma
from the album The Screen Behind the Mirror
Released November 15, 1999
Format Compact disc
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 3:58
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"T.N.T. for the
Brain"
(1997)
"Gravity of
Love"
(1999)
"Push the
Limits"
(2000)
"Gravity of Love" is a song by the musical group Enigma. It was released in November 1999 as the lead single from
the album The Screen Behind the Mirror.
The song features guest vocals by Ruth-Ann Boyle of the British band Olive and has samples from Carl Orff's
Carmina Burana. The beat in the song originally came from Led Zeppelin's rendition of "When the Levee Breaks",
which was also used in the song "Return to Innocence".
Music video
In the music video for the song, which is set in the 1930s, a masquerade ball is being held in a mansion, while
passion starts to run high for some of the participants. The video was filmed on location in the Villa Wagner I
(designed by the famous architect Otto Wagner) in Penzing, a district in Vienna, Austria. The director for the video
is Thomas Job. The setting is reminiscent of the 1961 film L'anne dernire Marienbad and some scenes from
Stanley Kubrick's 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut.
Track listing
1. "Radio Edit" 3:58
2. "Judgement Day Club Mix" 6:12 (Remixed Peter Ries and TAAW)
3. "Dark Vocal Club Mix" 6:36 (Remixed by W. Filz for La Danza Production)
Charts
"Gravity of Love"
108
Chart (1999-2000) Peak
position
Germany (Media Control AG)
[1]
65
Hungary (Rdis Top 40) 4
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)
[2]
84
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
[3]
89
References
[1] " Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Knstler-Suche, Musik-Suche,
Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche musicline.de" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ Enigma/ Gravity+ of+ Love/ single)
(in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
[2] " Dutchcharts.nl Enigma Gravity of Love" (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Gravity+ of+ Love&
cat=s) (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100.
[3] " Enigma Gravity of Love swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Enigma& titel=Gravity+ of+
Love& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart.
External links
Full lyrics of this song (http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ gravity-of-love-lyrics-enigma. html) at MetroLyrics
"Push the Limits"
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"Push the Limits"
"Push the Limits"
Singleby Enigma
from the album The Screen Behind the Mirror
Released April 17, 2000
Format Compact disc
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 3:54
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Gravity of
Love"
(1999)
"Push the
Limits"
(2000)
"Turn
Around"
(2001)
"Push the Limits" is a 2000 song created by the musical project, Enigma. The single was the second one released
from The Screen Behind the Mirror.
Single track listing
2-track CD single
1. "ATB Mix" 8:30
2. "Album Version" 6:25
2-track CD single
1. "Radio Edit" 3:54
2. "ATB Radio Remix" 3:35
3-track CD single
1. 1. "Radio Edit"
2. 2. "ATB Radio Remix"
3. 3. "ATB Remix"
4-track CD single
1. 1. "Radio Edit"
2. 2. "ATB Remix"
3. 3. "Album Version"
4. 4. "ATB Radio Remix"
5. 5. "Multimedia: The Video" (available on some versions)
"Push the Limits"
110
Chart positions
#96 Germany
#76 UK
External links
Full lyrics of this song
[1]
at MetroLyrics
References
[1] http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ push-the-limits-lyrics-enigma. html
"Turn Around"
111
"Turn Around"
"Turn Around"
Singleby Enigma
from the album Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
Released September 17, 2001
Format Compact disc
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 3:53
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Push the
Limits"
(2000)
"Turn
Around"
(2001)
"Voyageur"
(2003)
"Turn Around" is a 2001 song created by the musical project, Enigma. The single was the only one which was
released from the compilation album, Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits.
Single track listing
2-track CD single
1. "Turn Around (Radio Edit)" 3:53
2. "Gravity of Love (Chilled Club Mix)" 5:27
3-track CD single with video
1. "Turn Around (Radio Edit)" 3:53
2. "Turn Around (Northern Lights Club Mix)" 10:40
3. "Gravity of Love (Chilled Club Mix)" 5:27
4. 4. "Turn Around Multimedia Track"
Charts
#45 (Switzerland)
#65 (Germany)
External links
Full lyrics of this song
[1]
at MetroLyrics
References
[1] http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ turn-around-lyrics-enigma. html
"Voyageur"
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"Voyageur"
"Voyageur"
Singleby Enigma
from the album Voyageur
Released September 29, 2003 (Germany)
Format Compact disc
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New age
Length 3:53
Label Virgin
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Turn
Around"
(2001)
"Voyageur"
(2003)
"Following the
Sun"
(2003)
"Voyageur" is a 2003 song created by the musical project, Enigma. The single was the first released from their fifth
album, Voyageur. The video for the song was filmed on location in Prague, the Czech Republic.
Single track listing
1. "Voyageur (Radio Edit)" 3:53
2. "Voyageur (Club Mix)" 6:21
3. "Voyageur (Chillout Mix)" 4:52
4. "Voyageur (Dance Mix)" 5:29
Chart positions
#1 Greece
#13 Portugal
#49 Denmark
External links
Full lyrics of this song
[1]
at MetroLyrics
References
[1] http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ voyageur-lyrics-enigma. html
"Following the Sun"
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"Following the Sun"
"Following the Sun"
Singleby Enigma
from the album Voyageur
Released November 10, 2003 (Germany)
Format Compact disc
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age
Length 4:12
Label Virgin
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Voyageur"
(2003)
"Following the
Sun"
(2003)
"Boum-Boum"
(2004)
"Following the Sun" is a 2003 song created by the musical project, Enigma. The single was the second one released
from Voyageur.
Single track listing
1. "Following The Sun (Radio Edit)" 4:19
2. "Following The Sun (Album Version)" 5:19
3. "Voyageur (Fab 4 Mix)" 4:30
External links
Full lyrics of this song
[1]
at MetroLyrics
References
[1] http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ following-the-sun-lyrics-enigma. html
"Hello and Welcome"
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"Hello and Welcome"
"Hello and Welcome"
Singleby Enigma
Released 10 March 2006 (Germany)
10 April 2006 (UK)
Format CD
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 2005
Genre Stadium anthem
Length 3:39
Label Virgin Germany/EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Boum-Boum"
(2004)
"Hello and
Welcome"
(2006)
"Goodbye Milky
Way"
(2006)
"Hello and Welcome" (titled "Hello + Welcome") is a song created by the musical project Enigma, released on 10
March 2006 (see 2006 in music).
The vocals in the song is sung by Andru Donalds, who also lent his voice in the fourth and fifth Enigma albums. On
its release, listeners thought that, like previous standalone single "Turn Around", the song might not be part of any
released album: however, it was later released in September 2006, with a new mix, on A posteriori. The song will
also be the walk-in music for the German boxer, Felix Sturm.
According to information provided by Crocodile Music Management, the single was originally scheduled to be
released first in October 2005 but the date was moved to 25 November 2005, a day before Sturm's fight with
Maselino Masoe for the WBA Championship title. But due to an injury that Sturm picked up just weeks before the
fight, the single's release date was pushed further back until 10 March 2006, just a day before Sturm's rescheduled
match.
On 7 November 2005, the video to the song was first released for public viewing by Virgin Germany through the
German edition of LAUNCHcast. The video features Sturm in training and previous battles with his opponents in the
ring. However two days later, Virgin Germany announced that the single will be postponed to a later date and all
information about the single, including the music video, were taken off from their websites.
On the release day of the single, the official Enigma website was updated and finally the video was made available
streaming through Windows Media Player and RealPlayer.
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Track listing
1. "Hello and Welcome" (Radio Edit) 3:29
2. "Hello and Welcome" (Thunderstorm Mix) 6:09
3. "Hello and Welcome" (After the Storm Mix) 6:28
4. "Hello and Welcome" (Video) 3:20
Charts
The single reached #87 in German charts.
External links
Streaming audio of the single from EnigmaMusic.com
[1]
References
[1] http:/ / www. enigmamusic.com/ hello/ index. htm
"Goodbye Milky Way"
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"Goodbye Milky Way"
"Goodbye Milky Way"
Singleby Enigma
from the album A posteriori
Released 26 September 2006
Format Digital download
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre New Age, electronic
Length 5:56
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Hello and
Welcome"
(2006)
"Goodbye Milky
Way"
(2006)
"La Puerta del Cielo / Seven
Lives"
(2008)
"Goodbye Milky Way" is a song created by the musical project, Enigma. This is the first single which was made
public from Enigma's album A posteriori. A posteriori was released worldwide on 26 September 2006.
News regarding the single along with the album were first published on July 18, 2006 through the news page of
Crocodile-Music.de and EnigmaMusic.com, but barely a month later the single's release on CD and other formats
was cancelled, except for digital download.
External links
Full lyrics of this song
[1]
at MetroLyrics
References
[1] http:/ / www. metrolyrics. com/ goodbye-milky-way-lyrics-enigma. html
"La Puerta del Cielo" / "Seven Lives"
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"La Puerta del Cielo" / "Seven Lives"
"La Puerta del Cielo / Seven Lives"
Singleby Enigma
from the album Seven Lives Many Faces
Released 8 August 2008 (Digital download)
15 August 2008 (CD single)
Recorded 20072008
Genre New Age
Length 7:17
Label Virgin / EMI
Enigma singles chronology
"Goodbye Milky
Way"
(2006)
"La Puerta del Cielo / Seven
Lives"
(2008)
"The Same
Parents"
(2008)
"La Puerta del Cielo / Seven Lives" is the first single from Enigma's seventh album Seven Lives Many Faces. The
track "Seven Lives" had been featured on German TV as the signature theme to the public broadcaster EinsFestival's
coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The single was digitally released in Germany on 8 August and
physically on 15 August. The single reached top 50 in Germany and remained in the top 100 for several weeks.
The title of the song "La Puerta del Cielo" (The Gate of Heaven) is in Spanish but its lyrics are in the Balearic dialect
of Catalan: All dins es canal / En es peu da sa muntanya. Both album tracks co-written by Roig the other being
"Between Generations" have Catalan words.
Single track listing
1. "La Puerta del Cielo (Radio Edit)" 3:31
2. "Seven Lives (Radio Edit)" 3:46
"MMX (The Social Song)"
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"MMX (The Social Song)"
"MMX The Social Song"
Singleby Enigma
Released December 15, 2010
Recorded 2010
Genre World Music, New Age, Downtempo, Chillout
Length 4:14
Label Virgin, EMI
Writer(s) Alise Ketnere (Fox Lima)
Jrme Pringault (J. Spring)
Marcelo Amaral Pontello (Mark Joshua)
Rasa Veretenceviene (Rasa Serra)
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"The Same
Parents"
(2008)
"MMX (The Social
Song)"
(2010)
"MMX (The Social Song)" is a single by the band Enigma released on December 15, 2010 to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the musical project.
In October 2010 Enigma's producer Michael Cretu invited the fans to record themselves and vote for a vocalist to
create the song via internet.
Latvian Fox Lima's (Alise Ketnere) "Fei Mea" was the most voted and became the lead vocal for the chorus of the
social song.
The 3 runners up, J.Spring (Jerome Pringault) from Spain, Mark Joshua (Marcelo Amaral Pontello) from Brazil and
Rasa Serra (Rasa Veretenceviene) from Lithuania provided other important parts of the vocals like the backings,
bridge and verse of the final version of the single.
All 4 vocalists are fully credited for the lyrics and music.
Fans were also involved in the production of the song choosing a solo instrument, its final style and mood as well as
its cover art created by Lars Doerwald.
Finally Arstides Moreno (Steadycamline) was voted by the fans to direct the official video which was released on
YouTube, Enigma's official website and Facebook on March 17, 2011.
Arstides Moreno (Steadycamline) also directed and edited a Making-of video of the event.
"MMX" is the first track Michael recorded on his own brand new mobile producing studio called "Merlin",
[1]
and it's
also the first song ever created and produced via internet exclusively for and by the fans.
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Background
At the end of September 2010 Enigma's producer Michael Cretu officially announced a special event for the 20th
anniversary of the project called "Enigma's Social Song" involving the fans all over the world.
The project was set up as an event "to commemorate Enigma's 20th anniversary involving fans actively in the
process of creating a song together with Michael Cretu. For the first time ever he will allow people to look behind
the scenes writing and producing along the preferences of the public. They will be engaged in original vocal
submissions, series of votings and active participation. That's why we call it a "Social Song"."
Enigma's Social Song official website was also created.
The following 3 weeks hundreds of fans submitted and voted for their favorite vocals via YouTube. For the first two
weeks of voting J. Spring's "Time Machine" was the fans favorite but Fox Lima's "Fei Mea" was eventually the most
popular, and became the lead vocalist, closely followed by Mark Joshua's "Set U Free", J. Spring's "Time Machine"
and Rasa Serra's "Oi Giria Giria".
Following the release of the song, Fox Lima revealed that her lyrics for "Fei Mea" did not have a language but were,
in fact, words and sounds that came to her while recording.
Recording
After officially announcing the winner, Cretu formally invited and asked the 3 runners up: Mark Joshua, J. Spring
and Rasa Serra to record supporting/backing vocals for the song.
It was confirmed on Enigma's official Twitter that "Michael had received all the vocals from all the winning
vocalists, that he was very pleased with their high quality and would use all of them in the final mix making it the
first real and global social song".
Michael decided to use Fox Lima's lead vocals for the chorus recurrent in the final version.
J. Spring is the second vocalist to appear on the track with some hypnotic/tribal chanting and singing the word "to
love" in French "aimer". He appears again later on in the song together with the solo instrument.
Rasa Serra comes in after the second and third chorus singing a traditional Lithuanian folklore song. She also closes
the track.
Mark Joshua provided the verse which is the only part of the single sung in English.
How Michael implemented each vocalist in the song was only revealed on the day of the official release of the
single.
Another contest was set up on the official website for the fans to choose the style and overall mood of the song as
well as a solo lead instrument. During the whole process of the production Michael kept posting short videos
explaining the various phases of the track.
Art cover contest & Final mix release
To add to the global spirit of the project Michael Cretu and the Enigma's team decided to involve fans further more
and participate in another contest for the cover art of the single.
Michael named the 20th anniversary single "MMX - The Social Song" (MMX meaning "2010" in roman numerals)
referring to MCMXC a.D. (1990 in roman numerals) to commemorate the initial success of the project. "Everything
started with the first Enigma album, MCMXC a.D., in 1990. 20 years later I am proud that this musical journey
turned out so great. The "Social Song" is something special a sort of experiment that is a remembering of the past
and an outlook of the future. I wanted both aspects being reflected in the name of the final song." Michael Cretu
explains.
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After more than 460 submissions, Lars Doerwald's creation for the cover art was the most voted."The cover fits
perfectly to Enigma. Its weird and modern at the same time." Michael says. "Even though we had so many good
creations, I am very happy with the result."
The final mix of the single was finally released on December 15, 2010 along with its front cover and a digital
booklet.
Official Video
On January 24, 2011 an ultimate event for the single was announced on the official website and a video contest was
set up. As for the other stages fans were asked to submit a video for the single and vote for their favorite. "On
December 15, 2010 we launched our final "MMX (The Social Song)" as a result of an amazing interactive fan event.
We have so much enjoyed the last 3 months of collaboration and we got such a positive feedback that we decided to
continue our journey. People have shown their talent in singing, designing covers, and creating a song together, but
one thing is missing, though the music video."
After a month of submissions and votes, Arstides Moreno (Steadycamline) was finally announced as the winner of
the video contest and became its official director.
The edited and final version of the official "MMX" video was released on March 17, 2011 on YouTube and
Enigma's various official websites.
Arstides Moreno (Steadycamline) also directed and edited a 30 minutes Making-of video of the event released on
May 30, 2011.
References
[1] http:/ / www. enigmasocialsong.com
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Videography
Enigma videography
This list of Enigma music videos lists out all the music videos based on the songs from Enigma's albums. The list is
in chronological order of the single's original release.
MCMXC a.D.
Song title Personnel External links
"Sadeness (Part I)" Director: Michel Guimbard
Producer: Thierry Sadoun
A man is writing at a desk with a quill pen when he falls asleep. He then descends into a dream where he wears a red cloak, and explores the ruins
of an old cathedral. During his exploration, the screen fades in and out from the cathedral into one of a woman. One of the most striking objects in
the cathedral is a vivid rose, contrasting the decay of his surroundings. He is then brought back into the cathedral and tries to run away after opening
a door that leads to darkness. He then disappears into the ground and the cloak left behind floats into the darkness, and he wakes up from his dream
abruptly.
"Principles of Lust"
Director: Howard Greenhalgh
Producer: Megan Hollister/Pam James
[1]
The scene shows an orgy of sorts, with a large group of adult males and females engaging in lascivious behavior with each other. The setting is in a
non-descript room with a heavy red color setting, with heavy accents of rose and nude tones as well. The characters wear what appears to be lingerie
from the Victorian era, as well as European-style wigs and accessory jewelry. For the length of the song, only soft-core sexual acts being performed,
with nothing overtly obscene being displayed. British model Laura Berkley is the main female character in the video.
"Mea Culpa (Part II)" Director: Howard Greenhalgh
Producer: Pam James
The video for uses the "Orthodox Mix" of the song instead of the album version and is usually credited as "Mea Culpa Part II". Most of the video is
cast in a sepia tone and features an endless plume of smoke superimposed over the images. The video begins and ends with a kneeling woman
swaying as if in prayer, with close-ups revealing that she wears a pair of heavy gauntlets. In-between are scenes of a young woman either running
through an expansive cathedral's courtyard or being carted away in a rickety wagon as if to a witch trial. In a highly unusual move for Enigma
videos, the band's name is featured prominently in several scenes alongside what appears to be an alchemical symbol.
"The Rivers of Belief" Director: Howard Greenhalgh
Producer: Megan Hollister
The two settings for the music video are medieval Europe and rural India. It starts of with a few crusade-like images, and proceeds to showing clips
of an Indian boy jumping into, and running in, a yellow river. The rest of the video interleaves those two settings, along with some clips of the
singer, Michael Cretu.
The Cross of Changes
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Song title Personnel External links
"Return to Innocence" Director: Julien Temple
The music video begins in black and white with an old man tending to a fruit farm. He plucks a quince from a tree and bites into it before lying
down on the grass, dying. The fallen fruits surrounding him then rises back up into the tree as the video switches to colour. Then his life is shown in
reverse, working and living in the countryside together with his wife.
The video progresses backwards showing the couple's church wedding, their lovemaking in the farmhouse and the time when they both were young
adults. The video then shows the wife as a young girl just learning to write and the man as a young boy, biting into a fruit. The music video ends
with the boy being baptised as a baby.
During the length of the video, a white unicorn, representing innocence and purity, appears several times as it gallops in reverse. The music video
was shot in Mlaga, Spain,
"Age of Loneliness" Director: Big TV!
The video contains lots of clips from central New York and daily New York life. Both urban and suburban parts of the town are shown. Most of
these clips also have people of different ages, races and gender floating and swimming mid-air. Some of them are shown wet and naked, seemingly
invisible to the surrounding New Yorkers. The video has no apparent story, instead relying on the surreal images to capture the viewer.
At the very end of the video clip, a taxi passes by a cinema which has a signboard that says "Almost Full Moon". That is a probable but
unconfirmed reference to a song with the same title on the next Enigma album, released in 1996.
"The Eyes of Truth" Director: Julien Temple
The video is set in a rural part of Nepal. It begins by observing beekeepers at work but quickly turns to a woman placing her baby in a reed basket
and floating it down a river. The baby is eventually found by elephants and raised by them. A few years later, the child begins a journey with the
elephant, passing through mountains and forests before reaching a village where he is welcomed by exuberant crowds as a messianic figure.
"Out from the Deep"
Director: ngel Gracia
[2]
In the music video, a diver wearing a standard diving dress explores an ancient sunken city by flashlight while fishes swim throughout the city. He
comes upon a big door, opens it and is engulfed in a bright light. In the next scene the diver awakes and finds himself in a room with Roman-era
frescoes. The people in the frescoes comes alive as the city cracks and crumbles with the diver in it. In the last scene, the diver has himself been
turned into a fresco on a chunk of the city wall.
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
Song title Personnel External links
"Beyond the Invisible" Director: Julien Temple
In the music video, a girl escapes from an unhappy home and into a forest where forest nymphs reside. There she sees a couple figure skating in the
middle of the forest and hides in the bushes to watch them secretly. At the end, she is spotted by one of the "man-machines" and leaves together
with them as they and the other two "man-machines" fade and disappear. The skaters are Finnish European Figure Skating Championship winners,
Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko.
The music video is influenced by Michael Cretu's vision of ice skating, forest nymphs, and "man-machines" (the latter of which also adorn the
album cover).
"T.N.T. for the Brain" Director: Anthea Benton
The video follows the dreams of a handsome young man dressed in a style reminiscent of Victorian fashion. The man finds himself before several
doorways, behind each lies a different woman. The first is a woman dressed in a similarly Victorian style with an elaborate mask tattooed onto her
face. She moves unnaturally and wears meancing silver jewelry on her hands. The second woman is dressed simply but wears a pink wicker mask.
The third rests in a spiderweb. The final women he meets are a pair of heavily made-up twins. Between these scenes is featured a mysterious man
dressed in what appears to be a matador's outfit.
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The Screen Behind the Mirror
Song title Personnel External links
"Gravity of Love" Director: Thomas Job
In the video a high society masquerade ball is being held at a huge mansion. Even the wait staff wear black masks. Early on in the video, we are
granted a glimpse of the party going on "behind the mirror", where the guests wear significantly less and a host of unusual characters hold sway,
including a strange woman dressed in white and attended by young girls and a severe dominatrix-like woman offering Eucharist in an eroticized
priest's outfit. As the video progresses, the guests behind the mirror give in more and more to lust and hedonism, while the strange woman
convulses as if giving birth. At the climax of the song, things suddenly change and the party behind the mirror beings to die down. The guests in the
real world run from the mansion, leaving only the wait staff and a final image of the strange woman standing naked as if reborn.
The video is filmed in location in Vienna, Austria.
"Push the Limits" Director: Thomas Job
The video for features a young man and woman in three different but related storylines. The two approach a two-player arcade machine set in an
open field. Both of them pick a character to represent in the game, which appears to resemble kendo. They are shown putting on their armor and
preparing themselves in the game, the boy dressed in black and the woman in white. Meanwhile, a third set of images shows the man and woman
simulating sex in a bed that sits in the same field as the video game cabinets, but both are wearing simple masks with sad expressions implying the
simulated acts are not entirely consensual.
As the video progresses and the two kendo fighters duel, the bed scenes become more intense. The man gains the upper hand in both scenes but the
woman fights back until black fighter falls. The couple walks away from the machine and the boy kneels before the girl in defeat. In the video game
storyline, the white fighter removes their mask and it is revealed that the man played the white fighter the entire time. The woman is now lifeless on
the floor and her armour dissolves, so does her own body too, leaving behind flower petals in the silhouette of her body.
The video is filmed in location in South Africa, and Brazilian model Milene Zardo plays as both the woman and the kendo fighter.
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
Song title Personnel External links
"Turn Around" Director: Thomas Job
The video is partly digitally animated, with the main vocals being sung by a semi-transparent animated head. The video has no strong theme and
features many random clips from different settings from modern time (rocket takeoff, club dancing, middle-east stargazing). It has quite a lot of
clips of women dancing, some of them without clothes, and even while it might seem to have been censored (using rotating balls or bubbles), the
keen eye will easily see that this video is not safe for work.
[citation needed]
Voyageur
The third single from the album, "Following the Sun", is the only Enigma single not to have a music video
accompanied with it.
Song title Personnel External links
"Voyageur" Director: Thomas Job
In the video we follow a middle age woman on a night out. The woman moves in a very jerky way, and also influences anyone in her immediate
vicinity to move the same way. She visits a restaurant, a nightclub and later a party. One of the stronger images in the video is where the woman
goes past a crucifix, and turns around mimicking the way Jesus hangs on the cross. After proceeding to have a cuddle session with another woman
visiting the party, she goes back home. Just outside her gate, she stops, takes out her earphones and starts moving normally.
"Boum-Boum" Director: Charles Eames
The song in the video is the "Chicane Club Version". It features yet again a young man and a very attractive lady in a modern city complete with
shining skyscrapers. Both of them spend their time separate from each other during most of the day, and in the middle of the video they meet at a
subway station. The two go shopping and sightseeing, as well as flirting with each other in a quiet building hallway. The video ends with both of
them together in their apartment, holding each other's hands.
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15 Years After
Song title Personnel External links
"Hello and Welcome" Director: Thomas Job
The video alternates between German boxer Felix Sturm's training, and clips of Sturm's battles with his opponents in the ring. With every punch
that Sturm lands on his opponent, the screen turns into a tinted red. At the very end of the video, a white horse that looks similar to the unicorn from
Return to Innocence appears for a brief instant.
A Posteriori
The album was released in DVD form in December 2006, which features the entire album in 5.1 surround with only
galactic images in kaleidoscope style and geometric patters.
Seven Lives, Many Faces
Song title Personnel External links
"Seven Lives"
The video was largely based on clips taken from the previous music videos, such as Push the Limits and Mea Culpa.
"La Puerta del Cielo"
The video was largely based on clips taken from the previous music video, such as Age of Loneliness.
MMX (The Social Song)
Song title Personnel External links
"MMX (The Social Song)" Director: Aristides Moreno
Produced: Steadycamline
Since the song itself is a collaboration by the fans themselves, the video was also made of clips submitted by fans all over the world. On January 24,
2011 an ultimate event for the single was announced on the official website and a video contest was set up. After a month of submissions and votes,
Aristides Moreno (Steadycamline) was finally announced as the winner of the video contest and became its official director.
The video shows many random people at random places all over the world lifting up their heads. Later, the woman, who resembles an angel figure,
explodes a yellow ball, and people start floating in the midair. Throughout the video there is a blue light flying across the sky, which is usually
interpreted as the idea of music or social connection.
Additional Information
Label: Virgin Catalog#: 50999 227124 9 3 Format: DVD, DVD-Video, Album, PAL, Regionfree Country: Europe
Released: 28 Nov 2008 Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock, Stage & Screen Style: New Age, Abstract, Disco, Lo-Fi,
Ambient
Artwork By - Dirk Rudolph Film Director [Director] - Thomas Job (2) Other Artist [Photos] - Rosemary Robenn,
Vinod Kotiya Producer - Michael Cretu Written-By, Lyrics By - Andru Donalds (tracks: 8,9), Margarita Roig
(tracks: 7,11), Michael Cretu (tracks: 1-13)
Comes in standard (black) DVD-case with insert. Contains audio comments by Michael Cretu (Germany/English)
Aspect ratio: 4:3 Audio formats: Stereo, DD5.1, DTS5.1 Running time: approximately 47:37
The aspect ratio is misprinted on the release because it is 16:9 with 4:3 picture.
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All songs published by 1-2-3 Music / Crocodile Music. (P) 2008 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is
owned by Baloo Music S.A. under exclusive licence to Virgin Music, a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH &
Co. KG (C) 2008 EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG
Made in the EU. Labelcode: LC 03098 Barcode: 5 099922 712493 Disc-Matrix: D851458-01 / 2271249
[3]
Notes
[1] Only Pam James was listed as the producer in the video credits, but other sources also credit Megan Hollister as a producer for the music
video.
[2] ngel Gracia is a Venezuelan director, often known as just the mono-monikered Angel (http:/ / www. videoproductionresources. com/
articles/ video-production/ video-production-article-1618. htm), also winner of MTV's Make My Video competition for his direction on the
video "True Blue" from Madonna.
[3] http:/ / www. discogs.com/ Enigma-Seven-Lives-Many-Faces/ release/ 1572454
References
EnigmaMusic.com (Dec. 8, 2003). Boum Boum Remixers and Video Director Confirmed (http:/ / www.
enigmamusic. com/ news/ archives. html#2003). Retrieved May 20, 2006.
Joar Grimstvedt (Jan. 1, 2006). Enigma: 15 Years After (boxset) (http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ records/
15YearsAfter. html). Retrieved May 20, 2006.
Adrian Rode, Marcin Papke (May. 15, 2006). EnigmaCretu.com - Howard Greenhalgh (Exclusive Interview)
(http:/ / www. enigmacretu. com/ howard/ index. php?lang=en). Retrieved May 20, 2006.
Joar Grimstvedt (Jan 25, 1994). Enigma: MCMXC a.D. - The Complete Video Album (http:/ / www. five. no/
enigma/ reviews/ MCMXCaD. video. jg. html). Retrieved Oct 27, 2006.
Joar Grimstvedt (Nov 21, 1999). News archive 1999 (http:/ / www. five. no/ enigma/ news/ 1999. html).
Retrieved Oct 27, 2006.
The Enigma Lair (2003). People (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20091027034907/ http:/ / www. geocities. com/
enigmalair/ people. html). Retrieved Oct 27, 2006.
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Associated acts
Trance Atlantic Air Waves
Trance Atlantic Air Waves (also known as TAAW), is a side project from Enigma's Michael Cretu. He had
previously worked with Jens Gad on Enigma's 1996 release Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! and they once again
teamed up for this side project. Only one studio album was released, The Energy of Sound, by Virgin Records. Most
of the songs were cover versions but there were also three original songs.
Discography
Studio albums
1998 The Energy of Sound
Singles
1997 "Magic Fly"
1998 "Chase"
1998 "Crockett's Theme"
External links
Trance Atlantic Air Waves at EnigmaMusic.com
[1]
Trance Atlantic Air Waves Mini Site
[2]
References
[1] http:/ / www. enigmamusic.com/ taaw/ index.html
[2] http:/ / www. enigma-fanclub. com/ taaw
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Related articles
A.R.T. Studios
A.R.T. Studios was the private music studio of music producer Michael Cretu, located in his mansion in the hills of
Ibiza, Spain. In May 2008 the mansion together with the studio were demolished. The studio itself was used by Cretu
until 2005, when he moved to a mobile computerized system "Alchemist" and from 2010 a new system named
"Merlin".
This studio was designed and built by Gunter Wagner and Bernd Steber (Sydney/Australia) and is used in the
recording of all of Cretu's productions (Enigma, Sandra, Trance Atlantic Air Waves).
Control Room
Bernd Steber came up with the idea of hiding all acoustical trapping behind a full-size piece of canvas which could
be stretched from one side of the room to the other and painted like a picture. The artist painted a night sky with
thousands of stars and some very close star nebulas, similar as seen on images taken from the Hubble Space
Telescope. The walls are built with blocks of open porous sandstone and they seem to break in an irregular line just
under the ceiling. The big monitor speakers and the outboard equipment racks are built into these sandstone walls
and the entrance into the room is through two big Arabic sandstone arcs in the back. The floor is covered with a
wall-to-wall carpet which was printed with a reproduction of the moon's surface. There is a huge arc-shaped window
in the front of the room with a view down the hill to the sea.
Technical Details
All external equipment is wired to a large digital mixing console which was custom built by AMEK and the German
Company Mega Audio according to Michael Cretu's preferred working procedures. This console is physically small
but it has 160 inputs to collect most signals coming from any midi source, computer or microphone without the need
of any patch bay. This is possible because all active components are located outside in some huge racks in the
machine room. This keeps all noise and unnecessary heat out of the control room and reduces physical size.
All recording is done on a Protools system hardware and Emagic's latest version of Logic Audio Platinum software.
Software samplers as Samplecell, Steinberg's Halion and the PC-based StudioSampler are all linked and sync-ed
together on demand. There are several racks full of external Midi modules and hardware samplers as well as a
selection of reverb systems as the Lexicon 480 and 960 as well as some more exotic reverbs like the vintage Yamaha
REV1, REV7 and REV9, the Eventide DRP9000 and the Dynacord DRP20. Integrated is Michael's old Waveframe
1000. This was the machine that made Enigma happening in the first place in 1990. It was the first real fully
professional digital "Studio-in-a-box". Its constant sampling rate system is brilliant and the sample editing and
archiving feature is still unmatched. The monitoring system was especially designed and built by Quested Acoustics.
From the credits of various albums, it is known that Michael Cretu uses or has used the Waveframe 1000, Audi
Frame Workstation, MIDIMoog, PPG System, Korg M1, C-Lab Notator, Takamine 6 and 12 String, Tom Anderson
Electric Guitars, Otari DTR-900, Akai 900, Linn 9000, Prophet 2002, X-Pander, EMS Vocoder, DX-7, and Roland
MKS-80 "Super Jupiter", Roland V-Synth, Korg OASYS, Korg Karma.
[1]
A.R.T. Studios
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References
[1] http:/ / enigma-archives.com/ faq/ music
External links
A.R.T. Studio tour from EnigmaMusic.com (http:/ / www. enigmamusic. com/ studio/ index. html)
Interview with Gunter Wagner, engineer and designer of A.R.T. Studios (http:/ / www. enigma-fanclub. com/
art-studios/ default. htm)
Other Enigma studios
Michael Cretu worked in the A.R.T. Studios only on his first five Enigma albums. For the sixth and seventh album
he used "Alchemist", an all in one computed mobile studio. And for the eighth album he will use "Merlin", the
successor of "Alchemist".
ALCHEMIST: Long description, pictures (http:/ / www. enigmamusica. com/ estudio/ alchemist. htm) (in
Spanish)
ALCHEMIST: description, technical details, pictures (http:/ / www. enigmaspace. com/ Alchemist. 93. 0. html)
MERLIN: description, technical details (http:/ / www. enigmaspace. com/ Merlin. 225. 0. html)
Coordinates: 38.909035N 1.432557E (http:/ / tools. wmflabs. org/ geohack/ geohack. php?pagename=A. R. T.
_Studios& params=38. 909035_N_1. 432557_E_)
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