Enigma is a German musical project founded in 1990 by Romanian‑German musician and producer Michael Cretu. Cretu had released several solo records, collaborated with various artists and produced albums for his then‑wife, German pop singer Sandra, before conceiving the idea of a new‑age, worldbeat project. He recorded the first Enigma studio album, MCMXC a.D. (1990), with contributions from David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. The album remains Enigma’s most successful, helped by the international hit single “Sadeness (Part I)”, which sold 12 million units alone. According to Cretu, the inspiration for the project came from his desire to create music that did not obey “the old rules and habits” and offered a new form of artistic expression with a return to mysticism. Enigma followed MCMXC a.D. with a series of albums involving different musicians and producers working with Cretu. The first was The Cross of Changes (1993), which incorporated tribal and ethnic influences and sold over eight million copies worldwide, followed by Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (1996), which blended the Gregorian chants reminiscent of the first album with the strong intercultural soundscapes of the second. Enigma’s fourth album, The Screen Behind the Mirror (2000), marked a slight departure from earlier world‑music themes toward a heavier electronic atmosphere. This evolution culminated in Voyageur (2003), the project’s fifth and more pop‑based album, and A Posteriori (2006), a work inspired by the future collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, featuring distinct operatic tones and an electronic palette closer to Voyageur than earlier releases.
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Mea Culpa
The Eyes Of Truth
Age Of Loneliness
Gravity Of Love
Principles Of Lust: Sadeness / Find Love / Sadeness
Invisible Love
Push The Limits
T.N.T. For The Brain
Sitting On The Moon
Seven Lives
Voyageur
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