LSD: Love, Sensuality and Devotion by Enigma (CD, Oct-2001, Virgin)

Elektra Entertainment ( October 22, 2001 ), Genre: Rock & Pop

A new era of popmusic began with these words eleven years ago. Sounds of ancient origins, up to a thousand years old and voices from the most different cultures combined with rhythms belonging to the contemporary spirits of the dancefloor. A new listening adventure, a new idea. It became ENIGMA.

Enigma: Ruth-Ann, Andru Donalds, Michael Cretu, Sandra Cretu.Recorded at A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain.Personnel: Sandra Cretu, Matthew Herren, Michael Crétu , Andru Donalds (vocals).Recording information: A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain.Arrangers: Jens Gad; Michael Crétu .In 1991, if any musical artist seemed a candidate for one-hit wonder status, it was Enigma. Not that "Sadeness Part 1" displayed any lack for talent, but the hit was certainly unusual. Worthy of his nom du disc, Michael Cretu released the bizarre, sexually charged Gregorian chant-driven New Age dance song under veils of mystery. Journalists speculated about his identity, as the song ignited controversy in country after country, topping the charts in most of them and going into top 5 in the United States.Enigma has proven to be enduring and deservedly so, as his odd hybrid concoctions are simultaneously inventive and engagingly poppy. The fifth album, VOYAGEUR, finds Cretu continuing this tradition, bringing together elements of world, electroni

Release Date: 2002-04-09, Audio CD, EMI Import

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ENIGMA LOVE SENSUALITY DEVOTION - GREATEST HITS

Enigma: Michael "Curly MC" Cretu (vocals, various instruments, programming).Additional personnel includes: Louisa Stanley (vocals); Jens Gad (guitar).Recorded at A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain.Personnel: Michael Crétu (vocals, programming); Peter Cornelius, Jens Gad (guitar); Sandra Cretu, Louisa Stanley, Angel (background vocals).Recording information: A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain.On THE CROSS OF CHANGES, Enigma delves into the mystic with a musical fervor that transcends sampling technologies and popular dance beats. THE CROSS OF CHANGES is a serene yet supremely sensual musical synthesis that might best be characterized as new age hip-hop. Enigma's worldwide hit MCMXC A.D. was notable for, among other things, its use of Gregorian chants as samples in a heady techno mix, which inspired such delirious interest in this ancient music that The Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos are currently enjoying their own Top 10 hit--CHANT.With THE CROSS OF CHANGES, Enigma's auteur Michael Cretu has merged a series

Enigma: Elisabeth Houghton, Sandra Cretu, Ruth-Ann, Andru Donalds, Michael Cretu (vocals); Jens Gad (guitar).Recorded at A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain.Personnel: Michael Crétu (vocals, guitar); Ruth-Ann, Andru Donalds (vocals); Jens Gad (guitar, baritone guitar).Recording information: A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain; A.R.T. Studios; Ibiza; Spain.There is a certain other-worldliness to the musical landscapes created by the artist also known as Michael Cretu. With Enigma, he is known for pioneering the synergy of traditional and world music with dance and electronica. Cretu's craftwork could be described as having taken ground broken by Tangerine Dream and adding mystic spirituality."The Gate" opens dramatically with a classical-sounding chorus, then sliding into a combination of spoken and hauntingly sung vocals. Disguised as a modern pop song, "Push the Limits" does just that with powerful orchestration. "Camera Obscura" fuses Renaissance-era chorale with a pulsing dance groove and vocals that are played backward

CD 1 1. The Landing 2. Turn Around 3. Gravity Of Love 4. T.N.T. For The Brain 5. Modern Crusader 6. Shadows In Silence 7. Return To Innocence 8. I Love You... I'll Kill You 9. Principles Of Lust 10. Sadeness (Part 1) 11. Silence Must Be Heard 12. Smell Of Desire 13. Mea Culpa 14. Push The Limits 15. Beyond The Invisible 16. Age Of Loneliness 17. Morphing Thru Time 18. The Cross Of Changes CD 2 1. Seven Lives 2. Goodbye Milky Way 3. Following the Sun (Radio Edit) 4. La Puerta Del Cielo 5. The Rivers Of Belief (radio Edit) 6. Hello And Welcome 7. Voyageur (Radio Edit) 8. The Language Of Sound 9. Boum-Boum (Radio Edit) 10. Mea Culpa Part 2 11. Eppur Si Muove 12. Touchness 13. Knocking On Forbidden Doors 14. Sitting on the Moon 15. Déjà vu 16. The Child in Us 17. Light of Your Smile 18. The Eyes of Truth (Radio Edit) 19. Out from the Deep (Radio Edit)