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1. Ingmar, a band from great Germany, has attracted countless fans with its mysterious style. The theme of mysticism is expressed by modern electronic music, which gives people a wonderful feeling of staggered time and space. The voice is also beautiful: the female voice is beautiful and moving, as sweet as a nightingale; The male voice is deep and weak, which is fascinating. The band's music is also very extensive, coming from all over the world. It stands for "New Age Music".

About Enigma) Enigma! Mysterious music ...

Mystery! An indescribable voice ... mystery! Bring charming artistic conception and melody ...

NewAge music lovers should be very familiar with the iconic music brand "Enigma", but for most listeners, it is difficult to simply summarize or define Enigma's music. Maybe there are other friends who don't know who Enigma is or their style, but once the familiar melody belongs to Enigma, you will definitely feel deja vu.

Enigma originated from Greek, which is interpreted as a "mysterious and incredible thing" in English, so many domestic audiences and even the media call Enigma "Enigma Orchestra" or "Enigma Orchestra". In fact, this title is not exact. Enigma is just a "project studio", not an orchestra composed of several regular singers. But this project studio has a unique core-Michael Cretu, the behind-the-scenes producer of the Enigma series. So to understand Ingmar, we must first understand Michael Cretu.

Michael Cretu was originally from Romania and lived in Germany, so he was regarded as a German musician. He was born in Bucharest, Romania on May 1957. From 65438 to 0965, Michael Cretu entered a local music school "LYZEUM No.2" which specialized in training young musicians, and his major was piano. From 65438 to 0968, Michael Cretu went to Paris to study piano for five months. From 65438 to 0975, Michael Cretu and his family immigrated to Hamburg in the former West Germany and were admitted to the Frankfurt Conservatory of Music. 1978 After graduation, I started working in a music studio. 1979 released the first album "Moon, Light and Flowers" under Polaroid. Thanks to his efforts, he won the first prize of 1980, which is a good achievement in his producer career. 1983 released the album Knights of the Legion under Virgin Records, which pushed Michael Cretu to the position of creator and producer. He produced Sandra's first international single Maria Magdalena and another solo album The Chinese Wall. Some albums released later, such as Hollow Man and The Chinese Wall, are similar to this, but only have English songs. From 65438 to 0985, he worked as a producer with Moti Special and Tisch. 1987 met Mike Oldfield through Sylvie Watan, and helped Mike Oldfield to produce the album Islands. Encouraged by Mike Oldfield, Michael Cretu began to write more music. This experience is very important to him. The study in the Conservatory of Music gave him a complete experience of classical academic baptism, and made him understand various basic knowledge such as music theory, chorus, counterpoint and musical form, which laid a solid foundation for his later arrangement. Since then, Michael Cretu has gradually started his career as a "project studio", integrating sound sampling, recording engineering and music production.

They like to use modern electronic music to express the theme of mysticism, which is a natural American hymn and an echo of distant African tribes or serious religions expressed through the rhythm of western pop music.

Michael Cretu's wife, Sandra Lauer, met and fell in love in the process of making music, and officially got married on February 7th. 1988. And his wife, Sandra, is another important part of Ingmar, and many female voices in Ingmar's album are interpreted by her. Sandra Raul was born in May 1962. 12 years old, released a solo single "Andy, Mein Freund (Andy, my friend)". /kloc-When she was 0/6 years old, she and two girls formed the "Arabic Style" singing group, which was very popular in Japan at that time. 1985, Sandra started her solo career and released the album Long Play under Virgin. 1987 released her first edited album "Ten to One" and began to cooperate with Cretu to release the album "Eternal Love" in the United States and Canada. 1988, she released a new studio album "Into the Secret Land". Before 1990, Ingmar released her first album, she also released the hit album Yellow Painting. In fact, Sandra Raul is not in Enigma's plan. When making the first record of Enigma, she just needed a female voice who could sing French. At the suggestion of the record company boss, Sandra was decided to play the role. After Enigma became popular, Sandra released three albums with the help of her husband, but the influence was not as good as Enigma. * * Shortly after their marriage, Michael Cretu and Sandra Raul went to Ibiza (an island in the Mediterranean) to live. They have an old farm and a recording studio there. Michael Cretu also specially set up a hotel in the basement of his old house so that he often invited friends to visit him. He lived happily there. 1989, he began to grow up in his home recording studio, and Michael Cretu began to make his own ideal music! This isolated life lasted for nearly ten years, and Ingmar's singles and albums were born in this background and environment. * * What kind of music is Ingmar? Although we are used to and generally classify it as a "new era", it is difficult to describe the unique characteristics of Enigma. Producer Michael Cretu once explained this mystery. In fact, Michael Cretu has always wanted to get rid of the shackles of traditional European pop music. His favorite music styles tend to be Pink Floyd and Yes, but this non-mainstream music type has become more and more difficult to hear in the increasingly commercialized market. Michael Cretu began to walk towards his ideal kingdom and began to write by himself. In many of his works, he used two very strange and unknown voices-the Peruvian-style flute and the melody similar to Gregorian hymns sung by monks. The arrangement was lined with free and easy disco rhythm, which constituted the basic framework of Ingmar's character. Therefore, in the unique music world created by Michael Cretu, we can vaguely feel the shadow of classical serious music and directly feel the popular electronic orchestration; You can hear the free and long songs of the farthest minority tribes, and you can enjoy the solemn and grand harmony of the church choir. Because of this, Michael Cretu rejected applause and honor and others' definition of Ingmar's "customized" style. * * In the past ten years, Enigma has released five albums, two special limited editions, a new song+selection, a remix selection and countless single records (remixes with a large number of tracks).

Album track

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0 1. Chapter II

02. The Eye of Truth

03. Return to innocence

04. I love you, and I will kill you. Silent warrior

06. Dolphin Dream

07. Lonely Times (Karis Song)

08. From the depths

09. The crossroads of change

First album name: MCMXC a.D

Release date: 1990

1990 10, Enigma's first single Sadeness Part I was released for the first time and became their most famous hit single. The solo album MCMXC a.D (A.D. 1990) released immediately afterwards became the best-selling album in German history. Sold120,000 copies, topped the album charts in 4 1 countries, and stayed in the 200 American charts for five years. When pop music made steady progress in the 1990s, no one expected that Ingmar did not follow the standard and successful pop rules. On the contrary, Enigma used flutes, flutes, chants of medieval hymns, electric guitars, brass pipes and other modern musical instruments to convey the breath, emotion and energy of modern people. The classic songs in this album, Admit Your Mistake, The Principle of Lust and The River of Faith, are all excellent. It is also very commendable that MCMXC A.D has adopted superb recording and mixing technology. All tracks naturally flow into each other, and the application of stereo and bass is perfect. Putting "MCMXC a.D" into a hot sound system releases a lot of bass, which is amazing and fascinating. This album is Jason's work in the history of pop music in the 1990s. Its music is very original, creating a unique mysterious music atmosphere.

0 1 enigmatic sound

02 lust principle

The Principle of Desire-ii-Finding Love

04 lust principle (repeated)

05 Callas is gone.

My fault

Sound and music. snake

Knock on the forbidden door

Back to the River of Faith-Me-The Road to Eternity

10 Back to the River of Faith-ii-Hallelujah

1 1 Back to the River of Faith-iii-River of Faith

12 x sadness (meditation)

13 x fault (fading)

14 x lust principle (eternal lust)

15 x river of faith (returning to silence)

The following is a list of album tracks listed by Enigma official website:

The voice of ingmar

024:15 sadness (the law of lust)

03 5:49 Looking for love (the principle of desire)

The principle of desire

05 4:29 Callas left.

06 5:53 My fault

07 2:45 Voice of America. snake

Knock on the forbidden door

The road to eternity

Hallelujah

River of faith

At the time of limited edition 199 1, MCMXC a.D released a limited edition, adding four tracks, but all of them were mixed and expanded on the basis of the original album songs (the third song is recommended, with different styles, which is a bit crazy! ), so this record has the feeling of one go from beginning to end. The cover design of the limited edition record is almost the same as that of the original, except that the black of the original is replaced with a gray-green background (it seems that there is no difference? ) 。 Generally speaking, MCMXC a.D (2000 BC) is Jason's work in the history of pop music in the 1990s. Its music is very original, creating a unique atmosphere again and again. So far, this kind of sound and atmosphere has only been successfully imitated and improved by another artist, that is, Delerium and their album Semantic Speaces, and most people have failed to try this kind of music. Two years later, he began to produce the soundtrack for the movie Silver Bar.

Album name: Mcmxc A.D

One more thing: release date-1999-07-28.

01sadness part1(meditation combination)

02 Sadeness part 1 (extended trance mixing)

03 violence part1(violent beauty mix)

04 Mistake the Second Part (Fading Tone Combination)

05 Admit Your Mistake Part II (Orthodox Edition)

06 Admit Your Mistake Part II (Catholic Edition)

The name of the second album: the cross of change

Release date: 1993

1993 Enigma released her second album, Cross of Change, and fans are waiting. Due to the success of the first album, the second album had already received an order of 6.5438+0.4 million CDs before its official release. When the fans heard the album with their own eyes, the voice of praise revived. The changing cross not only continues the unique temperament of the first album, but also is an evolution. Although this album failed to surpass the first album in sales, it still achieved 24 gold records, and won the champion position in the British charts and the runner-up position in Australia and Europe. The album1* * contains 9 tracks, among which two of the most popular songs, Eye of the Truth and Return to Innocence, were born. The former is full of the charm of oriental music, the song symbolizes the beautiful scene in a mirage, the melody has the shadow of Mongolian music and Arabic music, and even the suona in Tibet is used, so it is difficult to tell the exact source of this song. The popularity of "Back to Nature" may be higher, because it was selected as the propaganda song of the United States 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and the concept of time reversal adopted by this track MTV also left a deep impression on many friends. "Back to Nature" sampled "Old People Drinking Songs" which was banned by South TW from the Ami Guo Yingnan couple, and invited Angel (Andy Harder) from Sony Records Germany to sing English lyrics. His voice is really as beautiful as an angel. 1994, Cross of Change released a "special edition", similar to the "limited edition" of MCMXC a.D, in which three songs were added, and each song was remixed. Because this record was not released in America.

The special edition of the Book of Changes is quite rare.

0 1 Chapter II

Eye of truth

03 return to innocence

I love you ... I will kill you.

05 Silent Warrior

Dolphin's dream

07 lonely times

Come out of the deep sea

Changing crossroads

The following is a list of album tracks listed by Enigma official website:

0 1 02: 15 Chapter II

Eye of truth

03 04: 13 Return to innocence

04 08 :52 I love you ... I will kill you.

05 06 :09 Silent Warrior

06 02 :47 The Dream of Dolphins

The age of loneliness (Carly's song)

08 04 :53 From the deep sea

Changing crossroads

The name of the third album is: Death, Happiness.

Release date:1996-11-25.

The third album of Enigma was released on1996165438+1October 25th, with the title Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! ",this is German, translated into English," The king is dead, long live the king! "In Chinese, it means' the king is dead, long live the king', and in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it means' changing the dynasty', and more people call it' the demeanor of the king'. This record is slightly different in style from the first two albums of Enigma. The overall music atmosphere has changed, the timbre of drums is more peaceful, and there are more brand-new national music elements-from Zulu to Latvian, including the unique musical instrument timbre of these ethnic minorities. Because of these characteristics, Roi is Mort, Vive Le Roi! Critics praised it as the most unified album among Ingmar's many records. In this album, producer Michael Cretu conveyed many natural and philosophical concepts to the audience, and the theme of this concept was "Why". Invisible is a classic single of Enigma, which paves the way for irresistible chorus and mysterious melody through Crete's voice. The seventh song "American Children" uses the musical instrument of Yunnan minority in China-Lusheng, in which the female voice singing is full of South Asian music elements. " "T.N.T for Brain" has a strong and rhythmic style, and the shooting technique of MTV is even more unique, strange and unforgettable.

0 1 Death is coming, Death is coming!

02 deformation with time

The third of its kind.

04 Beyond Invisible

Why! …

Shadow in silence

The children in our hearts

08 nerve conduction in the brain

It's almost full moon.

10 roundabout

1 1 prism of life

12 roaming of the mind

The following is a list of album tracks listed by Enigma official website:

Investors are dead, long live investors!

02 6:47 deformation with time

The third of its kind.

04 5:00 Beyond the Invisible

05 5:59 Why! ...

06 4: 13 shadows in silence

American children

08 4:26 Nerve conduction time of the brain

09 3:20 It's almost full moon.

/10 4:38: 38 roundabout

1 1 5:55 prism of life

12 2:40 mind roaming

The fourth album title: the screen behind the mirror

Issue date: 2000

Nearly four years later, Ingmar finally released her fourth album, Screen Behind the Mirror, which we used to call "Mirror of the World". Many listeners think that Enigma is becoming more and more popular in this record. The only difference and highlight is that producer Michael Cretu has incorporated carl orff's famous secular song collection "Kamina Braria" into his album. Such a classic chorus combined with Enigma's powerful electronic synthesizer timbre has formed a collision between classical and modern, and the intersection of seriousness and fashion does not seem far-fetched. It can be said that the main theme of Bran's poems has become the most important musical pillar in Enigma 4, which runs through the whole record. The whole disc contains 1 1 works, and many lovely singles were born. Such as the title song "Screen Behind the Mirror" full of primitive tribal style; The main tracks full of mystery and solemnity are Challenge the Limit, Gravitation of Love and Modern Crusade, with strong rhythm and strong rebellious atmosphere. In these tracks, we can still feel Ingmar's innovative spirit and unique style as always. Although it does become different from the original, whether this variable is a good thing depends on time and sales.

0 1 gate

02 challenge the limit

The gravity of love

The taste of desire

05 Modern Crusaders

06 Trace (light and heavy)

The screen behind the mirror

08 endless exploration

09 black box

10 is between mind and mind. heart

Silence must be heard.

The following is a list of album tracks listed by Enigma official website:

gate

02 6:27 Challenge the limit

03 4:0 1 the gravity of love

04 5:57 Taste of desire

05 4:5 1 Modern Crusaders

06 4: 13 trajectory (light and heavy)

07 4:59 The screen behind the mirror

08 3:07 endless exploration

09 2:39 black box

10 4:59 between mind and mind. heart

Silence must be heard.

Name of the fifth album: Voyageur

Date of publication: September 9, 2003

Enigma's latest album was officially released on September 8, 2003, which is its latest masterpiece after 2000' s Behind the Mirror Screen! At the same time, Virgin released two featured albums for Enigma in 200 1 year, including a new single. The name of the upcoming new album is Traveler. I wonder if this name means that the new album will have a strong world music element. We can see from official website of Enigma that the newly revised page has been integrated with the cover design of Voyageur.

0 1 from east to west

02 traveler

03 anonymity

Page 04 Cup

05 Boom Boom

Total eclipse in June

What it looks like today

In the dark, in the light

become weightless

10 piano

1 1 Follow the sun

After two years of silence, Enigma was scheduled to release the latest single "Hello and Welcome" on October 25th, 2005/kloc-0. According to Virgin official news, this song has been confirmed as the entrance music for German welterweight champion Felix Sturm to compete for the world championship, and the music video has been made.

However, unexpected events happened. Due to the serious injury of German welterweight champion Felix Sturm, the release of Enigma's new single "Hello and Welcome" had to be postponed, which should have been released simultaneously during his scheduled boxing match.

Single track

1. Hello, welcome (radio editor)

2. Hello, welcome to MV

3. Hello, welcome (thunderstorm mixed)

4. Hello, welcome (after storm mixing)

Following Voyageur Traveler in 2003, Enigma released the hardcover box set 15 years later 15 on February 25, 2005, which included all the albums and selected suites released by Enigma from 1990 to 2005, totaling * * *. The CD is the album 1 to 5, which is a brand-new remix album of Faithless. These two DVDs are enigma 1 complete video album and the final future.

Frame "15 years later 15 years later"

CD directory:

In addition to the last album, there is another one:

Rollo Lex

1. Children in our hearts (dusty variations)

2. Lonely years (dusty variations)

3. the eye of truth (dusty variation)

4. River of Faith (Variations on Dust)

5. sadness pt1(dust removal version)

6. Trace-light and heavy (change of dust removal)

7.Voyageur (Variations on Dust Removal)

8. Beyond the intangible (dusty change)

9. Hello, welcome

DVD directory:

Enigma 1 complete video album

1. Enigma's voice

2. The principle of desire (medley)

3. Callas is gone

4. My fault

5. Sound and snakes

6. Knock on the forbidden door

7. Back to the River of Faith (medley)

8. Sadness-Part I

9. Admit your mistake (full-length video)

10. The principle of desire (full-length video)

1 1. Back to the River of Faith (full-length video)

12. roi is death, long live ROI! (Interview with Michael Cretu)

Remember the future

1. Better

2. Sadness-Part I (Video)

3. My fault

4. The principle of desire (looking for love)

5. The River of Faith (radio editor)

Step 6 return to innocence

7. The Eye of Truth

8. Lonely years

9. Beyond the invisible

Brain10.t.n.t.

1 1. Challenge the limit

12. The gravity of love

The following is a list of album tracks listed by Enigma official website:

0 1 4: 1 1 from east to west

02 5:36 traveler

03 4:23 anonymity

04 7:0 1 cup page

05: 4: 29

062:1June total eclipse

07 4:43 Today's Style

08 6:35 In the dark, in the light.

09 2: 15 weightlessness

10 piano at three o'clock sharp

Follow the sun

The sixth album is a posteriori.

Published in 2006

Album introduction:

"However, before she started coming to us, we called a thousand times and urged a thousand times" to describe Enigma's sixth album. It's not too much. This most weighty NA masterpiece in 2006 has gathered countless fans for three years. Previous work

Before the release of the album, we had various expectations. When the new single

Remember Michael Creagh Chu explaining the third album?

Fortunately, in the last song "Goodbye", I finally vaguely heard a trace of the past. But beyond that, what memories can this album leave me? When the days are drifting away, so that mortals can no longer keep up, mortals abandon genius.

Album tracks:

0 1. abel Simouu

02.feel my paradise

03. Dream of Andromeda

04. Dance with mephistopheles.

05. Northern Lights

06. Invisible love

07. Message from IO

08. Hello, welcome

09. 20000 miles at sea

10. Sitting on the moon

1 1. alchemist

12. Goodbye, Galaxy

On August 8, 2008, on the same day as the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, Enigma released the single album La Puerta Del Cielo/Seven Lives, which is one of Enigma's seventh album Seven Lives Many Faces.

This album may be Enigma's last. Presumably, because the connotation of Enigma has a strong religious flavor, and the number 7 stands for perfection in religion, this album represents the finale of Enigma series. Producer Michael Cretu will try his best to make it perfect.

Single and remix

ATB& enigma: Mysterious encounters meet mysteriously.

Mystery: Information from Io (DVD version)

Mystery: sitting on the moon (DVD version)

Mystery: Eppur Si Muove (Tacadisco remix)

Mystery: Dreaming of Andromeda

Mystery: 20,000 miles at sea (Boca Youth Mix)

Enigma: The Alchemist (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralph Heerden Baertl)

Mystery: the principle of desire

Mystery: sadness

Mystery: looking for love

Mystery: Sorrow (Repetition)

Mystery: Return to Innocence (Dragon & amp Living Edition)