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New? Age music lovers should be familiar with Enigma, right? This iconic music brand, but for most listeners, it is difficult to easily 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 (planning studio) is not an orchestra composed of several fixed singing members. But this project? The studio has a unique soul-Michael? Cretu, the behind-the-scenes producer of the Enigma series. So to understand Ingmar, you must first understand Michael? Cretu, go.

Michael. Cretu? He was originally from Romania and now lives in Germany, so he is considered a German musician. He was born in Bucharest, Romania on May 1957. 1965, Michael? Cretu? Enter the local music school, LYZEUM? No.2 study, which is a school specializing in training young music talents, the main subject is piano. 1968, Michael? Cretu went to Paris and studied piano for another five months. 1975, Michael? Cretu and his family immigrated to Hamburg, 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 then what? Flowers _. Thanks to his efforts, he won the first prize of 1980, which is a good result of his producer career. 1983 released the album _ Legion _ under Virgin Records, which included Michael? Cretu pushes the position of creator and producer. He was in charge of Sandra (later Michael? Cretu's wife) The first international single _Maria? Magdalena_ and another solo album _Die? Chinesische？ Moore (The? China? Wall) _. Some later albums such as _The? Invisible? China people and animals? Moore (The? China? Wall) _ Almost, just English songs. From 65438 to 0985, he began to work as a producer, working with Moti? Special, Tissy? They work together. 1987 via Sylvie? Watan met Mike. Oldfield and help Mike? Oldfield produced the album "Island". Right, Mike? Encouraged by oldfield, Mike? Cretu began to compose more music works. 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 own projects? Studio career, 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. Sandra, Cretu's wife? Raul, they met and fell in love in the process of music production, and officially got married on1February 7, 988. And his wife, Sandra, is another important part of Ingmar, and many female voices in Ingmar's album are interpreted by her. Sandra. Raul? Born in May 1962. 12 years old, released a solo single _Andy Mein? When freund (Andy, my friend) _ 16 years old, she and two girls formed an Arabic singing group that was very popular in Japan at that time. 1985, Sandra started her solo career and released the album _The? Dragon? Play_ (long performance). 1987 released her first editing album _Ten? Open? A _? , and began to cooperate with Cretu, published _ Forever? Love _ (Eternal Love) _ album. 1988 She released a new studio album _ Cheng? Answer? Secret? Before 1990 released its first album, Land _. Enigma also released the hit album _ Painting? Are you online? Yellow (yellow oil painting) _ Actually, Sandra is originally? Raul wasn't part of Enigma's project, but when making Enigma's first record, she needed a female voice who could sing French. At the suggestion of the record company boss, Sandra was decided to play this 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 they got married, 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 (A.R.T? Studio). Michael. Cretu also specially opened a hotel in the basement of his old house, so he often invited friends to his house, where he lived happily. 1989, he began to be imprisoned in the recording studio at home, 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.

Michael in early 2008? Cretu mentioned in an interview with a foreign website that he is currently making E7, but once E7 is finished, he will start to have a completely different dream, which only appeared in his mind in recent years. Does this mean the end of Enigma's dream trip, or just another episode of TAAW album?

There are some news that I personally think is more important, Michael? Cretu and his wife Sandra divorced in 2007, and now they live in different places. Where is Michael? Cretu's current residence in Ibiza will also be demolished in 2008.

What kind of music is Enigma?

Although we are used to and usually classify it as a new era, it is difficult to describe the unique characteristics of Enigma. Producer Michael? Cretu once talked about the mystery, actually Michael? Cretu has always wanted to get rid of the shackles of traditional European pop music, and his favorite music style is pink? Floyd and yes, but this non-mainstream music type has become more and more difficult to hear in the increasingly commercial market. Michael. Cretu began to walk towards his ideal kingdom and 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 the Gregorian hymn sung by monks. The arrangement was lined with the free and easy disco rhythm, which constituted the basic framework of the enigma with great personality. So on Michael? In the unique music world created by 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. Is that why, Michael? Cretu refused applause and honor, and the stylistic definition of "customization" given to Ingmar by others.

Ingmar? Official website: http://www.enigma.de/.

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Era, which means "time, century" in English, is a music group with a style close to Gregory, and its soul figure is French musician Eric? Levi. About Eric? Levi, we really don't know much about it. Even we have only seen his name in Era's works. However, the successful response of several works in the "Era" series laid a good foundation for his growing fame.

If Gregory developed by emphasizing Gregorian hymns on the basis of the musical style of Ingmar's first album, then it can also be said that Era borrowed and inherited Ingmar and Deep? Famous successful elements such as forest and Gregory are evolved and innovated. Generally speaking, the music types of Era and Gregory are the fusion of hymns and modern instrumental music, which even sounds quite similar at first glance. However, learning is not a crime, and stereotypes are shameful. After all, not everyone can be a pioneer like Enigma. As mentioned above, Era is the inheritance and development of the successful experience of predecessors, and the key lies in whether it is a breakthrough and change than before. The result of the market test is that, in fact, Era has succeeded.

Compare Gregory's all-male class lineup (Sarah? After all, Braitman's dedication is one of the few). Era adds female voice to both harmony and lead singer, so the overall style is softer and warmer. I think Gregory's singing is like a solemn song on the altar, which is a bit "can be seen from a distance but not used near"; And Era is more humane, like the folk songs around us. There is no distinction between praise and criticism here, but my personal feelings. Moreover, due to the aggravation of female voice, Era's voice is obviously richer than Gregorian's, and the female lead singer is more important. In addition, Gregory attaches great importance to the creation of the overall atmosphere of music, while Era's music is more melodic, catchy and popular. This may be one of the secrets of Era's success.

Era has only released three albums so far, namely 1998 Era and 200 1 Era. 2 "and" The "just released in 2003? Mass? Quality. The number of releases is small, but they are all popular works. A song in Time, Ameno, was a smash hit and was included in Voyage? Many selected albums in the new century, including 2, are just like Era's representative works. Moreover, Time was rated as 4.5 stars by Allmusic. As a work that is not a famous artist, it is already quite a good achievement.

Era, a band that combines different musical styles, including opera and dance music, is the ultimate music experiment. With this song "Amino", Era gives full play to the inspiring characteristics of traditional religious music, creates a solemn and even almost sacred atmosphere with the choir, and sets off the melody with a sharp guitar. When Era composed music for the French blockbuster comedy Time and Space Turn, she developed her own original music style, combining hard rock and Gregorian hymns.

[Edit this paragraph] Collection of Time Works

1996-era era (track:? 1.？ Era? 2.？ Ameno? 3.？ Catherine? Rhythm 4.？ Mom? 5.？ Avimano? 6.？ Enae？ Worrall? Alto? 7.？ Mirror? 8.？ Ameno? (remix)? 9.？ Sempire? Damo. 10.？ After that? Time? 1 1.？ Impera)

The year 2000? Two? (Track: 1. ? Omen? Sore? 2.？ Divano? 3.？ Devall. Amante? 4.？ Sentence? 5.？ No? u？ 6.？ Infanati？ 7.？ Madonna? 8.？ A hymn? 9.？ Misere？ Mani? 10.？ Are you online? Ok)

2002-era? Version? 2002 (Genesis1&; 2 selected works)?

In 2003. Mass? (Volkswagen) (Track: 1. That? Mass? 2.？ Looking for? For what? what's up 3.？ No? Going? Leave? 4.？ No? What about you? Forget? 5.？ What if? What about you? Shout? 6.？ Avimano? Orchestral music 7.？ Enae？ Worrall? 8.？ Gloomy? Day? 9.？ Voxel? 10.？ That? Champion)

In 2005. Very? The best? Yes? Era (Selected Genesis) (Track: 1. Ameno? (remix)? 2.？ No? Going? Leave? 3.？ That? Mass? 4.？ Mom? (remix)? 5.？ Misere？ Mani? 6.？ Avimano? rchestral？ 7.？ Looking for? For what? what's up 8.？ No? u？ 9.？ Enae？ Worrall? 10.？ Catherine? Rhythm 1 1.？ Divano? 12.？ No? What about you? Forget? 13.？ A hymn? 14.？ Sentence? 15.？ Me? Do you believe it? 16.？ Looking for? For what? what's up (Darren? Tate. Mixed? Edit)

2008-rebirth? (rebirth)? (Track: 1. ? Rebirth? 2.？ Pray? 3.？ Darkness? Sound? 4. Simpfennig? Deo? (inspired? By who? That? Ave？ Maria? Yes? Caccini)? 5.？ Coming? Become? Mine? The world? 6.？ Kilimanjaro? 7.？ A thousand? Words? 8.？ After that? A thousand? Words? 9.？ Finally? Song? 10.？ Coming? Become? Mine? The world? (remix)?

Special album

1, Era (1996)

This "Time" song "Amino" was first released as a single on 1997. At that time, it was a smash hit, and it was included in many selected albums in the new century, including Voyage2, which seemed to be a masterpiece of the times. And Time was rated as 4.5 stars by Allmusic. As an album that is not from a famous artist but also debuted, it is already quite a good result. The last two Allmusic songs did not make any comments. Are you lazy? Personally, I think Era's works get better every time!

"As the music of the new era, it has been completely infused with Wei Zhaung's religious music, the grand and vigorous harmony music. What is reflected here is the complete action, tighter melody and stirring taste! Music interprets the author's meaning! Or carefree, or sad, or beautiful, or elegant, or excited! The close relationship between music and people, in which the music is sometimes high and sometimes soft, the female voice hums, the male voice is calm, and the harmony is strong and continuous, such as the continuation of life! Love life, praise life! Perhaps it is the author's intention! "

Album tracks:

0 1.？ age

02.？ Ameno?

03.？ Catherine? rhythm

04.？ mother

05.？ Avimano

06.？ Enae？ Worrall? mezzo-soprano

07.？ mirror

08.？ Ameno? (remix)

09.？ Sempire? Damo

10.？ After that? Time?

1 1.？ Impera

2. "Time? 2》(2000)

The cover of this CD is very different, and it feels a bit like a heavy metal record. However, after listening to it, I was deeply infected by it. The author takes human harmony, the most magnificent and vast music in the world, as the main instrument and pillar, with electric guitar, cello and percussion instruments, trying to render a magnificent and broad atmosphere. He is different from the gentle music and true gentleness of the wind? Music music, also different from Yue Xian's lonely music, is a kind of passion that human beings yearn for most. In music, in the vast harmony, it leads us to the emptiness of the universe and makes us feel an endless vastness. In the dark universe, we are so small. Far away, the faint starlight is near, and the huge planet, no matter how far or near, makes us feel very small. However, we have a kind of comfort, and our thoughts fly far away, which makes us feel relaxed.

This music album is very different, why! Because he broke through the inherent style of music in the new era, when we are immersed in tenderness for a long time, we will suddenly find that the outside world is so vast and far away. Moreover, he used the most primitive musical instrument and voice that human beings have been using. "Voice" is spectacular! And music are so harmonious!

This is a piece of music that excites us and makes us integrate into it, but it is lost and endless.

Album tracks:?

0 1.？ Omen? Sore?

02.？ Divano?

03.？ Devall. Amante?

04.？ Entens?

05? . No? u？

06? . Infanati？

07? . Madonna?

08? . A hymn?

09? . Are you online? How are you?

10.？ Misere？ Mani?

3、《The？ Mass (2003)

"Era" and "Era? 2 ",put forward the great problem of breaking the limitation of time and space, stimulated people's new thinking about the universe, obtained the gold/platinum record certification in 17 countries around the world, and set a sales record of more than 6 million copies. Therefore, fans all over the world are looking forward to this third album. Now, The latest work "The? The grand atmosphere and dramatic tension created by Mass will surely shake people's hearts again and lead the audience to wander in the surreal music country.

《The？ Mass passed to Eric? Levi has absorbed the musical characteristics of management since his debut album Time, and has a unique fusion of pop, rock and classical music. After cutting off the branches and leaves, he produced a simple and powerful musical style. To go beyond the classics, Eric? Levi also captured the famous German musician Carl? Orff's most acclaimed work, Carmena? Brana/Bran's poetry collection is The first single of the same name "The? The backbone of the masses; The new album also includes "Don't? Going? "Go" and "Find"? For what? "yes" and "no? What about you? Forget? About what? Me ",and was once the chief soprano Sumi of Korea? Joe/Sumi Jo chose and sang The? Champion and other wonderful tracks, however, "that? Is the majestic momentum and auditory scene of Mass still Eric? Levi, the former rock band Shakin? Street guitarist's cross-border star, set up a masterpiece of new era music. A large number of symphonies are used, and classics collide with pop and rock to create beautiful musical sparks. Mass gives people unlimited imagination: sometimes it is as magnificent as Moses opening up the sea, and sometimes it is as lonely as dragging a boulder in the desert. Right, Eric? For Li Wei, as long as the music itself can touch the auditory nerve of the audience and open the imagination of the audience, this touch will never last.

The first song in the album "The? Volkswagen? ",will be popular" card mana? Brana. Bran's poetry "and from" era? The classic track "Divano" of "II" is skillfully integrated in one furnace and wonderfully connected. Although it is not as seamless as Enigma after all, it is still commendable that Zhuyu can reach such a level before. The last two songs are magnificent choruses with bright and dark styles, each with its own merits. Personally, I like it very much and it is worth listening to.

Finally, the fourth song "Don't? What about you? Forget? Do you remember? The dialogue between the girl and the boy in the prelude is innocent but meaningful, which makes people shine at the moment. Since then, the female voice from Youyou has been full of vicissitudes of life, and gently humming seems to recall the promise that may not be intentional but will never be forgotten when I was a child. Although Shao Hua passed away, do you still remember that sincere oath? This piece of music has made me listen to it again and again, which is a masterpiece.

Album tracks:

0 1? That? society

02? Looking for? For what? something

03? No? Going? leave

04? No? What about you? forget

05? What if? What about you? call out

06? Avimano? Orchestra

07EnaeVolare

08? Gloomy? one day

09? Voxel body

10? That? competition

4、《The？ Very? The best? "(2004)

A friend mentioned it the other day. Times have finally made my long-standing idea fabricated, thank you! !

All the consternation and doubts have been summed up? Era? On me, I also found the download link of the last episode. I am so lucky! ?

Album tracks:

0 1.？ Ameno? (remix)?

02.？ No? Going? Leave?

03.？ That? Mass?

04.？ Mom? (remix)?

05.？ Misere？ Mani?

06.？ Avimano? Orchestral music

07.？ Looking for? For what? what's up

08.？ No? u？

09.？ Enae？ Worrall?

10.？ Catherine? Rhythm

1 1.？ Divano?

12.？ No? What about you? Forget?

13.？ A hymn?

14.？ Sentence?

15.？ Me? Do you believe it?

16.？ Looking for? For what? what's up (Darren? Tate. Mixed? Edit)

5. Rebirth (2008)

After years of silence, era? The new album "Rebirth? What does rebirth depend on? Almighty? Francs? Published on March 24th, 2008.

I feel that this album is more fashionable, and the original style is faintly visible and gradually fades away. The female voice is very nice, and the chorus is mixed with tribal elements. How about track 6? The soundtrack of "Hua" is extremely grand and spectacular, which is suitable for the singing and moving of human voices. Even those duets are extremely wonderful and the details are well controlled. On the eighth track, Kilimanjaro is not at all? Era? Old style. The last 9 minutes of remix is probably the gift package of the club family.

Album tracks:

0 1.？ Simpfennig? Deao

02.？ reborn

03.？ Darkness? sound

04.？ Coming? Become? Mine? world

05.？ pray

06.？ A thousand? word

07.？ After that? A thousand? word

08.？ Kilimanjaro

09.？ Finally? Song (surname)

10.？ Coming? Become? Mine? The world? (remix)