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Latest Enigma news
18/11/2016 : Today sees the release of Enigma's brand new single Amen featuring Aquilo.
11/10/2016 : Enigma is back with a new single entitled Sadeness (Part II) featuring Anggun.
09/08/2016 : New Enigma 4 CDs album is entitled The Fall of a Rebel Angel. It will be out on November 11th, but you can already preorder it... (Thanks to Krasi)
12/12/2015 : Enigma is launching Enigma Moments, an online event to commemorate the project's 25th anniversary together with their fans. There you can share your personal story with Enigma.
Enigma albums
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MCMXC a.D. | 1990 | BUY
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The Cross Of Changes | 1993 | BUY
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Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! | 1996 | BUY
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The Screen Behind The Mirror | 1999 | BUY
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Love Sensuality Devotion (The Remix Collection) | 2001 | BUY
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Love Sensuality Devotion (The Greatest Hits) | 2001 | BUY
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Voyageur | 8th Sep 2003 | BUY
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15 Years After | 2005 | BUY
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A Posteriori | 2006 | BUY
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Seven Lives Many Faces | 2008 | BUY
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The Platinum Collection | 2009 | BUY
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Classic Album Selection | 2012 | BUY
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The Enigma Collection | 23rd May 2014 | BUY
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Love Sensuality Devotion: Greatest Hits & Remixes | 23rd Sep 2016 | BUY
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The Fall Of A Rebel Angel | 11th Nov 2016 | BUY
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Enigma singles
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Sadeness Part I | 1990 |
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Principles Of Lust | 1990 |
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Mea Culpa Part II | 1990 |
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The Rivers Of Belief | 1990 |
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Carly's Song | 1993 |
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Return To Innocence | 1993 |
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The Eyes Of Truth | 1994 |
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Out From The Deep | 1994 |
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Age Of Loneliness | 1994 |
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Beyond The Invisible | 1996 |
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T.N.T. For The Brain | 1996 |
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Gravity Of Love | 1999 |
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Push The Limits | 2000 |
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Turn Around | 2001 |
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Silence Must Be Heard Promo only | 2001 |
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Following The Sun | 2003 |
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Voyageur | 2003 |
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Boum-Boum | 2004 |
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Hello and Welcome | 2006 |
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20.000 Miles Over The Sea | 2006 |
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Eppur Si Muove | 2006 |
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The Same Parents | 2008 |
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La Puerta Del Cielo | 2008 |
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Sadeness (Part II) (Featuring Anggun) | 10th Oct 2016 |
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Amen (Featuring Aquilo) | 18th Nov 2016 |
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Enigma remixes
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Sadeness (Part II) if($ft[6]!="") { echo " (".stripslashes($ft[6]).")" ;} // commentaire ?> | Oct 2016 |
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Enigma biography
Enigma is a German electronic / new age project formed in 1990 by composer and producer Michael Cretu aka Curly M.C., David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. Sandra often provided vocals.
Their first single Sadeness was a worldwide hit, topping charts everywhere, especially in Germany and France. It created controversy, firstly due to the mix of religious and sexual elements. And later, because the gregorian vocals were used without permission; a lawsuit followed in 1994. Debut album, MCMXC a.D. received over 57 platinum awards worldwide.
In 1993, Michael 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. Sophomore album Cross of Changes was released and it it was also very succesful. Return to Innocence became one of the project's most popular international singles. It sampled vocals of a duet of Amis people singers without their permission. In 1994, song was covered by eurodance projects The Corporation and LaNotte.
1996 saw the release of third album Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (French for "The King is dead. Long live the King!").
2000 : new album The Screen Behind the Mirror was out. Gravity of Love and Push the Limits were released as singles from the album.
2001 : a new single called Turn Around was released, together with best of compilations Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits and Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
2003 : after 2 years of silence, Enigma released their new album Voyageur, showing a major saw a change of direction which surprised the fans.
2005 : a special limited-edition album called Fifteen Years was released, to commemorate the fifteen years of Enigma
2006 : 6th studio album was out on September 26th. It was entitled A Posteriori.
2008 : on September 19th, Enigma's seventh album Seven Lives Many Faces was released worldwide.
2009 : in November, Enigma released a new best of CD compilation : The Platinum Collection. The first CD featured Enigma hits, the second contained remixes and the third was a collection of "lost tracks", musical experiments which never were finalized and released previously. Worldwide release followed in 2010.
2010 : on October 5th, the "Enigma's Social Song" project was launched to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first album MCMXC a.D.. Enigma fans were asked to submit vocals for a new Enigma song. The final mix of the single named MMX The Social Song was released on 15 December.
2015 : a new album is planned.
Enigma biography was last updated Wed, January 6th 2021
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