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.
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In 1993, 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. is the Roman numeral for the year of its release, 1990.īefore the album was released, Cretu was cautious of the response towards the upcoming album, decided to forgo mentioning his and most of the personnel's real names and credited himself as Curly M.C., while the album sleeve contained little information about the background of the project, furthering the mystery about the creators of the album and leading to speculation whether Enigma was a band, a person or a group. Later Cretu would claim that the now signature Enigma sound was inspired after falling asleep on the London Underground. "Sadeness" quickly rose to the top of the charts in Germany and France it went on to become a worldwide hit. He had previously used a Gregorian-type chant on the opening seconds of Sandra's 1987 single "Everlasting Love", without integrating them into other parts of the song. Cretu explained that the album was about unsolved crimes and philosophical themes such as life after death, hence the name Enigma. The album was Cretu's first commercial success through the single "Sadeness (Part I)," which juxtaposed Gregorian chants and sexual overtones over a dance beat that was very peculiar to the ears of the public at that time. In December 1990, after eight months of preparation, Cretu released Enigma's debut album, MCMXC a.D., which received over 57 platinum awards worldwide, and topped the charts in 41 countries, directly becoming the most successful Virgin Records act during that time. Cretu revealed in an interview that he believed that his ideas were running out at that point. Before Enigma, he released a number of albums under his own name, but none of them sold particularly well. Peter Cornelius also contributed to Enigma during the 1990s.įrom the late 1970s onward, Michael Cretu already had his own music career on his hands and apart from some collaboration efforts with several other musicians, he also produced his wife's albums. Jens Gad co-arranged and played guitar on three of the Enigma albums. His former wife, pop singer Sandra, often provided vocals on Enigma tracks. Cretu is both the composer and the producer of the project.
Studios in Ibiza, Spain, from the early 1990s until May 2009, where he has recorded all of Enigma's studio releases to date. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but based his recording studio A.R.T.
Enigma (musical project)Įnigma is a German new age band formed in 1990 by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson.
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