Michael Cretu

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Romanian-German musician, composer and producer who founded Enigma in 1990 and remains the sole permanent member, writing, arranging and producing the project's music.

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The Fall of a Rebel Angel by Enigma

Enigma's 2016 album is a cinematic electronic concept record about a soul's journey through doubt toward a new life.

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The Screen Behind the Mirror by Enigma

Enigma's calm 2000 album, chant samples woven through electronic moods, found by me years after it appeared.

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Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! by Enigma

A 1996 Enigma record I found years later, the third album, where chant and electronics search for the eternal.

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The Cross of Changes by Enigma

A late discovery of Enigma's 1993 album, a moody blend of world voices, chant, and downtempo electronica.

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MCMXC a.D. by Enigma

Enigma's 1990 debut blends Gregorian chant with downtempo electronics, a strange hypnotic record I found years on.

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Seven Lives Many Faces by Enigma

Enigma's 2008 album mixes chant, beats and warm voices into a calm record about lives lived and faces worn.

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A Posteriori by Enigma

Enigma's 2006 album drifts into space and science, a mostly instrumental record about distance and wonder.

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Voyageur by Enigma

Enigma's 2003 album drops the Gregorian chant for a brighter, more human electronic sound about travel and change.

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