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Ahmed · Post by **Ahmed** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:06 am

They are great I know, but so do many other DJs around the world. It seems that they have done something nobody has done before, If this is true it would apply to their first cd, but what about their other cds they are still very famouse and sell very well even in villages no body knows in Asia and Africa

LIMITAPROACHINGINFINITY · Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:13 am

Its just catchy! I don't neccesarilly like it but its catchy and relaxing. Pretty original.

xander · Post by **xander** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:13 am

The same question can apply to many things, like the "Macarena" for instance.

XDVarenkor · Post by **XDVarenkor** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:38 am

Ahmed wrote:It seems that they have done something nobody has done before, If this is true it would apply to their first cd...

Hardly - most of the Enigma sound (especially the first album) borrows heavily from the more mellow moments of earlier electronic music. This is why Delirium sound like they borrow so much from Enigma - they're ex-Front Line Assembly members reclaiming sounds that are rightfully theirs, only beaten to the punch by Curly MC.

Michael Cretu is the real reason for the success of Enigma. He was France's Trevor Horn - and every album he touched was solid gold. They've dated a bit now, but some of the albums he made with his wife Sandra were fantastic in their day. The Enigma project was completed (and marketed) in maximum secrecy as a way of seeing whether it was the Cretu name or the Cretu sound that was selling records.

I think it was mainly the evasive, almost anti-marketing of the first album that guaranteed the early success of Enigma. Since then, it's just been a safe bet for easy-listening world fusion sounds. Ditto Delirium, for that matter.

lunarhalo · Post by **lunarhalo** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:37 am

...xander wrote:The same question can apply to many things, like the "Macarena" for instance.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! *runs in circles covering ears and screaming at the earworms*

Why did I look at this thread!

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:45 am

...xander wrote:The same question can apply to many things, like the "Macarena" for instance.

/As if it wasn't bad enough before, I can't hear that damn song now without thinking of Sickle's frightening giffing..

xander · Post by **xander** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:50 am

Yeah -- same thing here as soon as I thought of the fuckin thing...

OMU · Post by **OMU** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:03 am

XDVarenkor wrote: Michael Cretu is the real reason for the success of Enigma.

And he's Romanian

useruseruser · Post by **useruseruser** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:10 am

Ahmed wrote:They are great I know, but so do many other DJs around the world. It seems that they have done something nobody has done before, If this is true it would apply to their first cd, but what about their other cds they are still very famouse and sell very well even in villages no body knows in Asia and Africa

Maybe it is, because Enigma is actually NOT a "DJ".

Enigma is a project. And it is made by a German producer with the name Michael Cretu. And that story is not even new. It is grown over more than one decade in the manner as already described above. Most todays "DJs" were even in their nappies at that time ...

You should really get some background information if you are interested, to understand all that (there meight be much more available if you do a google):

http://www.sandranet.com/michael/cretu.htm
http://www.michaelcretu.com/

jens · Post by **jens** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:21 am

XDVarenkor wrote: Michael Cretu is the real reason for the success of Enigma. He was France's Trevor Horn

he's Rumanian but grew up and started his career in Germany. Now they live in Malta I think. However there's no connection to France.

dharmawan · Post by **dharmawan** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:26 am

never heard of em

or is it the semi ethno band with the wailing girl

nj · Post by nj » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:31 am

don't like their music but have a look at his studio here:

http://www.enigmamusic.com/studio/index.html

not bad.. but not as nice as mine...

isdjan · Post by **isdjan** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:43 am

Q:

what made Enigma so famous?

a) loads of shakuhachi samples, clever combination with gregorian voices
b) the "gainsbourg" factor (applies to the 1st single at least)
c) cretu's connections and marketing skills - remember, he had quite a bunch of hit singles with his wife, the artist formerly known as sandra

Modeler · Post by **Modeler** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:44 am

Were'nt they the first to overuse that infernal Japanese flute sound?

aldred · Post by **aldred** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:00 am

Don't forget the sex ('Turn off the light, take a deep beath and relax. Start to move slowly ... very slowly'). Coupled with the Gregorian chants on MCMXC A.D. Sex + religion. It was played eveywhere and that's what got them famous.

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What made Enigma so famous?