Over 25 years since the release of the ground-breaking debut ENIGMA album, MCMXC a.D., Michael Cretu – the original founder of this genre-defying act, and its composer and producer – will release a brand new album, The Fall Of A Rebel Angel.
The musical act known globally as ENIGMA has proved one of the most successful of the last quarter-century, delivering more than 70 million sales across seven albums, 60 Number One chart positions around the world, and in excess of 100+ Gold and Platinum awards ... in a nutshell: an absolutely outstanding career and second-to-none success story.
Now, in 2016, Michael Cretu re-connects with the bold, pioneering musical sound-world of that very first multi-platinum album – a unique and timeless world that touched millions across the globe, and helped define the musical landscape of an entire generation.
In fact ENIGMA cannot be described as ‘new age’, ‘ambient’ or ‘ethnic’ because it has created those genres; it’s the origin and continuation of a completely new kind of mainstream music.
“I have tried to transfer the spirit of Enigma’s beginnings to the here and now, but in a new musical language”, Cretu said. “The album tells the story of a symbolic journey to redemption – with everyone to define his individual path.”
The protagonist sets off for development and evolution. Gradual change, with sometimes psychedelic undertones, leads him to new horizons. Grammy and Echo-award-winning writer, Michael Kunze, has created the story in words to accompany the music – which will be featured in its entirety on the album’s multi-lingual Special Edition.
