In 1990 Engima arrived on the musical scene with an eclectic mix of ethereal vocals, chants and electronica. This unlikely mixture struck a chord with people and virtually created a new musical genre. Enigma now returns with the Screen Behind the Mirror.
Enigma, the Romanian musician, Michael Cretu and friends will never win any prizes for invention. The music of his fourth album adheres firmly to the blueprint of his other releases–mini-pop symphonies. This is a small-screen scrawl that takes in classical music samples in the style of Gregorian chants and Wagner-style pomp and circumstance, and MOR vocals, which recall Celine Dion and Phil Collins, provided by Ruth Ann Boyle of Olive, Cretu’s wife, Sandra and Andru Donalds. Bedded down to ambient’s lack of beats and coloured by pop’s sense of fun, there are no obvious hits on the very smooth and moody, The Screen Behind the Mirror. However there is a certain guilty pleasure in kicking back after dinner and floating down stream to the almost funky “Push out the limits” and the bombastic slab of Euro-pop that is “Traces(Light and Weight”. –Olivia Ferenczi
Additional information
| Weight | 0.098 kg |
|---|---|
| brand | Enigma |