Enigma's fourth album The Screen Behind the Mirror continues Michael Cretu's explorations into ambient new age, Gregorian chant, world music, and dance rhythms. Cretu's vocals play a more prominent role than on earlier Enigma albums, which, unfortunately, often detracts from the songs' other diverse elements -- which include church bells, Middle Eastern and European choirs, sensuous female vocals, and a wide array of ethnic percussion and instruments. The album's pieces are mixed together continuously and are united thematically by samples and reinterpretations of Orff's "O Fortuna" and other material from Carmina Burana, giving songs like "Endless Quest," "The Gate," and "Smell of Desire" a flowing, cohesive feel. Though it doesn't reveal significant growth or change in Enigma's work, The Screen Behind the Mirror will please fans of the group's other atmospheric works.
if ever there was a genius music producer/engineer it would have to be the man responsible for ENIGMA'S awesome evolution of musical creativity. me being a music lover, especially that of instrumental style, i have yet to hear anything that even comes close to touching mike's creations. each album only blows me away more each time he releases a new volume. congrats micheal on being a real ...
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if ever there was a genius music producer/engineer it would have to be the man responsible for ENIGMA'S awesome evolution of musical creativity. me being a music lover, especially that of instrumental style, i have yet to hear anything that even comes close to touching mike's creations. each album only blows me away more each time he releases a new volume. congrats micheal on being a real ...
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