Tubularman
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Posted: Sep. 28 2006, 20:20 |
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Now i have it... 
what can i say about this Mastermind creator of wonderful music?
"A Posteriori" really found my heart and listen right away. This is music right from the dark above us, the univers, the music is on the moon looking at the blue planet, a voyage right through all the elements i imagine wonderful. The atmosphere in his songs this E6 times is shade and calm, but the album have the up tempo momements.
First track "Epur Si Mouve" starts with familiar sound we have heard from Enigma before, but the song turns slowly into another world, and there is a typical voice of Enigma. Latin chant in vocoder effect with a carefull uptempo rythm. A good start..
so "Feel me heaven"
A chill start with all those sounds effects around you, then the tempo is starting. Its like a heart. This is in someway a strong melody. "Feel me…. Feel me….. Feel me….. Heaven!...." starts and those lyrics goes on and on in the song til its end.
I specially like how Cretu plays with the rythm. This is good.
then "Dreaming of Andromeda" (one of my favorite track)
I think this is close to Jarre in someway. The atmosphere is relaxing. This a jewel with nice silver and gold. Thanks to the female operatic voice who lead the song.
"Dancing with Mephisto"
Now it darker... More mysterious (but that is Enigma of course)
Clever use of guitar in the background. And the voice is a bit weird and scary. I like the voice.
The rythm is a leader in this song to and it works 100%. Then suddenly fades out into..
"Northern lights"
this must be the break in the album. Suddenly you have the feeling of beeing surrounded of northern lights. The pictures of the sounds, use of synth ect.. tells you very good in a chill out way.
"Invisible love"
’’I’ll follow you….I’ll follow you…Oooh Rescue Me’’ , words speaken through the songs. For first time Cretu have played the classic guitar!! Mystical again, and wondeful of course. Dream you self away with this one.. This is a good slow trance song.
"Message from 10"
now back to the same style we found in "Northern lights" i feel like traveling though space while i listen to this.
You can clearly hear it the sounds, they are fading out and in and its like 360 degree sound way.
"Hello and welcome"
This a mix of a early released singel from 2005. Now he have taken the vocals almost away and replaced it with new loops and rythms. The outstanding guitar solo is still there!
"20.000 miles over the sea"
Now we are flying again. very high over the earth and watch it all. I can see it clearly for me. Latin chant again on this flying song. Calm and delight is the word.
"Sitting on the moon"
WOW i love it. This is huge lovely. I fall in love in this song. Great how it starts. We have surely landed on the moon. and you allready miss the one you love on the earth. But its so still and quiet to watch down on the earth.
"where are you??? where are you? I am Sitting on the Moon’’
i must say that cretu have a wondeful strong voice that touch me inside. I almost got tears from this one.
A favorite number 1
so over to favorite number 2
"The Alchemist"
Now more uptempo, now it is time to get into the milkyway and have a fast flying trip through all kinds places. I just looooove how the rythm comes in with the synth light choir in the background. Its like a ommadawn horse on a enigma song. Would be a pleasure to hear mike do a guitar solo on this one, but anyway, so good!!
"Goodbye milkyway"
the title tells it self. The last song in the album. It is nice and the lyrics are wonderful.
"’Shall I go? Shall I Stay? 107 light years away, many times, so many doubts, but no reason to talk about.’’ ‘’Mission is over, mission is done, I’ll miss you children of the sun. But it’s time to go away, goodbye , goodbye milky way!’’ For a better world, without hate, follow your heart, believe in fate, only visions and the mind will guide you to the light!’’.
it is magic and i feel the albums ends. But i like very much how the album ends. Every album must have a end. That is a must. And it must be good. Not short fade out, but a good one. This song have a good end.
‘’In 5 billion years…The Andromeda galaxy will collide with our Milky Way, a new gigantic COSMIC WORLD will be born..’’ The end of the code, the end of the mission until the next one…A Minor C, an M.C"
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if we say 1 - 6, i give it 5!
A good 5. This fits into my inside world very good. The songs move me and it is wonderful. Enigma Michael Cretu have not lost it. I think the album before this one is the worst of his.
It really what i excepted Light and shade to be like. Specially Shade. But this is Enigma and not mike.
I bought this album and am happy with it
always wonderful to be happy when you have bought something you really like....
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