1990 10, Enigma's first single Sadeness Part I was released for the first time and became their most famous hit single. The solo album MCMXC a.D (A.D. 1990) released immediately afterwards became the best-selling album in German history. Sold120,000 copies, topped the album charts in 4 1 countries, and stayed in the 200 American charts for five years. When pop music made steady progress in the 1990s, no one expected that Ingmar did not follow the standard and successful pop rules. On the contrary, Enigma used flutes, flutes, chants of medieval hymns, electric guitars, brass pipes and other modern musical instruments to convey the breath, emotion and energy of modern people. The classic songs in this album, Admit Your Mistake, The Principle of Lust and The River of Faith, are all excellent. It is also very commendable that MCMXC A.D has adopted superb recording and mixing technology. All tracks naturally flow into each other, and the application of stereo and bass is perfect. Putting "MCMXC a.D" into a hot sound system releases a lot of bass, which is amazing and fascinating. This album is Jason's work in the history of pop music in the 1990s. Its music is very original, creating a unique mysterious music atmosphere.
1993 Enigma released her second album, Cross of Change, and fans are waiting. Due to the success of the first album, the second album had already received an order of 6.5438+0.4 million CDs before its official release. When the fans heard the album with their own eyes, the voice of praise revived. The changing cross not only continues the unique temperament of the first album, but also is an evolution. Although this album failed to surpass the first album in sales, it still achieved 24 gold records, and won the champion position in the British charts and the runner-up position in Australia and Europe. The album1* * contains 9 tracks, among which two of the most popular songs, Eye of the Truth and Return to Innocence, were born. The former is full of the charm of oriental music, the song symbolizes the beautiful scene in a mirage, the melody has the shadow of Mongolian music and Arabic music, and even the suona in Tibet is used, so it is difficult to tell the exact source of this song. The popularity of "Back to Nature" may be higher, because it was selected as the propaganda song of the United States 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and the concept of time reversal adopted by this track MTV also left a deep impression on many friends. "Back to Nature" sampled "Old People Drinking Songs" which was banned by South TW from the Ami Guo Yingnan couple, and invited Angel (Andy Harder) from Sony Records Germany to sing English lyrics. His voice is really as beautiful as an angel. 1994, Cross of Change released a "special edition", similar to the "limited edition" of MCMXC a.D, in which three songs were added, and each song was remixed. Because this record has not been released in the United States, the special edition of The Cross of the Book of Changes is quite rare.
The third album of Enigma was released on1996165438+1October 25th, with the title Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! ",this is German, translated into English," The king is dead, long live the king! "In Chinese, it means' the king is dead, long live the king', and in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it means' changing the dynasty', and more people call it' the demeanor of the king'. This record is slightly different in style from the first two albums of Enigma. The overall music atmosphere has changed, the timbre of drums is more peaceful, and there are more brand-new national music elements-from Zulu to Latvian, including the unique musical instrument timbre of these ethnic minorities. Because of these characteristics, Roi is Mort, Vive Le Roi! Critics praised it as the most unified album among Ingmar's many records. In this album, producer Michael Cretu conveyed many natural and philosophical concepts to the audience, and the theme of this concept was "Why". Invisible is a classic single of Enigma, which paves the way for irresistible chorus and mysterious melody through Crete's voice. The seventh song "American Children" uses the musical instrument of Yunnan minority in China-Lusheng, in which the female voice singing is full of South Asian music elements. " "T.N.T for Brain" has a strong and rhythmic style, and the shooting technique of MTV is even more unique, strange and unforgettable.
Nearly four years later, Ingmar finally released her fourth album, Screen Behind the Mirror, which we used to call "Mirror of the World". Many listeners think Enigma has become more popular and easy to understand on this record. The only difference and highlight is that producer Michael Cretu has incorporated carl orff's famous secular song collection "Kamina Braria" into his album. Such a classic chorus combined with Enigma's powerful electronic synthesizer timbre has formed a collision between classical and modern, and the intersection of seriousness and fashion does not seem far-fetched. It can be said that the main theme of Bran's poems has become the most important musical pillar in Enigma 4, which runs through the whole record. The whole disc contains 1 1 works, and many lovely singles were born. Such as the title song "Screen Behind the Mirror" full of primitive tribal style; The main tracks full of mystery and solemnity are Challenge the Limit, Gravitation of Love and Modern Crusade, with strong rhythm and strong rebellious atmosphere. In these tracks, we can still feel Ingmar's innovative spirit and unique style as always. Although it does become different from the original, whether this variable is a good thing depends on time and sales.
In addition to Ingmar's four albums, many fans are also keen to collect Ingmar's numerous single EP records, because these single records contain REMIX versions of many popular songs. The ever-changing brand-new timbre compilation can give the same track a special sense of hearing and artistic conception appreciation, which is the charm of mixing. However, it is not easy to collect these single records completely, especially for Enimga fans in China. Fortunately, on 200 1, Virgin not only released a selection of "Emotional Dedication of Love-Top Hot", but also specially launched "Emotional Dedication of Love-Mix Collection" with similar packaging but different envelope colors. That is, the choice of remix tracks is a special remix of nine popular tracks in Enigma for more than ten years, even including the 200 1 new song "Turn Around" Northern Lights remix.
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