I do for sure. I never heard that combination before.
I was travelling in India at the time. All the way through from Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madras, Pondicherry, Bangalore and many small places I dont even remember the name. All the way up to Delhi, Calcutta and following Ganges up to Badrinath, Kedernath and Gangotri. Also spent alot of time in Manali and Parvati Valley – especially Kir Ganga was a memorable spot.
Right at that time it seemed Enigma was to be heard everywhere there were backpackers.
And many other places.
The simple melodies, the monk choir? Dont remember if it really was a choir, but definitely the monk singing was very prominent and was part of the “hooks” I remember from that release.
The first album was called M.C.M.X.D. – I have no idea why.
Tracks were “The voice of Enigma”, “Principles of Lust”, “Mea Culpa”, “The Rivers of Belief”, just to name the ones I remember.
Enigma was the project of Michael Cretu and his wife Sandra Cretu.
It seems they have 15 releases up until now, with remix albums and everything, but I kind of lost track of them at “The cross of Changes”.
I remember being little dissapointed when I bought that album.
But Enigma will always for me continue to be a part of my musical history which I will always remember.
It was so new and different at the time.
And I guess it also caught me totally off guard running around in India without too much intellectual filtering and analysis going on.
I have been trying ever since to get back to that state of mind, but its not so easy when you live your life in the middle of a society trapped in its own impossible attempt to achieve what is believed to be progress, by using only lingual logic. We need abstract…. now please.!
Anyways, thank you Enigma for opening my eyes a little wider back then nearly 20 years ago.
CHill out, downbeat artist Ganga
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