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Memories of the future

Advantages: beautiful ,soulful music
Disadvantages: none

What is Enigma? A band, a project, a state of mind, an attitude? Although people may be able to put a vague musical style to the name, it is a name well chosen. Information about Enigma is not that readily available but a bit of digging will reveal a Romanian musician called Michael Cretu and a long an intricate history. Cretu began playing piano at the age of five and has been involved in making unique albums, both as a solo musician and as a collaborator ...
...Mike Oldfield, Cretu moved in a more ethereal direction and under the name of Enigma has been releasing music that defies being pigeonholed. In 2001 after over a decade of successful albums, a greatest hits was forthcoming under the title "Love, Sensuality, Devotion" or L.S.D. But before we plunge headlong into this celebration of the bands finest moments, what sort of thing are we going to find there? Enigma remains a band that encroaches on many ...

steerpyke 18.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of LSD - Love Sensuality And Devotion (The Greatest Hits) - Enigma

Take a journey aboard the Voyageur

Advantages: Relaxing, calming
Disadvantages: n/a

...step further. Enigma 5: Voyageur still carries that Enigma sound throughout the album but with a new lease of life, to me this album is still the same but very different, it’s hard to explain, but, it’s very technical sounding with the metaphysical sounds of the other albums drawn to a close. A lot of the previous albums are here, with vocals, FX and now famous chords like the Enigma anthem from the other four albums. But Michael Cretu has made ...
...- (Special Edition) / 21.11.94 Voyageur / 08.09.03 LSD Greatest Hits / 08.10.01 LSD Remix / 08.10.01 Remember The Future / 17.01.00 The Screen Behind The Mirror / 13.12.99 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! / 25.11.96 CD Singles: Sadness Part 1 / 1990 Mea Culpa Part 2 / 1991 Principles Of Lust /1991 Rivers Of Belief / 1991 Carly’s Song / 1993 Return To Innocence / 1993 The Eyes Of Truth / 1994 Age Of Loneliness / 1994 Out From The Deep / ...

kwildchild 26.09.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Voyageur - Enigma

Before and After Science

Advantages: Introduction to the ambient and punk godfather
Disadvantages: Leaves you wanting more

This Brian Eno creation is in two halves- a louder part and an ambient part , and all tracks give an insight into the methods used by Eno to create sound. His love of ambient- he created after all!- comes tjough in some beautifully crafted pieces, Here he comes drifts effortlessly into Julie with..., and By This River, - you can feel yourself there. These tracks are in stark contrast to the 'punk' style of Kings Lead Hat (an anagram of Talking ...
...70s and 80s). The thumping guitar treatments take you back to the era when aggression was the norm. Buy it and experience the unusual sound of Eno's voice, rarely used in recent times and hear how Eno has beeen an inspiration to bands for the past quarter of a century. ...

tomjoad 12.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Before And After Science [Digipak] [Remastered] - Brian Eno

The "Miles_Gurtu" experiment

Advantages: A blend of intricate beats, varied jazzy melodies and experimental soundscapes.
Disadvantages: Over-tweaking disrupts the ambience occasionally. No mainstream appeal. Some tracks don't work.

Take a Swiss-Italian ambient trance producer (Robert Miles) and blend together with an Indian percussionist (Trilok Gurtu). Add other talented musicians to the mix and allow to simmer gently, making sure you season generously with electronic sculpting and processing. The resulting album is an interesting fusion of acoustic instruments, electronic processed sounds, intricate beats, jazz and experimental soundscapes. Released in 2004, “MilesGurtu” ...
...the dream trance that he became famous for. It builds on his previous album “Organik” (released in 2001), which was his first attempt at creating an experimental sound. This album is characterised by being completely instrumental although 3 tracks feature vocal samples. Double bass, strings, guitar and rhodes performances feature frequently, creating delicate melodies whilst complex beats are generated from drums and tabla. Many tracks shift and ...

music-mad 22.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Miles_Gurtu - Robert Miles & Trilok Gurtu

Slightly disappointed but still good

Advantages: some golden oldies
Disadvantages: alot of the tunes you will have on the older gatecrasher cds

When I saw this product advertised on the television I was so excited because I have all the gatecrasher albumns and I just loved the idea of a best of gatecrasher albumn but then you get the the idea of, is it worth buying it cos you will have most thesongs alreadyalbeit on 10 different albumns. So there is the first good point of this albumn, all the classics on one albumn that you can stick on, on a saturday night and dance away till your hearts ...
...tunes and some not so good tunes so like me I was tempted just to buy it off itunes and download the tunes I liked but at 99p each I found I like more than £9.99 worth of tunes so I bought the albumn. Theres some old time favourites and some current classics with some great remixes and with 3 cds you really do get your moneys worth. Its a mixture of house and dance and a little bit of trance thrown in. You can dance to this music and it really would ...

Mogette999 24.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of Gatecrasher's Club Anthems 1993-2009 [Digipak] - Various Artists