Reversed chants signal the start of "Sadeness (Reprise)" and continues with a short piano theme based on the earlier shakuhachi flutes. "Sadeness" fades into the second part, "Find Love", in which Sandra instructs the listener to follow their lust. As for the male voice speaking in French during the track, Cretu only described him as a good friend of his. The track features triangles and synthesized shakuhachi flutes with French lyrics and breathy sounds from Sandra, as well as samples from "Inifinity" by Greek band Aphrodite's Child. The first, "Sadeness", received the most attention through its unique and previously unheard mix of Gregorian chants and dance beat. The Gregorian chant "Procedamus in pace!" then segues into the three-part "Principles of Lust".
starts with a sample from "Not Forgotten" by Leftfield played backwards (which started to be famously used in Enigma's music), and the voice of Louisa Stanley, who at the time was an executive at Virgin Records speaking in "The Voice of Enigma". This method was adopted by many hip-hop and electronic music artists. Though samples had been used by artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre and Klaus Schulze, Cretu built his music around whole sequences of previously recorded parts. is considered a landmark and innovative New-age album. The vocals were used without permission which led to a lawsuit. The chants used on "Sadeness" and "Mea Culpa" were mostly taken from Paschale Mysterium (1976) by the German choir Capella Antiqua München with conductor Konrad Ruhland, specifically from the track "Procedamus in pace! (Antiphon)". Studios located in Cretu's home on the Spanish island of Ibiza. was recorded in 1990 across eight months at A.R.T. In 19, the album was re-released with additional remixed tracks. "Sadeness (Part 1)" topped the singles charts worldwide and remains Enigma's most successful single.
Four singles from the album were released-"Sadeness (Part I)", "Mea Culpa (Part II)", "Principles of Lust", and "The Rivers of Belief". 6 in the United States where it sold over 4 million copies and stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for 282 weeks. received some criticism for its sexual and religious themes and connotations but it became a worldwide success, reaching the top 10 in ten countries, including the United Kingdom, and No. Cretu makes extensive use of Gregorian chants, dance beats, and flute sounds. It is one of the first albums recorded onto a hard disk drive. Studios, his home studio located in Ibiza, Spain.
Following their marriage in 1988, Cretu developed an idea for a New-age music project named Enigma, and recorded MCMXC a.D. ("1990" in Roman numerals followed by an abbreviation of Anno Domini) is the first studio album by the German music project Enigma, headed by Romanian-German musician Michael Cretu, released on 10 December 1990 by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and on 28 January 1991 by Charisma Records in the United States.īefore he founded Enigma, Cretu had released several solo records, collaborated with various artists, and produced albums for his then wife, German pop singer Sandra.
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