
It's not fair to act like the artist's efforts are void just because they used a sample. Yes, they sampled other songs, but the end result was something that is unique and their own. This is exactly like Bitter Sweet Symphony. It's not like they went out of their way to steal someone else's intellectual property and claim it as their own. It was just a recording the artist took of them singing the equivalent of a public domain song, that they ended up sampling, reworking, and building a song around. H8erPeople get so worked up about this stuff.Nobody else can do it in today’s world, so what gives enigma’s ignorance the right to be able to borrow without asking and use it to make money off of it don’t even sound ethically, correct the Germans have always been nowhere when it comes to music anyway, even their heavy-metal sucks ass Yeah, they stole the damn Hook !!! just that simple or they would’ve never used it and went on there on the strength of their own creation and dumb ass Germans new that that hawk was going to be a factor in making that an internationally renowned hit. Even Led Zeppelin’s drumming was not what sold that song and put it at the top of the charts it’s strictly was, the native Hindu chant that created the character and he desired main ingredient of that song!!! The chant is what gave the song the unique strength people saught after I would just like to know what the hell the chant means lyrically I don’t give a damn about some college kids that put some techno group together and overindulging Content created some bulls-t around something that was natural and genuine and true It was the chant that made that song what it was and still is. Mick_jamez from Washington D.c.I am 53 years old and remember exactly when the song was released and publicized on MTV and the Atlanta Olympic games were much later, and in my opinion for you people sticking up for enigma’s contribution to the songs creation as being the main substance or backbone of that song, is ridiculous.Featuring collaborations with Indonesian vocalist Anggun, Israel's Nanuk, British electro-pop duo Aquilo, and Brazilian singer/songwriter Mark Josher, the LP was preceded by the single "Sadeness (Part II)" and arrived in November of 2016. In 2016, Enigma returned with the concept album The Fall of a Rebel Angel. was celebrated with the release of a single, "MMX (The Social Song)." That same year, the anniversary of MCMXC A.D. Enigma's seventh studio album, Seven Lives Many Faces, arrived in 2008 and continued its streak of Billboard 200 appearances.Ī three-disc set that devoted an album each to greatest hits, remixes, and previously unreleased material, The Platinum Collection saw a worldwide release in 2010. Lightening the production formula somewhat, Voyageur landed in 2003, with A Posteriori following in 2006. Enigma 3: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive le Roi! followed in 1996, with The Screen Behind the Mirror appearing two years later. On Enigma's second album, 1994's Cross of Changes, some of the old-world elements remained, but the new age angle came to the forefront in a set of slick, radio-friendly dance-pop. was still a phenomenon, especially in the U.S., where it spent over five years on the Billboard 200. The rest of the album followed that pattern successfully, although without quite matching the stunning success of the hit single. With its 1991 hit "Sadeness," Enigma brought the new age fascination with Gregorian chants and old-world culture to the clubs the resulting single was both unique and irresistible. The project is based in Ibiza, Spain, where Cretu has lived and recorded since the early '90s. The project is based in Ibiza, Spain, where CretuĪ worldbeat dance fixture of the late 20th century and beyond, having sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, Enigma was formed in 1990 by Bucharest native Michael Cretu. A worldbeat dance fixture of the late 20th century and beyond, having sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, Enigma was formed in 1990 by Bucharest native Michael Cretu.
