Artist: Enigma | Album: Seven Lives, Many Faces (Limited Edition) (Vinyl) | Released: 2008, 2018 | Genre: Electronic

Enigma mastermind Michael Crétu took a self-described “omnicultural” approach to his seventh release under the moniker, and while that progressive, pioneering notion looks good on paper, any sharp stylistic changes to the project’s signature sound on Seven Lives Many Faces are subtle, to say the least. Once again, Crétu seamlessly blends ethnic fusion, new age, and neo-classical electronica into the perfect background music for a European tourism campaign commercial, peppering each track with his seemingly endless arsenal of samples, both new and old. When Enigma strikes a balance between the two worlds, as is the case on the elegant (and surprisingly muscular) first single “Seven Lives” and its spiritual and melodic counterpart “La Puerta del Cielo” (the latter most resembles the band’s most notable hit, “Sadeness, Pt. 1″) the results are quietly stunning, but in more cases than not, the new age, fortune-cookie derived lyrics (especially when sung in English) mirror the unimaginative, two-chord melodies that carry them along.

Tracklisting:

A1 Encounters
A2 Seven Lives
A3 Touchness
A4 The Same Parents
A5 Fata Morgana
A6 Hell’s Heaven
B1 La Puerta Del Cielo
B2 Distorted Love
B3 Je T’Aime Till My Dying Day
B4 Déjà Vu
B5 Between Generations
B6 The Language Of Sound

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Category:Electronic
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