Artist: Enigma | Album: The Screen Behind The Mirror (Limited Edition) (Vinyl) | Released: 2000, 2018 | Genre: Electronic

Enigma’s fourth album The Screen Behind the Mirror continues Michael Cretu’s explorations into ambient new age, Gregorian chant, world music, and dance rhythms. Cretu’s vocals play a more prominent role than on earlier Enigma albums, which, unfortunately, often detracts from the songs’ other diverse elements — which include church bells, Middle Eastern and European choirs, sensuous female vocals, and a wide array of ethnic percussion and instruments. The album’s pieces are mixed together continuously and are united thematically by samples and reinterpretations of Orff’s “O Fortuna” and other material from Carmina Burana, giving songs like “Endless Quest,” “The Gate,” and “Smell of Desire” a flowing, cohesive feel. Though it doesn’t reveal significant growth or change in Enigma’s work, The Screen Behind the Mirror will please fans of the group’s other atmospheric works.

Tracklisting:

A1 The Gate
A2 Push The Limits
A3 Gravity Of Love
A4 Smell Of Desire
A5 Modern Crusaders
B1 Traces (Light And Weight)
B2 The Screen Behind The Mirror
B3 Endless Quest
B4 Camera Obscura
B5 Between Mind & Heart
B6 Silence Must Be Heard

Single download

Category:Electronic
Main catalog

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