Michel Cretu, Enigma's founder, consciously attempted to recapture the spirit and aesthetic of their seminal debut album, "MCMXC a.D.", in what he described as "a new musical language". Entitled "The fall of a rebel angel", it is a concept album about an unspecified protagonist's evolution and trasformation, a symbolic journey to redemption. Seeing the promo videos for this new album, I got all hyped up again. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2016Ī fan since Enigma's groundbreaking early beginnings, in the subsequent years, as the initial brilliance of their output gradually diminished, I kind of drifted away from them.
The Standard CD Edition contains all 12 songs from the new album and an extensive booklet including the story of ‘The Fall Of A Rebel Angel’, as well as a painting of Wolfgang Beltracchi for each song."ġ81.And the semi-rise of a pioneering band The Vinyl Edition contains all 12 songs from the new album and a large-format 16-page booklet including the story of ‘The Fall Of A Rebel Angel’, as well as a painting of Wolfgang Beltracchi for each song. The Deluxe Edition of ‘The Fall Of A Rebel Angel’ is a double CD in a high quality digipack with a 40-page booklet, the complete album and a Bonus CD of the story behind ‘The Fall Of A Rebel Angel’, read in three languages and underlayed with original music. In addition, Wolfang Beltracchi, one of the greatest and most controversial painters of our times, has crafted the album’s artwork and 12 original paintings, each to illustrate the 12 album “chapters”. In cooperation with Cretu, Grammy and Echoaward-winning writer, Michael Kunze, has created the story in words to accompany the music, which will be featured in its entirety on the album’s multi-lingual Special Edition. The album tells the story of a protagonist setting off on a symbolic journey of development and change to find a new, fulfilling life. The Fall Of A Rebel Angel is the musical parable of a sensitive artist's view on the human condition. Now, in 2016, Cretu reconnects with that very first multi-platinum album to transfer its bold, pioneering sound-world to here and now. It has delivered more than 70 million sales across seven albums, 60 Number One albums around the world, and received over 100 Platinum awards. The musical project, known globally as ENIGMA, has proved one of the most successful of the last quarter-century. "More than 25 years after the release of ENIGMA’S ground-breaking debut album, MCMXC a.D., Michael Cretu-the man behind this genre-defying act-is releasing its brand new album, The Fall Of A Rebel Angel.
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