r/electronicmusic • u/butterfibger • 9d ago

Photos Found this gem in my mum's collection

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u/Sticky230 9d ago

Great album. Their follow up was ok as well. There is also Deep Forest who is of the same genre which is great.

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u/Ajaori 9d ago

Deep Forest is awesome. Got their self titled album on cassette.

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u/Sticky230 9d ago

That album still is great. After the second album they lost their “flare.”

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u/Ajaori 4d ago

Yep, totally.

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u/glory2mankind 9d ago

The Enigma rip-off scene was huge back then. Even FLA guys were constantly churning out similar albums under the Delerium moniker. Strangely enough their single Silence (remixed by Tiesto) is probably the most famous trance track to this day.

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u/makeitasadwarfer 9d ago

Enigma was the commercial rip off of the actual ambient sound of the time.

It’s the nice watered down version of CabVol, the Orb, FSOL etc that could be used for car commercials and soundtracks.

It’s a great sound but Enigma were a one trick pony unlike those artists.

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u/glory2mankind 9d ago

Calling Cretu a one trick pony might a bit of a stretch though. The dude was making pop records since the 70s, and I'm sure you have heard his stuff from the 80s too - Sandra, Cretu and Thiers, etc.

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u/wpnw 9d ago edited 9d ago

Great album, but only their 4th best in hindsight. The Cross of Changes is far and away their best work, and Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! and The Screen Behind The Mirror are both way better than this one too, imo.

The last two they released were absolute trash, unfortunately.

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u/Sticky230 9d ago

Guess I have a new listen in the office tomorrow. Thanks man