History of Enigma

Enigma - a musical group, the date of education which can be considered as date of birth of the style Enigmatic. Enigma appeared in 1990 and from the first album has gained popularity in many countries. The group used a magical blend of New age style with ethnic singing and beautiful solo vocal parts, along with choral singing. Create an unusual sound is attracting more listeners, and has to be released second album Enigma was a very famous group. The popularity of the team has consistently grown, and all the urgent question of who is the founder of the project - the name of his (or her) still remains unknown. This was a deliberate step Enigma creator. As conceived by Cretu, people did not have to know the artists or songs, nor the authors of music and texts. This intrigue only emphasizes the mystical image of the group, whose name, incidentally, even translated as a riddle. Enigma was the music for the fans that could listen and discuss. This is the main idea of secrecy - the people were discussing music, not the image of the artists or their family life. Over time, the names of many of the artists became known, but a dark horse to continue to have the founders of the project. Enigma in their songs used record church choir, and, behold, one day, there was conflict over avtorsih rights violations. Despite the fact that all disputes have been settled, the names at this time in secret not sustained. Thus it became known that the founder of the group Enigma is Michael Cretu - a well-known producer and musician, who is also the author of most lyrics, he is executing most of the male vocal parts. Almost all female vocal parts performed by his wife Sandra Cretu, while recording the first album took an active part himself, Frank Peterson, who worked under the pseudonym of Gregorian …
After the release of the first album from Enigma have their followers, took the genre as the basis of New age, - Gregorian and later eRa. As a consequence, these groups have become the brightest representatives of the style Enigmatik. At the moment Enigmoy studinyh recorded seven albums, and filmed a lot of videos.
What is Enigma? Precise definition was not able to give even the Michael Cretu. Everyone sees it in his own way, to the calculation and was the founder of the project. In this music is all you need to play to our imagination. Mystery, secrecy, purity, sensuality, charming voice and music - it’s Enigma.