This was also a big hit, in the USA, when it hit the airwaves back in the summer of 1990 (MCMXC a.D.), followed by Return To Innocence, when it also released.
Hundreds ?! They only have eight albums and some compilations .I doubt there are more than 150 official songs released.Yes,there are a lot of songs that tried to copy the original Enigma sound,but these are not created by Cretu.
Finally! Dereck made his first step into another world. The next song should be Return To Innocence (from second Enigma's album "The Cross OF Changes).
Michael Cretu is the greatest Alchemist in music. He mixes pop music with Gregorian chants, Sanskrit chants, Mongolian throat singing, Japanese flute music and a little bit of Opera. He doesn't care about popularity but makes music he wants to make.
All Enigma's videos are religious/occultic visual artistry, because their music is religious, occultic and atmospheric. (I'm not using the world occultic in the negative sense here.) Michael Cretu took bits of music and instruments from different cultures and fused them. In 1990, it was different from something we've ever heard before, original and unique. In 2023, it still is. And yes, back then our DJs played it in the clubs.
This was big in Australia and brings back so many memories. Also love Return to Innocence. Memories of my ex husband, who I still love, just in a different way now. But it was so magical at the time!!
Michael Cretu used a lot of samples for his first two Enigma albums. Gregorian chant is a sample so as drum section, I think. Also it's Sandra whispering on this one. Late 80s and early 90s were the time when sampling came into play for many solo musicians and artists. And yes it was played a lot in clubs in early 90s and you could hear that song in many films in early 90s.
Whether the song is better or not it's off course personal taste, and it wouldn't be mine. But a fact is, that return to innocence is not part 2. It is either a) principles of lust - find love (on the album), b) mea culpa (officially called part 2 back in the days) , or c) the actual "Sadeness Part II" from 2016.
The sound of the 90's delivered at the beginning of the 90's (1990). Mylène Farmer uses a lot of pipes on her album Ainsi soit-je (1988) and has a two songs that could be connected to Sadness - part 1 : Vieux bouc (1986) and Agnus Dei (1991).
Gregorian Chant was big in the early 90s. I worked at a record store in college, in the early 90s, and we sold a LOT of Gregorian Chant albums. We had them all in a specific section of the store, that was for "World Music." Enigma was a big seller, as well. For some reason, Gregorian Chant was a big hit here in the U.S. and we sold a LOT of it!
This song is one of my favorites ever and I find it groundbreaking in many ways 👍. Musically, it was so different from anything you've heard before. Just the idea of mixing Gregorian chants with the Marquis de Sade theme and the arrangement with a shakuhachi flute sound and that beat is so unusual and yet so unique. Being from Germany, I am proud of Enigma, especially Michael Cretu and Sandra who have been successful in their own way before and it was so smart yet so easy of Cretu to have his vision and find the right people for it. It's logical, why try different voices when your own wife has the most suitable voice for this music? The result was a huge success worldwide. Especially in America, it's still one of the most successful albums of all time. It's really rare that German record productions sell so well, and with a sound that is anything but mainstream. Hats off 👏.
Dereck, The Marquis de Sade is a man of letters, novelist and French philosopher who lived under the reign of Louis XVI, long doomed to anathema because of the part given in his literary work to eroticism and pornography, associated with acts of violence and cruelty (torture, sodomy, rape, murder, etc.). The expression of virulent anticlerical atheism is one of the most recurring themes of his writings and the one which has mainly resulted in him spending the greater part of his life in prison. Fun fact: It's from his name that the word "sadism" was derived. That's all for today folks 🤐
Beyond the invisible is so great, the way it builds to the refrain and even then within the refrain it even tops itself more and more. Return to innocence always was too cheesy, too good vibes for me 🙂
@@meliplay yes they have so many different styles but still all just heavenly to the ears love the fact they sampled the gregorian chants.. this music was made me feel heaven on earth as a child because It helped relieve me from mothers depression and when she was really sad or isolating herself she would blast this music... so it was a bitter sweet symphony because it's what helped me and I found it as an adult after never knowing who or what they were called... it was the actually kyrie Elison chant I found first and dan Gibson illumination album about 2 years ago and then about 3 months ago found enigma and knew I was back to the beginning of my timeline and feelings of heaven on earth again in a world of suffering. Thank you enigma and gregorian CHANTING
@@scorpionformula for me 3 groups of people saved music in the new millennia for me . Beth Hart matchbox 20 and enigma. But your right enigma takes you to another place when your life turns to crap. When i found it i was also going through some of the hardest times of my life actually the hardest time and what got me through was enigma and pink Floyd's division Bell.
Very sexy song. When it first came out, it was featured in a bunch of movies, especially during love scenes. One standout was "Boxing Helena," very strange movie but they use this song very well.
Soooo good! In case you want to know the lyrics: "Sade, tell me, what are you looking for? Good in evil? Virtue in vice? Sade, tell me, why evangelize evil? If you are against man you are against God. Sade, are you diabolical or divine?" A beautiful mix of the sensual divine and the sensual erotic... By the way, the title is a play on words: SADEness, not Sadness... ;) You should definitely try Mea Culpa next!!!!!
The "Pipe Work" you call is the one and only one Shakuhachi Flute from Japan. It's music is pure magic and takes you into a another world instantaneously. That's ENIGMA for you my friend !!
Un ENORME hit en France ! J'avais 12 ans en 1990 et évidemment, je ne comprenais pas les sous-entendus dans les paroles (le Marquis de Sade, quand même....) ! On reconnait bien la voix de Sandra (dont j'étais fan à l'époque), quel bonheur de l'entendre parler en français ici ! Merci Dereck pour ta réaction ! 💖
@@sebastienfontaine2418 Et oui ! En tout cas, pour cette chanson-là ! Comme c'est son mari, Michael Cretu, qui a créé le groupe, c'était pratique qu'elle participe au projet....😉
Back in the day (80s/90s) here in Ireland, a disco had fast and slow sets( so you could get to dance with the girl of your choice. This was one of the standards
God this takes me back. I was 18 when this came out - it was pretty much on a loop on MTV (Eiurope). When I got a portable CD player this album was the first CD I bought
A know the Pure Moods CD Album Collection you mention (still have mine) this was played at a lot of fashion shows All over the world when it came out .. just listen to the whole Engima Album it's an experience ÷ a Masterpiece!! ....
With this hit, gregorian chant made a breakthrough in the music industry. Lots of compilations popped up since then... and still... mixed with modern music or not. There really are some gems in this religious music. Amen 😁
Some of the popular music 🎶 from enigma band are sadness,mea culpa,TNT for the brain 🧠,screen behind the mirror,20000 over the sea, page of cup 🍵 , mother, sitting on moon are some of my favorites
This song was on the first Pure Moods collection. Michael Cretu and Sandra worked together on some of the Enigma albums and Sandra's solo albums. The remix service Razormaid did a great remix of Sandiness Part 1. Review Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest. You will like it
major respect for showcasing Enigma it’s one of those Amazing Bands/Groups that should have so many more reactions videos online (Enigma is this crazy concept that makes unique music that really can’t be put in any category 👍👍👍❤️👍👍👍
@@AndorFazekas Ok the group Enigma is German but sandra is half French and sings in French in this song ..... impossible to forget that here I think ... lol
@@litogorShe lives in Germany, where German is his main language and her main nationality. That's the point, she is a German singer, not French! (Yes, half French, but now this is not important! I think!) Anyone ask who she is? Everybody says: Beautiful German singer.
Dereck Dereck Dereck!!!! OMG I’m absolutely thrilled you started listening and reacting to Enigma!!!! They are one of my absolute favorites!! Thanks for sharing. You must listen and react to the full first album MCMXC a.D. if you can. You’ll go nuts!!!
it was Sandra, a well known singer on this period with kim wilde and killie minogue that putted her voice on those french words (her husband was the producer in my memoryof this track)
She has done, full of albums, each more beautiful than the next. She is also a singer on Enigma Sandra Cretu is a real star very humble and recognized as an exceptional artist.
This was a worldwide bomb! The song that reminds u you were in 1990 and the 90s decade.Like Deee lites Groove is in the heart, the song that beggings the 90s dancehall party.
It's best to experience the entire album how the songs flow into one another. That model in the video is not doing the female vocal. That's actually Sandra's voice.
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Love the music genius and composer Michael Cretu. This music will never get old!
Big hit in France 🇫🇷 as well ! In French because the song refers to the sulfurous Marquis de Sade. But i also much prefer 'return to innocence'. 👐
Ah, that little Libertine, Marquis de Sade! I'll never forget the first time I read "120 Days of Sodom." 😳😳😳
This was also a big hit, in the USA, when it hit the airwaves back in the summer of 1990 (MCMXC a.D.), followed by Return To Innocence, when it also released.
Not only because of the Marquis
They found the French language to be kind of erotic and sexy, that was the main reason.
"Sade what's wrong" ?
"Sade don't worry "
It's partly in French, but it's German, composed by a Romanian.
I've never heard a cheesy song from Enigma, and there are hundreds. absolutely brilliant. My personal favourite is Mea Culpa. Thanks Derek.
Hundreds ?! They only have eight albums and some compilations .I doubt there are more than 150 official songs released.Yes,there are a lot of songs that tried to copy the original Enigma sound,but these are not created by Cretu.
Enigma is great, but they also have cheesy songs, like BOUM BOUM
@@Lofote yes, after enigma 4, they released a few cheesy songs but not too many
Finally! Dereck made his first step into another world.
The next song should be Return To Innocence (from second Enigma's album "The Cross OF Changes).
Enigma are other worldly, it's pure spliff music, pure relaxation music, turn out the lights and just drift through another dimension.
Michael Cretu is the greatest Alchemist in music. He mixes pop music with Gregorian chants, Sanskrit chants, Mongolian throat singing, Japanese flute music and a little bit of Opera. He doesn't care about popularity but makes music he wants to make.
Alchemist - yes!!!!! Really!.
Sandra is the female voice. Her husband Michael Cretu is behind this project Enigma!
Sandra was the female vocalist of Enigma in this particular album. Her voice is really distinctive in this one
Enigma was heavily played on the radio here in Portland, OR 🇺🇸 in the mid to early 00s.
I remember this song when I was little, so pure and beautiful
"Mea Culpa" is also a great track.
This is a Masterpiece of different sounds 👌 🔥
All Enigma's videos are religious/occultic visual artistry, because their music is religious, occultic and atmospheric. (I'm not using the world occultic in the negative sense here.) Michael Cretu took bits of music and instruments from different cultures and fused them. In 1990, it was different from something we've ever heard before, original and unique. In 2023, it still is. And yes, back then our DJs played it in the clubs.
Энигму можно слушать в наушниках часами....это магия и медитация..... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was big in Australia and brings back so many memories. Also love Return to Innocence. Memories of my ex husband, who I still love, just in a different way now. But it was so magical at the time!!
Sandra ´ s voice is amazing
Dereck est maintenant prêt pour découvrir ERA avec Ameno^^
Michael Cretu used a lot of samples for his first two Enigma albums. Gregorian chant is a sample so as drum section, I think. Also it's Sandra whispering on this one. Late 80s and early 90s were the time when sampling came into play for many solo musicians and artists. And yes it was played a lot in clubs in early 90s and you could hear that song in many films in early 90s.
sandra made all the female vocals in this song.
Part 2 just as, if not better the song is called ‘Return To Innocence’
Nope
Whether the song is better or not it's off course personal taste, and it wouldn't be mine.
But a fact is, that return to innocence is not part 2.
It is either a) principles of lust - find love (on the album), b) mea culpa (officially called part 2 back in the days) , or c) the actual "Sadeness Part II" from 2016.
Ohhhh memories..of a 16 year old young girl and the ‘awakening’ of her body and mind♥️Enigma changed my young life♥️
The sound of the 90's delivered at the beginning of the 90's (1990).
Mylène Farmer uses a lot of pipes on her album Ainsi soit-je (1988) and has a two songs that could be connected to Sadness - part 1 : Vieux bouc (1986) and Agnus Dei (1991).
I remember it being played in clubs. Oh God I'm old.
Anything Enigma touches reaches the soul ❤ Love it!
This piece started a huge "plain chant (Gregorian chant)" hype, when it came out.
Sandra is The Voice of Enigma
Sandra is singing the female vocals in this and many songs from the ENIGMA project
She makes the song tbh
This and B-Trivbe - You Won't See Me Cry is hypnotic good
Gregorian Chant was big in the early 90s. I worked at a record store in college, in the early 90s, and we sold a LOT of Gregorian Chant albums. We had them all in a specific section of the store, that was for "World Music." Enigma was a big seller, as well. For some reason, Gregorian Chant was a big hit here in the U.S. and we sold a LOT of it!
This song is one of my favorites ever and I find it groundbreaking in many ways 👍. Musically, it was so different from anything you've heard before. Just the idea of mixing Gregorian chants with the Marquis de Sade theme and the arrangement with a shakuhachi flute sound and that beat is so unusual and yet so unique. Being from Germany, I am proud of Enigma, especially Michael Cretu and Sandra who have been successful in their own way before and it was so smart yet so easy of Cretu to have his vision and find the right people for it. It's logical, why try different voices when your own wife has the most suitable voice for this music? The result was a huge success worldwide. Especially in America, it's still one of the most successful albums of all time. It's really rare that German record productions sell so well, and with a sound that is anything but mainstream. Hats off 👏.
It's funny that Enigma, which is a German production, sings in French while Era, which is a French production, sings in an invented language.
And Michael Cretu was Romanian born. But many other members were German.
What's up in Germany nowadays?
@@Esperluet Do you mean in musical, political or social terms?
J'ai adoré ce titre plus jeune... très bon souvenir :)
Fantastic and timeless track. The woman whispering is actually Sandra's vocals.
Sandra on the vocals here
Dereck,
The Marquis de Sade is a man of letters, novelist and French philosopher who lived under the reign of Louis XVI, long doomed to anathema because of the part given in his literary work to eroticism and pornography, associated with acts of violence and cruelty (torture, sodomy, rape, murder, etc.). The expression of virulent anticlerical atheism is one of the most recurring themes of his writings and the one which has mainly resulted in him spending the greater part of his life in prison.
Fun fact: It's from his name that the word "sadism" was derived.
That's all for today folks 🤐
I just love Enigma since ever !!! Since I was a child...!!! Michael Cretu and Frank Peterson...!!! Just Awesome...!!! And Sandra's voice !!!🎶🎵👏👍🇩🇪🧠👁💜
Enigma made a pretty unkown song called "Rivers of belief ", with a powerful and beautiful refrain
Thanks. I will try to listen that.
One of my favorite bands, each album is so different. My favorite songs are Return to Innocence, Why!, and Beyond the Invisible.
Beyond the invisible is so great, the way it builds to the refrain and even then within the refrain it even tops itself more and more.
Return to innocence always was too cheesy, too good vibes for me 🙂
And the silence must be heard
Beyond the invisible omg that is naughty
@@meliplay yes they have so many different styles but still all just heavenly to the ears love the fact they sampled the gregorian chants.. this music was made me feel heaven on earth as a child because It helped relieve me from mothers depression and when she was really sad or isolating herself she would blast this music... so it was a bitter sweet symphony because it's what helped me and I found it as an adult after never knowing who or what they were called... it was the actually kyrie Elison chant I found first and dan Gibson illumination album about 2 years ago and then about 3 months ago found enigma and knew I was back to the beginning of my timeline and feelings of heaven on earth again in a world of suffering.
Thank you enigma and gregorian CHANTING
@@scorpionformula for me 3 groups of people saved music in the new millennia for me . Beth Hart matchbox 20 and enigma. But your right enigma takes you to another place when your life turns to crap. When i found it i was also going through some of the hardest times of my life actually the hardest time and what got me through was enigma and pink Floyd's division Bell.
That song is amasing.
React to Gravity of Love, by Enigma!! It's a Masterpiece
I've used a lot my audio cassettes to listen to this song back in these days, it was amazing!
So innovative. It's timeless. BEAUTIFUL! Copied by many, but nothing beats the original.
MCMXC a.D. is a great album, as is Cross of Changes. Never realized the female singer was Sandra until recently.
just epic. listen to entire album, you wont regret it
This song reminds me of true European culture
OK I need to put that on my lo-fi playlist asap! Thanks for the discovery of this piece in particular !
And thank you Derek for your little whistling!
For some reason here in the UK this song was titled Sadness !! .. maybe they though we wouldn't get the Marquis De Sade reference
Very sexy song. When it first came out, it was featured in a bunch of movies, especially during love scenes. One standout was "Boxing Helena," very strange movie but they use this song very well.
Soooo good! In case you want to know the lyrics: "Sade, tell me, what are you looking for? Good in evil? Virtue in vice? Sade, tell me, why evangelize evil? If you are against man you are against God. Sade, are you diabolical or divine?" A beautiful mix of the sensual divine and the sensual erotic... By the way, the title is a play on words: SADEness, not Sadness... ;) You should definitely try Mea Culpa next!!!!!
The "Pipe Work" you call is the one and only one Shakuhachi Flute from Japan. It's music is pure magic and takes you into a another world instantaneously. That's ENIGMA for you my friend !!
Like a modern prog band, always doing or trying different things.
Used to make love to this back in the day 😄
I love Enigma. A lot of their music has a sensual quality to it. It's no wonder it did so well.
Un ENORME hit en France ! J'avais 12 ans en 1990 et évidemment, je ne comprenais pas les sous-entendus dans les paroles (le Marquis de Sade, quand même....) ! On reconnait bien la voix de Sandra (dont j'étais fan à l'époque), quel bonheur de l'entendre parler en français ici ! Merci Dereck pour ta réaction ! 💖
Vous m'en apprenez une bonne là, Sandra est la chanteuse d'enigma !!! J'avais jamais percuté...
@@sebastienfontaine2418 Et oui ! En tout cas, pour cette chanson-là ! Comme c'est son mari, Michael Cretu, qui a créé le groupe, c'était pratique qu'elle participe au projet....😉
@@viedefun je savais pas merci
@@sebastienfontaine2418 idem
This song went platinum on all continents with no promotion.
This is Sandra on lead vocals. All Enigma videos are played by actors and the original singers never feature in them.
Back in the day (80s/90s) here in Ireland, a disco had fast and slow sets( so you could get to dance with the girl of your choice. This was one of the standards
Все говорят оооо😊 и делают громче😊
God this takes me back. I was 18 when this came out - it was pretty much on a loop on MTV (Eiurope). When I got a portable CD player this album was the first CD I bought
This song still slaps
Enigma "TNT for the brain" is my FAVORITE!!! ❤️
Gravity of Love 🖤
A know the Pure Moods CD Album Collection you mention (still have mine) this was played at a lot of fashion shows All over the world when it came out .. just listen to the whole Engima Album it's an experience ÷ a Masterpiece!! ....
I bought the 12 inch of this and played it on repeat.Love the audible breathing x
With this hit, gregorian chant made a breakthrough in the music industry.
Lots of compilations popped up since then... and still... mixed with modern music or not.
There really are some gems in this religious music.
Amen 😁
All my youth ☺️☺️
Some of the popular music 🎶 from enigma band are sadness,mea culpa,TNT for the brain 🧠,screen behind the mirror,20000 over the sea, page of cup 🍵 , mother, sitting on moon are some of my favorites
Why 😢 my love😊
This was 'get busy' music back in the day. 😏
I have always loved this the chants are wonderful.
Big hit all around the world. Beautiful song!!! Cantos Gregorianos.
You’ll love Ofra Haza
You should listen to the 'violent us remix" probably my favorite mix.
A beautiful song and a true masterpiece
This song was on the first Pure Moods collection. Michael Cretu and Sandra worked together on some of the Enigma albums and Sandra's solo albums. The remix service Razormaid did a great remix of Sandiness Part 1. Review Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest. You will like it
major respect for showcasing Enigma it’s one of those Amazing Bands/Groups that should have so many more reactions videos online (Enigma is this crazy concept that makes unique music that really can’t be put in any category 👍👍👍❤️👍👍👍
As far as i know the female voices in enigma songs are Sandra.
Did you watch SLIVER (movie)? Carly’s Song - Age Of Loneliness
omg i’m so happy this guy reacted to one of my favorites from pure moods cd
The beautiful German, Sandra + the Romanian Michael Cretu. It was a great team!
Sandra is German and French ...
@@litogor Yes, but currently German! German singer, not French!
@@AndorFazekas Ok the group Enigma is German but sandra is half French and sings in French in this song ..... impossible to forget that here I think ... lol
@@litogor Nope: she doesn't sing in french. She spoke a few words only.
@@litogorShe lives in Germany, where German is his main language and her main nationality. That's the point, she is a German singer, not French! (Yes, half French, but now this is not important! I think!) Anyone ask who she is? Everybody says: Beautiful German singer.
Big hit in the U.K. it was number 1 for about 4 weeks.
Dereck : ERA - Ameno 👍
Listen to Return To Innocence next
I did not even know that it was Sandra's voice. She speaks french with no accent at all.
Enigma is kickass,never fails to impress 😍❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dereck, this was really big in the clubs here in Columbus. Hadn't heard it in a while, I forgot how good it was!
Dereck Dereck Dereck!!!! OMG I’m absolutely thrilled you started listening and reacting to Enigma!!!! They are one of my absolute favorites!! Thanks for sharing. You must listen and react to the full first album MCMXC a.D. if you can. You’ll go nuts!!!
I didn’t expect you to be a soft spoken dude! 😂 great video man so glad someone else reacted to this legendary song
It's just a masterpiece ❤
If Dereck is reacting to Enigma, then Era won't be far behind! ❤
Yeah, and why not the French band Deep forest
Or Delerium 🙂
Oh wow! I love Enigma. Mea Culpa, Beyond the Invisible, Gravity of Love, Amen, etc.. and i Love Sandra's voice
You are awesome and the way you represent the music is just great
Whispers Of Sandra)
it was Sandra, a well known singer on this period with kim wilde and killie minogue that putted her voice on those french words (her husband was the producer in my memoryof this track)
Part two is called Mea Culpa. Return to Innocence and Beyond the Invisible sound more mainstream.
I love the way you approved it after hearing Sandra singing LOL.
Yes! 😅 But i'm sure he approved it without knowing Sandra is the female voice whispering this part..😎🤷♂️
@@Astons_Martin I know I was just saying 😆
@@upfrontbear74 🤣😇
I first heard this song as a toddler and I loved it since then
She has done, full of albums, each more beautiful than the next. She is also a singer on Enigma Sandra Cretu is a real star very humble and recognized as an exceptional artist.
I must admit I like "Return To Innocence" more than this. The official video is good, too.
No...just no! That pop shit...NO! LOL Nothing compared to this at all!...
DERECK I ❤️ YOUR CHANEL! YOU ARE THE BEST👍🙏🏻🇫🇷🇺🇸
The female vocals are from Sandra ❤️👏
This was a worldwide bomb! The song that reminds u you were in 1990 and the 90s decade.Like Deee lites Groove is in the heart, the song that beggings the 90s dancehall party.
Magnifique, toute une époque, Enigma c était unique
It's best to experience the entire album how the songs flow into one another. That model in the video is not doing the female vocal. That's actually Sandra's voice.
One of the most out of body pieces of music ever
The chorus is in LATIN.
That whole album is awesome you need to listen from Start to finish its blends so beautifully please you have to check it out.