This week in history: Enigma’s “Return to Innocence” + their new album
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Most people probably don’t know this, but the new-age world music project known as Enigma is actually of German origin. Originally formed in 1990 by Michael Cretu, the band has recorded many incredibly successful hits over the years and has gone on to sell tens of millions of albums worldwide, making them one of the best selling acts to ever come from Germany.
15 years ago this week, Enigma’s second album The Cross of Changes was released, which included the single “Return to Innocence”. This song became hugely successful around the world after being featured in a number of movies and TV shows, as well as later in a commercial promoting the 1996 Summer Olympics. The band’s signature chanting in the song is often mistaken to be Native American, but it is actually aboriginal Taiwanese. The ethnic sounds are wonderful and reach all types of people, it’s just a great song. Let nostalgia take over for a few minutes and listen to the song below.
Watch Enigma’s “Return to Innocence” music video
Enigma’s new album Seven Lives, Many Faces
If you’re interested in knowing what Enigma is up to these days, you’ll be happy to know that they just released their 7th album called Seven Lives, Many Faces on September 19th in Germany and the 30th in the USA. You can listen to samples from all the songs on Enigma’s website (just click “Music” in the lower menu) where you’ll also see links where you can buy the album.
