Carte Blanche - Music
Carte Blanche by Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu
Artist Biography For Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu Also Known As Curly M.C. Born May 18 1957 In A Suburb Of Bucharest Romania Is A Romanian Musician Best Known As The Creator Of The Enigma Project. His Original Name Creţu Means "the Curly-Haired". He Has Worked With Many Producers Musicians And Artists In His Long Career. These Include Sandra Cretu Frank Farian Boney M Goombay Dance Band Peter Cornelius Manfred "Tissy" Thiers And Mike Oldfield In His Pre-Enigma Days And Jens Gad Frank Peterson David Fairstein ATB Jam & Spoon Peter Ries Ruth-Ann Boyle And Andru Donalds During The Course Of The Project. Cretu's First Solo Release Was The Single Wild River In 1978. His First Solo Album Was Released In 1979 And Was Entitled Ausgewählte Goldstücke As A German Release And Moon Light & Flowers As An English Release. Cretu's Second Solo Album Titled Legionäre Was Released In 1983. This Album Had German Lyrics And Was Sung By Michael. It Was Co-Produced And Supervised By Harald Steinhauer And Mastered By Armand Volker. Cretu's Third Solo Album Was Entitled Die Chinesische Mauer And Was Released In 1985. The Literal English Translation Of The Title Is "The Chinese Wall" Or As It Is Better Known "The Great Wall Of China". Like His Previous Album This Had German Lyrics Was Sung By Michael And Was Co-Produced By Armand Volker. This Album Was Also Released As A Separate Album With English Lyrics And A Different Track Listing Under The Name "The Invisible Man". Several Of The Tracks On "The Invisible Man" Were Edited Slightly And Therefore Last For A Different Length Than The German Versions On Die Chinesische Mauer. After Cretu's Marriage To Sandra In 1988 He Had An Idea Following Suggestions Made By David Fairstein For A Musical "new Age Dance" Project Under The Name Presented By Fairstein Of "Enigma". Cretu Worked With Frank Peterson And David Fairstein To Create Their Ground-Breaking First Single "Sadeness" Which Became A Surprise Hit. MCMXC A.D. The Album Which Was Released In 1990 Was Hugely Successful. It Is Thought To Have Sold About 30 Million Copies Worldwide. One Of The Aims Of Enigma Was To Present Music That Has Never Been Heard Before And Is Not Being Produced Anywhere Which Also Forced Cretu To Continually Move In New Musical Directions And To Stay Ahead Of Imitators. Source Romanovbv@yahoo.Com
50 Similar Tracks:
Michael Cretu - Samurai Michael Cretu - Heavy Traffic Frank Duval - Face To The Wind Frank Duval - Life Will Go On Kim Wilde - Million Miles Away Marc Almond - The Days Of Pearly Spencer Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices Pet Shop Boys - Why Don't We Live Together? Living In A Box - Can't Stop The Wheel A-Ha - I Dream Myself Alive Living In A Box - Superheroes Frankie Goes To Hollywood - For Heaven's Sake Laid Back - Why Is Everybody In Such A Hurry? Pseudo Echo - Funky Town Laban - Love In Siberia Extended Version Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes A-Ha - There's Never A Forever Thing Benjamin Orr - Stay The Night Sandra - Hiroshima Nik Kershaw - The Riddle Yello - Vicious Games Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again Thompson Twins - Tokyo Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock Yello - Oh Yeah Gazebo - Telephone Mama Sandra - La Vista De Luna Secret Service - Flash In The Night Erasure - Blue Savannah Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven Secret Service - Oh Susie Hubert Kah - Sound Of My Heart Kim Wilde - Never Trust A Stranger Climie Fisher - I Won't Bleed For You Moti Special - Don't Be So Shy Bananarama - Venus Limahl - Inside To Outside Climie Fisher - This Is Me Gazebo - I Like Chopin Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Propaganda - Jewel Laid Back - Don't Run From Your Shadow Jimmy Somerville - Smalltown Boy Erasure - Sometimes ABC - One Better World F.R. David - This Time I Have To Win Icehouse - Regular Boys Matia Bazar - Non È Poi Tanto Male Cretu & Thiers - Waterfall
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for Michael Cretu:
Biography - Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu Also Known As Curly M.C. Born May 18 1957 In A Suburb Of Bucharest Romania Is A Romanian Musician Best Known As The Creator Of The Enigma Project. His Original Name Creţu Means "the Curly-Haired". He Has Worked With Many Producers Musicians And Artists In His Long Career. These Include Sandra Cretu Frank Farian Boney M Goombay Dance Band Peter Cornelius Manfred "Tissy" Thiers And Mike Oldfield In His Pre-Enigma Days And Jens Gad Frank Peterson David Fairstein ATB Jam & Spoon Peter Ries Ruth-Ann Boyle And Andru Donalds During The Course Of The Project. Cretu's First Solo Release Was The Single Wild River In 1978. His First Solo Album Was Released In 1979 And Was Entitled Ausgewählte Goldstücke As A German Release And Moon Light & Flowers As An English Release. Cretu's Second Solo Album Titled Legionäre Was Released In 1983. This Album Had German Lyrics And Was Sung By Michael. It Was Co-Produced And Supervised By Harald Steinhauer And Mastered By Armand Volker. Cretu's Third Solo Album Was Entitled Die Chinesische Mauer And Was Released In 1985. The Literal English Translation Of The Title Is "The Chinese Wall" Or As It Is Better Known "The Great Wall Of China". Like His Previous Album This Had German Lyrics Was Sung By Michael And Was Co-Produced By Armand Volker. This Album Was Also Released As A Separate Album With English Lyrics And A Different Track Listing Under The Name "The Invisible Man". Several Of The Tracks On "The Invisible Man" Were Edited Slightly And Therefore Last For A Different Length Than The German Versions On Die Chinesische Mauer. After Cretu's Marriage To Sandra In 1988 He Had An Idea Following Suggestions Made By David Fairstein For A Musical "new Age Dance" Project Under The Name Presented By Fairstein Of "Enigma". Cretu Worked With Frank Peterson And David Fairstein To Create Their Ground-Breaking First Single "Sadeness" Which Became A Surprise Hit. MCMXC A.D. The Album Which Was Released In 1990 Was Hugely Successful. It Is Thought To Have Sold About 30 Million Copies Worldwide. One Of The Aims Of Enigma Was To Present Music That Has Never Been Heard Before And Is Not Being Produced Anywhere Which Also Forced Cretu To Continually Move In New Musical Directions And To Stay Ahead Of Imitators. Source Romanovbv@yahoo.Com
read less
read more
16 Similar Artists To Michael Cretu - Frogtoon Music
Cretu & Thiers Shinnobu Trance Atlantic Air Waves Moti Special Enigma Valerie Dore Guido Negraszus Sandra Den Harrow Secret Service Hubert Kah Lichtmond Stive Morgan Silent Circle Boytronic Frank Duval.