According to Cretu, the inspiration for the creation of the project came from his desire to make a kind of music that did not obey 'the old rules and habits' and presented a new form of artistic expression with mystic and experimental components.

The album remains Enigma's biggest, helped by the international hit single, 'Sadeness (Part I)', which sold 12 million units alone. (1990), with contributions from David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. He recorded the first Enigma studio album, MCMXC a.D. Cretu had released several solo records, collaborated with various artists, and produced albums for his then wife, German pop singer Sandra, before he conceived the idea of a New Age, Worldbeat project. Stripping back a track to produce quite a minimal remix is quite common amongst producers, but to then add industrial elements, now that’s just pure genius.Enigma is a German musical project founded in 1990 by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu. It’s an amazing when a producer like Enschway can take such an intense track like ‘Open Fire’ and transition it into a territory that is quite unexpected. At least, that’s what it sounds like at first, before the track builds into a brand new series of drops that are quite light.Ĭhopped synths slide across Johns ’ vocals and gradually, the remix gets harder as sharper synths are thrown in and your brought into more industrial territory. Enschway stripped back ‘Open Fire’ and has taken it in more of a simplistic direction. With extremely hard beats, heavy drops and a buzzing synth melody, ‘Open Fire’ feels like a wave of electronica that feels ever so refreshing when it washes over you. It probably makes you wonder how on earth Enschway was able to transform it, but don’t get ahead of yourselves people, we’ll get to that.

Originally, ‘Open Fire’, featuring Australian rock royalty Daniel Johns, felt very full. But it’s not what Slumberjack have done that has enticed us today, it’s what Enschway has done that’s really got us talking.

Perth duo Slumberjack are a force to be reckoned with. Enschway Transforms Slumberjack’s ‘On Fire’ Into An Industrial Banger

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