![]() ![]() He also has two back-up generators so that his work will never be lost. To ensure his unusual working rhythm is not interrupted and because of the unreliable power supply where he lives, Cretu has his studio's power supplied by his own generator. I have to spend months in one atmosphere in order to dive into the back of my mind.". As Cretu stated in an October Music Week article, "To be separated from the world is very important. Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! took nearly a year to record, and once again was done in seclusion. Instead he was busy in front on his 3 terminals, perhaps listening to one of hundreds of CDs with chants of different primitive races, sampling, synchronising, and cataloguing the sounds so that he could begin song writing. During this whole period he rarely saw the sun, and didn't use either his new mountain bike or offshore racing boat (offshore racing is one of his hobbies). He is a self-confessed night owl, and also a workaholic, this being seen by the fact that the production phase for The CROSS of Changes took 7 months with the computer log of his sound bridge often stating that recording sessions from 10pm to 11am occurred. He has also admitted to liking the music of Nirvana, Jon Anderson, and Snap!. In discussing his work, Michael Cretu has let it be known that he loved Bruckner's late Romanticism, that he used to want to be a concert pianist, and that "I started writing hits the day I sold my piano". Only the singles Beyond the Invisible and TNT for the Brain have been released from this album thus far. Another two years on comes the release of Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! which translates to The King is Dead, Long Live the King!. Two years later came his first soundtrack work (for the movie Sliver) and his much anticipated follow up ENIGMA album, The CROSS of Changes which had 1.4 million advance orders! From this album came the top charting single Return to Innocence, as well as the EYES of Truth, Age of Loneliness, and Out from the Deep. From this came the extremely popular single, Sadeness part 1 in 1990, followed by Mea Culpa part II, Principles of Lust, and The Rivers of Belief in 1991. Cretu is clearly very happy where he lives for as he stated in an interview in Music Mag in January 1994: "I leave Ibiza only for taxes and for the new video".ĭecember 1990 saw the release of Cretu's most popular album to date, MCMXC a.D. It is in the basement of this house that Cretu has established a restaurant, and Cretu is known to often invite musicians to dine there. studios), and a renovated house in the centre of Ibiza Town which is a historical monument from the 18th century. They still live here today and own 2 properties there - an old farm house which is both their residence and studio (A.R.T. It is believed that Oldfield encouraged Michael to start focussing less on producing and more on writing music.įebrusaw Michael Cretu marry Sandra Lauer, with them both settling on the island of Ibiza in Island shortly after. During his time with Sylvie Vatan in Paris he was introduced to Mike Oldfield whom he helped with on his album Islands. From 1985 onwards he mostly worked as a producer, working with Moti Special, Tissy Theirs, Cretu and Thiers, and in 1987 with Sylvie Vatan. Soon after followed The Invisible Man which was the same album Die Chinesische Mauer (The Chinese Wall) but with English lyrics. He produced Sandra's first international #1 hit single Maria Magdalena and released another solo album called Die Chinesische Mauer (The Chinese Wall). In 1983 Cretu released Legionare through Virgin Records and by 1985 had achieved top chart positions as writer, producer, and keyboarder of Moti Special. Releasing his first album, Moon, Light, and Flowers on the Polygram label in 1979, Cretu's other work paid off with him getting his first award in 1980, this one being gold for his work as a producer. Graduating in 1978 with distinctions, Cretu started working as a studio musician and arranging songs. In 1968, he went on to Paris to study for 5 months, and in 1975, at the age of 18, left Romania and moved to Bad Homburg where he was successfully admitted to the Academy of Music in Frankfurt. His main instrument was piano (which he started playing from the age of five and a half). 2" in Bucharest, a college for young and gifted musicians. In 1965, Cretu's music career began when he entered "Lyzeum No. He has also worked with or for Sandra, Andy Hard ("Angel"), Cretu and Thiers, Moti Special, Mike Oldfield, Peter Cornelius, and Hubert KaH, as well as doing his own solo albums. Born on in Bucharest he is ENIGMA - the man who created the secretive project, releasing the first album in late 1990. Michael Cretu is a singer, songwriter, and producer. Who is Michael Cretu (otherwise known as Curly M.C.)?
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