Essay and Biography on Enigma and Michael Cretu.

ENIGMA - United Colors of Music "Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed, so that something new can be created," states Michael Cretu. Out of this philosophy ENIGMA was born. ENIGMA is not a band, it's a project. The ENIGMA project has been coined as a "Pop Sculpture" and has to be credited with single-handedly bringing about the popularity of Gregorian chant, world wide. Michael Cretu was born in Bucharest, Romania on …

…and song writer. Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created." Cretu has a contract with Virgin to release four additional albums under the ENIGMA project. In summarizing the essence of ENIGMA, Cretu states "There are infinite numbers of possibilities. However, the art is to create a whole out of the countless details, fragments and ideas. ENIGMA is becoming a kind of United Colors of Music."