A Posteriori

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A Posteriori
Studio album by Enigma
Released	September 22, 2006 (Germany) September 25, 2006 (International)
Recorded	2005—2006 at various places with the ALCHEMIST (all in one computed mobile studio)
Genre	New Age, Ambient, Trance, House, Electronic music
Length	53:38
Label	Virgin, EMI
Producer	Michael Cretu
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Enigma chronology
15 Years After (2005) A Posteriori (2006)

A Posteriori is the title of the musical project Enigma's sixth studio album, released in September 2006. In December 2006, the album was nominated in the Best New Age Album category in the 2007 Grammy Awards.^[1]

While the previous album, Voyageur, contained minimal amounts of the project's signature sounds, A Posteriori only contains the signature "Enigma horn" (a foghorn) during the opening minute of the album, and even then it is a fleeting glimpse. Coupled with the album's subject matter of the collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, A Posteriori is, compared to earlier releases, stark and foreboding.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 History 1.2 Recording 1.3 Etymology 2 Track listing 3 Private Lounge 4 Charts 5 Notes and references

[edit] Overview

[edit] History

News about the album's title and tracklist were first made public on July 18, 2006 through Crocodile-Music.de news page and EnigmaMusic.com's forums, while the album cover was made public ten days later. The first track from the album to be made public was "Hello and Welcome", released as a stand-alone single in 2005. Enigma's management subsequently stated that a new version would be included on the album, while the lead single off the album proper would be "Goodbye Milky Way".^[2]

[edit] Recording

A Posteriori became first Enigma album to be recorded using Cretu's new 5.1 fully computerized mobile music studio "Alchemist". "Alchemist" represents a machine of comparably small size with main keyboard and a number of hardware Midi controllers with some "special" expansions and central computer with LCD screen. It was designed for Michael Cretu privately and according to him helped a lot producing music, transferring ideas into sound.

[edit] Etymology

A posteriori, a Latin phrase translated as "after the fact", refers to empirical knowledge, the epistemological concept of deriving knowledge from past experience.

Eppur si muove, alternately spelled E pur si muove, is an Italian phrase translated to "And yet it moves", attributed to Galileo Galilei after he was sentenced by the Roman Inquisition to recant his belief in heliocentrism.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written, arranged, performed, engineered & produced by Michael Cretu. 4 & 12 narrated by Louisa Stanley. Backing vocals on 8 by Andru Donalds.

All songs published by 1-2-3 Music / Crocodile Music.

1. "Eppur Si Muove" – 3:41
2. "Feel Me Heaven" – 4:50
3. "Dreaming of Andromeda" – 4:26
4. "Dancing with Mephisto" – 4:25
5. "Northern Lights" – 3:34
6. "Invisible Love" – 4:55
7. "Message from IO" – 3:09
8. "Hello and Welcome" (new version) – 5:09
9. "20.000 Miles over the Sea" – 4:22
10. "Sitting on the Moon" – 4:21
11. "The Alchemist" – 4:41
12. "Goodbye Milky Way" – 5:58

Apart from the album, some additional remixes were released exclusively through the iTunes Store. They are:

• "Eppur Si Muove" (Tocadisco Remix) – 6:39
• "Dreaming of Andromeda" (Jean F. Cochois Remix) – 7:28
• "20.000 Miles over the Sea" (Boca Junior Remix)– 7:07
• "The Alchemist" (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel) – 7:17

[edit] Private Lounge

The Private Lounge remix album version of A Posteriori was released via iTunes Store on March 18, 2007 in Germany and on March 26 in the rest of Europe.

Track listing :

1. Eppur Si Muove (Tocadisco Remix 2) - 6:11
2. Feel Me Heaven (Boca Junior Remix) - 6:24
3. Dreaming of Andromeda (Jean F. Cochois Remix) - 7:29
4. Dancing With Mephisto (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:28
5. Northern Lights (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:41
6. Invisible Love (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:45
7. Message from IO (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:33
8. The Alchemist (Christian Geller Remix) - 6:54
9. 20.000 Miles Over the Sea (Boca Junior Remix) - 7:08
10. Sitting On the Moon (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:31
11. The Alchemist (The Alchemist's Vision By Ralf Hildenbeutel) - 7:16
12. Goodbye Milky Way (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:10

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak Europe 32 Greece 3 USA Billboard Top Electronic Albums 3 Netherlands 8 Turkey 8 Germany 16 Austria 17 Switzerland 24 Hungary 24 Portugal 27 Italy 32 Czech Republic 34 Slovakia 35 Poland 44 Spain 80 USA Billboard Top 200 95 France 98 [edit] Notes and references Enigma albums review ^ 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List. GRAMMY.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-09. ^ New Enigma Album. Enigma News. Crocodile Music Management GmbH. Retrieved on 2006-07-17. v • d • e Enigma Michael Cretu Peter Cornelius  · Sandra Cretu  · David Fairstein  · Jens Gad  · Frank Peterson Guest singers: Ruth-Ann Boyle · Andru Donalds Studio albums MCMXC a.D. · The Cross of Changes · Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! · The Screen Behind the Mirror · Voyageur · A Posteriori Compilation albums Trilogy · Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits · Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection · 15 Years After Singles "Sadeness (Part I)" · "Mea Culpa (Part II)" · "Principles of Lust" · "The Rivers of Belief" · "Carly's Song" · "Return to Innocence" · "The Eyes of Truth" · "Age of Loneliness" · "Out from the Deep" · "Beyond the Invisible" · "T.N.T. for the Brain" · "Gravity of Love" · "Push the Limits" · "Turn Around" · "Voyageur" · "Following the Sun" · "Boum-Boum" · "Hello and Welcome" · "Goodbye Milky Way" DVDs Remember the Future · MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album Related projects Sandra · Cretu and Theirs · Cornelius and Cretu · Moti Special · Trance Atlantic Air Waves · Andru donalds  · Ruth-Ann Boyle Related articles Discography · A.R.T. Studios · Enigma videography · The Dusted Variations