#enigma

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Enigma - Return to Innocence 1994

"Return to Innocence" is a song by German new-age worldbeat musical experiment project Enigma, released in 1994 as the lead single from their second studio album, The Cross of Changes (1993). It reached number one in over 10 countries, peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, and entered the top five in several other countries. "Return to Innocence" was the project's biggest hit in the US, reaching number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video, which depicts a man's life in reverse, received heavy rotation on European music channels. The song was used to promote several types of media in the mid-1990s, including film and TV commercials. In autumn 1994, the song was featured in an episode of the TV show My So-Called Life. In 1996, the song was further popularised when it was used in a television advertisement to promote the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The song's melodic and talking vocals in English are provided by Angel X (Andreas Harde), and a short talking vocal by German pop singer Sandra, while an Amis chant ("Weeding and Paddyfield Song No. 1") is repeated, which opens the song. Difang and Igay Duana, from the Amis (an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan), were in a cultural exchange program in Paris in 1988 when their performance of the song was recorded by the Maison des Cultures du Monde and later distributed on CD. The producer of Enigma, Michael Cretu, later obtained the CD and proceeded to sample it. In addition, the drum beat of the song was sampled from the Led Zeppelin song "When the Levee Breaks", played by John Bonham.

In March 1998, Difang and Igay sued Cretu, Virgin Records and a number of recording companies for unauthorised use of their song without credit. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money and all further releases of the song were credited (including royalties) to the Duanas. Cretu has stated that he had been led to believe that the recording was in the public domain and that he did not intentionally violate the Duanas' copyright.

"Return to Innocence" received a total of 57,2% yes votes.

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[ywraa]

i mean, we have oil painting sky in the story so technically something like this could be possible

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[sg1-dannysworld]

DANIEL JACKSON | Enigma

[squidcandy]

do you think if i draw them enough they’ll be playable

[arcanistsanctum]

Pizza Hut Collaboration Stickers

[distxrtionist]

why is this literally them 😭😭😭

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[l3r40l]

So, how is the hunger strike going?

[nobeerreviews]

Detective stories keep alive a view of the world which ought to be true. Of course people read them for fun... But underneath they feed a hunger for justice... you offer to divert them, and you show them by stealth the orderly world in which we should all try to be living.

-- Dorothy L. Sayers

[shrimpbat]

well these guys are new

[weirdlookindog]

Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) - Enigma

illustration from Hugh McCrae's "Colombine", 1920

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