A Posteriori
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| A Posteriori | ||
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| Studio album by Enigma | ||
| Released | September 22, 2006 (Germany) September 25, 2006 (International) |
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| Recorded | 2005—2006 at various places with the ALCHEMIST (all in one computed mobile studio) |
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| Genre | New Age, Ambient, Electronic music | |
| Length | 53:38 | |
| Label | Virgin, EMI | |
| Producer(s) | Michael Cretu | |
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| Enigma chronology | ||
| 15 Years After (2005) |
A Posteriori (2006) |
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A Posteriori is the title of the musical project Enigma's sixth studio album, released in September 2006. In December, the album has been 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.
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[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] 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] Philosophy
Like all Enigma albums, A Posteriori reflects the enigmatic uniqueness in the philosophy of all the songs. The Andromeda Galaxy, Our Milky Way and the Inter-galatic phenomenas are the basis of this album, with songs like "Dreaming of Andromeda", "Goodbye Milky Way" to depict the allegorical as well as actual significance. The last line of the last song of this album "Goodbye Milky Way" depicts the unavoidable cosmic catastrophe - "In 5 Billion years, Andromeda galaxy will collide with our Milky Way. A new gigantic cosmic world will be born." Scientists believe that this collision might erase the separate identities of each galaxy, leaving a single elliptical galaxy in their place[3], thus Cretu signifies the name "Goodbye Milky Way" - "Mission is over, Mission is done, I will miss you, Children of the Sun."
[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.
- "Eppur Si Muove" – 3:39
- "Feel Me Heaven" – 4:53
- "Dreaming of Andromeda" – 4:27
- "Dancing with Mephisto" – 4:24
- "Northern Lights" – 3:34
- "Invisible Love" – 5:06
- "Message from IO" – 3:09
- "Hello and Welcome" (new version) – 5:07
- "20.000 Miles over the Sea" – 4:22
- "Sitting on the Moon" – 4:21
- "The Alchemist" – 4:40
- "Goodbye Milky Way" – 5:56
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" (BocaJunior Remix)– 7:07
- "The Alchemist" (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel) – 7:17
- "Goodbye, Milky Way" (Single Version) – 3:57
[edit] Private Lounge
The Private Lounge remix album version of A Posteriori was released via iTunes on March 18, 2007 in Germany and on March 26 in the rest of Europe.
Track listing :
- Eppur si Muove (Tocadisco Remix 2)6:11
- Feel Me Heaven (Boca Junior Remix)6:24
- Dreaming of Andromeda (Jean F. Cochois Remix)7:29
- Dancing With Mephisto (Boca Junior Remix)5:28
- Northern Lights (Boca Junior Remix)5:41
- Invisible Love (Boca Junior Remix)5:45
- Message from Io (Boca Junior Remix)5:33
- The Alchemist (Christian Geller Remix)6:54
- 20.000 Miles Over the Sea (BocaJunior Remix)7:08
- Sitting On the Moon (Boca Junior Remix)5:31
- The Alchemist's (The Alchemist's Vision By Ralf Hildenbeutel)7:16
- Goodbye Milky Way (Boca Junior Remix)5:10
