Beyond the Invisible

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“Beyond the Invisible”
Single by Enigma from the album Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
Released	October 21, 1996
Format	Compact disc, cassette
Recorded	A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre	New Age
Length	4:30
Label	Virgin / EMI
Producer	Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Out from the Deep" (1994) "Beyond the Invisible" (1996) "T.N.T. for the Brain" (1997)

"Beyond the Invisible" is a 1996 song created by the musical project, Enigma. This is the first of only two singles taken from the album Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!.

The 5-track single is also the only Enigma single that includes a B-side song, "Light of Your Smile", which is not on the parent album. It is also the only Enigma single to not have a remixed song.

In Beyond the Invisible, Sandra Cretu again provides the opening vocals, Michael Cretu sings as main vocals while the chant in the song is a Latvian one. It is a folk song Sajaja Bramani performed by the folk ensemble Rasa. Most of the songs in Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! include both Gregorian chants and tribal chants, reminiscent of their first and second albums, MCMXC a.D. and The Cross of Changes. The Gregorian chant is sampled from "Gregoriani Cantus" by Pierre Kaelin while the Latvian chant is sampled from "Lettonie - Musiques Des Rites Solaires" by Rasa Ensemble Riga.

The video for the song was directed by Julien Temple and features two ice dancers (the Finnish ice dance couple Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko) skating in a forest. The video was shot in Savernake Forest, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK. The ice rink was constructed especially for the video and took over a week to freeze. Simon Scotland, line producer on the video, subsequently used the title Beyond the Invisible as the name for his Home Cinema and Entertainment company.

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics written by Michael Cretu and David Fairstein, music by Cretu.

• 2-track CD single:

1. "Beyond the Invisible (Radio Edit)" – 4:30
2. "Almost Full Moon" – 3:40

• 3-track CD single:

1. "Short Radio Edit" – 3:42
2. "Radio Edit" – 4:30
3. "Album Version" – 5:05

• 4-track CD single:

1. "Beyond The Invisible (Radio Edit)" – 4:30
2. "Almost Full Moon" – 3:42
3. "Beyond The Invisible (Album Version)" – 5:05
4. "Light of Your Smile" – 5:10

• 5-track CD single:

1. "Beyond the Invisible (Radio Edit)" – 4:30
2. "Almost Full Moon" – 3:42
3. "Beyond the Invisible (Album Version)" – 5:05
4. "Light of Your Smile" – 5:10
5. "Beyond the Invisible (Short Radio Edit)" – 3:42

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak Eurochart 46 Greece 1 Finland 6 Norway 13 Austria 20 UK 26 Netherlands 27 Sweden 29 France 32 Switzerland 36 Germany 40 New Zealand 45 USA 81 [edit] References Ye Min Than (Nov. 5, 1996). Review of "Beyond The Invisible". Retrieved Aug. 21, 2005. Joar Grimstvedt (Oct. 12, 1996). Enigma: Beyond The Invisible. Retrieved Aug. 21, 2005. 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