Enigma Japan

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Elgar: Enigma Variations & In The South (2009) [Japan] SACD ISO + DSD64 + FLAC

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Elgar: Enigma Variations / In The South (2009) [Japan]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:33 minutes | Basic Scans included | 1,46 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Basic Scans included | 1,34 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Basic Scans included | 1,08 GB

Vladimir Ashkenazy, who was appointed principal conductor of the Sydney Symphony in 2009, puts his orchestra through its paces in this vibrant Exton album. This third volume of Edward Elgar's series features Enigma Variations & In The South overture. The people at Exton, a Japanese audiophile label, have once again produced an impressive recording with plenty of headroom. The imaging is so natural that you can almost visualize the space between the instruments, but yet the orchestral sound is rich and full of impact. The strings shimmer in the high notes, and the bass drums, rather than being heard, are felt like distant thunder. Highly recommended.

David Cassidy - David Cassidy (1990) [Japan]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Nov. 14, 2022
David Cassidy - David Cassidy (1990) [Japan]

David Cassidy - David Cassidy (1990) [Japan]
Rock, Pop Rock, AOR | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 43:49 | 402,88 Mb
Label: Enigma Records/Toshiba-EMI Ltd. (Japan) | Cat.# TOCP-6439 | Released: 1990-10-31

"David Cassidy" is David Cassidy's first U.S. album released in 14 years and was his only release on the now-defunct Enigma Records. The album was released in 1990 with the featured single, "Lyin' to Myself." "Lyin' to Myself" was the first top-30 hit for David Cassidy in eighteen years. The album reached #136 on the Billboard charts. David Cassidy was released only on cassette or compact disc in the United States, although vinyl editions were available in Europe. Shortly after the release of David Cassidy, Enigma Records would go bust, leaving David Cassidy to once again change record labels.

Enigma - Voyageur (2003) [Japan 1st Press]  Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at Nov. 20, 2016
Enigma - Voyageur (2003) [Japan 1st Press]

Enigma - Voyageur (2003) [Japan 1st Press]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 300 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 124 Mb | Scans | 97 Mb | Time: 47:21
Virgin Japan Ltd./Toshiba-EMI | VJCP-68491
Electronic, Ambient, Downtempo, New Age

Voyageur is the fifth studio album by the German musical project Enigma and released in 2003. Voyageur was considered to be Enigma's most different album ever created, due to Enigma's drastic changes in sound as compared to the previous four albums. The project's signature shakuhachi flutes, Gregorian chants and tribal chants found on the earlier albums were all but gone on Voyageur.

Enigma - MCMXC a.D. (1990) [Japan 1st Press, 1991]  Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at Nov. 16, 2016
Enigma - MCMXC a.D. (1990) [Japan 1st Press, 1991]

Enigma - MCMXC a.D. (1990) [初版 / Japan 1st Press, 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 259 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 119 Mb | Scans | 56 Mb | Time: 40:21
Virgin Japan Ltd. | VJCP-28024
Electronic, Ambient Dance, New Age

MCMXC a.D. ("1990" in Roman numerals followed by an abbreviation of Anno Domini) is the first studio album of the German music project Enigma, headed by Romanian-German musician Michael Cretu, released on 10 December 1990 on Virgin Records in the UK.

Hurricane - Take What You Want (1985) [1988, Japan]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Feb. 9, 2022
Hurricane - Take What You Want (1985) [1988, Japan]

Hurricane - Take What You Want (1985) [1988, Japan]
Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 37:43 | 276,83 Mb
Label: Enigma Records/Alfa Records (Japan) | Cat.# 25XB-308 | Released: 1988-10-25 (1985)

A great band similar to Dokken, they often surpassed them as far as musical presence. This is their debut album.

Mass - Voices In The Night (1988) [1989, Japan]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at July 8, 2018
Mass - Voices In The Night (1988) [1989, Japan]

Mass - Voices In The Night (1988) [1989, Japan]
Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 40:01 Min. | 306,57 Mb
Label: Enigma Records/Alfa (Japan) | Cat.# 29B2-21 | Released: 1989-04-10 (1988)

This 1989 release by Mass was produced by group members and Michael Sweet, the singer from Stryper. Though the album credits end with a "God Bless," this wasn't a Christian band per se, the name more in line with those of other national groups from the Northeast region of America, the recording artists Boston and New England who also employed landscape monikers as their own. Singer Louie St. August, drummer Joey "Vee" Vadala, guitarist Gene D'Itria, and bassist Kevin Varrio define their hard rock sound more clearly here than on their RCA debut, which had them in a hard pop setting. On Voices in the Night, they really start crunching, and the '80s long-hair look and sound has more grit than many of their contemporaries, from Ratt to labelmates Poison. "Chance to Love" is a solid ballad which doesn't wimp out like Extreme's "More Than Words," the heavy vocals blending nicely with the thick guitars.

Enigma - A Posteriori (2006) [Japan 1st Press]  Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at Nov. 21, 2016
Enigma - A Posteriori (2006) [Japan 1st Press]

Enigma - A Posteriori (2006) [Japan 1st Press]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 348 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 144 Mb | Scans | 137 Mb | Time: 53:41
Virgin Japan Ltd./Toshiba-EMI | TOCP-66612
Electronic, Ambient, Downtempo, Trance, New Age

A Posteriori is the sixth studio album by German musical project Enigma. In December 2006, the album was nominated in the Best New Age Album category in the 2007 Grammy Awards. Three years after the release of Voyageur, an album that took Enigma in a new direction, Michael Cretu took another step and released A Posteriori. This latin title is often used in philosophy where it describes what is essentially knowledge through experience (e.g. "after the fact"). In style the release shares more with Voyageur than the four first Enigma albums, but it has taken the approach of this new direction even further. The album introduces sort of a hybrid culture that lends itself to many different directions, but still revolves around a common point in a more straight-forward manner than before.

Enigma - The Cross Of Changes (1993) [Japan 1st Press, 1994] Repost  Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at Nov. 17, 2016
Enigma - The Cross Of Changes (1993) [Japan 1st Press, 1994] Repost

Enigma - The Cross Of Changes (1993) エニグマ2 [Japan 1st Press, 1994]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 309 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 133 Mb | Scans | 153 Mb | Time: 44:15
Virgin Japan Ltd./Toshiba-EMI | VJCP-25077
Electronic, Ambient Dance, New Age

THE CROSS OF CHANGES (ENIGMA 2) is the second studio album by the German musical project Enigma, headed by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu. The Cross Of Changes is a musical step forward but it nevertheless incorporates all of the instinctive elements that MCMXC a.D. does but in a completely new guise.
Enigma - The Screen Behind The Mirror (2000) [Japan 1st Press] Repost

Enigma - The Screen Behind The Mirror (2000) [Japan 1st Press]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 293 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 123 Mb | Scans | 134 Mb | Time: 43:33
Virgin Japan Ltd./Toshiba-EMI | VJCP-68166
Electronic, Ambient Dance, New Age

The Screen Behind The Mirror released as the fourth album in the Enigma line. It brought the project to what would become a maturity of the "first age" in the saga, being the last album to use the old Enigma style where fresh ideas infused with mystery, philosophy, and sensuality were extensively coupled with samples from other and older works. In the case of The Screen Behind The Mirror this was done with Carl Orff's famous Carmina Burana, most specifically O Fortuna, a movement lamenting the woes of fortune. Especially Gravity of Love and Camera Obscura makes use of it.

Enigma - The Cross Of Changes [Japan Edition] (1994)  Music

Posted by thingska at Oct. 26, 2010
Enigma - The Cross Of Changes [Japan Edition] (1994)

Enigma - The Cross Of Changes [Japan Edition] (1994)
EAC-Rip | APE-image +cue +log +Booklet/Scans | 1994.01.12 | 568 MB
Genre: Ambient, New Age | Label: Virgin VJCP-25077 | Fserve, Fsonic

Haunting, evocative, mysterious, and magnificent, Enigma's Cross of Changes offers nine musical explorations of sound and sensation that dazzle and amaze. The songs unfold in rolling waves, each more complex and richly layered than the last, yet each fully capable of standing alone as a musically satisfying experience. The standout track on this disc is "Return to Innocence," which combines Native American chanting, Celtic harmonies, and a deceptively simple lyric to devastating effect. At once esoteric and elemental, Cross of Changes is a fine example of the best the genre has to offer.