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.
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.
Overview
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."
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.
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.
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.
- "Dreaming of Andromeda" – 4:26
- "Dancing with Mephisto" – 4:25
- "20.000 Miles over the Sea" – 4:22
- "Sitting on the Moon" – 4:21
Apart from the album, some additional remixes were released exclusively through the
iTunes Store. They are:
- "20.000 Miles over the Sea" (Boca Junior Remix)– 7:07
A Posteriori (Private Lounge Remix)
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:
- 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 (Boca Junior Remix) - 7:08
- Sitting On the Moon (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:31
- The Alchemist (The Alchemist's Vision By Ralf Hildenbeutel) - 7:16
- Goodbye Milky Way (Boca Junior Remix) - 5:10
Charts
Worldwide sales: 1.25 million copies
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Notes and references
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