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Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi !
Electronic · 1996 · 11 tracks

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi !

Enigma

A lush fusion of Gregorian chants, Sanskrit mantras, and 90s trip-hop beats. This is the sound of ancient mysticism meeting the digital age in a midnight haze.

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It's like a 90s sci-fi movie set in a monastery with a really great sound system.

A serene yet mysterious exploration of the self through a lens of digital mysticism.

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi ! · vs · Enigma
Sampler+1.6σ

The instrumentation foregrounds sampler notably more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi !
1:58
02
Morphing Thru Time
5:48
03
Third of Its Kind
0:19
04
Beyond the Invisible
5:00
05
Why!…
4:59
06
Shadows in Silence
4:21
07
The Child in Us
5:06
08
T.N.T. for the Brain
4:26
09
Almost Full Moon
3:26
11
Prism of Life
4:55
12
Odyssey of the Mind
1:41
Moments Worth Waiting For
The seamless transition from the 2001: A Space Odyssey dialogue into the pulsing breakbeat of Morphing Thru Time
The soaring Gregorian-style hook in Beyond the Invisible that feels like it's echoing off cathedral walls
The moment the Sanskrit vocals in The Child in Us merge with a deep, resonant bassline
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