November 10, 1998:
The Trilogy box set will be released
in France and Switzerland on December 8, 1998.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
November 4, 1998:
Earlier reports of a release date of the fourth Enigma album at the
beginning of 1999 were just rumours. It has never been scheduled for such
a date, and Michael Cretu is still working on the album. Virgin have
provisionally scheduled it for release in late 1999, which would follow
the pattern of other Enigma albums being three years apart.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
September 28, 1998:
The Trilogy box set will be released
in the UK on November 2, 1998.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
September 7, 1998:
Virgin Germany confirms that they will release the
Trilogy box set again in December 1998.
It will only be available through the mail order catalogue
Weltbild.
The release of a third Enigma single, The Roundabout, will
not go through, and the DJ Quicksilver remix which was made for the song
is not expected to see the light of day.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
August 9, 1998:
A little bit more is known about the coming Enigma album:
August 8, 1998:
The manager of Enigma has said that Enigma 4 will be released in February
1999. This album will be completely different from the first three. The
release date has not been confirmed by Virgin Records.
(From Sven Distel / Alex
Siepman, webmaster@enigmafan.com)
July 13, 1998:
The third single by Trance Atlantic Air Waves from The Energy Of Sound is
released: Crockett's
Theme, featuring two different remixes and two edits.
June 16, 1998:
The release date for Trance Atlantic Air Waves'
Crockett's Theme
single has been pushed back by one week, to July 13, 1998.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
May 29, 1998:
Reports of a release of Enigma 4 are being mentioned in a US record store
chain. The release is listed for July or August, though more likely it
would be October or even closer to Christmas before it would appear. No
other details is put forward.
(From Robert Hayes, Robert5220@aol.com)
May 12, 1998:
The third single from Trance Atlantic Air Waves,
Crockett's Theme,
will be released on July 6 in Europe, featuring remixes by Killerloop.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
April 22, 1998: Virgin Germany reports that the third Trance Atlantic Air Waves single will be Crockett's Theme, with a planned release at the end of May. Sales of the album are doing fine, but not as good as for Enigma. No press interviews will be given by Michael Cretu on this project.
On Enigma, no new single or video compilation are planned. Sales of the Trilogy box set in Germany are doing fine.
The video shoot mentioned earlier was for
another, unrelated Virgin artist.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
April 10, 1998:
The special three-piece Enigma box set -
Trilogy - is released. Only
available in Germany, through a TV campaign, it contains Enigma's three
first albums in their regular editions.
April 7, 1998:
The album by Trance Atlantic Air Waves - The Energy Of Sound -
will be released in the USA in the "summertime". The third
single, which was planned for release on March 23, has now been
postponed to a later date. Virgin Germany have not confirmed that it
will be Crockett's Theme.
There has recently been a video shoot in Venice, Italy, but whether the
video is for a new single by Trance Atlantic Air Waves or by Enigma is
unknown.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
March 18, 1998:
Revised release date for
Crockett's Theme,
the third single from Trance Atlantic Air Waves; it will be out on
March 23 in Germany.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
March 16, 1998:
The Energy Of
Sound by Trance Atlantic Air Waves is released. The album features
seven cover recordings of classic instrumental hits, and three new songs by
Michael Cretu and Jens Gad.
March 9, 1998:
Virgin Germany now has a release date for the
Trilogy box set. It will be available
from April 10, but only through "direct TV response", and only
in Germany. The box set will contain the original three Enigma albums,
and the packaging is designed by Johann Zambryski, Enigma art director.
February 2, 1998:
The second single from Michael Cretu's Trance Atlantic Air Waves project
is released: Chase, a cover of
Giorgio Moroder's
soundtrack song from "Midnight Express". The single features
remixes by two external artists, DJ Quicksilver and Nalin & Kane.
This single was released as a 12" vinyl on December 15,
1997.
January 12, 1998:
Contrary to the information in Virgin Germany's
newsletter, the release of a third
single from Enigma is still not decided on, according to Virgin Germany.
(From Martyn Woolley,
mwoolley@indy.net)
January 6, 1998:
More releases are afoot for Trance Atlantic Air Waves, when a third
single is released on March 2, 1998. The single this time is
Crockett's Theme, Jan
Hammer's celebrated song from the TV series "Miami
Vice".
The album to be released on March 16, 1998 will be called The Energy Of Sound, and feature more cover recordings of synth instrumentals. It will contain the following tracks:
On January 5, 1998, Enigma was announced as one of the nominees for the
American GRAMMY Awards, in the
category "Best New Age Album" (for Le Roi Est Mort, Vive
Le Roi!). The album also saw another nomination in the category
"Best Recording Package", to Johann Zambryski, the art director.
The awards will be presented on February 25, 1998.
(From Tripp Gwyn, tgwyn@infoave.net / Joar Grimstvedt,
joarg@hsr.no)
January 5, 1998:
In a newsletter from Virgin Germany, "Presse-News No. 32"
(December edition), the new single from Enigma is listed for release on
February 9, 1998, and it will be
The Roundabout.
The catalogue number for Trance Atlantic Air Waves' Chase
single is also listed: 7243 894815 25-558.
(From Hrvoje Runtic, hruntic@alf.tel.hr)
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