Martine McCutchoen from Eastenders was one of the girls at the pool. Now for ya..
Nice. It’s like I just injected the 90’s straight into my veins.
I’ve heard a few extremely edgy indie musicians (folks like Gazelle Twin) make a good case for Enya lately that’s made me really rethink her stuff.
Their point was that she used a lot more synths, in much weirder and more interesting ways, than she tends to get credit for, simply because she used them so well it formed a really coherent soundscape with more traditional instruments.
I hadn’t really thought about her as an electronic innovator like that, so it made me curious to relisten and they have an interesting point.
The example that came up was the above Carribbean Blue, which – if you can ignore the very twee video as you listen – has much stranger and more stylised sounds going on than I remembered, and when framed like that feels a long way ahead of its time.
It’s only the way it all comes seamlessly together with her vocals, and the more classic instrumentation sounds, that obscures how innovative it would have been then (and is!)
She blended synthesised sounds and effects into everything else so deftly that we take it for granted, but that and her style of vocal layering is a wheel we’re only really coming back around to inventing again now all these years later, with folks like Zola Jesus and Billie Eilish.
Anyway, there you go, that turned me right around on my cultural cringe about Enya. Long may she reign.
This reminds me of the den.
It’s a lovely chill song that. Enyas stuff is great for a tranquil time.
She is such a talent!
Nice, she’s going to be big.
Love a bit of Enya
Unique music in the charts. Not seen in 30 years.
Now carry on ‘slapping your bitch’ or whatever it is you do to create music now.
I was mad for Enya when I was a nipper, used to sing along with my aunties. Her videos are magnificent
What always impressed me is how she’s able to be so successful without doing many if any tours
I fuckin love enyas music
The start sounds almost like an Oliver Heldens track intro. Took me a second listen and reading the comment about synth to realise that it’s not a harpsichord. Damn, way ahead of the rest of the world Enya
Net Worth: $150 Million and never tours.
Her music is amazing, just always reminds me of death and ones mortality
Lift Music
Love a bit of Enya every now and again. She’s done incredibly well for herself, for somebody who can disappear for years at a time in between albums. The mystique around her, her unique voice and her image as this almost ethereal figure is what sells her internationally. Good on her anyway, her music is so relaxing.
Enya seems to appeal more to people outside of Ireland than to Ireland itself. I’ve no idea why but never really hear her being talked about here by people.
I’m the kid in the video !
Did not expect to start my day by blasting Enya. This is a banger
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Woah who this by?
More of an Orinoco Flow fan myself.
Absolutely! Have an Upvote for Enya!
Martine McCutchoen from Eastenders was one of the girls at the pool. Now for ya..
Nice. It’s like I just injected the 90’s straight into my veins.
I’ve heard a few extremely edgy indie musicians (folks like Gazelle Twin) make a good case for Enya lately that’s made me really rethink her stuff.
Their point was that she used a lot more synths, in much weirder and more interesting ways, than she tends to get credit for, simply because she used them so well it formed a really coherent soundscape with more traditional instruments.
I hadn’t really thought about her as an electronic innovator like that, so it made me curious to relisten and they have an interesting point.
The example that came up was the above Carribbean Blue, which – if you can ignore the very twee video as you listen – has much stranger and more stylised sounds going on than I remembered, and when framed like that feels a long way ahead of its time.
It’s only the way it all comes seamlessly together with her vocals, and the more classic instrumentation sounds, that obscures how innovative it would have been then (and is!)
She blended synthesised sounds and effects into everything else so deftly that we take it for granted, but that and her style of vocal layering is a wheel we’re only really coming back around to inventing again now all these years later, with folks like Zola Jesus and Billie Eilish.
Anyway, there you go, that turned me right around on my cultural cringe about Enya. Long may she reign.
This reminds me of the den.
It’s a lovely chill song that. Enyas stuff is great for a tranquil time.
She is such a talent!
Nice, she’s going to be big.
Love a bit of Enya
Unique music in the charts. Not seen in 30 years.
Now carry on ‘slapping your bitch’ or whatever it is you do to create music now.
I was mad for Enya when I was a nipper, used to sing along with my aunties. Her videos are magnificent
What always impressed me is how she’s able to be so successful without doing many if any tours
I fuckin love enyas music
The start sounds almost like an Oliver Heldens track intro. Took me a second listen and reading the comment about synth to realise that it’s not a harpsichord. Damn, way ahead of the rest of the world Enya
Net Worth: $150 Million and never tours.
Her music is amazing, just always reminds me of death and ones mortality
Lift Music
Love a bit of Enya every now and again. She’s done incredibly well for herself, for somebody who can disappear for years at a time in between albums. The mystique around her, her unique voice and her image as this almost ethereal figure is what sells her internationally. Good on her anyway, her music is so relaxing.
Enya seems to appeal more to people outside of Ireland than to Ireland itself. I’ve no idea why but never really hear her being talked about here by people.
I’m the kid in the video !
Did not expect to start my day by blasting Enya. This is a banger
What a song. So nostalgic from my childhood.
This is my favourite of hers.