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Michael Cretu
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Romanian–German musician, singer, songwriter, and producer
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Michael Cretu, born Mihai Crețu on 18 May 1957 in Bucharest, is a composer, pianist, record producer and singer who plays piano and sings. He held citizenship of the Socialist Republic of Romania, West Germany and Germany, and speaks Romanian, German and English. He was educated at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and began his career in 1980.
Cretu is a member of Moti Special and Enigma, working in electro, new age, instrumental and ambient music as well as the wider electronic music genre. He has also used the pseudonym M. C. Curly, is married to Sandra, and has two children.
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Sound · Bucharest, Romania
Michael Cretu is a Romanian-German musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the founder and musician behind the musical project Enigma, which he formed in 1990.
Known for
- Enigma : The Music Videos2025
- High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines — Self - Musician (archive footage)2019
- Markus Lanz — Self2008
- Sandra - The Complete History — Self2003
- ECHO-Verleihung — Self1992
- DAS! — Self1991
- Bambi — Self1948
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1957
Discography
- Shadows Over My Head1978
- Moon, Light & Flowers1979
- Legionäre1983
- Legionnaires1983
- Zeitlose Reise1983
- Schwarzer Engel1984
- Die Chinesische Mauer1985
- Samurai1985
- Silver Water1985
- The Invisible Man1985
Member of
- Moti Special1981–1986
- Enigmasince 1990
- Trance Atlantic Air Waves
- Boney M.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 66,786
- Total plays
- 517,604
Tags
Michael Cretu, also known as Curly M.C. (born May 18, 1957 in a suburb of Bucharest, Romania), is a Romanian musician best known as the creator of the Enigma project. His original name, Creţu, means "the curly-haired". He has worked with many producers, musicians, and artists in his long career. These include Sandra Cretu, Frank Farian, Boney M, Goombay Dance Band, Peter Cornelius, Manfred "Tissy" Thiers and Mike Oldfield in his pre-Enigma days <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Cretu">
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,595x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,861x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,845x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,656x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,574x
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Quotes
- “Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created.”
- “I started writing hits the day I sold my piano.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Mihai Crețu , ( 1957-05-18 ) 18 May 1957 (age 69) , Bucharest , Romanian People's Republic
- Genres
- New-age new wave downtempo disco synth-pop
- Occupations
- Musician composer producer
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards piano guitar drums
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Labels
- Virgin Polydor East West
- Member of
- Enigma
- Formerly of
- Moti Special
- Spouse
- Sandra ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2007 )
- Website
- enigmaspace .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Crețu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bucharest
- Spouse
- Sandra
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- chill-out music
- Genre
- electronic music
- Instrument
- voice
- Number of children
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Cretu (Romanian: Mihai Crețu, pronounced [miˈhaj ˈkretsu]; born 18 May 1957) is a Romanian-German musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the founder and musician behind the musical project Enigma, which he formed in 1990.
Cretu began his music career in 1976 as a solo artist, releasing three studio albums as well as writing and producing albums for his then-wife, German pop singer Sandra. He also worked with other artists through the 1980s, including Peter Cornelius, Hubert Kah, and Mike Oldfield. Cretu was sometimes identified as "Curly" or "Curly M.C.", in reference to his curly hair and creț meaning "curly" in Romanian.
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