It also contained hints of a history of oppression that still colours Romanian art. When the wind blows, bend with the wind. It's a fatalistic philosophy. In Romania, everyone dresses in black when there's a birth and in white when in mourning. Life is suffering and death is liberation from suffering.
Oppression is the grain of daily life.
It is very deeply ingrained. The results, once more, struck a deep chord with the Quartet's listeners. Jason Pierce, SEM's mainman, had heard the Quartet on 'Possessed', and asked them to contribute to his album. Kraftwerk were never cold, it's soul music but constructed with machines. The Quartet also performed in a televised Channel 4 contemporary opera 'Camera' and accompanied Campagnie Philip Saire at the UK premiere of 'La Nebuleuse de Crabe', then consolidated their versatile appeal by backing ABC singer Martin Fry at the 1995 Dream Ball at London's Le Palais.