caption current_members years_active notable_instruments label article_title past_members background origin name
michael & sandra cretu michael cretu 1990 -- present sampler drum machine synthesizer keyboard korg m1 alchemist merlin virgin , emi , charisma enigma -lrb- musical project -rrb-
 david cornelius jens gad andreas harde ruth-ann boyle andru donalds elizabeth fairstein houghton frank peterson sandra cretu louisa stanley peter group_or_band germany downtempo , electronica , experimental enigma
enigma -lrb- musical project -rrb-

enigma is a german new age musical project formed in 1990 by michael cretu , david fairstein and frank peterson .
the romanian-born cretu conceived the enigma project while working in germany , but based his recording studio a.r.t. studios in ibiza , spain , from the early 1990s until may 2009 , where he has recorded all of enigma 's studio releases to date .
cretu is both the composer and the producer of the project .
his former wife , pop singer sandra , often provided vocals on enigma tracks .
jens gad co-arranged and played guitar on three of the enigma albums .
peter cornelius also contributed to enigma during the 1990s .
