Album Notes

About enigmatics

"enigmatics" is an homage to Enigma. I appreciate some of the work Michael Cretu has done over the years, but I wouldn't be considered an ardent fan. The only Enigma album I own these days is "MCMXC a.D."

So why create an homage to an artist who doesn't cast as large an influence on me as artists I'd consider favorites? Well, that's a challenge, isn't it?

It's all too easy to emulate our idols, even easier to ignore what we don't like. It's ambivalence that poses a greater creative obstacle.

This music is not the kind I would usually write, but that's the attraction to make it. I may not succeed in the same way as a person who truly loves a particular style or a specific sound, but I like to think the effort to understand is more important. Who knows? I may like Enigma more than I realize.

-- Greg Bueno, Eponymous 4

About Eponymous 4

Eponymous 4 is a play on Anonymous IV, an unnamed English student whose writings are some of the few existing documents regarding French music from the Middle Ages. Eponymous 4 is also the home studio project of Greg Bueno, a web developer and lapsed musician.

Greg works at a technology company in Austin, TX. He studied music and journalism in college, and he writes about music on his weblog, Musicwhore.org.