Out from the Deep
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"Out From The Deep" is a 1994 song created by the musical project, Enigma
. This single is the fourth and last single released from the project's second album, The Cross of Changes
. The single cover art is a simplified version of The Cross of Changes.
The song employs a more traditional rock
format compared to Enigma's hallmark electronica
sound. Its motif is very similar to that from The Beatles' "Dear Prudence
". The song contains a sample from A Positive Life's "The Calling". Michael Cretu
provides vocals here.
for the song, helmed by Venezuela
n director Ángel Gracia (which along Cliff Guest, won MTV
's Make My Video competition for Madonna
's "True Blue" song in 1986), a diver comes upon an Atlantis
-like submerged ancient city (underscored by sound effects resembling a sonar
's echo) and takes a tour around the city, similar to the video clip for "Sadeness (Part I)
". Soon he realizes he can breathe without the scaphander
, and is attracted by a series of lively murals (paintings or mosaics) combining Pompeii
and Byzantine features. Eventually driven to try and make contact with a woman of strange beauty, as their fingertips touch, all the figures come alive resuming what presumably were their last actions. But so does the being responsible for the city's doom - a Poseidon
reminiscent of the Sistine Chapel
's angry Jehovah
- reenacting the catastrophe and the spell. All of the newly-liberated beings return to their mural condition. Sadly enough, the spell also befalls the diver - which admits, however, a glimpse of hope: the figures are now in slightly different positions as a consequence of their progress during their brief period of freedom, and the intrepid diver has left his imperishable mark, as a mural in his likeness - the background music featuring, for a last time, the chorus: That's why we are here.
Enigma (musical project)
Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...
. This single is the fourth and last single released from the project's second album, The Cross of Changes
The Cross of Changes
The Cross of Changes is a 1993 album by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's second album, following MCMXC a.D., released three years earlier....
. The single cover art is a simplified version of The Cross of Changes.
The song employs a more traditional rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
format compared to Enigma's hallmark electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
sound. Its motif is very similar to that from The Beatles' "Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence
"Dear Prudence" is a song written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released by The Beatles as the second track on their 1968 double-disc album entitled The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album.-Composition:...
". The song contains a sample from A Positive Life's "The Calling". Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu is a Romanian musician. He is known also as Curly, MC or Curly M.C. because of his fair curled hair . His peak musical activity was with the Enigma project, which was mainly based in Germany....
provides vocals here.
Music video
In the music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song, helmed by Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n director Ángel Gracia (which along Cliff Guest, won MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Make My Video competition for Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's "True Blue" song in 1986), a diver comes upon an Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
-like submerged ancient city (underscored by sound effects resembling a sonar
Sonar
Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels...
's echo) and takes a tour around the city, similar to the video clip for "Sadeness (Part I)
Sadeness (Part I)
"Sadeness " is a 1990 single created by the musical project Enigma. The song was the first of four singles from the project's first album MCMXC a.D. and upon release became an international smash hit, reaching number one in 24 countries and the top ten in four others including the United States...
". Soon he realizes he can breathe without the scaphander
Scaphander
Scaphander is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scaphandridae, the canoe bubbles.-Species:Species within the genus Scaphander include:* Scaphander alatus: synonym of Scaphander mundus Watson, 1883...
, and is attracted by a series of lively murals (paintings or mosaics) combining Pompeii
Pompeii
The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
and Byzantine features. Eventually driven to try and make contact with a woman of strange beauty, as their fingertips touch, all the figures come alive resuming what presumably were their last actions. But so does the being responsible for the city's doom - a Poseidon
Poseidon
Poseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of the earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon...
reminiscent of the Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio...
's angry Jehovah
Jehovah
Jehovah is an anglicized representation of Hebrew , a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton , the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible....
- reenacting the catastrophe and the spell. All of the newly-liberated beings return to their mural condition. Sadly enough, the spell also befalls the diver - which admits, however, a glimpse of hope: the figures are now in slightly different positions as a consequence of their progress during their brief period of freedom, and the intrepid diver has left his imperishable mark, as a mural in his likeness - the background music featuring, for a last time, the chorus: That's why we are here.
Track listing
- "Radio Edit" – 4:27
- "Rock Mix" – 6:44
- "Trance Mix (168 bpm)" – 5:49
- "Short Radio Edit" – 3:30