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  E Nomine started a new era in dance music with their "Vater Unser" (the Lord's Prayer). Electronic sound in combination with chorals and clerical lyrics seem to hit home with today's audience. How else could we explain the jump from zero to 14 on the sales charts? From there, the title rose further. The hypnotic narrator voice who keeps repeating the Lord's Prayer draws you in and won't let you escape; then you realize that the voice is familiar: it is the original synchronous voice of Robert de Niro (used in Germany). De Niro himself was involved at the start of the E Nomine project. The film "Sleeper", where he plays a priest, inspired the producers to "musicalize" the "Vater Unser" and utilize De Niro's "syncro" voice. The project may now find a continuation in the form of a complete album. "Das Testament" is dedicated to the subject "god and church", but in a very modern way. The synchro voice of De Niro is used here again to generate comfortable shivers; additional German synchrovoices of the following actors: Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. "Das Testament" will also be available in a limited edition version, which includes a bonus CD with a "musicalized" biblical Christmas Story. E Nomine fends off the accusation of sacrilege by using the bible scripts true to the source and unmodified. (Thanks to Volker Traudt for his translation) :) -Mikki 1/02 More at: |
