IDM Mailing Archive

quoted 13 lines Curly MC dedicates "The Dream of the Dolphin" to his "beloved wife

>>>> Curly MC dedicates "The Dream of the Dolphin" to his "beloved wife >>>> Sandra." This isn't referring to _THE_ Sandra ??? I know Sandra sung >>>> on Hubert Kah's "It's Me, Cathy," but is she Hubert's wife? >>> >>> yup. >> >> BZZZT. She is Michael "Curly MC" Cretu's wife. I am surprised. I >> thought Jon was ALWAYS right! :-) This just burst my bubble. > > as far as i know (which admittedly isn't very far) michael cretu == > hubert kah (and maybe peter schilling too). > > i'm sure lazlo will have the definitive reading on this one.

I'm so predictable... Hubert KaH are Hubert Kemmler, Klaus Hirschburger, and Marcus Lohr. Cretu is their Trevor Horn to be sure (serious production, keyboards, etc.) but they aren't complete puppets; they write their own material, play their own instruments, and so forth. They have some early material I'm not familiar with; I don't know if Cretu was involved then (pre-1987) or not. Peter Schilling is Peter Schilling. Cretu produced his single "A Different Story" but I'm not aware of any other involvement between the two. Cretu is "Curly MC". Sandra ("*THE*" Sandra) is Cretu's wife. As far as I know, Sandra didn't sing on KaH's "It's Me, Cathy" -- the vocals are credited to Amy Goff. Maybe that's a pseudonym, but aside from Cretu's usual breathy vocal processing, it doesn't sound much like Sandra to me (not enough of an accent). Sandra's albums through Into A Secret Land may as well be Hubert KaH albums given the songwriting credits (Cretu/Kemmler/Hirschburger/Lohr right down the line). It goes on, but it's not really relevant here. Gavin Stok runs an Enigma list that covers the entire Cretu pantheon -- email enigma-request@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au to subscribe. -- Lazlo (lazlo@xmission.com) // Manager, KLF/Orb/ZTT/Exotic-Vinyl maillists "Thirty thousand feet // email majordomo@xmission.com for list info; above the earth..." // include "info <klf, orb, ztt, exotica>" in message