Era (musical project)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | France |
| Genres | New-age[1] |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Members | Eric Lévi Guy Protheroe Pierre Boisserie Irene Bustamante Lena Jinnegren Eric Geisen Florence Dedam Murielle Lefebvre Chester Thompson Lee Sklar Daryl Stuermer Philippe Manca Rasha Rizk Michele Guaitoli |
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Era (styled as +eRa+[disputed – discuss]) is a new-age music[1] project by French composer Eric Lévi. Some of the lyrics were written by Guy Protheroe in an imaginary language similar to Latin, but deliberately devoid of any exact meaning. Musically, the project features rock, pop and electronic music.
Era’s first album, Era, was released in 1996 and became a worldwide success, helped by its first single, "Ameno". It sold over 6 million copies and became the most exported French album at the time.[2] It was followed by Era 2 in 2000 and The Mass in 2003. In 2008, the project saw a significant departure from its previous themes and presented a more electronic soundscape with Arabic influences in its fourth album, Reborn. In the following two years, Era released Classics and Classics 2, which consisted in contemporary reinterpretations of classical works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, amongst others.[2] In 2017, Era released its 7th album named The 7th Sword. In 2022, Era released its first live album named Era The Live Experience recorded during the first round of the Live Experience Tour.
Style
[edit | edit source]Era's music features original music written by Eric Levi, his influences come from hard rock music of the 70's and classical music, with a mix of electric guitars and strong vocal melodies.
Era's live shows, music videos and artwork take Era's audience into the world of Medieval Heroic Fantasy.
Language
[edit | edit source]Most Era songs are sung in an imaginary language inspired by Latin, but with no intended meaning, while others are in actual Latin.[3] Some songs have English lyrics, such as "Mother" and "Looking For Something",[3] or Arabic lyrics, such as "7 Seconds".
Use of Era's music
[edit | edit source]- Eric Lévi composed the soundtrack for the French comedy film Les Visiteurs (1993) and Les Visiteurs II (1998). The film score would later become part of an Era album.
- The song "Divano" was part of the soundtrack of the Brazilian soap opera Um Anjo Caiu do Céu (2001). Also used as 2000 Kia Optima commercial in South Korea.
- The song "I Believe" was recorded as a duet by Katherine Jenkins and Andrea Bocelli. It was released on both Jenkins' 2009 album Believe and Bocelli's 2009 album My Christmas.
- Era is famous among mixed martial arts fans due to "Enae Volare Mezzo" being the theme song of Fedor Emelianenko. "Ameno" is used by Fedor's younger brother, Aleksander Emelianenko,[4] and used by Mexican wrestler Myzteziz.
- "Mother" was used in Sylvester Stallone's sports drama Driven.[5]
- The song "Ameno" has, of December 2019, been used in variations of the doge meme.[6]
- The song "Ameno" is used in many TikTok videos joking about the name of X Æ A-Xii, the firstborn child of Elon Musk and Grimes'.[7]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Studio & live albums
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [8] |
AUS [9] |
BE (Wa) [10] | ||
| Era | 1996 | 1 | 53 | 1 |
| Era 2 | 2000 | 2 | 53 | 2 |
| The Mass | 2003 | 4 | ー | 5 |
| Reborn | 2008 | 6 | ー | 10 |
| Era Classics | 2009 | 3 | ー | ー |
| Classics II | 2010 | 14 | ー | ー |
| The 7th Sword | 2017 | ー | ー | ー |
| Era The Live Experience | 2022 | ー | ー | 45 |
Compilation albums
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| FRA [8] | ||
| The Legend | 2000 | ー |
| The Very Best of Era | 2004 | — |
| Era The Essential | 2010 | ー |
Singles and EPs
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year |
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| Ameno | 1996 |
| Mother | 1997 |
| Misere Mani | 1998 |
| Enae Volare Mezzo | |
| Infanati | 2000 |
| Divano | |
| Don't U | 2001 |
| The Mass | 2003 |
| Looking for Something | |
| Don't Go Away | |
| Reborn | 2008 |
| Kilimandjaro | |
| Ave Maria | 2013 |
| 7 Seconds | 2017 |
| Kilimandjaro (Dark Remix) | |
| Ameno Metal (The Live Experience) | 2022 |
| Freedom | |
| The Mass (Jesse Bloch Remix) | 2024 |
Double albums
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| FRA [8] | ||
| Era & Era 2 | 2003 | 102 |
| Reborn & Classics | 2010 | 187 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b After Enigma at Orphic Music Archived 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Era's biography on RFI Music" Archived 2017-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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- ^ "MMA Fighting on Enae Volare Mezzo and Ameno Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Driven Soundtrack on Soundtrack.net Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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- ^ a b c Discographie Era Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
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- ^ Era Archived 2014-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (in French). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Era at AllMusic
- Era discography at Discogs
- Era at Universal Music France
- Current official website (eratheliveexperience.com)
- Lists of Wayback Machine captures of former official websites:
- era-music.artistes.universalmusic.fr
- era.artiste.universalmusic.fr
- era-music.com (working captures of homepage include 16 May 2008 and 20 August 2017)
- www.era-official.com
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