Era (musical project)

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Era (styled as +eRa+) 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 especially rock, pop and electronic music.

Era’s first album,

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 it's first live album named Era The Live Experience recorded during the first round of the Live Experience Tour.

Style

"Ameno"
A 22 second sample of "Ameno" demonstrating the pseudo-Latin lyrics with electronic music arrangements.
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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

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

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with details and chart positions
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

List of albums, with details and chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
FRA
[8]
ー
The Very Best of Era 2004 —
Era The Essential 2010 ー
ー
—

Singles and EPs

List of albums, with details
Title Year
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
Kilimandjaro 2008
Ave Maria 2013
7 Seconds 2017
Kilimandjaro (Dark Remix)

Double albums

List of albums, with details and chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
FRA
[8]
Era & Era 2 2003 102
Reborn & Classics 2010 187

Bootleg albums

List of albums, with details
Title Year
Infinity 1998
Looking From East 1999
Sacredness 1999
Magic Spirit 1999

References

  1. ^ a b After Enigma at Orphic Music Archived 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Era's biography on RFI Music" Archived 2017-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Era Website". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "MMA Fighting on Enae Volare Mezzo and Ameno Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Driven Soundtrack on Soundtrack.net Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Dorime Doge (Original) on YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  7. ^ "clod_boie | ♬ Ameno hatsune miku | on TikTok". TikTok. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  8. ^ a b c Discographie Era Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 94.
  10. ^ Era Archived 2014-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (in French). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
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