One of the few new age music bands that have had a taste of a pop career, with mainstream radio plays and TV-commercials, is Eric Levi’s Era. Recently this French musician released another Era album, entitled Reborn, five years after the quite successful The Mass.

Era is most famous for their Ameno album from 1997. Enigma had enormous success with Gregorian chants on the MCMXC a.D. album, and Era’s Ameno was eagerly received by Enigma’s fans in the late 1990s. Interestingly enough, Enigma and Michael Cretu have never returned to Gregorian chants.

After listening to the new album, I must say that I am impressed; Eric Levi has breathed new life into the Era project. Tracks like Come into my world, After thousand words and Prayers sound fresh and new, but with a familiar touch of Era.

One of the things that make me come back to Era again and again is that very special medieval feel, and I am happy to say that it is plenty of this on the Reborn album.

On Era’s homepage you can hear clips from the album and watch the Come into my world video.