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Michael Cretu, also known as Curly M.C. (born May 18, 1957 in a suburb of Bucharest, Romania), is a Romanian musician best known as the creator of the Enigma project. His original name, Creţu, means "the curly-haired". He has worked with many producers, musicians, and artists in his long career. These include Sandra Cretu, Frank Farian, Boney M, Goombay Dance Band, Peter Cornelius, Manfred "Tissy" Thiers and Mike Oldfield in his pre-Enigma days, and Jens Gad, Frank Peterson, David Fairstein, ATB, Jam & Spoon, Peter Ries, Ruth-Ann Boyle and Andru Donalds during the course of the project. Cretu's first solo...

Project of Michael Cretu and Manfred Thiers after they left Moti Special. Their only album was "Belle Epoque", released in 1988. Their singles were: "School's Out" (1987), "When Love Is The Missing Word" (1987) and "Don't Say You Love Me" (1988). In 1992 they released a CD-Single "Captain Right" / "Crazy Life" under the name "CaT" taken from their 1988 -album. .