Era is a new-age music 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."Era's biography on RFI Music" . Retrieved 2 September 2016. 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. 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.
In 2026, the group announced a national tour entitled The Ameno Tour, including a concert at the Accor Arena in Paris.
Style
Era's music features original music written by Eric Lévi, 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. Some songs have English lyrics, such as "Mother" and "Looking For Something", or Arabic lyrics, such as "7 Seconds".
Use of Era's music 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,"MMA Fighting on Enae Volare Mezzo and Ameno . Retrieved 4 September 2016. and used by Mexican wrestler Myzteziz. "Mother" was used in Sylvester Stallone's sports drama Driven."Driven Soundtrack on Soundtrack.net . Retrieved 4 September 2016. The song "Ameno" has, of December 2019, been used in variations of the doge meme. 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'. The song "Divano" is used in Zurcaroh's 2018 performance on America's Got Talent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0tCmduFpYM
Discography
Studio and live albums + List of albums, with details and chart positions TitleYearPeak chart positionsAUSBEL(Wa)Era (in French). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2014.BEL(Fl)FINFRADiscographie Era (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2014. GER ITA NLDSWE SWIEra 1996 53 1201 1252412Era 2 2000 53 23229 212ー1384The Mass 2003 ー 543ー 453110102Reborn2008ー10ーー6ー25ーー18Era Classics2009ー3ーー3ー14ーー31Classics II 2010ー10ーー14ーーーー37The 7th Sword2017ー45152ー42ーーーー98Era The Live Experience 2022 ー45ーー84ーーーーー
Compilation albums + List of albums, with detailsTitleYearThe Legend2000The Very Best of Era2004Era The Essential 2010
Singles and EPs + List of albums, with detailsTitleYear"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"The Fallen King"2026
Double albums + List of albums, with details and chart positions TitleYearPeak chart positionsFRAEra & Era 22003102Reborn & Classics2010187
References
External links
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 2008and) www.era-official.com