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November 09, 2008<br> <b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24617456-5006024,00.html" target="_blank01">http://www.news.com.au</a> <p> </div> <div align="center"> <img src="2008_Enya_queen_of_the_castle_01.jpg" border="0"></div> <p> <div align="justify"> THERE is a popular term for her market power: Enya-nomics.<p> "My career has never been based on fame," Enya says. <p> "I feel strength in that. I am fortunate. <p> "People bought the music before they knew if Enya was a band, or a solo artist, or whoever. <p> "Some people still don't know." <p> In a music world hooked on image, charts and quantity, Enya is the exception. <p> Famously, when she signed a record deal 20 years ago, Enya had two demands -- no interference and no deadlines. <p> She has now sold 70 million albums worldwide and those requirements are still met. <p> Enya, 47, born Eithne Ni Bhraonian, remains a deliberate enigma. <p> <div align="center"> <img src="2008_Enya_queen_of_the_castle_02.jpg" border="0"></div> <p> "I was always quiet, even as a child, so there has always been an air of mystery around me," she says. <p> "At school, they'd always say, 'Oh, we never know what Eithne's thinking or what she'll say next'." <p> As Enya became a global success she said even less. Her reluctance to court celebrity cast her as a recluse. <p> When she bought a castle in 1997, the media perception of Enya alone in her tower was complete. <p> "It's more important to have my private life and freedom than come out and argue about how I'm seen," she says. <p> "It's a small disadvantage in trying to retain my privacy. I can live with it." <p> Enya lives in Killiney, south of Dublin. Her neighbours include Bono, The Edge and Van Morrison. <p> Her castle, which she renamed Manderley, overlooks the Irish Sea. <p> "It's Victorian, so it's quite a romantic castle. It's not Medieval. And it's a not a vast castle -- as castles go." <p> Enya, who outbid dancer Michael Flatley for the property, loved the views, light-filled rooms and privacy. <p> "I didn't want to make it a museum piece," she says. <p> "I have a lot of nephews and nieces and they have to be able to race around the place. <p> "I'm not, 'Don't touch!'. I don't want an uncomfortable environment." <p> But, in a stalker incident three years ago, Manderley became a castle of horror. <p> An attacker broke into the castle, tied up a maid, then spent two hours hunting for Enya. <p> Enya hid in a panic room and activated an alarm. <p> A week before, another stalker invaded Enya's home. He was arrested. <p> In 1996, a man, 31, who moved to Dublin to be near Enya, stabbed himself outside a pub owned by the singer's parents. <p> "I don't like to focus too much on those incidents otherwise I'd really become a recluse," she says. <p> "I'd lock the door and never go out. <p> "It's not only celebrities who have these problems. I have other friends, who, for various reasons, have had stalkers. <p> "I sympathise with the stalker because they are in a different world and need help. <p> "I do try to understand the stalker. Maybe they've been through a difficult time, maybe my songs mean something and they need to connect. <p> "Obviously, a stalker feels that they have bonded with you, because the music makes them better. Or worse. <p> "I know they're not in a good place and they need counselling. But I sympathise." <p> We are at Carton House, an exclusive retreat near Dublin with lush fields of changing autumn colours. <p> It is the perfect setting for Enya to elaborate on her new album, the seasonally-themed And Winter Came. <p> It began, two years ago, as a Christmas record. <p> Then Enya and longtime collaborators, producer Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, found the songs had a winter theme. <p> "There was a slowness and that set the pace," Enya says. <p> "It is a very reflective time of year. It is a time to face a lot of questions and decisions." <p> Enya and Ryan worked, as they always do, at their home studios, from 10am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. <p> "It's quite disciplined. I use the time to find the emotional feeling of what we are trying to express. It can happen in the first week, two weeks, three weeks or six months. <p> "I do class myself as a very slow writer and composer. <p> "But I go to the studio every day. I am very disciplined. <p> "Even if I don't write anything, it's a day nearer to writing that melody." <p> N ICKY has said their sessions are creative and, often, packed with conflict. <p> "Oh, we fight," Enya agrees. <p> "It can get very heated between us. But once we get past the argument, it's trial and error. <p> "Time is a factor that works in our favour. If it doesn't work, we erase it." <p> They showed the same tough quality control when rappers The Fugees and Diddy asked to sample Enya's vocal. Both hip-hop acts looped the haunting cut, Boadicea. <p> It powered The Fugees hit, Ready Or Not and a Diddy-Mario Winans collaboration, I Don't Wanna Know. <p> "It was so interesting to hear different renderings of our song," Enya says. <p> "We sent a few back that didn't work. But when it sounds good, musically, we say yes." <p> Ryan said he brokered a deal with Diddy. They let him sample Enya if Diddy returned the favour. <p> Enya frowns. <p> "That wasn't the deal," she says. <p> "I do know we were invited to his house for dinner. We still haven't eaten." <p> But Enya, worth an estimated $187,400,000, can buy her own meal ticket. She recalls a record company meeting after her debut album, Watermark, impacted. <p> "There is no need to tour, because you have surpassed sales," her then-label boss, Rob Dickins, told Enya. <p> "You don't have to sell this music. It is selling itself." <p> She remembers Watermark, released 20 years ago, fondly.<p> "It's like a diary. Each song has its own little story," she says. <p> "It was only after making that album I thought, 'Will people really enjoy that fact I'm singing in Gaelic and Latin? Will they like a song called Orinoco Flow? <p> "Certainly, I wasn't thinking about the commercial side. <p> "I enjoyed, musically, the challenge that each song pushed me in." <p> Oddly, Enya's new single, Trains and Winter Rains, harks back to Watermark's accessible pop moments. <p> "There are feelings of gathering on this new album," Enya says. <p> "Togetherness. Family." <p> Enya reveals she often takes secret trips to Sydney to visit her sister. <p> "I get on a plane very quietly and I'm there," she says. "Nobody knows." <p> She travels incognito and gets an occasional knowing glance. <p> "It happens at the most obscure places, too," she laughs. <p> "Somebody will approach me and say, 'Do you know you look like Enya?' <p> "I've thought about playing along and denying it. But that wouldn't be right. I am Enya." <p> And Winter Came is out now.<p> <p></div> <div align="center"><p>Design by <a href="mailto:enyaa@narod.ru">Ydaff</a> &copy; 2003-2008</div> </div> </BODY></HTML>