Instruments Used in Orinoco Flow?

Taken from the 1988 album Watermark, Orinoco Flow was a global hit for Irish singer/songwriter Enya. The song has the spacious, lush sound characteristics of new-age music from this era. Orinoco Flow's trademark pizzicato chords were made using Roland's D-50 synth.

What synth did Enya use?

Enya's synthesizers include the Roland D-50 (she likes the "heavy feel," optimum for playing sampled tympani and strings), the Fairlight III, the Yamaha TX (the rack version of the DX), an older Oberheim rack version, and the Roland Juno 60 ("We wouldn't part with it for anything in the world").

When was Enya Orinoco Flow?

Enya sailed into the culture's consciousness on October 15, 1988, when “Orinoco Flow” first crested British airwaves. (It was the lead single off her proper debut album, Watermark, which dropped a few weeks earlier.) The song became a no.