Lesiëm

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Lesiëm is a German musical project created in 1999 by the producers Sven Meisel and Alex Wende. The project's music combines elements of rock, pop, electronica, new age, enigmatic and ambient music, as well as Gregorian chant and other choral music. It is frequently compared to French project Era and the Norwegian artist Amethystium.^{[citation needed]} Lesiëm's web site makes extensive reference to the group's mystical/spiritual influences.

Lesiëm released its debut album, Mystic, Spirit, Voices, in 2000. When the album was released in the United States in 2002, it climbed to no. 7 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Lesiëm's second album, Chapter 2, was released in 2001 in Europe, and in the U.S.A. in 2003 under the title Illumination.

The first two albums were some sort of prelude for the pop-opera Times, which was Lesiëm's 3rd album (released as Auracle in U.S.A. in 2004). The musicians started their work in March of 2002 and finished it in the end of July. The single Caritas (feat. Maggie Reilly and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin) was presented in December 2002 on the philanthropic TV-show of Jose Carreras "Carreras Gala".

1 Discography
2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Mystic, Spirit, Voices, Monopol Records, January 31, 2000 (US-release: Mystic. Spirit. Voices; Intentcity Records, 2002)
Chapter 2, Monopol Records, Koch, April 12, 2001 (US-release: Illumination; Intentcity Records. 2003)
Times, Monopol Records, Epic/Sony, April 4, 2003 (US-release: Auracle; Intentcity Records, 2004)

[edit] Singles

Fundamentum, Monopol Records, January 10, 2000
Indalo, Monopol Records, June 05, 2000
Africa, Monopol Records, March 21, 2000
Caritas, Epic/Sony, December 16, 2002

[edit] AudioBooks

Der steinige Weg, Monopol Records, October 21, 2005

[edit] External links

Lesiëm's official web site
Lesiëm's fan site

Modern musical projects based on Gregorian chant and other chants
Aereda • Cantara • Divine Works • Elbosco • Enigma • E Nomine • Era • E.S. Posthumus • Gala • Gregorian • Industrial Monk • Lesiëm • Libera • Magna Canta • Mysteria • Nostradamus • Richard Souther (Vision and Illumination) • Solyma