Lesiëm - Illumination

Here's what the liner notes say: "Where the world of fantasy and reality merge into one, Lesiem open the heavens and paint the starry filled skies [sic] with the sensualness of operatic voices, worldbeat grooves, new age melodies and electronica elements creating a musical genre they call Mystic-pop." Here's what you'll say: "Whoa, this sounds exactly like Enigma!" And the fact is, if you like Enigma you'll enjoy this album quite a bit. The beats are funky without being especially intoxicating or aggressive, and the choral bits, some of which are quite nice, are beautifully sung by the Berliner Vokalensemble Carl Maria von Weber. As pseudospiritual mood music goes, this stuff is perfectly functional. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Wende Guitar, Engineer, Executive Producer, Mixing, Text, Programming, Arranger Antonello Loi Advisor Berliner Vokalensemble Carl Maria von Weber Choir, Chorus Brian Wayy A&R Brit Beyer Vocals Choirs of Lesiëm Choir, Chorus David Evey A&R David Monnie Advisor, Translation Diana Lasch Soloist, Vocals Eberhard Köhler Mastering Enzo Petrocelli Advisor Farid Shams Text, Vocals Felix Lauschus Vocals Francoise Aldozo Advisor Gunther Haussknecht Bagpipes Happy Disharmonists Musician Heiko Jerke Tenor (Vocal), Arranger Henning Westland Programming, Arranger, Assistant Jacki Rezniecek Cello, Double Bass, Bass, Fretless Bass John Vestman Remastering Kira Calliess Vocals Klosterkirche Altfriedland Digital Mixing Lawrence Sello Sihlabeni Vocals, Text Nina Stripling Advisor Pivo Deinert Guitar Sibel Kosebay Story Susanne Kirchbaum Soprano (Vocal) Sven Goiny Tenor (Vocal) Thomas Pflanz Story, Text, Vocoder, Vocals, Producer, Vocal Impersonations, Doudouk