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Artist Biography For Lesiëm

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. Lesiëm’s Web Site Makes Extensive Reference To The Group’s Mystical/spiritual Influences. The Project Is Formed By The Following People Alex Wende – Composer Producer
Hennig Westland And Jäcki Reznicek – Musicians
Thomas Pflanz – Author Of The Latin Lyrics Diana Lasch Kira Primke Lawrence Sihlabeni Maggie Reilly And Tom Cunningham - Session Soloists
The "Carl Maria Von Weber" Choir On The Albums Mystic. Spirit. Voices. And Chapter 2
and Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin "Choir Of The German Opera Berlin" On The Album Times. Lesiëm Released Its Debut Album Mystic Spirit Voices In 2000. The Songs Fundamentum And Indalo Recorded With Lawrence Sihlabeni Were Taken In Rotation Of German Radio Stations And Were Later Released As Singles In January And June Of 2000. Soon After This The Album Was Re-Released In More Than 50 Countries All Around The World. When The Album Was Released In The United States In 2002 It Climbed To No. 7 On The U.S. Lesiëm’s Second Album Chapter 2 Was Released In 2001 In Europe Initially A Limited Pre-Edition Was Released In March Of 2001 Followed A Month Later By The Official Release With All Tracks Re-Arranged. In Some Countries The First Limited Edition Was Released As Official. The Album Was Release In The U.S.A. In 2003 Under The Title Illumination. The Ethnic Theme Which First Appeared In Indalo From "Mystic. Spirit. Voices" Was Continued In The Track Africa Released As A Single In March 2001 . The Vocals On This Track Are Performed By Lawrence Sihlabeni. During Creation Of "Chapter 2" The Musicians Used Ethnic Musical Instruments For Example The Doudouk In The Track Aureus And The Great Highland Bagpipe For The Track Britannia And Operatic Parts E.G. Susanne Kirchbaum's Soprano Part In "Aureus" . However There Were No Hits Like Fundamentum In This Album. The First Two Albums Were A 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 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”. In 2001 Lesiëm Presented A Huge Show With Lasers And Pyrotechnics Called "Leipziger Feuerzauber". It Took Place At The Völkerschlachtdenkmal Near Leipzig. More Than 200 000 People Visited It A Few Millions Of Germans Watched It On The TV.

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