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{{Infobox_Company
| company_name = [[Company_Name::Lesiëm]]
| company_logo = [[Image:Lesiëm.png|150px|UMM Logo]]
| company_slogan = ''Mystics Spirits''
| company_type = [[Company_Type::Private Company]]
| genre =
| foundation = [[Year_Started::1999]]
| founder = [[Key_Person1::Alex Wende]], [[Key_Person2::Sven Meisel]]
| location = [[City::Germany]], [[Country_Name::Germany|GER]]
| industry = [[NAICS_Code1_Title::Music company]]<br>
| contact = Web: [https://g.co/kgs/qJhKHk]
| reference = Mystic Spirits
}}
'''Lesiëm''' is a German musical project created in 1999 by the producers Sven Meisel and Alex Wende and active until 2005. The project's music combines elements of [[Rock music|rock]], [[pop]], [[electronica]], [[New-age music|new age]], enigmatic and [[ambient music]], as well as [[Gregorian chant]] and other [[choral music]]. It is frequently compared to French project [[Era (musical project)|Era]], [http://mywikibiz.com/Shinnobu_(Musical_project) Shinnobu], German musical project [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] and the Norwegian artist [[Amethystium]].<ref name=Last.FM>[http://www.last.fm/music/Lesi%C3%ABm/+wiki "Lesiëm's biography on Last.FM]. ''Last.FM''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.</ref> Lesiëm's website makes extensive reference to the group's mystical and spiritual influences.<ref name=Last.FM /><ref name=Illumination>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/illumination-mw0000597956 "''Illumination'' review on AllMusic"]. ''AllMusic''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.</ref>
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. 10 at the U.S. New Age Albums Billboard chart.<ref name=Mystic>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/new-age-albums/2002-11-02 "''Mystic Spirit Voices'' chart on Billboard"]. ''Billboard''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.</ref> Lesiëm's second album, ''Chapter 2'', was released in 2001 in Europe, and in the United States in 2003 under the title ''Illumination'', where it reached no. 7. at the New Age Albums Billboard chart.<ref name=Illumination />
The first two albums were some sort of prelude for the pop-opera ''Times'', which was Lesiëm's third album (released as ''Auracle'' in the United States in 2004).<ref name=Auracle>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/auracle-mw0000301955 "''Auracle'' review on AllMusic"]. ''AllMusic''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.</ref> The musicians started their work in March 2002 and finished it in the end of July. The single "Caritas" (featuring Scottish singer [[Maggie Reilly]] and [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]]) was presented in December 2002 on the philanthropic TV-show of [[José Carreras]], ''Carreras Gala''.<ref name=Last.FM /> In 2005, Lesiëm released its latest songs for a new version of ''Times'', "Morgain" and "Morgause", both also collaborations with Maggie Reilly.<ref>[https://www.amazon.de/Times-Lesiem/dp/B000BQV7V4 "''Times'' on Amazon.de"]. ''Amazon''. Retrieved 4 September 2016.</ref>
