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Illumenium
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ABOUT
ILLUMENIUM is an Estonian "All-Time Touring" rock band and, from 2019, introducers of a new music style to the world called "HOP-HIP." The band provides two different styles of music, and it is easy to recognize the difference. HOP-HIP songs will have "XIII" written behind the title name - it comes from an upcoming album name. For example, the song "For My Old Friend" on a rock album will be ILLUMENIUM - For My Old Friend, and on a HOP-HIP album, it would be ILLUMENIUM (XIII) - For My Old Friend. The band was founded on October 8th, 2014, when the remaining members of the band Def Rage had a band rehearsal in a village near Graz, AT, while on a European tour. The name of the band was born a few weeks earlier when the band was in Alessandria, Italy, making a stop next to the highway. There were three police patrols sent to control the band. They asked the singer Kari Kärner if he was from the Freemasons (Illuminati), pointing out the tattoo on his face. The singer replied "Yes," but meant it as a joke. And from there comes the band name ILLUMENIUM - which consists of illuminati (ILLUM) and millennium (ENIUM) and means the "Thousand Year Enlighteners." They call themselves the "Illukad" in Estonian or "Enlighters" in English direct translation. The former band consisted of Kari Kärner on main vocals, Kevin Presmann on drums, Andre Kaldas on scream/growl vocals, Grigori Rõzuk on lead guitar, Henrico Krebes on rhythm guitar, and Rainer Trillo on bass guitar. In spring 2015, the band released a 13-track demo album "Towards Endless 8," which was mainly targeted to promote to potential concert audiences. The demo album was also presented at many concerts given in Europe. In early 2016, they released a modified version of the demo album with a total of 18 tracks on the CD. It was meant to be the guideline for future albums. After a two-year European tour, the band started working on a debut album. At the end of 2017, the album "Jackal" was released. The debut album was recorded with a new band lineup - with Kari Kärner on main vocals, Andre Kaldas on scream/growl vocals, Kevin Presmann on lead guitar, Romy Leis on rhythm guitar, Raigo Tüür on drums, and Karli Raaga on bass guitar. In addition, there were a few "old friends" as well who took part in the recording process. The band lineup is perfect by the spirit! Because "Towards Endless 8" was released many years ago, the band decided to work on the second album right after completing the album "Jackal." At the beginning of 2018, the band released their second album "Gehenna." After some time on tour, early in 2018, the band family lost a promotion team member and close friend Johannes Kuslap. The death of Johannes was a big setback for the band family. The band only gave three shows from the planned 2018 European tour and decided to take time off for a while. All social media was discontinued for about a year. The band used this time to work on a third album called "Underdogs." The release holds a title dedicated to Johannes Kuslap called "Elysium." The album will be released unofficially on January 1st, 2019. In addition to the third album, the band planned an acoustic album. While planning the album, there came an idea not to target the mainstream but more of something new. Late in 2018, the stage lineup grew by two young rappers: Erik Kauge and Avery Niineorg. The idea to create something new began, and a new music style was born they called "HOP-HIP," which is mostly targeted towards clubs and radio airplay. But also targeted at giving big live concerts. The difference between "HIP-HOP" and "HOP-HIP" is that the music style has fewer lyrics, but the lyrics are more towards the point of the song than today's modern HIP-HOP or mumble rap. HOP-HIP will spread like fire because it is a new unique style. The plan to release the first HOP-HIP album "XIII" is in 2019. The demo album is already published for radio rotation. The band offers two different styles of music: HOP-HIP and Rock and is the first band in the world to do that simultaneously because the music is targeted mostly towards the club audience but still has the taste of underground. Usually, the band gives rock concerts on Fridays and HOP-HIP concerts on Saturdays, but there can always be exceptions. In the summer, there will be a chance to see the band at different rock and electronic music festivals, where they present their new style to the world as a new era, the rising sun, and new light in the world where the old Illuminati will be replaced with the new. ILLUMENIUM is also known by the saying "El Mahhiko," which originated from a movie called "The Blow." In the band family, this basically means "All or nothing" or "Never give up." Also, the band uses an Estonian saying "Bänd tippu," translated as "Band to the top," while raising the right index finger towards the sky. All sayings are also used in combination, and the meaning is the same - together until the grave.
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