The drop at 1:47 hits your feels HARD. Once you hear the full Illenium album ( open.spotify.com/album/5rvIgXvAPGWspXY4rDLkeU ) comment below with your favorite track! *Don't forget to leave a like on the video to support Illenium!* 200 more uncvrd members joined yesterday, holy smokes you guys. We are already about to hit 21k!
UNCVRD Insane EP. I have to say that Lost is my favourite. Waiting for that since January, so the wait is finally over. However I think this is maybe a bit worse than Ashes. I love his melodic dubstep and all of those tracks except maybe I'll Be Your Reason that didnt catch my attention. Thats mainly because Eden and Illenium are my two favourite artist and they didnt complete my super high expectations. However Leaving yes (2 best imo)
*Interview with Illenium (Nick Miller)* “Naturally, what I write is that kind of feels-y, emotional stuff,” he says, “but when I'm making a whole album, it's an emotional process for sure. [I went] through a lot of ups and downs in that year and half process. You have good days, you have bad days, and whatever comes out of that is totally different musical inspiration. I try to harness that as much as I possibly can, not just because of the product, but because it makes me feel better after I do it.”For Miller, music is involuntary. It's release, an escape from the road, the trials and the boredom of every day existence. He's got an overactive heart, this one, and music is a means to expel his bubbling emotions. Every day, no matter where he is or what is going on, he creates something, and a few of the tracks on Awake were made almost entirely on the road. It was a first for the young producer, a twist on his creative process, and the result was strangely intimate. Those three songs are all stand-outs. “Let You Go,” “No Time Like Now" and “Taking Me Higher,” are the simplest and most reserved on the album. At times, the compositions are so sparse, there's no more than three active instrumental layers at a time. They also represent the most organic compositions of his career, built around instrumental guitar riffs he'd recorded during a particularly inspired period. “I was just in this zone where I was listening to a bunch of old rock music,” he remembers. “I love Blink 182. I think their music is awesome. I was watching this interview of Tom DeLonge [talking about their sound], a bunch of sad rock that's lullaby-esque. I love the whole vibe, and it was fun to bring that.” You won't find any bold, brash bass songs here. He turned down the electronic glitches, textured trappings and bone-rattling drops. You can really hear that Blink influence on the opening riffs of “No Time Like Now” and “Sound of Walking Away.” There's also a lot of Porter Robinson throughout, especially on “Where'd You Go.” It's quite grand and uplifting, and where Miller wouldrather leave parts of Ashes in the past, Awake is a work he finds pride in from beginning to end, which is good, because soon, he'll be heading out on the road for his most ambitious tour to date. Another reason Awake features a stripped-down sound was to ease his transition from DJ to live performer. The road saw him bit by the band bug, so he's chucking his CDJs, cueing up the Ableton and enlisting a couple friends to take his music to dynamic new heights.“I love DJing and playing a bunch of other people's music, but I think that's not the representation I wanna do when I play my own shit. It just seems like it's falling short of it,” he says. “When I was making this album, I probably didn't do much sound design at all. I was just trying to write the best songs. If you're playing a show and you have two people with you playing huge tycho drums, you want that to be the focal.” The Awake tour will feature brand-new custom visuals created by a host of varying artists and compiled by Miller in a way as to best bring his music to life. Gone are the CDJs. In their place are a new custom booth rigged for an interactive Ableton performance and two band members. He'll be joined on stage by his friends and close collaborators Trevor, aka Said the Sky, and Dabin. And he was serious about those Japanese taiko drums, the ones you practically have to jump just to play.“They're so huge,” he says with a laugh. “I knew they were gonna be big, but they're like 'Holy crap, these are insane.'” He and his homies will be set up with full ensemble gear. They'll have keys, guitars, hi hats, snares, mixers and everything they'll need to create a fully-live Illenium show, a mix of old and new productions, each specially written, mixed and edited for the stage.“It's definitely nerve-wracking, because I am a control freak, and giving that control and trust to other people to rememer their own stuff is like 'Oh my god,'” he says. “After I do [it] once or two times, I'll be totally fine. It is exciting, it's really exciting. I've played with Trevor before, and Davin, just not to this extent, but I know I do really love it when people are up there with me. I feel like I can connect with the music a bit more … especially with Trevor, we make a ton of music together, we are around each other all the time. It's an instant comfort zone.” He's gonna take all this intimate music and go big with it. He's got brand-new edits and mixes of all his tunes, both from Ashes and the latest release. Some of it will get dark and heavy. He's not completely turned his back on his old sound. In fact, he's already got some serious bass music in the pipeline, among them a forthcoming collaboration with grimy-bass bastion Kill the Noise. “He's the man,” he says. “I had this vocal from MAKO maybe four months ago that I sent him. It's really dark and really beautiful, but it's calling for both elements. I immediately hit up Jake [KtN] and was like 'You wanna work on something?' People will be like 'What the hell is going on?'”Kill the Noise jumped at the bit, ideas started swapping, and the result is one Miller can't wait to unleash. “When I play it out, it's my favorite part of my set,” he says. “It's really heavy at first, and then it has this middle breakdown section that's pure strings and horns. It's really beautiful, epic shit, and then it goes into melodic dubstep, which are my roots. That's what I started producing, and I really love it. I just wanted to get back into what I did a long time ago, just for fun. I'm not gonna stay there. I just wanna be able to move around all the time.” If his experience has taught Miller anything so far, it's that his musical freedom must remain secure. He's still growing, still finding the best ways to blend the two ends of his emotional pendulum swing. He has both a bass-loving monster and a cinematic romantic living in his brain. Awake is the response to creation's more elegant calls, and it showcases that the farther from his comfort zone he goes, the more compelling his music becomes. No doubt he'll learn even more on the road to come.
*This album is gonna be a huge hit!* I have another special Illenium video lined up for you soon from Sam Cahill!! You guys remember the Bali video? coming shortly :)
The part where MAX says 'falling to pieces' kept reminding me of a song and I thought I would never find out BUT it actually reminds me of Breakeven by The Script. Can anyone else see the similarity?
+WeDifferent you will need to contact the label (Seeking Blue). It would be up to them to determine who can upload! TBH seeking blue typically doesn't block videos so this is strange in the first place
the Fremont County Sheriff department Canon City Police department Fremont County combined court and all affiliates owe me over 100 million dollars restitution
The drop at 1:47 hits your feels HARD. Once you hear the full Illenium album ( open.spotify.com/album/5rvIgXvAPGWspXY4rDLkeU ) comment below with your favorite track! *Don't forget to leave a like on the video to support Illenium!* 200 more uncvrd members joined yesterday, holy smokes you guys. We are already about to hit 21k!
UNCVRD Insane EP. I have to say that Lost is my favourite. Waiting for that since January, so the wait is finally over. However I think this is maybe a bit worse than Ashes. I love his melodic dubstep and all of those tracks except maybe I'll Be Your Reason that didnt catch my attention. Thats mainly because Eden and Illenium are my two favourite artist and they didnt complete my super high expectations. However Leaving yes (2 best imo)
*this* is my favourite song
The lyrics really hit me hard on this one.
+TJ Tompkins I know exactly what you mean...
TJ Tompkins --- Same Here Friend.
Same 💜💔😭🙌🏻
Illenium and Ember Island, Illenium and Eden, all those beautiful collabs I can't get enough of
+Trevon the dud sure does know how to link up the right collabs that's for sure!!
*Interview with Illenium (Nick Miller)*
“Naturally, what I write is that kind of feels-y, emotional stuff,” he says, “but when I'm making a whole album, it's an emotional process for sure. [I went] through a lot of ups and downs in that year and half process. You have good days, you have bad days, and whatever comes out of that is totally different musical inspiration. I try to harness that as much as I possibly can, not just because of the product, but because it makes me feel better after I do it.”For Miller, music is involuntary. It's release, an escape from the road, the trials and the boredom of every day existence. He's got an overactive heart, this one, and music is a means to expel his bubbling emotions. Every day, no matter where he is or what is going on, he creates something, and a few of the tracks on Awake were made almost entirely on the road. It was a first for the young producer, a twist on his creative process, and the result was strangely intimate.
Those three songs are all stand-outs. “Let You Go,” “No Time Like Now" and “Taking Me Higher,” are the simplest and most reserved on the album. At times, the compositions are so sparse, there's no more than three active instrumental layers at a time. They also represent the most organic compositions of his career, built around instrumental guitar riffs he'd recorded during a particularly inspired period.
“I was just in this zone where I was listening to a bunch of old rock music,” he remembers. “I love Blink 182. I think their music is awesome. I was watching this interview of Tom DeLonge [talking about their sound], a bunch of sad rock that's lullaby-esque. I love the whole vibe, and it was fun to bring that.”
You won't find any bold, brash bass songs here. He turned down the electronic glitches, textured trappings and bone-rattling drops. You can really hear that Blink influence on the opening riffs of “No Time Like Now” and “Sound of Walking Away.” There's also a lot of Porter Robinson throughout, especially on “Where'd You Go.” It's quite grand and uplifting, and where Miller wouldrather leave parts of Ashes in the past, Awake is a work he finds pride in from beginning to end, which is good, because soon, he'll be heading out on the road for his most ambitious tour to date.
Another reason Awake features a stripped-down sound was to ease his transition from DJ to live performer. The road saw him bit by the band bug, so he's chucking his CDJs, cueing up the Ableton and enlisting a couple friends to take his music to dynamic new heights.“I love DJing and playing a bunch of other people's music, but I think that's not the representation I wanna do when I play my own shit. It just seems like it's falling short of it,” he says. “When I was making this album, I probably didn't do much sound design at all. I was just trying to write the best songs. If you're playing a show and you have two people with you playing huge tycho drums, you want that to be the focal.”
The Awake tour will feature brand-new custom visuals created by a host of varying artists and compiled by Miller in a way as to best bring his music to life. Gone are the CDJs. In their place are a new custom booth rigged for an interactive Ableton performance and two band members. He'll be joined on stage by his friends and close collaborators Trevor, aka Said the Sky, and Dabin. And he was serious about those Japanese taiko drums, the ones you practically have to jump just to play.“They're so huge,” he says with a laugh. “I knew they were gonna be big, but they're like 'Holy crap, these are insane.'”
He and his homies will be set up with full ensemble gear. They'll have keys, guitars, hi hats, snares, mixers and everything they'll need to create a fully-live Illenium show, a mix of old and new productions, each specially written, mixed and edited for the stage.“It's definitely nerve-wracking, because I am a control freak, and giving that control and trust to other people to rememer their own stuff is like 'Oh my god,'” he says. “After I do [it] once or two times, I'll be totally fine. It is exciting, it's really exciting. I've played with Trevor before, and Davin, just not to this extent, but I know I do really love it when people are up there with me. I feel like I can connect with the music a bit more … especially with Trevor, we make a ton of music together, we are around each other all the time. It's an instant comfort zone.”
He's gonna take all this intimate music and go big with it. He's got brand-new edits and mixes of all his tunes, both from Ashes and the latest release. Some of it will get dark and heavy. He's not completely turned his back on his old sound. In fact, he's already got some serious bass music in the pipeline, among them a forthcoming collaboration with grimy-bass bastion Kill the Noise.
“He's the man,” he says. “I had this vocal from MAKO maybe four months ago that I sent him. It's really dark and really beautiful, but it's calling for both elements. I immediately hit up Jake [KtN] and was like 'You wanna work on something?' People will be like 'What the hell is going on?'”Kill the Noise jumped at the bit, ideas started swapping, and the result is one Miller can't wait to unleash.
“When I play it out, it's my favorite part of my set,” he says. “It's really heavy at first, and then it has this middle breakdown section that's pure strings and horns. It's really beautiful, epic shit, and then it goes into melodic dubstep, which are my roots. That's what I started producing, and I really love it. I just wanted to get back into what I did a long time ago, just for fun. I'm not gonna stay there. I just wanna be able to move around all the time.”
If his experience has taught Miller anything so far, it's that his musical freedom must remain secure. He's still growing, still finding the best ways to blend the two ends of his emotional pendulum swing. He has both a bass-loving monster and a cinematic romantic living in his brain. Awake is the response to creation's more elegant calls, and it showcases that the farther from his comfort zone he goes, the more compelling his music becomes. No doubt he'll learn even more on the road to come.
+Johanna Nachtschatten "farther from his comfort zone the more compelling his music is" so true
This song is pure magic.
+Joey Krouth love this one so much!!
Amazing album, "Beautiful Creatures" is definitely my favourite
Calling it right now, Beautiful Creatures is going to be the biggest hit off the album! Love love love MAX
@@uncvrd p000p0p0000000p0pp00
this is my favorite from the new album without a doubt
I am in love with illinium
+parshv mehta you are not alone 😍
YESSSSSSSSS ember island and illenium! dynamic duo
+John Roberts couldn't ask for much more than this! Love them both sooo much :))
This song is beautiful
+Jerrod Benzinger glad you agree 😍
Masterpieces! Every1 of em *_* 'Lost' is my favourite
This song brings tears to my eyes. Makes me realize I wish I would have held onto what I had and not let it go
waw... amazing thanks illenium.
thanks for watching :)
*This album is gonna be a huge hit!* I have another special Illenium video lined up for you soon from Sam Cahill!! You guys remember the Bali video? coming shortly :)
HHAAAAA YAAAYYYY
This is the Afterlife of Awake
Gonzipa I need a harder drop in this one. Afterlife is much powerful imo.
Afterlife is definitely unique. But the background, pads and so on in this song are stunningly beatiful
Can you upload the rest of the album? My country doesn't have Spotify so I haven't been able to listen to the new album 😢
+MechaSilverInfernoGaming I should have another one up for you soon!
Illenium is so Powerful! Thanks for Your Love! =)
thanks for listening!!
@@uncvrd 🙋🏻♂️😊🇩🇪
@@andir4844 Hey, auch deutsch👋🙈
Please upload all his songs, thanks you for uploading this amazing track : )
+Garay I have another one in the works for ya soon, really glad you enjoyed it! The whole album is top class :))
UNCVRD wow I can't wait.. Keep up the good work... Beautiful Creatures :)
Thank you for the upload!!!
+SRodriguezProduction you're welcome thanks for listening!
Luv the tune
glad you like it :)
this is so nice???
glad you like it!
AMAZING
So much mellifluent
Love this song, but I will die alone
Im not crying,you crying!
:')
Oh my gooood
+Sergiu #.# it's soooo good!
6k views :OOO
as a great friend of mine would say: holy smokerinos
+Dani hey it's illegal to quote me!
iT's IlLeGaL tO qUoTe Me
The part where MAX says 'falling to pieces' kept reminding me of a song and I thought I would never find out BUT it actually reminds me of Breakeven by The Script. Can anyone else see the similarity?
Idk if it's bc the lyrics are the same or if the music the same too.
.
+Souad K. I def think it's bc of the phrasing! But that drop in Beautiful Creatures is soooooooo good ahhh
UNCVRD definitely!! Amazing album 😍
🎶🎶 🎶 😋🎶 🎶🎶
Hey UNCVRD,
I also uploaded the same song but it got blocked!
How are you able to upload it?
+WeDifferent upload clearance from the label! :)
+WeDifferent you will need to contact the label (Seeking Blue). It would be up to them to determine who can upload! TBH seeking blue typically doesn't block videos so this is strange in the first place
Wow.
thanks for listening
im never gonna let you goooooo
@@uncvrd its my favorite line:)
waiting for a remix of this
+Emily Lirman who'd you like to see remix this??
Oh my fucking God...
+Saad Rahman my reaction...basically haha
it makes me love my girlfriend more n more
aw :')
Fuck Yeah 💕
Illenium is too good
fuck illenium im kinda crying now
+Louie Farias you and me both 😭
the Fremont County Sheriff department Canon City Police department Fremont County combined court and all affiliates owe me over 100 million dollars restitution
:O