To radio amateurs and everyone else - I will send a QSL postcard to all of you who write comments here and your postal address to jarvi1986@gmail.com. And even if you don't want it, leave a comment anyway, I read everything and it makes me happy.
UPDATE: Andy Feelin is actually a licensed ham (radio amateur) and holds the callsign R2AVV
Velvet R. Wings - Cutie-H EquestriaVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2018-04-01 | "Hello, hello, Turn your radio on. Is there anybody out there? Help me sing my song." Shakespears Sister.
To radio amateurs and everyone else - I will send a QSL postcard to all of you who write comments here and your postal address to jarvi1986@gmail.com. And even if you don't want it, leave a comment anyway, I read everything and it makes me happy.
UPDATE: Andy Feelin is actually a licensed ham (radio amateur) and holds the callsign R2AVV
This song has a long and dramatic history and for me it's a closure to a story that happened more than 15 years ago. Just this year I finally found back an old draft and changed almost everything to make it what it has become now.
The song is featured on Ponies at Dawn: Pandemonium, which I consider a nice coincidence because we started to work on it even before the album was announced. You can get it here: poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/pandemonium
Velvet R. Wings — song itself, vocals, half of the choir, video, artwork, tears and screams Mane In Green — music, orchestration, guitar, second half of the choir, mixing and mastering Koron Korak — violin Valerio Magli — bass, synth bass Charles Baudelaire — the original poem Andy Feelin and Soul Strings — emotional support
As an English version we used Roy Campbell's translation (Poems of Baudelaire, New York: Pantheon Books, 1952). The pictured flowers are: Christmas rose, red Chrysanthemum and Jonquil
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseILLUMNATION — Wind (feat. Frozen Night)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2023-05-05 | Hello again everyone!
I promised you a happy song, so here we are. This song was gifted to me by my friend and collab partner. He showed me a draft of this song and I immediately fell in love with it. He didn't know what to do with it so he gifted it to me and said "do as you will"
"Magic, magic, do as you will"
For me this song is about being free and perfectly knowing who you are. It is about complete honesty. And, of course, love. The love that started it all.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseVelvet R. Wings — DisillusionVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2023-04-07 | Hello again everyone!
These days we finally decided to revisit a song I made last year in march just to stay sane. I'll spare you the heavy details, for now I'll just tell that so far it's the only song I made all by myself, except for mixing and mastering. Anyways...
Song, lyrics, vocals, harp, Moog, weird percussion, cover image and dark thoughts are by Velvet R. Wings Mixing and mastering by Soul Strings Life saving moral support and meaningful friendships by Telofy, Renha, Mane In Green, Jamis, ExplodingPonyToast and Frozen Night
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnationVelvet R. Wings & Mane In Green — In This MomentVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2023-02-03 | Hello again everyone!
This is a song about the place that brought me back to life and gave me strength to live through everything that happened last year. This is a song about the feeling you have when you realise that every tiny choice in your life led you to this exact moment of happiness. I wanted to preserve this feeling so I made a song about it. One year ago, in this precise spot we started making this track and it ended up on Ponies At Dawn: Zenith. The whole album you can get here poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/zenith. One year later it is finally here. I am here. I'm alive. velvetillumnation.bandcamp.com/track/in-this-moment
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnationAndy Feelin & Velvet R. Wings — Svitlo Majaka (feat. SDreamExplorerS & L-Train)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-11-06 | Hello again everyone!
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION live @ SugarFest 2021Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-07-16 | Hello again everyone!
Last week we had a pleasure to perform online at SugarFest 2021 with a kind of set people are not used to expect from us. We wanted to do it for a long time already, but the pandemic made it's adjustments so we're doing it now.
It was a great pleasure to be able to play together and to perform live on a real stage — even if our audience wasn't present in the same room but supported us from behind their screens. Thanks to everyone who came to SugarFest-21 to watch our set, it was a new experience for us and we're glad to receive all the support from you!
Of course our joy wasn't complete without our favorite guests: Koron Korak (violin) and Artémis Plum (flute). Thank you guys for joining us!
(Don't worry, the harp is not going anywhere and will play a huge role in our next performances. Though, like the rest of the things, they won't be the same again)
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseVelvet R. Wings — Ponies At Dawn: Oceansong teaserVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-05-05 | Hello again everyone!
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseILLUMNATION — Je te rends ton amour (Mylène Farmer cover)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-03-03 | Hello again everyone!
It's hard to tell about things that mean a lot to me. Here is our cover to one of my favorite songs ever. After all, it was Mylène Farmer who originally inspired my voice. And feeling this it was a hard job: we wanted to save the feeling of the original, but carry it out our own way... and in my opinion we got it just the best we could. It is not better than original, it's not worse, it's just different.
As it usually happens, what got us to finally do this was a life event that led me to be disappointed in a person who used to be important to me and i felt very emotional about it, so I decided that it will fit perfectly as a fourth part of our Balefire journey. This time becoming a sketch is not enough... and we fade into blank canvas.
This song is a part of our latest EP, "Balefire" which is available here: https://smarturl.it/ILLUMNATIONBalefire
Velvet R. Wings — vocals Andy Feelin — guitars, synth, fretless bass, minimoog Soul Strings — guitars, bass, drum programming Song by Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverse5 years of ILLUMNATION: Q&AVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-02-25 | Hello again everyone!
This is a long one to make up for our 2 week absense ^^ Almost a month ago we posted an announcement for our 5 year anniversary special, you asked us some interesting question and we spent some time answering them. It was also a great opportunity to gather together (via video call) and to reflect over what we've been through, share our experience and tell some stories.
More friends equals more fun so we invited our favorite guest musician Koron Korak to the party to have fun with us and to moderate us
And don't forget, our "Balefire" EP is available on bandcamp and streaming platforms! https://smarturl.it/ILLUMNATIONBalefire
Thanks to everyone who sent us questions (and those who read our descriptions!) — now you all know a little bit more about us ^^
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseILLUMNATION — Immortal (feat. Koron Korak)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-02-03 | Hello again everyone!
As Balefire is now available on streaming services we thought it would be right to upload a song from this EP. It was the most complicated one in production and I am very proud of how it turned out. You may buy/listen to the full EP here https://smarturl.it/ILLUMNATIONBalefire
And here is the story connected to this song. After discovering the abandoned lighthouse and putting it back to order our heroine started to serve as a keeper for that lighthouse, literally giving all that was left of her into her new purpose of life. Who knows, probably it was some kind of a gratitude?
Somehow she became one with the lighthouse and became a silent witness for everything that happened to this land, all the rises and falls, wars, plagues, the progress and all the changes her kind made through the history.
Everything changed, but she still turned her light on for those who needed it.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseILLUMNATION & Mane In Green — Winter Sun (feat. Koron Korak)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-01-27 | Hello again everyone!
Today I present you a song that is very important to me. I started it in 2018 and then, shortly after I met Mane In Green I suggested this song as a collab. Then it was a long time of procrastination and life stuff (like live tours, they were a thing back then)... until Andy arrived and added some pieces that were clearly missing and finally we were able to get it together and submit to Ponies At Dawn: Eclipse. You can get it here poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/track/winter-sun-feat-koron-korak
This is a song about recovering from winter, coming out from a dark place of your soul, finding new powers inside you and making an important desicion to move on with your life and make it better.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverse5 years of ILLUMNATION: Q&A announcementVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-01-20 | Hello again everyone!
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseVelvet R. Wings & Andy Feelin — Chrysalis (Cant Get Away) (live @ Kucykon19)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2021-01-13 | Hello again everyone!
Happy New year and whatever else holidays you had and celebrated. Hope, you're doing well.
Today we bring you a live video from Kucykon that happened in 2019 and for some reason it turns out that it was the only time when this song was performed on stage. Yeah, I was shocked too.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseHappy New 2021 Year from ILLUMNATIONVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-12-30 | Hello again everyone!
2020 comes to an end and we wanted to share with you some thoughts about it. What we learned, what we have done and how we coped with situation.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverse```ILLUMNATION — Balefire (full EP)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-12-23 | Hello again everyone and welcome!
As we all can agree, the year 2020 has been indeed a dumpster fire. The world has changed and we have no choice but to learn how to live in this new world that is about to begin. And it is not easy at all
We’re following the story of the heroine whose name was forgotten by history. After becoming the only survivor of a life-breaking catastrophe she rediscovers her life and finds a new purpose.
Velvet R. Wings — vocals, harp, flute, recorder, ocarina, mouth harp Andy Feelin — synths, minimoog, drum programming on #1, bass/fretless on #4-5, guitars on #4 Soul Strings — guitars, bass on #1-4, drum programming #2-4 Koron Korak — violin
All songs by Velvet R. Wings except for #4 (Mylène Farmer / Laurent Boutonnat) and #5 (Darren Korb) Arranged by ILLUMNATION Mixed and mastered by Soul Strings Lyrics proof-read by ExplodingPonyToast
Cover art by Velvet R. Wings
We would like to thank our friends, families and everyone who survived and helped us making this EP
Special thanks to: Elena Sharoeva, Denis Drescher, Renha, Plumette a.k.a. Mane In Green, Artémis Plum, Jamis, Elias Frost, Frozen Night, Ponies At Dawn, Supergiant Games, My Little Pony team and Terry Pratchett
0:00 – Enlightenment 3:46 – M’aidez (Ashes and Dust) (feat. Koron Korak) 8:37 – Immortal (feat. Koron Korak) 14:21 – Je Te Rends Ton Amour (Mylène Farmer cover) 19:38 – In The Flame (Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett cover) (Live at Czequestria 2019)
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseMaking of Balefire pt. 1: Trials and errorsVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-12-16 | Hello again everyone!
Today I want to show you everything from the beginning and how I go from a single idea to "Hey guys, we're making this album!" And you'll get a little idea of how my actual composing process is going on. Another thing I want you to know: even if something really bad happened to you and destroyed everything you believed was your life, you still may make a song out of it and build your new world on that song. I do it all the time.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseILLUMNATION — Balefire samplerVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-12-09 | Hello again everyone!
Today we are glad to share a little bit more info about our upcoming release - "Balefire", it is! We've already showed you the tracklist and also opened the pre-order on bandcamp, so today we're presenting you a short sampler for our EP!
One of the tracks from it was recently released on a new Ponies at Dawn charity album "Introspection", which you can get here: poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/introspection All donations towards this album before February 2021 will go to "Save The Children", a charity that focuses on the welfare and education of kids from Australia and other places all over the world.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseILLUMNATION — Mirror Laugh (live at Czequestria-19)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-12-02 | Hello again everyone!
This time we have in store a creepy, but funny song from "Paper Boats". Seriously, this is one of my personal favorites. You can check out the full album here velvetillumnation.bandcamp.com/album/paper-boats Fun fact: all of it was played with my eyes closed because at the day before i caught a terrible cold and it got especially strong while we were playing this song. 0/10, do not recommend, so stay healthy, eat vitamins and never stand between two mirrors.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseAndy Feelin & Velvet R. Wings — Mystery (feat. 4/3chord and Anton Maryin)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-11-25 | Hello again everyone!
This song had a long and complicated story, several years of waiting to be released and then finally made it into the latest Ponies at Dawn album "Eclipse" which you can get here https://smarturl.it/PoniesAtDawnEclipse
What for the song... She is not what you think she is.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnationBalefire EP teaserVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-11-18 | Hello again everyone!
Some time ago we announced a EP coming this December. We actually were very serious about it. And we want to show you Our power: what we're really capable of even being separated by the madness of the world (not to mention some actual hell going on right now). Our light: I always intended my music to be something that can give hope to others. Our history: one very special history is going to be revealed. I can't tell you more now :)
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseILLUMNATION - Cutie-H Czequestria (live 2019)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-11-11 | Hello again everyone!
Today we decided to bring you back to a happy place with a hopeful song. Honestly, I am very much impressed with the amount of love this song has received since the day it was released. And here we are performing it on a convention that seemingly adopted it as an “unofficial anthem”.
All credit, of course, goes to Andy Feelin, but let me thank you once more for all the love you showed us right there and then. Can’t wait to sing for you again in person one day.
Special gratitude goes to Renha for half of the footage for this concert and to Jamis for creating such a convention.
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnationMaking of...not Balefire :DVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-11-04 | Hello again everyone!
As you can see, “I still ate’nt dead” and I managed to do some more stuff. And if you were following us on another social networks, you may know that we recently announced the EP that is going to come out in December. There is so much to talk about I don’t even know where to start, but I promise that I won’t disappear for so long anymore.
Also as a true sister of my brother, I was working on several things at one time, but I guess you will find something familiar in this video.
P. S: Happy birthday Telofy! ______________________________
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseThe making of... somethingVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-07-20 | Hello there again!
As some of you may know, last year I finally set up my own recording space and started exploring my own recording abilities. Of course, Soul and Andy are happy to help, but they cannot be around every time I need to record myself. And then, you know, the plague happened and made me very grateful to my past self for this decision because at least I had something to do. Recently I was inspired by my brother Soul and several wonderful human beings to show you some of my working process. I find these "the making of" videos interesting, I love to watch them so I thought some of you may enjoy it too.
Also here you have my first attempt at video editing. That’s right, all of my previous videos were made by my fellow musicians, and after that I think I’m out of excuses to not do it myself, especially after I found out that it is possible to do from the tablet without killing my eyes.
I can’t make any promises about the forthcoming album, but it is happening. Slowly, but it is happening. ______________________________
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us #velvetillumnation #intothelumiverseVelvet R. Wings & Mane In Green — Inspiration ManifestationVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-06-22 | Good evening, and finally this track is here! It's hard to contain my excitement about it so I'll just tell everything.
This song is literally made of the things that inspire me. And I'm sure some people have already noticed that this track was heavily inspired by "The Phantom of the Opera" musical which is very special to me because I used to be a part of this show. One led to another and at the first ever performance of what later became ILLUMNATION we used the name "Music of the Night" to honor Lord Andy and because I am such a night person. And Rarity. Now I'm sure that she is my favorite of m6 and we also have a lot in common.
And then it turns into a story about five years of procrastination and how it ended well. I cannot remember for how long I had this song drafted and... well, mostly forgotten because nobody asked about this track. Until two events happened: the name of the new P@D album was revealed and my dear Mane In Green started to struggle with inspiration. So without any expectations I offered her my little draft piece. She responded with... basically this orchestration. And after several changes, one face-to-face discussion and some advices from Soul, our inspiration at last was manifested. But after that Mane continued to prove that she is full of surprises, because the picture we also did together. I did the composition and character placement and then she remembered her architect past and the picture turned into what you see now.
Vocals and the idea by Velvet R. Wings Arrangement, mixing and mastering, video and fluffiness by Mane In Green Mixing advices and sparkles by Soul Strings
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION — Lullaby for FriendsVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-06-01 | “Why do lullabies always have to have some terrible warning in them?”
I swear, I wasn’t planning any of that, but it happens now anyway.
Today’s song is special to me, it is dedicated to Soul Strings, my brother and very important person of my life. I seriously have no idea what I’d do without him and if I was better at verbally expressing myself, I’d probably tell you more. But I’m a singer, not a speaker, so you have this song to listen to instead.
This song came out on ILLUMNATION debut EP “Casting Shadows” back in 2017, so probably quality is far from perfect, but you know what, it is still part of our history and I’m proud of it anyway. You can get the full EP here http://smarturl.it/qyaxle
Take care of each other.
Velvet R. Wings — song, vocals, harp, ocarina Andy Feelin — bass guitar Lynch — guitar Fenih — mixing and mastering Pechka — percussion
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION — Longest NightVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-05-25 | Hello again dear listeners, I’m here today with a song from our album “Paper Boats” that fits the state of everything surprisingly well.
Once in 2015 during mindless internet surfing I came across a very nice poem that resonated with my feelings very well. I immediately wrote a message to the author and asked her for a permission to use this as song lyrics, and luckily she gave her permission. And we made it into a song about the darkest time of the year, when the dark spirits come out and the cold winds blow and you feel like it will never end. The longest night is the scariest, but it brings hope because in this night the new sun is born and soon it will grow strong enough to scare the dark spirits away... but then the circle will start again.
Princess Luna knows everything about the darkness and how important the hope is. That’s why she is here to bring peace to minds of those who were affected by this time of victorious Samhain.
The original poem has a second part which I also made into a song. You’ll hear it on our next album we’re working at. Both of the poems can be found here https://stihi.ru/2015/10/14/747
Full album is here: https://smarturl.it/ILLUMNATIONPB
Irina Guschareva — lyrics Velvet R. Wings — song, vocals, harp, ocarina, Irish whistle, cover image, breathing Andy Feelin — bass, video editing, recording assistance Alaksandr Zubko — percussion Soul Strings — recording assistance Lynch — guitar Fenih — sound engineering and mastering Sergey Krukovskiy — harp recording assistance
English version is made by Velvet R. Wings, corrected by ExplodingPonyToast
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION — Always Remember Us This Way (Lady Gaga cover) (live at Czequestria-19)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-04-28 | Hello again dear listeners, long time no seen. Today I want to present you our humble cover on Lady Gaga's song from the movie "A Star Is Born" which since some time turned into something very personal to me. No wonders I wanted to perform it on my favorite convention. Before you ask: yes, I really got that emotional.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: THE STREAM WAS POSTPONED TO MAY 4 2020
I want to invite you to my next quarantine online performance that will happen on May 1 2020 at 19:00 GMT+2 on my Twitch account twitch.tv/velvetrwings For some reasons I couldn't do it on YouTube, yeah... Anyways, I already had two nice performances there and this one is going to be fun too, so see you there! ______________________________
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usVelvet R. Wings & SDreamExplorerS - Convergent Evolution (feat Artémis Plum)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2020-02-19 | Hello everyone again! Today we have a song from Ponies At Dawn album “Eternal” and I have something to say about it. Draft of this song I had for a very long time, but did not work on for various reasons. But, like I said, recently I found out that convergent evolution is a thing when I met almost the exact copy of myself raised in a different country and in different circumstances. This song is not about her, but meeting her was an event when I remembered about that draft and suggested that to Soul. At first I wanted to make the flute part myself, as I did on Paper Boats, but for some reason it didn’t work out and for the flute we invited my dear friend Artémis from the SeaPony Orchestra.
Music — Velvet R. Wings, arranged by Alex Verge and Soul Strings Lyrics — Velvet R. Wings Flute — Artémis Plum
Special thanks to one person from the band Flëur for giving me a boost to create my own lyrics, everyone who helped us to record this song and everyone who loved it on P@D. You can get the full album here: https://smarturl.it/PoniesAtDawnEternal
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION — Ballade de SolitudeVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-12-13 | Hello again everyone!
I want to tell a story today, so take a seat and read the description for it is one of my favorite songs at the moment.
It all happened in spring of 2017, when Andy Feelin was in Batumi. There he was walking near the sea and noticed a small old lighthouse among all the modern fancy looking buildings. Andy said, that this lighthouse seemed very lonely and so he spent some time near to it every walk, just to make it feel less lonely. Later he wrote me and told a story about that lighthouse and another one about a girl who cared deeply about the old abandoned lighthouse and when she was dying she asked her family to build a house near that lighthouse. The story was part of “To the Moon” which I wasn’t aware of at that time, but it touched me deeply and next day I sent him a first demo of the song. Of course, being unaware about original sources, I used my fantasy and imagination a lot, so in the end it turned out to be very “my” thing.
But then we faced some difficulties. The song should’ve been in French, I knew it, so at the time of working on Paper Boats I was very creepy towards every native French speaker I happened to meet in the way “please teach me how to French” (and I’m deeply sorry for that ^^’). Turns out, I was too creepy and we were short on time, so I pushed myself to release this song “as is” with the intention to improve it later. In the end lyrics were translated by Lisa Hvors and then I used lots of help and corrections from Jyc Row, Koron Korak and Daniel Legrand (who also fixed my pronunciation).
And finally, to my great pleasure, the improved version was released on P@D album Echoes ^^
Music and lyrics — Velvet R. Wings Lyric translation — Lisa Hvors, corrected by Koron Korak and Daniel Legrand with help of Jyc Row Arrangement — ILLUMNATION Art — Velvet R. Wings (Inktober 2019) Video — Soul Strings
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION — Wiccan RedeVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-11-18 | Hello again!
With Samhain behind, let me introduce you to something that saved my life once. For three years already I am an open Wiccan and finding that out was a huge relief. I don't know what else to say, so enjoy the song and the view on my home alter.
The song was released last year on our album "Paper Boats". Get the album: http://smarturl.it/IllumnationPB
Music by Velvet R. Wings Arragement by ILLUMNATION Lyrics by Doreen Valiente Mixed by Fenih Video by Velvet R. Wings and Andy Feelin
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION - Зеркальный смех (Mirror Laugh)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-10-11 | Hello again! Thank you for 500 subscribers!
Finally uploading another song from our last year's album "Paper Boats". Along with the singable English translation. This time it’s the creepy one, since Halloween/Samhain is almost here.
This song was based on multiple creepy stories, one of which was called exactly "Зеркальный смех" and was about the haunted mirror. Another source of inspiration was a huge book about Yokai (surprisingly, in French). And the last and most important source was my own experience of living in a haunted place.
Composed by Velvet R. Wings. arranged by ILLUMNATION Russian and English lyrics by Velvet R. Wings Mixing and mastering by Fenih Video editing by Andy Feelin Art by Velvet R. Wings
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from us. Also if you have any creepy stories from your life to share, feel free to do so!THE LAST SONG IM SINGING FOR YOUVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-09-30 | Hello, it's been a while. And this video is very important for me. It concludes the whole era of my life. It puts an end to something that was very important for me. But letting go of your past is important, for opening your mind to something new and special.
So hereby I present you the last song I performed with Przewalski's Ponies after four years of working together. For such an occasion we combined the original and the new one (a.k.a. "'Artist's"' version). This performance took place at Everfree Encore'18 (Uslar. Germany).
You could notice the recent release of "Winter Snow", but it's not a comeback. It's a farewell. Przewalski's Ponies are dead and buried, but the musicians that took part in this project are still alive and active.
This is it. Stay tuned. Velvet R. Wings ______________________________
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION - In the Flame (Darren Korb & Ashley Barrett cover) (live at Czequestria-2019)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-09-10 | Long time no see, stranger... Our journey continues in a meantime. This summer we worked hard and travelled a lot, visited several european conventions and performed live of course! Our last stop for the summer season was at our favourite and the comfiest MLP-con in Europe - Czequestria. We're excited to share some live records from our trip, so have our first one - a cover of Darren Korb/Ashley Barret's song from a videogame "Pyre" by Supergiant Games.
We too are long lost exiles in this world, dear reader... ______________________________
Velvet R. Wings - vocals, harp Andy Feelin - bass Soul Strings - guitar
Music/lyrics/arrangement/guitars/keyboards/recording/production by Andy Feelin Vocals by Velvet R. Wings Mixed and mastered by Soundchop studio in Minsk Artwork by Hardbrony ______________________________
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usVelvet R. Wings — Teneste la promessa... Addio, del passatoVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-06-14 | a. k. a. me being a drama queen for 6 minutes.
Hello again! I’m here to introduce you once again to another side of me: my vocal studies. And I'm really proud of how this piece turned out and hope you'll enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed singing it.
At first we were preparing another one for this festival, but then life made it's adjustments and I was ill for almost all the winter and still have not recovered completely. So the aria of dying Violetta from the final act of La Traviata was a perfect aria to sing for me since I really love this opera. My teacher directed the whole scene, my grandma made a perfect dress (I was going after the silent movie look). And it turned out perfectly.
Performed at the international music festival "Music and Style" on 26.05.2019 at the Prokofiev Museum (Moscow) Vocal part - Velvet R. Wings Piano part - Isolde Agibalova (one and only) Beautiful music worth to die for - Giuseppe Verdi My teacher and director - Elena Sharoeva youtube.com/user/MsElena2107 Filming - Renha
Feel free to like this video if you liked it and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION - Paper Boats (full album)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-04-02 | Hello dear Youtube people! Great to post for you again.
Here's another video that we wanted to upload long time ago before life happened to us and kept us a little bit away from video editing (for which I would like to thank my dear brother Soul Strings). And I'm proud to present you once more our full album "Paper Boats" which you can get here https://smarturl.it/ILLUMNATIONPB
Some more credits for all the wonderful people who took part in it:
Velvet R. Wings - vocals, backing vocals, harp, ocarina, flute, shaman's drum Andy Feelin - bass, backing vocals in 4, bells in 13, guitar in 7
Also:
Lynch - guitar in 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 Soul Strings - guitar, upright in 7 and 15, percussion, sound engineering Alaksandr Zubko - percussion Koron Korak - violin in 2 Sergey Krukovskiy - harp recording assistance Anton "Fenih" Chernobrovkin - sound engineering
All songs are written by Velvet R. Wings, arranged by Lynch, Soul Strings and Andy Feelin Lyrics are written by Velvet R. Wings, except for 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12 Lyrics translation for 13 is made by Svetozar Lashin
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usILLUMNATION For Him Not To Be Alone live @Everfree Encore, Uslar, Germany, 15 09 2018Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2019-03-25 | Hello dear Youtube people! Long time no seen. Finally a live video from Everfree Encore, where we had our pleasure to perform on September 2018 On February 1 we released a live album that was recorded there. it turned out really great, check it out here: velvetillumnation.bandcamp.com/album/alive-and-everfree-live-at-everfree-encore-2018 We had more videos from that show, but some accident happened to them and this one is the only surviver. Hope to fix them all someday.
Velvet R. Wings — vocals, celtic harp Andy Feelin — guitar, backing vocals Nicolas Pachatz — sound engineer, recording engineer And big extra thanks to Renha for filming this video
Feel free to like this video and write down in the comments below what would you like to see from usHappy New Year from ILLUMNATION!Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2018-12-31 | Hello everyone! There's something I want to tell you before 2018 ends. Thank you for everything! Blessed be and have a nicest New Year!
Velvet R. WingsILLUMNATION - Passing TimeVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2018-12-02 | Circles on the water, moon cycles and dance of the leaves. All this life is moving in circles. And it means that we will always meet again.
Another song from our "Paper Boats" album https://smarturl.it/ILLUMNATIONPB
Music & lyrics by Velvet R. Wings Arranged by ILLUMNATION
Harp, vocals by Velvet R. Wings Bass guitar by Andy Feelin Percussion by Alaksandr Zubko Guitar by Soul Strings Sound engineering by Fenih
The song is taken from "Paper Boats" LP (2018) https://smarturl.it/ILLUMNATIONPB
Music & lyrics by Velvet R. Wings Arranged by ILLUMNATION Lyrics translated by Svetozar Lashin
Lyrics in English: On the border of the sences Sunlight falls - and time is changing We can change everything around us But nothing ever changes at all
My sky is blue 'cause I want it to So I paint it sapphire for you My heart is full of love, though I know That my love costs nothing at all
On the border of the sences Floats my paper boat in the sea of forgets But I see the savior lighthouse Set the sails! I'm coming home
Harp, vocals, flute by Velvet R. Wings Bass guitar, cow bells by Andy Feelin Acoustic guitar by Lynch Percussion by Alaksandr Zubko Sound engineering by Anton "Fenih" Chernobrovkin
Camera - Shprotana Schooner crew: Alexey Pecheykin, Ivan Gubarev Camera boat crew: Igor Lisov, Natalia Lisova Schooner "St. George" of Sailing Club "Gardemarins"
Special thanks to Ekaterina Vlasova, Irina Anatolyevna Zhigalina
Music & lyrics by Velvet R. Wings Arranged by ILLUMNATION
Harp, vocals by Velvet R. Wings Violin by Koron Korak Bass guitar by Andy Feelin Percussion by Alaksandr Zubko Guitar and sound engineering by Soul Strings
"Paper boats" is our new full-length album, a new chapter of our story after our "Casting Shadows" EP. United as one we've worked really hard on this release and gathered our dearest friends to assist us on this musical journey.
These songs were never released before, although some of you could hear them over the years from our live performances.
The album will be released tomorrow, september 9th, 2018, right after our interview on "Brony Radio Germany", and available in both digital and digipack-CD format on our bandcamp page. And next weekend we will perform it live at "Everfree Encore" music festival in Germany.
Don't forget, 20% of all the donations will go to the most effective charity I could find!
Stay tuned and see you at Everfree Encore next weekend!ILLUMNATION - In Circles (Darren Korb & Ashley Barrett cover) (live at BronUKon)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2018-08-03 | Hello, dear subscribers!
A while ago we've been to Kiev, Ukraine with an hour-long live set at BronUKon - this was really cool, trust me! - and today we're here to share this cover song called "In Circles", written by amazing duo - Darren Korb and Ashley Barret - from a videogame "Transistor" by Supergiant Games.
Enjoy! ^-^ ______________________________
Velvet R. Wings - vocals, harp Andy Feelin - bass Soul Strings - guitar Sir Metronome - metronome
You should totally check Supergiant Games and their masterpieces! Each game is unique, every incredible journey is sincere, all the characters are amazingly alive and, why, the music is beyond awesome, that's for sure! supergiantgames.com ______________________________
Meanwhile we're working hard on our new album and preparing some really cool things for our next live performances - the closest one is Everfree Encore in September. There'll be plenty of talented musicians, so it's definitely worth checking out! https://everfree-encore.eu/illumnation/
Velvet R. Wings - vocals, harp Soul Strings - everything else and mastering Andy Feelin - everything else Frozen Night - piano 4/3 - guitar in 3 Dæp - keys in 3
We would like to thank our families, friends and everyone who was paying attention
Special thanks to: Elena Sharoeva, Denis Drescher, Patrick Poe, Asstain, Renha, Mutronics, El Aeni, Fenih, EM120X, Elias Frost, Dima K., RV3C, Katya Byrkina, Ponies At Dawn, Bronies for Good, SweetieBot project, Fairytale Show Theatre, My Little Pony team and Terry Pratchett.
Cover art made by Velvet R. Wings, inspired by by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law’s Shadowscapes TarotVelvet R. Wings & SDreamExplorerS - Freedom ReclaimedVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2018-07-09 | Hi, everypony! It's been several months since the latest Ponies at Dawn album "Rebirth" release, but our collab is finally here!
This song is about darkest parts of our minds and how not to let it ruin your life. I guess, Princess Luna, me and my brother know a lot about it. And thus we're glad to be a part of another amazing Ponies at Dawn album.
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Lyrics and vocals by Velvet R. Wings Music/mixing/mastering: Soul Strings and 4/3 Vocal recording assistance: Andy Feelin
Don't forget that my album release (pre-order's still open!) is very soon - july 16th - and our CDs will be available at BronUkon (Ukraine) this weekend and on B4G booth at GalaCon (Germany) later this month! 20% of all the donations will go to the most effective charity I could find! _________________________
Today I'm proud to present a teaser to a compilation album I've made with the help of my best friends and family members - "Transition". Over the years i wrote many songs (that includes both music and lyrics) and thanks to these ponies nearly all of my songs came to life!
You may recognize most of the tracks, but there'll be a few previously unreleased songs. And of course some old compositions were slightly remastered. Now you can enjoy listening to all of my best songs in one album!
20% of all the donations will go to the most effective charity I could find!
The album will be released in two weeks, july 16th, 2018. Plus we're preparing the CDs as well and you can find them at BronUkon (Ukraine) and on B4G booth at GalaCon (Germany)!
Stay tuned!Velvet R. Wings & SDreamExplorerS - StargazerVelvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2018-06-21 | Hello, my dear subscribers, and please read this description in full, it's not very long! ^_^ ______________________
And now you're going to hear my favorite Soul's song. Several years ago my brother released a song about a young filly Twilight Sparkle, and this year he re-recorded the whole thing. I wanted to sing "Stargazer" since the first time I've heard it and I wanted to add some tenderness in it. I hope you'll enjoy the result ^_^ ______________________
Now it's time for a very interesting announcement: I'm gonna release a compilation album pretty soon! A full-length album of my songs made in collaborations with different musicians in the past few years. Some songs were re-mastered, but we also added several completely new tracks!
P.S. In less than a month you can find me at Bronukon (Kiev) :ЬVelvet R. Wings - The Spine (fire dance)Velvet R. Wings & ILLUMNATION2018-01-08 | Another video from the first fire performance in 2018. Improvisation again. Moscow, Fili park
Song by Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett Dance by Velvet R. Wings Filmed by Telofy Edited by Andy Feelin And special thanks to SDreamExplorerS for the cerosine, Lady Rovina for the dress and Vilna for the dance lessons.
If you like it and want to see more stuff like that from me, please write it down in the comments. Unfortunately, I am still unable to answer, but I read everything and it makes me happy