This is a pretty decent quality version of Illenium's intro that he used to use during his live sets. I love this and play it so often that I thought I would just share it with you all as sell. :D HOPE YOU ENJOY!
I'll never forget the chills and excitement I had when I went to ILLENIUM'S show for the first time in DC and him opening with this. Was a great experience hearing this and his older stuff he played.
Wow, the first buildup and drop is probably one of the greatest things I've heard in a long time, it hard for me to get chills from songs anymore because of how many different songs I've listen to, but that first drop did it
Hearing this live at EDC Las Vegas 2017 was absolutely amazing and words cannot describe the feelings I experienced when he played his set. The funny thing is for Day 1 (The day he played) the shuttles and traffic were absolutely ridiculous there and we were at a standstill in traffic for 30 mins and we were still 4 miles away. Our group said fuck it and walked in 100 degree heat, walking through the desert, jumping 4 fences, oh and a girl in our group had 2 fucked up ankles so me and one other dude had to carry this girl on our backs the entire way there. Illenium was the first set we saw after that hike. And god damn it I'd be a filthy liar if I didn't say I cried like a bitch when he came on...
The melodic guitar pitched up while Echos hums her verses let's you know you are in for something different, then coming in with Daya repeating the famous "I need you right now" somehow bringing you further into the music: like this music and these sounds wouldn't exist without you, begging you to keep listening. A faint whisper of "let me disarm you" allows you to give more into the music, taking whatever it was you were holding onto away and allowing you to just enjoy what is about to come as it continues to build up. Once given into the song, it drops off slightly into a sincere "Close your eyes" while the melody continues to play in the background, letting you know it's still there but telling you to just become fully immersed in the experience. It repeats over and over to close your eyes and allow the music to take you to another dimension. That's only when it begins to build again, to bring you back, combining everything together, building, building, building, and then the drop. God how that drop just hits, the pureness of Afterlife blasting in your ears and just letting you jam however you want. Head nodding to the beat, feeling everything come rushing through you, and then Afterlife rounds out the rest of the song as it always has done so gracefully. It was one of Illenium's first greatest songs, and yet still holds that title 4 albums and hundreds of mixes/remixes later. I won't lie, each time I hear this mashup I get choked up. His music to me always finds that bit of me that's vulnerable and just needs some comfort knowing as Echos says, to tell me I'll be fine. To tell me I can keep going, and just allow the music to guide me and let me be myself for a couple minutes and drown the outside world. I know Illenium has touched many people who struggle with all sorts of things, and I'm so happy he can have such a positive impact to those people. While I might not be someone who has had it hard in life, be it something physical or mental, his music still hits me. That escape and freedom that only music can bring, that is what I listen for. Thank you Nick, I can't wait to see you again!
I wish we can have this "intro" in perfect quality soon. It's... Cuting my words, I'm speechless. Illenium is a music lord, Proximity is a god's music channel and Raul gave a perfect animated background.
This intro: 10% good mix of other Illenium songs 90% Afterlife ...anybody else disappointed after how good the first section was, especially leading to the first drop?
Honestly this is so fucking perfect. This is the best mashup that exist, at least for me :D I dont even know where to start...every song has almost the same amount mixed in and so many elements from different songs play at once but it all just sounds good together. Oh my god I'm in love ❣
I wished he continued with this opening. Now the past few shows have been Hans Zimmer's Time mixed with Crawl Outta Love. Which is still a really good intro, especially live, but this first intro was fire
That initial drop how he stacked all the drops was breathtaking. would have like to hear the other songs a bit more cause it seemed to mostly be afterlife but still incredible and what talent on mixing those in the beginning
What an amazing artist 😄 it is a dream of mine to meet him one day Thanks a lot for sharing all this music 😄 I would not stand a day without your channel !
that's probably the best song I've ever heard. It's December 2018 and I wish I'd discovered it earlier. Illenium keep up the good work. Here is a new fan!
FINALLY. i searched the entire internet looking for a good quality version of this intro he does in live sets but i couldn't find it. even though this isn't of *excellent* quality, its the best we have xD
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This is a pretty decent quality version of Illenium's intro that he used to use during his live sets. I love this and play it so often that I thought I would just share it with you all as sell. :D HOPE YOU ENJOY!
Proximity first 😍😍
Proximity Hola😝
Proximity Epic!! 😎
Proximity Your music is always quality 😊
Awesome song! 🖤
Afterlife still gives people chills....and Illenium knows it
best song
Still true HAHA but he hasnt been using it as an opening nor playing it much during his sets anymore
@@iza1021he used in to open his first set at Trilogy LA. Won’t lie, I cried. Such a masterpiece.
Just listened to it years later and I have full body goosebumps. Top tier song fr
I didnt know them, now i know their song and this song is my favorite forever in my whole Life
Talked to him after his show in Cologne 1 month ago . Still one of the best moments of my life. He is so nice in person😊
Afterlife has to be one the best songs i have ever heard in my opinion
the lyrics are as real as it can ever get
MrMaximum it is without a doubt
Kai Yuan He and EDEN have some of the best lyrics
Boulevard Hall And that’s why their song Leaving was so good. EDEN’s voice went so good with Illenium’s melody for the song.
Boulevard Hall Also echos.
I'll never forget the chills and excitement I had when I went to ILLENIUM'S show for the first time in DC and him opening with this. Was a great experience hearing this and his older stuff he played.
Wow, the first buildup and drop is probably one of the greatest things I've heard in a long time, it hard for me to get chills from songs anymore because of how many different songs I've listen to, but that first drop did it
“Don’t let me...”
Most crucial part of the build up
Pretty sure it’s “ So let me” from disarm you by kaskade
@@Thegoat30000 it’s from the dlmd remix from illenium
@@Thegoat30000 nah it's "dont let me"
The Awake intro is sick as well! Time vs Crawl Outta Love 🔥
Illenium’s music is so golden, and I love when his songs blend together as beautifully as this.
Jonah Karpinski pure chills😍
Kurwa moja nauczycielka ma tak na nazwisko "/
Hearing this live at EDC Las Vegas 2017 was absolutely amazing and words cannot describe the feelings I experienced when he played his set. The funny thing is for Day 1 (The day he played) the shuttles and traffic were absolutely ridiculous there and we were at a standstill in traffic for 30 mins and we were still 4 miles away. Our group said fuck it and walked in 100 degree heat, walking through the desert, jumping 4 fences, oh and a girl in our group had 2 fucked up ankles so me and one other dude had to carry this girl on our backs the entire way there.
Illenium was the first set we saw after that hike. And god damn it I'd be a filthy liar if I didn't say I cried like a bitch when he came on...
Absolutely legendary memory right there🙌🏼
The melodic guitar pitched up while Echos hums her verses let's you know you are in for something different, then coming in with Daya repeating the famous "I need you right now" somehow bringing you further into the music: like this music and these sounds wouldn't exist without you, begging you to keep listening. A faint whisper of "let me disarm you" allows you to give more into the music, taking whatever it was you were holding onto away and allowing you to just enjoy what is about to come as it continues to build up. Once given into the song, it drops off slightly into a sincere "Close your eyes" while the melody continues to play in the background, letting you know it's still there but telling you to just become fully immersed in the experience. It repeats over and over to close your eyes and allow the music to take you to another dimension. That's only when it begins to build again, to bring you back, combining everything together, building, building, building, and then the drop. God how that drop just hits, the pureness of Afterlife blasting in your ears and just letting you jam however you want. Head nodding to the beat, feeling everything come rushing through you, and then Afterlife rounds out the rest of the song as it always has done so gracefully. It was one of Illenium's first greatest songs, and yet still holds that title 4 albums and hundreds of mixes/remixes later.
I won't lie, each time I hear this mashup I get choked up. His music to me always finds that bit of me that's vulnerable and just needs some comfort knowing as Echos says, to tell me I'll be fine. To tell me I can keep going, and just allow the music to guide me and let me be myself for a couple minutes and drown the outside world.
I know Illenium has touched many people who struggle with all sorts of things, and I'm so happy he can have such a positive impact to those people. While I might not be someone who has had it hard in life, be it something physical or mental, his music still hits me. That escape and freedom that only music can bring, that is what I listen for. Thank you Nick, I can't wait to see you again!
Good comment and sorry to be the spoiler but he doesn’t say “close your eyes”, he says “because you’re all that I want”
i have alot of favorite artists, but illeniums style influences me the most. I want to be just like him one day
@@djatlasmusik did you buy the Ableton next day xD
*I was looking for that intro from months oh my god it's finally released thank you proximity :)*
GoldBox100 same here omggg
me too, thank god he uploaded it lol
Well this is just taken from a live set recording, it's not released. Look up his EDC stream if you want a much, much higher quality version of it..
i know i can hear
he played it on Tour 2017 too go to his channel and see the Recap
*its title is ILLENIUM Tour Recap - Ilesoniq/Summerset/Shambhala*
Sameeee
The start has to be the best thing I've listened to in such a long time
You're fucking righttt
I swear. Illenium is fav
Lol
Going into the new decade with this mix ❤️
I wish we can have this "intro" in perfect quality soon. It's... Cuting my words, I'm speechless. Illenium is a music lord, Proximity is a god's music channel and Raul gave a perfect animated background.
C2S ShadeR wow thanks so much for the compliment :)
GOD Illeniums flow of melody how harmonies hit on drum beats, its just perfect. I want to be just like him one day
Illenium really is my favorite artist (electro speaking), so much power in his Songs. Thankyou sir ❤
It's so beautiful, Illenium forever #1 in my heart ❤️
He's legend🔥🔥
I'm never going to get tired of Illenium, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
This intro:
90% illenium
5% The chainsmokers
5% Kaskade
realy!🤘
put Daya instead of Chainsmokers lol
This intro:
10% good mix of other Illenium songs
90% Afterlife
...anybody else disappointed after how good the first section was, especially leading to the first drop?
Dat_One_Dragonborn nope just you bud 👍🏽
i mean it was used for an illenium concert
Holy cow, so insanely good. Who cares if Illenium doesn't live mix his intros when he already has one this good...
When I hear your compositions I feel happy to be alive. Really makes me feel great about being a musician. Keep up the awesome work! 🖖
Really loving this 💛
Honestly this is so fucking perfect. This is the best mashup that exist, at least for me :D I dont even know where to start...every song has almost the same amount mixed in and so many elements from different songs play at once but it all just sounds good together. Oh my god I'm in love ❣
How does this comment have no replies? Either way. Very much agreed.
i dont really hear that much of the "disarm you" remix in it tho :(
@@torototoro1252 it's ok. I think he plays his Disarm You remix after this intro at some point in his shows. I went to one last month.
@@KingShibe damn thats nice :)
I find it enthralling that *‘Afterlife’* is _present_ for the _majority_ of the intro song… Not complaining at all!
Best song to start a long drive down the freeway 🎵
*A F T E R L I F E* ❤️
Lovely visuals on this one
Walrus is in the Matrix Thank you come check me out on IG!
Cool, will do!
Yeahh
I wished he continued with this opening. Now the past few shows have been Hans Zimmer's Time mixed with Crawl Outta Love. Which is still a really good intro, especially live, but this first intro was fire
Did that tonight here in Perth. Wish he kept this. Didn't even hear afterlife in tonight's set :-( was still an epic set one of the best I have seen
He did for his Throwback set in Colorado :) His new Awake 2.0 Intro is also a reminiscence of this
Speechless! The intro of Fractures is what really caught my attention
Oh my god, this is amazing, leaves me totally speechless everytime. EDM knows no bounds!
Dude thank you so much. I’ve been waiting over a year for this to be released. Best mashup I’ve ever heard
This is the best thing ever! So soothing!
Illenium will always be number one in my heart 💜 thanks to him and his music for getting me through life 💜
That initial drop how he stacked all the drops was breathtaking. would have like to hear the other songs a bit more cause it seemed to mostly be afterlife but still incredible and what talent on mixing those in the beginning
When illenium is in the title, im like
🙂...😁...🤩...😍😍😍NEVER DISAPPOINTS 😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
luke sheehan 100% not once dissapointed
u r doing it right :)
Egg-zactly bruhhh
welcome to the paradise of melodic music, thank you
The background tho what a song tho what a channel tho
AN MEDIA. Agreed!
:D
What a dude tho
What a producer tho
What a comment tho
Perfect and perfect
Can i use this for my video?
@Velo duh if he was asking
❤️🇮🇳
@@joy_6.9 🇺🇸
Song hasn't started , already liked it. I mean come on , it's Illenium.
Illenium’s masterpieces can’t be described. Afterlife is one of the greatest thing I’ve ever listened to ! Just WoW
This was such a great way for him to open his set at EDC....UGH TAKE ME BACK
Illenium => Instant like👍
Thank you so much proximity!! I've been waiting for this!
Only illenium can truly bend h8s songs into a masterpiece
Shows how much he understands and puts thought im his art 🔥🔥😍😍
Best of Illenium❤
What an amazing artist 😄 it is a dream of mine to meet him one day
Thanks a lot for sharing all this music 😄 I would not stand a day without your channel !
I can't believe I found the full version of this intro after getting it stuck in my head on Soundcloud! :D
crazy mashup. heya from 2023!
Illennium so underrated...
I never knew I needed it so much .......
Fricking thank you, i downloaded so many Illenium intro’s just to listen to this
Every Illenium Song Has a Beautiful Story To tell😌❣️💖
I nearly cried from my phone speaker to this the other day it's so fucking perfect and beautiful. Now listening on Studio Monitors...
Just found this and I love it
You found the gold dude
This has contributed to my weight loss
Still has to be my favorite edm mix.. I can't think of a different mix that even comes close 💚💙💜
This is so good, I'm in heaven, and like PNL says "ouais ouais ouais ouais ouais"
heaven
DAJ thanks!
why thank you kind sir
OMG. I love Illenium, love his music and love this track so much!
This is the most beautiful video I have ever watched
Dang. Already love it within 6 seconds into the intro
Afterlife is my most favourite from Illenium
Mine too.
This is amazing 💯
Going to see Illenium in December. The hype is real!
1:23 goosebumps, can’t explain... so powerfull
Thank you for using my visual! :) I love the song choice for it. Keep them coming!
YEAH RAUL!
Raul Chavez that is great dude!❤
Daksh Hanswal thanks alot I hope to see more on here soon :)
Really Awesome !!!
proximiy's new visuals thoooo
Was waiting for this for soo long. So happy its finally released :)
Illenium's edc intro was mad and so emotional
I LOVE YOU PROXIMITY
OMFG Illenium is just perfect
So glad you uploaded this! I love this intro! Reminds me of when I was in the crowd listening to this at EDC-LV & EForest 2017
my love for illenium started with fractures and this is a great upload. thank you
Heymanth Kumar Just waiting for him to do a tour to India!!
Beautiful its actually probably my favorite one so far love ur vids btw ❤❤❤😌
This is... masterpiece
that's probably the best song I've ever heard. It's December 2018 and I wish I'd discovered it earlier. Illenium keep up the good work. Here is a new fan!
FINALLY. i searched the entire internet looking for a good quality version of this intro he does in live sets but i couldn't find it.
even though this isn't of *excellent* quality, its the best we have xD
I've waited forever to hear this intro be released 😍
i love this
this is very high, good quality on this today !!
LOVE THIS CHANNEL! 💚💙
We love Proximity!
Love this!! Thank you for sharing Proximity!!
been looking for a remix/mashup of Afterlife for so long...my favorite from Illenium because it hurts so good...thank you
SO DUCKING MELODIC!!!! I WANT MORE! PROXI YOU SO... YOUR UPLOADS INCREDIBBLE!
Heading this every time still gives me the chills ❤️❤️❤️
Illenium is a different breed man. Not many people compare to him at all.
youre making me miss his sets. saw him once in sf and this past EDC
MY FAVORITE SONGS ALL COMBINED INTO ONE SONG OMG
My university days 😢
As the biggest illenium fan there is, I have goosebumps from this.
Illenium is #1 producer.
I was waiting for this for so long ... Thanks man♥♥♥♥♥
I like the way that the only way to make Illenium better is to add more Illenium to Illenium.
OUUUU I GOT THE CHILLS. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS MIX😌👏👌🔥💛
THATS THE SOUND I LOVE
Omg 😭❤️💜💜💜 I get chills every time