lesiëm's second album, "chapter 2", was released in 2001 in germany and 2003 in the united states under the title "illumination", ranking at number 7 at the billboard new age albums chart. it presented strong ethnic influences with its use of instruments like the duduk, the bagpipe and a second collaboration with south-african singer lawrence sihlabeni (following "indalo" from the first album) in the track "africa".