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France (1993 – 2007)

Elend is a band from France formed in 1993 by composers and multi-instrumentalists Iskandar Hasnawi and Renaud Tschirner. The band’s name is German for “misery”, however “im Elende sein” is also an Old German expression for “to be far away”. The music can be described as gothic and orchestral music with post-romanticism undertones, or simply violent neoclassical. They are often classed as a metal act due to the fact that in their earlier days, they were signed to a label that released metal music almost exclusively. In actuality, though their sound has sometimes been very violent, they have never been metal of any form.

In an interview with a French magazine posted in June 2007 on their website, Iskander Hasnawi indicated that the costs and difficulties of recording the orchestral music associated with Elend have made it impossible to continue with the Elend project. Both composers will be continuing with personal projects, including L’Ensemble Orphique.

Official website: www.elend-music.org
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  • BrunoBasta

    You can hear one sample by Ensemble Orphique via Soundcloud. It seems to be a more experimenting, less classical side of Elend, an electronic continuation to "A World in their Screams". And I wouldn't compare Arcana or Elend with any of the older and bigger projects, because both band are very unique and they took their own path, this leaving the DCD basis they both claim. I could also here the similarity between Elend and the French baroque composer, Jean-Féry Rebel ("Le Cahos" from "Les Elemens et Autres Pieces").

    Yesterday 3:18pm Reply

  • Neue_regel_

    @BrunoBasta Is this 'Ensemble orphique' Elend-like? Recommended tracks? Thx. - On Arcana. Not really similar. Arcana sounds more like a Dead Can Dance project. Whereas Elend to me, sounds more like a mix of old 3rd & the Mortal, Ataraxia and/or Stoa and even Coil, Tuxedomoon or Current 93 in some experimentations.

    16 Jun 8:25am Reply

  • cauorek

    ♥♥♥

    4 Jun 6:59pm Reply

  • BrunoBasta

    From fb. Elend: that's not going to happen. We don't have the time to work together as we did in the past. So Elend is dead. Ensemble orphique: more news soon.

    30 May 4:42pm Reply

  • chocolatelolita

    I highly doubt you have. As i have listened to both, hundreds of times..all albums and I can tell the similarities.

    10 May 10:29pm Reply

  • kasra-be

    every single track,one by one.i guess there are ways other than Last.fm to listen to music.scrobbling may be a sign of music trend to you.but not for me.

    6 May 6:40pm Reply

  • chocolatelolita

    Elend and Arcana share alot of similarities....Im shocked you dont notice they are both neoclassical darkwave/ dark ambient..... You only have 1 scrobble...how much of Arcana have you actually listened to?

    28 Apr 3:35am Reply

  • Numquamm

    @kasra-be : well there's nothing more to expect from Last.fm the same as other virtual communities; the Idea of listening and relating to music( for me living) is buried under the idea of communicating and having the appearance! similarities here are based on the interests of the scrobblers not a critically sorted genres by strong ears.

    22 Apr 9:20am Reply

  • kasra-be

    i can't see any similarity of any kind between arcana & elend(this weird band),according to last.fm.

    16 Apr 10:19pm Reply

  • d3idr3

    I still love their older albums.

    13 Apr 3:33pm Reply

  • Umbersun93

    NEW ALBUM PLEASE!

    3 Apr 1:54am Reply

  • Inna__Osennyaya

    Шикарно.

    23 Mar 5:32pm Reply

  • VEphemere

    People live in a community [...] from which the man outside the community, the “man without peace,” is excluded—a German understands what “misery” [Elend] or êlend [other country] originally means. - Nietzsche - On the Geneaology of Morality. I wonder if their name was inspired by this quote. Even disregarding the author and his ideologies completely, and focusing on the aesthetic value of these words, I can see how it could have been an inspiration related to their first circle.

    21 Mar 4:21am Reply

  • Arkandast

    Песни ничего так, хорошие, тёмные. Но первоначальные альбомы и их песни были куда лучше.

    1 Mar 1:49pm Reply

  • Numquamm

    ایلند یک پدیده ی ِ غریب است ؛ پیوند ِ جهان سرمازده ی نوا های ِ الکترونیک با گرمای ِ اُرکستری از ساز های ِ زهی از یک سو و دمیدن ِ تاریکی و خشونت هایی بایسته از سوی ِ دیگر مخملی اثیری بافته است. هرچند دوآلبوم ِ اخیر ِ حلقه ی ِ "نوشندگان ِ باد" گوش گیر نبوده اند.

    27 Feb 2:51pm Reply

  • asphyxiatedsoul

    Devil Doll are great! Although comparing them with Elend is useless. Both artists have their own charm. I can only hope that they return with another album sometime in the near future.

    19 Feb 10:35am Reply

  • Neue_regel_

    @Morkner "Scariest"? I guess you haven't yet tried Mr.Doctor's "Devil Doll" discrography, which makes "A World in their Screams" seem like ambient pop.

    26 Jan 12:23am Reply

  • Morkner

    A World in their Screams, one the the scariest albums I've heard!

    9 Jan 10:16am Reply

  • Neue_regel_

    Many great albums, especially 'The Umbersun' and 'A world in their screams'.

    9 Jan 8:29am Reply

  • monhorreur

    Perfect.

    8 Jan 6:36pm Reply
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