Elane
| Elane | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Sauerland , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Folk |
| founding | 2001 |
| Website | www.elane-music.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Joran Elane | |
| Markus Skroch (as Skaldir) | |
| Nico Steckelberg | |
| Simon Spillner | |
| former members | |
| Katrin Rohde | |
Elane is a German folk band from the Sauerland .
history
Elane was founded in 2001 by Joran and Markus Skoch (who also played with the Viking metal band Hel under the stage name "Skaldir" ). Most of the texts are in English. There are several German-language songs (e.g. Licht , Elfennacht and Abendruf ), a piece sung in Latin ( Deae Noctis ) and one with Elvish texts ( Nen ar Tasar (You see) ). The band's albums were created in the Kalthallen Studios and produced by Markus Skroch and Nico Steckelberg.
Elane performed at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen and the M'era Luna Festival , among others . The band has been releasing studio albums since 2004. In December 2005 they went on tour in Germany with the US formation Unto Ashes . In 2007 Elane played several concerts with Faun and In the Nursery as well as a Germany tour with Dornenreich and Neun Welten . In 2008 Elane toured Germany, Switzerland and France with the band Qntal .
Cooperations
The band often works with other artists. For their 2011 album Arcane they collaborated with the German writer Kai Meyer . The album only contains pieces of music that deal with themes and characters from Meyer's novels. The band continued the concept in 2016 on their mini album More Stars and the album Arcane 2 (2017). As a guest artist, author and radio play director Marco Göllner speaks a text passage from the song The Wave Walkers on Arcane 2 . Music by Elane is also used in Göllner's radio play adaptation of Kai Meyer's novel Loreley .
Another artistic cooperation is the musical participation of the band members in the Paul Roland albums " Pavane" and "Nevermore". Paul Roland himself wrote four demos for the first Arcane album, which, however, were not used for stylistic reasons. They were subsequently released by Roland on his album Demos .
In collaboration with game designer Michael Menzel , the band developed the soundtrack for the second part of the board game series The Legends of Andor . The audio book The Legends of Andor - The Song of the King by Stefanie Schmitt is introduced by the piece Celeste by Elane. In 2017 the band produced another soundtrack for the series, which is included as a CD supplement in the 2017 bonus box for The Legends of Andor . In 2019 the band will release an independent music album consisting of individual pieces from the series of games. The booklet of the album "Legends of Andor" is decorated with illustrations by Michael Menzel, who also designed the cover illustrations of the three singles for the album.
Elane are featured as guest musicians on the debut album of the pagan folk band Vitae.
Trivia
Elane contributed in November 2008 with the song Nen Ar Tasar (You see) the title song for the 8th season of the radio play series Edgar Allan Poe (radio play series) .
The album concept for "Arcane" and "Arcane 2" came about by chance. After the author and band got to know each other personally at an Elane concert, the idea of working together arose.
Discography
Albums
- The Fire of Glenvore (2004, Kalinkaland Records)
- The Fire of Glenvore (Brazilian Edition) (2005, Hellion Records Sao Paulo)
- Lore of Nén (2006, Distinct Music, Omniamedia )
- The Silver Falls (2008, Curzweyhl , Omniamedia / Rough Trade )
- Arcane (2011, Curzweyhl, Rough Trade)
- Arcane 2 (2017, Elane Music, Alive)
- Legends of Andor - Original Board Game Soundtrack (2019, Elane Music, Alive)
Singles and EPs
- Love can't wait EP (2005, Kalinkaland Records)
- More Stars EP (2016, Elane Music, Alive)
- Silent Night (2018, Elane Music, Alive)
- The Vigilant Woods (2019, Elane Music, Alive)
- River Narne (2019, Elane Music, Alive)
- Theme from "Journey to the North" (2019, Elane Music, Alive)
- Oh, bitter winter (2019, Elane Music, Alive)
Demos
- The Night Forest (2001, self-distribution)
Music videos
- Trace of the Flames (2005)
- Yanyana - My Sanctuary (2005)
- Paperboat & Silverkite (2009)
- My Ivory Fairy (2014)
- Sabatea's Song (You Are The Princess) (2018)
Soundtracks
- Die Legenden von Andor - Die Reise in den Norden / Into the North (Original Score) (Elane Music, KOSMOS Verlag, 2015)
- Andor - Soundtrack by Elane (Original Score) (Elane Music, KOSMOS Verlag, 2017)
Web links
- Official website
- Elane at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Markus Skroch - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved December 24, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.kalthallen.de/de/referenz/ www.kalthallen.de References Kalthallen Studios
- ↑ (webmaster@elane-music.com): ELANES Kingdom. In: www.elane-music.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Elane: Arcane 2 - Music Inspired By The Works Of Kai Meyer (review / criticism) - album review (artistic, progressive, world music-exciting fantasy folk). Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Elane News. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ^ Paul Roland - Pavane. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ^ Paul Roland - Nevermore. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Paul Roland - Demos. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ http://legend-von-andor.de/bonus-material/soundtrack-into-the-north/ www.legend-von-andor.de The legends of Andor, soundtrack page
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ElaneMusic/posts/10153059817436384:0 www.facebook.de/elanemusic Facebook status message from the band Elane from October 13, 2015
- ↑ Play it ...!: Interview with the band Elane at the Andor Party 2017 (play a game ...!). September 6, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ The tavern of Andor • View topic - Elane: Legends of Andor - Original Boardgame Soundtrack. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ volume. Retrieved October 22, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Interview with Elane & Contest - Darkstars Fantasy News . In: Darkstars Fantasy News . April 3, 2011 ( fantasy-news.com [accessed December 24, 2017]).
- ↑ Legends of Andor. October 7, 2019, accessed October 7, 2019 .