El Hadra | nl

SHADRANE was founded by Vivien Lalu in the winter of 2001 after his former band MIND’S ORCHARD disbanded. At first the project was called KHARMA but it was quickly renamed due to numerous other bands using the same name. Ex-DREAMSCAPE’s singer and now solo artist Hubi Meisel kindly helped Vivien pick the name SHADRANE after the young keyboardist sent him a list of different names to choose from. Hubi also helped Vivien to prepare a couple of demos (“Neurastasia”) that he would send at labels, including drum tracks recorded by Anders Johansson (Hammerfall, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen) who wanted to help Vivien...

ln Eastern culture, "Hadra" translates into both "Presence" and "Step", taken in a philosophical sense. The music of El Hadra is based on hypnotic as well as rhythmic elements, and is intended for all deep states of Trance and Meditation. El Hadra is founded by Tomas Weiss / Mathias Grassow and it also involves several guest musicians. The project follows the same ethos of inner energy, truth and spirit found in the music of Klaus Wiese. His legacy has moved El Hadra into following the path of Trance and Meditation to enable our consciousness to expand. .