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The umbersun (1998)
Weeping Night (1997)
Les Ténèbres du Dehors (1996)
The Holy Bible (1995)
Leçons de Ténèbres (1994)

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"The Umbersun" (1998)
Gothic Dark Symphonic

1. Du tréfonds des Ténèbres 10:44
2. Melpomene 10:26
3. Moon of Amber 6:12
4. Apocalypse 9:14
5. Umbra 8:43
6. The Umbersun 5:46
7. In the Embrasure of Heaven 5:53
8. The Wake of the Angel 4:46
9. Au tréfonds des Ténèbres 5:04

Durée de l'album : 66:48

Sopranos : Tricia Bentley, Hilary Brennan, Rachael Clegg, Bridget Corderoy, Carolynne Cox, Sally Donegani, Alison Eden, Karen Filsell, Claire Hills, Rachel King, Felice Kuin, Wendy Norman, Kathy Willis, Olivia Maffett.
Altos : Debbie Bright, Kathryn Cook, Denise Fabb, Victoria Kendall, Katy Meiklejohn, Yvette Miller, Fiona Robinson, Hatty Webb, Lorna Youngs.
Basses : Tim Bull, Tim Colbourn, Peter da Costa, Mark Fenton, Michael King.
Director : Peter Broadbent.

Solo Soprano : Nathalie Barbary.
Whispered Female Voice : Alison Eden.

All other vocals, instruments, sequencing, programming and sound-editing by Alexandre Hasnaoui, Sébastien Roland and Renaud Tschirner.
Words and music written by Hasnaoui / Tschirner and published by Fair & Square Publishing. © 1998 Fair & Square.
p 1998 Music For Nations. © 1998 Music For Nations.
Lyrics printed by kind permission of Fair and Square Publishing.

The Umbersun was recorded at Wolf Studios, London. Engineered by Dominique Brethes and Damian Taylor. Mixed by Dominique Brethes and Sébastien Roland. Produced by Elend and Dominique Brethes.
Pre-produced by Elend at The Fall Studios. Mastered by Dominique Brethes.

Artwork conceived by Alexandre Hasnaoui, designed and realized by Martin Verdet.
Le Christ de Pascal © Rights reserved. Archives du Seuil.



"Weeping Nights"(1997)
Gothic Symphonic Music


1. Weeping Night 7:11
2. O Solitude 6:02
3. The Embrace 3:57
4. Nocturne 4:48
5. Ethereal Journey 14:33
6. The Luciferian Revolution 10:58
7. Eden 3:49
8. Dancing Under The Closed Eyes Of Paradise 9:40
9. Les Ténèbres Du Dehors 4:32

durée de l'album : 65:21

All music and vocals performed by Nathalie Barbary, Alexander Hasnaoui and Renaud Tschimer.
All words and music written by Hasnaoui / Tschimer, except O Solitude, "a Song on a Ground", words by Katherine Philips, music by Henry Purcell and The Embrace, a free adaption of a song by Henry Purcell, which was "the last one that Mr. Purcell sett. it being in his sickness", words, adaption and arrangements by Hasnaoui / Tschimer.


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"Les Ténèbres du dehors" (1996)
Gothic Dark Symphonic Music

1. Nocturne 4:51
2. Ethereal Journey 14:30
3. The Luciferian Revolution 10:57
4. Eden (The Angel In The Garden) 4:18
5. The Silence Of Light 8:05
6. Antienne 6:46
7. Dancing Under The Closed Eyes Of Paradise 9:36
8. Les Ténèbres Du Dehors 4:24

Durée de l'album : 63:27

All music, structures, orchestration, arrangements, vocals, harmonic vocals and choirs composed and written by Alexandre Iskandar Hasnaoui and Renaud Tschirner (with the exception of "Dancing..." originally written by Renaud Tschirner for OTUS SCOPS and appearing on Les Neiges éternelles demo '94, adapted for Elend by R. Tschirner / A.I. Hasnaoui including the "Frost Themes" of Henry Rurcell's King Arthur) and performed by Elend.

All lyrics and poetry written by A.I. Hasnaoui, latin verses by R. Tschirner.
Illustrations for Milton's Paradise Lost Engravings by Gustave Doré.

ELEND:

Eve Gabrielle Siskind - Soprano
Nathalie Barbary - Soprano
Renaud Tschirner - Vocals, Electric Violin, Piano, Synths and Keyboard Orchestra
Alexandre Iskandar Hasnaoui - Screams and Vocals, Violin, Viola, Synths and Keyboard Orchestra



"The Holy Bible" (1995)
Luciferian Music

Bird of Dawn : 12'08

Recorded at RMS Studios (France) in december 1995

Eve Gabrielle Siskind - Soprano
Nathalie Barbary - Soprano
Renaud Tschirner - Vocals, Electric Violin, Piano, Synths and Keyboard Orchestra
Alexandre Iskandar Hasnaoui - Screams and Vocals, Violin, Viola, Synths and Keyboard Orchestra




"Leçon de Ténèbres" (1994)
Gothic Dark Symphonic

1. Leçons De Ténèbres 3:51
2. Chanting 6:23
3. Into Bottomless Perdition 7:07
4. Deploration 5:42
5. Infernal Beauty 5:13
6. Lucifer 10:05
7. Eclipse 8:11
8. The Reign Of Chaos And Old Night 5:01
9. The Emperor 5:30

Durée de l'album : 56:43

All instruments and voices performed by Elend.
Words and music written by Hasnaoui / Tschirner (except 2, 3, 6, 9, texts adapted from John Milton’s Paradise Lost) and published by Fair &Saquare Publishing.
C 1997 Fair &Square
P 1994 Holy Records. C 1994 Holy Records.
Leçons de ténèbres was recorded at Melody Studio, Dreux.
Engineered by Sébastien Roland and Didier Chesneau.
Artwork conceived by Alexandre Hasnaoui, realized by Holy Records.
Le Burg à la croix by Victor Hugo.