Elena Andersson - keyboards, vocals, programming
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Influences
These bands and persons have either been influencing or inspiring me: THE GATHERING, AMORPHIS, SAMAEL, ANATHEMA, GODGORY, THIS EMPTY FLOW, THE CURE, DEPECHE MODE, ROBERT PLANT, LYCIA, COCTEAU TWINS, THE DREAMSIDE, BEL CANTO, LIZA GERRARD, ARCANA, NIGHTINGALE, AYREON...
ELENA'S SANDCASTLE is a one-person project founded by Elena Andersson as a side project of the neoclassical/darkwave music experiment called GOTHIC LETHARGY that has existed since 1997. The music style of ELENA'S SANDCASTLE can be defined as goth/etherial/darkwave/soundtrack. The name of the project is borrowed from the title of Iris Murdoch's novel "The Sandcastle". My roots are in gothic/doom/death metal. In September, 1995, I started as a keyboard player in a Russian doom/gothic band SHADOW located in Orel, 350 km south direction from Moscow. The very idea of ELENA'S SANDCASTLE appeared in March, 1999, with the new stuff that sounded more progressive and melodic than old GOTHIC LETHARGY works. This new material couldn't be recorded properly in a very small and poorly equipped home studio. For almost 4 years I, born and raised in a provincial Russian town, have been dealing with extremely bad social and technical opportunities for realizing my ideas. Inspite of this fact I continued to record the new music from time to time and stored it on tapes that are known for being a bit more reliable than memory. Some of these interesting, but almost destroyed recordings were used on the first instrumental demo "Per Aspera Ad Astra" that was recorded between years 2003-2004 in Sweden. Here belong new versions of "Breathless" (1998) and "Rope-dancer" (2001).
happy birthday comments myspace
jag önskar jag kunde involvera mig mer i musiken, men jag kan inte spela ett instrument och sjunga det får jag göra allt för sällan. jjag sysslar ju med layout och grafik istället. Var jag får orken? Ja, det undrar jag med...hahaha!
We are playing live tomorrow here in Orel on the annually-traditional event called "Black New Year's Party". How I wish you were here! And more I wish to play together on some show like it was when it all started in 1999.
Sending you hopes, loves, krams & kisses, Your distant loving bror Joergen
Hi! I just stopping by to listen to your great tracks, thank you for myspace friendship and wish you and yours a merry christmas/happy holidays and a equally happy, creative, prosperous new year!
Hej Kul att du gillade föreläsningen. Hoppas allt är bra med dig, undrar du något, funderar på något, hör bara av dig. Du vet ju vart jag finns :) //Cathrine
Hej! How are you my dear? Havent heard from you or anything new for awhile. Hope that all is good and that you are still working on new music and art (: Wishing you all the best Kindra xxx
Verkar inte som vill svara på msn. Men tänkte bara skriva och säga att du står med på gästlistan för releasepartyt på lördag, så du kommer in gratis. Bara att säga till vid entrén. Hoppas du kommer! :)
Hello! Nice to meet you and know about your amazing music. Thank you for add me to your group of friends. I wish everything the best for the new year that it begins. I hope will come all your desires and longings! Best reggards from Madrid (Spain)! Javi Falcon
Greetings, sestr! I'm here to congratulate you with the only holiday that seems to be truly celebrated in Sweden. Merry Christmas & best of luck with all your undertakings!
Hej (: All is great on my end and the Swedish lessons are progressing fine (: I LOVE your newest song (: Had no idea you sang Russian (: I find it to be a very dreamy track,it shows how hard you have been working on being creative with your sound cause it is more awesome than ever on this one. (: If you are really interested in a lable try the one I had gotten Wastescape sign to ,Stop Dead Records..they are UK based and promote gothic,alternative,electro and well different music not of the mainstream..they let the artists keep full copyrights of the music etc.. Check them out they are here on myspace.if you have trouble to search for them(cause for me the search here sometimes does not work),find them in the top friends on the Wastescape page Wastescape as you may have noticed is in my top friends near you (: Ok Keep Beautiful Elena and best of luck with getting your music outthere (: Kindra-xxx
Hello, my precious sister. At last we've finished the new album! I've been head over ears in mixing&mastering for almost two last weeks. I'll send you a copy with that beautiful cover (eternally thankfull to you for it) in the nearest future. I've uploaded several songs today, so you can listen to them here at myspace if you feel like. I have a pleasant feeling of a great job done and you are the first with whom I share it))
