If we’re talking about someone whose main goal is to spread his vision and beliefs about hardcore and to present the underground styles to the world, it will be DAEDRA.

By using his emotions and thoughts and combining elements
from many different genres within and outside of the hard dance, DAEDRA creates his sound. DAEDRA’s style can be described as dark, rough yet harmonic, melodic and with the underlying focus of rhythm and hard hitting percussive sounds. With that being said, remember the following…

As long as the underground breathes, DAEDRA lives to spread the message even further.

Hi there,

You can get all my music on Bandcamp!

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The sensitive soul, disquieted by the rules of the current world, takes refuge in the riches of the common daydream, a well-hidden wish. A covenant between a broken heart and an altered mind, it seeks solace in a new world. Survival lies in distraction, and unlike reality, it knows no bounds. These songs, emerging from the deepest pits of despair, stand as a testament to the endless rain of expectations and obligations, and now serve as your distraction.

Niels van der Leest (born in Enschede on October 22 1976) studied classical percussion on the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam.
During and after getting his Master degree Niels played in some of the best orchestras in Holland and was a player in the successful percussion group Circle Percussion.

Niels is still playing in AbSurdo (THE samba group of Holland), teaches percussion on a couple of music schools and conducts a percussion group in Houten, Holland.

After some years of performing as a professional percussionist Niels decides to listen to his urge to write down his musical ideas instead of only playing the notes someone else wrote. His biggest dream being: writing the music to a computer game.
His love for the medium games started when he played Final Fantasy VII, which was accompanied by music of the Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu. 

Niels is working on fulfilling his dreams and starts arranging and remixing game music for his percussion students. When his arrangements are played with lots of fun, the performances lead to enthusiastic reactions and more requests for “his” music start coming in he starts writing original music.
In 2007 Niels won the publics prize in the Interface SoundGame Contest with 46,4% of the votes. 

In the course of the years Niels has worked on a lot of award winning games, commissioned works, tracks for commercials and sing-a-song writers and of course his solo albums.

Niels has proven to be a market-oriented composer, arranger and sound designer, with high quality, professionalism and originality as his top priorities.


“Writing to enhance instead of distract”

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