vocals, irish bouzouki, mandocello, nyckelharpa, celtic harp, guitar & saz
pretends to have seen more than one world. still believes black is a very bright colour and that all the problems in the world can be solved with poetry.
danced with the sufis. she believes in the wisdom of coincidence and can wiggle her head like the indians. rumours say, she invented the charleston dance.
Sandra Elflein:
scorpio / leo
vocals, violin, hurdy-gurdy, recorders
wants to reincarnate as an irish wolfhound. holds secretly the world record on Rubrik's Cube. does talk with animals. carries the nickname "the dove of notre-dame".
Rüdiger Maul:
sagittarius / leo
frame drum, darabukka, riq, duf, ganjira, dombak & many more percussion instruments
a shaman, who finds a drum in every existing object. does talk with trees. still believes, that all the problems in the world can be solved with coffee. is the only one of us, who really met a faun.
Niel Mitra:
cancer / sagittarius
beats, synthesizers, samples and sound scapes
a kind of a sadhu, who finds a spaceship in every existing object. a strict follower of the chaos theory. dresses in cables, is always the last and sleeps in the air.
NEW CD: FAUN Acoustic
(Book of ballads)
Release: 20th November 2009
· Medieval ballads
· 11 unreleased tracks
· CD & 44 pages hardcover book
· with lyrics / notes / guitar chords & Tabs
· just very short time as limited edition (1 Bonustrack)
FAUN Acoustic Live
Here are some impressions of our last Acoustic Tour (Jan. - April 09)
We hope to see you on the upcoming Acoustic tour that will be: Feb. - May 2010
FAUN combines ancient instruments with modern influences to create an enchanting and powerful atmosphere.
The band's performances incorporates with up to three voices chant and employs many different instruments. For example: Celtic harp, nyckelharpa, various lyres, bagpipes, large Japanese taiko drums, cister, Pagan zither, flutes and even Arabic instruments like dombra, rebab, riq, oud, darabukka and bendir.
Influences of Celtic folk, medieval music and Arabic rhythmic tones fusing with driving beats draws an ever fast growing crowd of followers.
The ensemble FAUN was founded in early 2002 in Munich and has performed at more than 450 locations, festivals, concert halls and churches throughout Europe, including: Mèra Luna Festival (Germany), Elf Fantasy Fair (Netherlands), Wave Gotik Treffen (Germany), Fiesta Celtica Biella (Italy),Folkwoods Folkfestival (Netherlands), Arena van Vletingen (Belgium), Locomotive (Paris/France), Savari Karn..Hungary), Palladius/Barcelona (Spain), Estragon (Italy) and many more...
Since March of 08 Faun is performing with the new band member:
Sandra Elflein (vocals, violin, hurdy-gurdy, flutes).
In 2004 FAUN started working together with a theatre and stage musician Niel Mitra (Sampler, Workstation and Synthesizer).
Since then FAUN mostly performs together with Niel Mitra on amplified stages.
Ocassionally when requested, a set of medieval acoustic music (unplugged) is offered.
Til today FAUN has released five longplay CDs:
"Zaubersprüche" (Incantations) - 2002
"Licht" (Light) - 2004
"Renaissance" - 2005
"Totem" - 2007
"FAUN & the pagan folk festival - LIVE" - 2008
and two DVD's:
"Lichtbilder" (Light pictures) - 2004 (not available anymore)
"Ornament" - 2007
In cooperation with distributor Curzweyhl / Rough Trade (Germany) and the Label "NoirRecords" (USA) they have til today sold many thousand CDs worldwide.
Their latest CD "TOTEM" hit rank no. 78 in the German (media control) album charts, rank no. 6 in the German alternative charts and rank no. 1 in the German medieval charts.
Comments from euphoric press:
"Simply wonderful..."
- ORKUS, Faun "Licht" / CD of the month
"A complete masterpiece.."
-ORKUS, Faun "Totem" / 10 of 10 points
"A dark and hypnotic work, that tells of the myths and legends of the medieval time...absolutely attractive and sensational"
-SONIC SEDUCER, Faun "Totem" / 10 of 10 points
"Unique, new and masterly - FAUN set themselves apart from the mass..."
- ZILLO
Yay Faun! We've had a fantastic time on tour in Germany this year and we're now recording our new album in Berlin (scheduled for release in March). But for now here's a big (and silly) Fröhliche Weihnachten! from us (and from some hippos too) :
Some bold new artistic direction? Nah, Just us being silly!!! We did this track for our label's "Black Snow - the completely different Xmas compilation".
Wishing you a very silly Silly Season and we'll see you again in 2010 before we head back to Australia!
War doch gestern ein lustiger Abend ;) ich hoffe wir haben euch nicht zu sehr genervt... Ich konnte heute leider nicht noch mal kommen. Hoffe ihr hattet eine schöne Zeit, glg, Ams vom "Glöckchen - Fanclub"
I just listened to the new album. I was sure you wouldn't disappoint me. It's just magic, I already love it after the first listening. And the booklet too is awesome, the guitar tabs Thanks again! Eleonora
Hey Faune! Höre seit Freitag Nacht beinahe ununterbrochen eure Balladen Cd. Sie ist einfach Fantastisch und erinnert mich ein bisschen an meine Kinderheit . Besonders toll finde ich (obwohl fast alle gut sind) der wilde Wassermann und Sen Polska. Hätte ich nicht schon vor einem Jahr wegen "Wind und Geige" von euch mit der Harpa angefangen, würde ich es spätestens jetzt tun. ;-) Großartig, macht weiter so. Ganz liebe Grüße Sandra
ich hätte eure Cd auch gerne, aber ich renn ihr schon seit dem 20. hinterher... immer Lieferschwierigkeiten, dann im anderen Cd-Laden ist sie schon komplett weg...hoff dass ich sie am nächsten MIttwoch dann endlich besitze.
Wenn ich nicht wüßte, dass ihr es absolut wert seid, würde ich drauf verzichten :)
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