THE FAUN (pagan folk/darkwave )
Faun is a German pagan folk/darkwave band formed in 1998. The originality of their music style is that they fall back to "old" instruments, and the singing is always the center of attention. Their instrument include celtic harp, Swedish nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, cittern, flutes and many others.
http://www.faune.de/web2007/index.html
http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Faun

Biography
The band was founded in 1998 by Oliver Sa Tyr, Lisa Pawelke, Fiona Rüggeberg and Birgit Muggenthaler. Two years later, Rüdiger Maul got into the band as percussionist. At the same time, Birgit left the band, to continue her musical life with the folk-rock band Schandmaul. In 2002, they released their first album Zaubersprüche. Niel Mitra was a guest musician on this album, and he later became a full-time member of the band, the only one playing only electronic instruments.

Members
Oliver Sa Tyr - vocals, bosouki, nyckelharpa, celtic harp, jews harp
Lisa Pawelke - lead vocals, hurdy gurdy
Fiona Rüggeberg - vocals, recorders, whistles, bagpipes, seljefloit
Rüdiger Maul - tar, riq, davul, panriqello, darabukka, timba, gaxixi and many other percussion instruments
Niel Mitra - sequencer, sampler, synthesizer, FL Studio, Buzz, Logic Audio, tascam us 224, boss dr 202, Korg Alpha, granular synthesis, folder synthesis, feedbacks, sounds taken from nature and everyday life
Former members
Birgit Muggenthaler (1998-2000, recently a member in the German band Schandmaul) - whistles, bagpipes, shawm, vocals

Discography
Zaubersprüche (2002)
Licht (2003)
Lichtbilder (DVD, 2004)
Renaissance (2005)
Totem (2007)
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