FAUN MIDGARD

At friday the 19th of august 2016 we will release our new CD "MIDGARD".

"MIDGARD" will be a musical journey into the north. Into the myths and the world of the vikings and the northern celts. We will sing about Alswinn, the sky horse, about nights in enchanted birch forests, about sun celebrations, ravens, foxes and about Odin himself. With the help of great guest musicians and an elaborate illustrated booklett MIDGARD will be released in two editions:

MIDGARD - Standard edition (in a jewel case, with 11songs & 24 pages booklet)

MIDGARD - limited deluxe edition (in a digipack with 15 songs & 28 pages booklett).

We could not be more proud about a CD. MIDGARD became a very magical & archaic journey into the north.

Very soon we will release the first snippets. You can already preorder MIDGARD here:

Amazon: www.umgt.de/Q2LkT4

EMP: http://bit.ly/faun-emp

We hope, that you like the cover already?

Looking forward, yours FAUN.

Here is another snippet of a song of our upcoming CD "MIDGARD". It was a great honour for us, to work here together with Wardruna from Norway. Like only a very few other bands Wardruna spezialised in the Viking tradition and the meaning of the runes. Many of you might now them as the co-composer of the soundtrack for the TV series "Vikings". In our song we are telling the story how Odin was hanging nine days at Ygggdrasil to receive the runes. Later in the song Wardruna sing one of the most central parts of the Edda, where Odin speaks directly to the reader about the right usage of the runemagic.

FAUN CHRONICLE - HARDCOVER BOOK

FAUN CHRONICLE - HARDCOVER BOOK

The SONIC SEDUCER Magazine will release the FAUN chronicle in September 2016. This will be a limited hardcover book (only 499 pieces) with more than 200 pages full of interviews, CD reviews, stories, and many fotos of the history of FAUN. Every book will include a postcard with signatures by all the band members. You can pre order the book via: http://bit.ly/291i8Wj

This will be for sure a very nostalgic moment for us, looking forward,

yours FAUN.

FAUN - Biography

FAUN
medieval music, celtic & nordic folk

FAUN combines medieval & ancient instruments with modern influences to create an enchanting and powerful atmosphere. The band's performance incorporates many different instruments, including the Celtic harp, hurdy-gurdy, key fiddle, various lutes, the bagpipes, archaic beats and many drums like for example large Japanese taiko drums, flutes, hammered dulcimer, and many more, as well as the melodic vocal section going from solo folk-like and often ambient melodies to chant-like and always enchanting vocal performances with the two female and frontman Oliver s.tyr vocalists combining something truelly magical.. Influences of Celtic folk and medieval music 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 700 locations, festivals, concert halls and churches throughout the world. Some of them include: Mèra Luna Festival (Germany), Headlining the Faerieworld Festival Oregon USA & the Faeriecon Festival Maryland USA, Earthdance Festival (California USA), Elf Fantasy Fair (Netherlands), Wave Gotik Treffen (Germany), Fiesta Celtica Biella (Italy), Folkwoods Folkfestival (Netherlands), Arena van Vletingen (Belgium), Locomotive (Paris/France), Savari Karneval 2005 (Hungary), Palladius/Barcelona (Spain), and many more...

Til today FAUN has released 8 longplay CD´s:

"Zaubersprüche" (Incantations) - 2002
"Licht" (Light) - 2004
"Renaissance" - 2005
"Totem" - 2007
"FAUN & the pagan folk festival - LIVE" – 2008
„Buch der Balladen“ (book of ballads) (acoustic CD) – 2009
„Eden“ – 2011
¨Von den Elben“ - 2013

“Luna“ - 2014

and two DVD´s:

"Lichtbilder" (Light pictures) - 2004 (not sold anymore)
"Ornament" - 2007

FAUNS latest CD „Von den Elben“ (Electrola / Universal / We love music) was 4 weeks in the top ten of the German Album charts, reached Gold Status and got the band two nominations fort he biggest german music price „ECHO“.

In 2014 FAUN will mostly be on tour with their main concert show, where they combine up to three layered vocals, a great variety of old / medieval instruments and modern influences like samples, beats and synthesizers, for an unseated (dancing) audience at rock & folk festivals, medieval & renaissance fairs and other concert venues.

Also they will tour with their „FAUN ACOUSTIC Show“ with mostly medieval music through seated venues like churches and theaters.

Core Members:
Oliver S. Tyr: Vocals, Irish bouzouki, Nyckelharpa, Mandocello, Celtic Harp, Saz, Tar, Guitar & various Lutes.

Fiona Rüggeberg: 
Vocals, Bagpipes, Flutes, Rebab, Recorder, Fujara, Seljefloit, Harmonium, Chalumeaux & Pommer.

Katja Moslehner: 
Vocals, Percussion.

Stephan Groth
Vocals, Hurdy-Gurdy, Cistern, Whistles

Rüdiger Maul: 
Darabouka, Davul, Bendir, Tamborello, Riq, Berimbao & other percussion instruments.

Niel Mitra: 
Computer Sampler & Synthesizer