Florian-Ayala Fauna

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Dark ambient
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Florian-Ayala Fauna is an American artist, musician, poet, and music producer. Fauna is part of the music duo uncertain.

Background

Personal life

At age 5, Fauna moved from the U.S. state Virginia to Bombay Beach, California in Southern California along the rift lake Salton Sea.[1] She credits the place as an inspiration to her music.[2][1] According to Paris-based art community Artchipel, the place had a "big impact on their childhood and becomes a major influence in their life."[2] In an interview with Buffalo, New York alternative newspaper The Public's Cory Perla, they described it as a "post-apocalyptic-looking town."[1]

In 2002, Fauna lived in the exurb community of Indio, California.[3] At age 21, she moved to Buffalo, New York where she has a been part of Buffalo, New York's experimental art and music scene.[4][1] Fauna experiences esoteric visions which is involved in her art and writing due to temporal lobe epilepsy.[1] She has chronic fatigue syndrome and an intersex related condition that plays a role in much of her art.[5] She identifies as an androgyne and as transgender.[3] As of 2017, both Fauna and science fiction author Bruce Sterling are sponsors for V. Vale's RE/Search newsletter.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Art

Fauna is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France, a Coil-themed exhibition in Berlin, Germany, and in the United Kingdom as well as locally in Buffalo, New York.[12][2][3][13][14] Fauna's artwork utilizes collage, film, painting, photography, and poetry.[3][1] Their work includes imagery of occult, Biblical religious imagery, psychedelia, mental illness, anthropomorphics, chaos and spiritual enlightenment.[4] Animal imagery of deer, foxes, goats, hares, birds, and wolves figures often.[3][15] In an interview with Artchipel, Fauna said their inspiration behind their art were "[t]hings that are sacred, profane, or some combination of the two. Fragility, purity, and decay are important subjects in my work. Nature is also a noteworthy aspect of my work as well."[2]

Music

uncertain

In 2007, uncertain began as the solo project of Florian-Ayala Fauna.[15][5][6][7][8][9] Initially, they made ambient and drone music.[5] It often involved field recordings and tape loops while their current cycle (since 2012) features albums about a family of foxes done with composition, sampling, and complex music production on Ableton Live.[3][1] Influences include Aleister Crowley, Coil, Current 93, and Throbbing Gristle.[5] As of 2016, Fauna is the main producer and collaborates with others, primarily with Felix Keigh who is her fiance and main vocalist.[1]

Live performances

uncertain started doing live performances in 2013 primarily in Buffalo, New York numerous times, except one show at New York City and another in Cincinnati, Ohio. The live performances are called "live ritual aktions" (referencing Vienna Aktionists) and are different from their studio work in that it is of a more visceral nature with leaning towards early Current 93 and recent forms of noise music. Live performances depend a great deal on visuals such as the use of animal masks, candles, lights, video projections, and outfits with elements of ritual robes and shredded decaying material. Outfits have consisted of buried clothing that was eventually dug up, tree branches, found objects, and animal bones and pelts.

Their music is available for streaming on Bandcamp.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Collaborations

Fauna has collaborated with Throbbing Gristle's Peter Christopherson, Esperik Glare's Charlie Martineau (In Serpents and Seas[16]), and former Coil member Stephen Thrower.[3][16] Thrower contributed an opening track to her 2016 album Dark Night of the Soul.[15]

Reception

In February 2013, Orange County, California alternative weekly OC Weekly's Dave Barton called dancing with the blind (lost children) "atmospheric and haunting" and "one of the most evocative titles for an album I've ever heard."[3] In August 2016, The Public's Cory Perla described both their art and music as "otherworldly."[1] In March 2017, British music magazine The Quietus's Russell Cuzner described their music as "somehow fulfil[s] a similar aesthetic to the artist's equally prolific visual art that often depict animal heads [...] as if charged with some kind of hidden power, part gothic horror, part Gnostic totem."[15]

Discography

TitleReleaseRecord label (Catalogue number)
glass fawn11 January 2010[17]N/A[18]
small cold hands6 April 2010[19]N/A[18]
amniotic fluid EP20 February 2011[20]Sparrow's Tongue Records[21][18]
seahorse (abyssopelagic)23 February 2011[22]N/A[18]
grief: silence in five movements23 May 2011[23][24]Sparrow's Tongue Records[21][18] (spar004[21][23])
æther: musick for moths1 January 2012[25][26]N/A[18]
phoenix rising EP1 February 2012[27]N/A[18]
Warm Leatherette (a cover version of The Normal)9 April 2012[28][29]Sparrow's Tongue Records[21][18]
very friendly (a cover version of Throbbing Gristle)23 April 2012[30]Sparrow's Tongue Records[21]
nocturnal1 May 2012[31][32]Sparrow's Tongue Records[21][18]
dancing with the blind (lost children)1 January 2013[33][34]Sparrow's Tongue Records (spar008[34])[3][21][18]
phantoms of the trench warfare (past lives in black flames)20 March 2013[35]Sparrow's Tongue Records (spar009[35])[18]
crawling through the abyss (perdurabo)23 October 2013[36]Sparrow's Tongue Records (spar010[36])[18]
the cycle of tears (moon)23 September 2014[37]N/A[18]
uncertain presents ‡ black-stag's-lament ‡ - the vision of sorrow ep10 December 2014[38]N/A[18]
Horns and Teeth (Blood Rite)16 January 2015[39]N/A[18]
Black Forest Invocation (Astaroth) - Live at Black Forest Invocation22 February 2015[40]N/A[18]
The Fox's Blood Moon (for Ian Johnstone)23 July 2015[41]N/A[18]
Black Sun Productions - All Beauty Must Die2015[42]Anarcocks (21[42])[21]
The Price of Existence Is Eternal Warfare (Live Invocations)31 October 2015[43]Wraith Productions (886445526660[43])[18]
transnoise aktion no. 001 - 05.21.20162016N/A
The Veins were Licked by the Vulpine Garden5 June 2016[44]N/A[18]
transnoise aktion no. 003 - 08.04.20162016N/A
transnoise aktion no. 004 - 08.26.20162016N/A
Transnoise Aktion no. 005 - 09.02.20164 September 2016[45]N/A[18]
The Crown of the Mother Elk26 September 2016[46]N/A[18]
black stag's lament3 December 2016[47]N/A[18]
dark night of the soul (the pile of bodies)22 December 2016[48]N/A[15][18]
The Surgeon Was a Butcher5 July 2017[49]N/A[18]
Child Covered in Needles (She Is Dancing and Blind)5 August 2017[50]N/A[18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Perla, Cory (August 17, 2016). "Spotlight: Uncertain". The Public. Buffalo Public Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Artchipel staff (July 22, 2011). "Tumblr Artist Florian-Ayala Fauna". L'Artchipel. Tumblr. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Barton, Dave (February 7, 2013). "Florian-Ayala Fauna: Art Magickian". OC Weekly. Duncan McIntosh Co. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. 1 2 aimee (January 25, 2016). "3.4-3.21.16". Sugar City. WordPress. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Rodrigo (May 12, 2017). "CVLT Nation interviews Florian Ayala Fauna -". CVLT Nation. Blast Beat Network. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Sterling, Bruce (September 30, 2017). "V. Vale's RE/Search newsletter #165". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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  11. 1 2 Sterling, Bruce (December 2, 2017). "WELCOME TO V. VALE’s RE/SEARCH NEWSLETTER #170, December 2017". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  12. ↑ admin (July 16, 2016). "Finissage: Chaostrophy – Artworks Inspired by the Music and History of the Band Coil". African Paper (in German). WordPress. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  13. ↑ Kupiec, Caitlin (October 13, 2013). "Monster 3.0 becoming a Buffalo tradition". The SUNY Buffalo State Record. Buffalo State College. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  14. ↑ Roxie, Marilyn (June 6, 2016). "Chaostrophy :artworks inspired by the music and history of the band Coil". Marilyn Roxie. Tumblr. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Cuzner, Russell (15 March 2017). "Extra-Auditory Adventures: Rum Music For March By Russell Cuzner". The Quietus. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  16. 1 2 Cooper, Dennis (23 August 2011). "Gig 12: Forest Swords, Laurel Halo, Hey Colossus, Haswell/Hecker, Prurient, Liturgy, Esperik Glare, JO’R, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Matmos, Seb Patane". Dennis Cooper. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  17. ↑ Illogic93. "Glass Fawn by uncertain (Album)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "uncertain Albums: songs, discography, biography, and listening guide - Rate Your Music". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  19. ↑ aliensamadhi. "Small Cold Hands by uncertain (Album, Dark Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  20. ↑ harlou123; Illogic93. "Amniotic Fluid by uncertain (EP)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Florian-Ayala Fauna Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  22. ↑ strugatsky. "Seahorse (Abyssopelagic) by uncertain (Album, Dark Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  23. 1 2 kawayama. "uncertain - Grief: Silence In Five Movements (File) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  24. ↑ Illogic93. "Grief: Silence In Five Movements by uncertain (Album)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  25. ↑ peekingpanda; tomsteele. "æther: musick for moths by uncertain (Album, Dark Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  26. ↑ Tropylium; Waltari. "Aether: musick for moths by uncertain (Album, Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  27. ↑ Illogic93. "Phoenix Rising by uncertain (EP)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  28. ↑ extiger. "uncertain* - Warm Leatherette (File) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  29. ↑ KarimG; Tropylium. "Warm Leatherette by uncertain (Single)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  30. ↑ extiger. "uncertain* - Very Friendly (File) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  31. ↑ extiger. "uncertain* - Nocturnal (File) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  32. ↑ Illogic93. "Nocturnal by uncertain (Compilation)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  33. ↑ qbshtall. "dancing with the blind by uncertain (Album, Electroacoustic)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  34. 1 2 Ricdev. "uncertain* - Dancing With The Blind (Lost Children) (File, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  35. 1 2 Illogic93. "Phantoms of the Trench Warfare (Past Lives in Black Flames) by uncertain (Album, Dark Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  36. 1 2 NickShutter. "Crawling Through the Abyss (Perdurabo) by uncertain (Album, Dark Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  37. ↑ NickShutter. "The Cycle of Tears (Moon) by uncertain (Album, Dark Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  38. ↑ NickShutter. "The Vision of Sorrow by uncertain presents ‡ black-stag's-lament ‡ (EP, Industrial)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  39. ↑ NickShutter. "Horns and Teeth (Blood Rite) by ‡ black-stag's-lament ‡ (Album, Post-Industrial)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  40. ↑ NickShutter. "Black Forest Invocation (Astaroth) - Live at Black Forest Invocation". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  41. ↑ NickShutter. "The Fox's Blood Moon by uncertain (EP, Dark Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  42. 1 2 melan0ma. "Black Sun Productions - All Beauty Must Die (File, MP3) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  43. 1 2 NickShutter. "The Price of Existence Is Eternal Warfare (Live Invocations) by uncertain (Album)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  44. ↑ whereamichinaski. "The Veins Were Licked by the Vulpine Garden by uncertain (EP, Industrial)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  45. ↑ NickShutter; Vanarhost. "Transnoise Aktion no. 005 - 09.02.2016 by uncertain (EP, Noise)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  46. ↑ NickShutter. "The Crown of the Mother Elk by uncertain (EP, Neofolk)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  47. ↑ NickShutter. "Black Stag's Lament by uncertain (Compilation)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  48. ↑ NickShutter. "Dark Night of the Soul (The Pile of Bodies) by uncertain (EP, Ritual Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  49. ↑ NickShutter. "The Surgeon Was a Butcher by uncertain (Album, Black Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  50. ↑ NickShutter. "Child Covered in Needles (She Is Dancing and Blind) by uncertain (EP, Black Ambient)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  51. aimee (January 26, 2016). "3.4.16". Sugar City. WordPress. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
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