Year: 1998
Time: 74:10 + 71:26
Size: 170,6 MB + 164,2 MB
Label: CD Eigenvertrieb
Styles: Progressive Rock
Art: Full
Tracks Listing:
CD1
1. Sylving Moons - 5:51
2. Wondrous End - 8:51
3. A Flute In The Fog - 7:59
4. Thousand Days Before - 12:10
5. In Vain - 3:31
6. Micemakers - 5:40
7. Weaponless - 5:07
8. The Stone - 7:36
9. Warm September Rain - 3:29
10. Born Bad I - 13:52
CD2
1. Born Bad II - 9:11
2. On A Magician's Flight - 4:38
3. Lady Banshee - 11:26
4. Great Is The Empire - 5:17
5. Mr. Industry - 12:44
6. La Selva / Micemakers - 11:28
7. Lady Banshee - 11:00
8. Shrovetide - 5:39
Just what is a Faun, you ask? That would be the flute-playing mythical creature who is half goat and half human. That is fantasy, the reality is FAUN are a German neo prog band born in 1992 comprising of Christoph Roth (vocals, key board and percussion), Steffen Schuerkens (drums, vocals and guitar) and Helmut Weinlaender (bass and guitars) in Wuerzburg. In 1993 they added Marko Brenziger (guitars and keyboards) and Evelyn Ott (flute and keyboards) to round out the band.
Making their mark in small clubs and festivals, the band experienced their first real taste of the big time with an appearance at famous Wuerzburger Kulturjahrmarkt (KuJa), a three day music and theater event. About a year later, Ulrich Miksa (sound, live-mix, arrangement, keyboards) joined and was in charge of the live sound for the band. At the tail end of 1994 into 1995, FAUN went into the recording studio for the first time to lay down a few tracks for their debut. Due to musical differences, only a few of the recorded tracks were finished. FAUN experienced a personnel change in 1995 with the departure of Evelyn Ott. She was replaced by Brigitte Groll (flutes and keyboards) six months later. Brigitte's first big appearance with FAUN was shortly after she joined the band at the "Umsonst & Draussen"- festival in Wuerzburg. At the same time, the demo-tape "Remembrance" (still with Evelyn Ott) was published. Five of the seven tracks were from a live gig, the rest of them were recorded in the studio. Many appearances at open air concerts and a progressive rock festival followed. In January of 1997 at a concert with the Japanese instrumental trio "Ars Nova", FAUN received praise by national press for the first time and were able to present themselves to a broader audience. After an appearance at a progressive rock festival of the Pink Floyd & Art rock magazine "Eclipsed" in Aschaffenburg, the song "The Stone' was published on the "Sysyphus" sampler volume 3- along with songs by famous international bands of the same genre.
The next few years proved to be very turbulent for FAUN as the band began to drift apart musically. Additionally, the band took more hits as members had to relocate due to their 9 to 5 jobs. In January of 1998, the official farewell concert in the arches of the Bechtolsheimer Hof in Wuerzburg. The band performed their complete repertoire, which was documented for the live CD Wondrous End, making it their debut AND farewell CD.
Wondrous End
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