The band's performances utilise chanted vocals and often employ the use of a variety of different instruments including the Celtic harp, nyckelharpa, lyres, bagpipes, Japanese taiko, cister, Pagan zither, flutes and Arabic instruments such as the dombra, rebab, riq, oud, darabukka and bendir.
Faun's roots in medieval music, combined with their influences drawn from Celtic folk, contemporary rock and Arabic rhythmic tones and fused with driving beats has gained the band a quickly-growing crowd of followers.
Faun was founded in early 2002 in Munich, Germany, and has since performed at more than four-thousand shows in a variety of locales, including festivals, medieval markets, concert halls and churches throughout Europe.
Official site: http://www.faune.de
Faun was also a late 1960's studio project featuring George Tickner and Ross Valory (ex-Frumious Bandersnatch), both of whom would later be in the original line-up of Journey. Their sound was a unique blend of pop, jazz, 1930's swing and psych.
Gaia
Faun Lyrics
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ēmen hósa chthóna dian epérchetai ēd hósa pónton
ēd hósa pōtōntai táde phérbetai ek séthen ólbou
Chaire theōn mḗtēr áloch Ouranou asteróentos
Γαῖαν παμμήτειραν ἀείσομαι
ἠμὲν ὅσα χθόνα δῖαν ἐπέρχεται ἠδ᾿ ὅσα πόντον
ἠδ᾿ ὅσα πωτῶνται, τάδε φέρβεται ἐκ σέθεν ὄλβου.
The lyrics to Faun's song Gaia express devotion and praise to the goddess Earth, known as Gaia in Greek mythology. The opening line, "Gaia pammeteran aeisomai," translates to "I shall always sing of universal Mother Earth." The following lines go on to describe the power and longevity of the Earth, saying that everything that comes from the land, sea and sky flows forth from its abundant womb.
The final line, "Chaire theon meter aloch Ouranou asterointos," is a greeting to the divine mother of all creation and wife of Uranus, the sky god. This line also acknowledges her celestial nature, as "asterointos" refers to the stars. The song as a whole is an expression of reverence for the Earth and its infinite capacity for growth, abundance and vitality.
Line by Line Meaning
Gaia pammḗteiran aeísomai
I sing of the all-nourishing Earth
ēmen hósa chthóna dian epérchetai ēd hósa pónton
and all that comes forth upon her, from the earth and sea
ēd hósa pōtōntai táde phérbetai ek séthen ólbou
and all that springs forth, it is brought forth from your abundance
Chaire theōn mḗtēr áloch Ouranou asteróentos
Hail, mother of the gods, wife of starry Ouranos!
Contributed by Jake Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.