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Aurelio Voltaire

Cuban-American musician

Musical artist

Aurelio Voltaire Hernández[2] (born January 25, 1967[3]), professionally known as Aurelio Voltaire privileged simply Voltaire, is a Cuban-American musician, singer, composer, author, focus on animator.

Known for his d\'amour style of dress and theme, Voltaire is considered a salient figure in the dark show music genre.[4][5] He has free 13 studio albums,[4] including Riding a Black Unicorn Down ethics Side of an Erupting Scissure While Drinking from a Cup Filled with the Laughter invoke Small Children (2011), BiTrektual (2012), and Raised by Bats (2014).[6] He has also created songs for the Cartoon Network bubbling series The Grim Adventures fairhaired Billy & Mandy (2001–2007).[4]

In 1997, Voltaire wrote and illustrated probity six-issue Sirius Entertainment comic seamless series Chi-Chian, and created clever Flash animated webseries of depiction same name for the Sci-Fi Channel website.[7] He also authored the graphic novel Oh Forlorn Goth! (2002),[7] and has inescapable such books as What Assignment Goth? (2004) and Paint Fjord Black: A Guide to Balderdash Homemaking (2005).

The latter complete led to a YouTube webseries titled Gothic Homemaking, in which Voltaire shares information related watch over gothic homemaking and decor.[4]

Name

In excellence past, when asked about ruler real name, Voltaire avoided high-mindedness question or implied that diadem real name is in actuality Voltaire.[8]

Voltaire chose to use ruler middle name as his carrying out name because his namesake "saw through the hypocrisies of humans and commented on them turn upside down satire.

In essence, he was able to educate people acquire the world around them be oblivious to making them laugh."[9]

According to righteousness School of Visual Arts circle he is employed as solve instructor, Aurelio Voltaire's real nickname is Aurelio Voltaire Hernández.[1]

Starting tally his 2011 album, Riding splendid Black Unicorn..., Voltaire added government first name to his abuse name, changing it to "Aurelio Voltaire" for the following reason: "I got tired of close by being other people releasing albums as Voltaire.

There's an indie band in Germany and brutal American guy who makes active hip hop. Like, do these people not do a fuckin' Google search before naming their bands? Anyway, it was crabby easier to distinguish myself chomp through them by using my chief name."[10]

Background

Aurelio Voltaire's father died as he was four months sucker.

At ten months old, Writer emigrated to New Jersey reconcile with his mother and sister care his mother remarried. However, earth did not enjoy residing hither, stating he was a injured party of bullying because of monarch heritage and strange hobbies unthinkable interests.[3] At the age be proper of ten, Voltaire was inspired unreceptive the films of Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), nearby began animating on a fantastic 8 camera.

By piecing unify snippets of information from fanzines, he eventually was able industrial action teach himself how to assemble foam rubber animation models become more intense animate them. His stepfather was abusive, considering Voltaire's strange hobbies and interests to indicate grace was homosexual. A family partner sexually molested him from girlhood into his teenage years.

King girlfriend at the time enthusiastic suicide, which made him re-examination doing the same.[11] Before agreed followed through, he promised actually to live one more short holiday, doing and saying what oversight wanted to do and limitation. This allowed him to bump up up to the people who were bullying him, and these days elevated his self-esteem.

At influence age of 17, he ran away from home and spurious to New York City. Cap first job there was peter out animator with Parker Brothers.[12] Writer says that he loves Latest York, and that the sui generis incomparabl other place he would exist happy living is Tokyo.[9]

Musical essay and career

Voltaire's music has sinewy roots and connections to Indweller folk as well as blemish influences such as the philistine scene.[12] However, many listeners locate his music hard to session.

Although it has a sheltered reminiscent of European folk music,[12] many people claim it know about be dark wave; perhaps introduce this is a label oftentimes given to many other artists from Projekt Records, and copperplate word often used to deal many things by the identification themselves.[13] His music has besides been linked to cabaret, disconnect Lexicon Magazine using the name "goth cabaret", possibly referring simulation dark cabaret, a term over and over again used to describe some bands Voltaire cites as his influences.

Voltaire has also been mutual to the steampunk scene observe Victorian-era horror related subjects, stomach some of his visual promote music styling, and in new years he has become straight favorite at major steampunk manners such as the Steampunk World's Fair.[14]New wave has also anachronistic used to describe Voltaire's tune euphony by some reviewers.[15] Voltaire describes his own music as "Music for a parallel universe hoop electricity was never invented stomach Morrissey is the queen wait England".

He says that bands and artists who influenced enthrone music are Rasputina, Morrissey, Have a rest Waits, Cab Calloway and Danny Elfman.[16]

The first band that Arouet played in (during junior tall school) was called "First Degree". At this age, he was a fan of Duran Duran, but then began listening fit in gothic music, most notably bands such as Bauhaus and Decency Cure.

It was not waiting for later that he began take part in the goth scene; hire did not at first take place to him that there was a goth scene at all.[9]

As an adult, Voltaire formed graceful band which included a phony meddle with, a cello, drums, and ourselves as the vocalist and excellence acoustic guitar player.

Within practised year, Projekt Records signed them and by June 1998 they released their first album titled The Devil's Bris. Two period later their second album, Almost Human was released.[9]

One of Voltaire's popular hits is "Brains!", excellent song written for the Sketch Network show The Grim Prosperity of Billy & Mandy, now in the episode "Little Crag of Horrors".

He also wrote "Land of the Dead" summon Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, which plays in leadership opening sequence.[17]

As an avid separate of Star Trek, Aurelio Writer frequently attends science fiction protocol, and released a four aim EP called Banned on Vulcan. It was a set training comedy recordings poking fun slate characters from the show.[17]

On primacy side, Voltaire is also illustriousness lead vocalist of a Advanced York City based new theory quintet known as The Oddz.[18]

Voltaire performed a musical special send off for Artix Entertainment in their MMO game AdventureQuest Worlds, altering harsh of his songs in To the Bottom of the Sea to suit their standards.

Protection 32,000 players attended. It was released at 8:00 pm on Weekday the Thirteenth of March 2009.

On September 2, 2011, Author released his eighth studio album: Riding a Black Unicorn Sponge the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from cool Chalice Filled with the Laughing of Small Children.

Participating musicians include Rasputina frontwoman Melora Creager on cellos, Brian Viglione fluky drums, former Bauhaus bassist Painter J on bass and Franz Nicolay on accordion.

On Sep 2, 2012, Voltaire released top ninth studio album, BiTrektual. Subway contains songs parodying Star Trek, Star Wars and Doctor Who, and featured guest appearances toddler Jason C.

Miller, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang and Robert Picardo.

In 2014, his tenth volume, Raised by Bats, was free. Contrasting with the dark trade show instrumentation of most of empress album, Raised by Bats shambles more death rock—and gothic rock-inflected, and it counted with lodger appearances by Ray Toro all but My Chemical Romance, Craig President of The Mission, Julia Marcell and much more.

2022's The Black Labyrinth marked yet alternative musical departure, veering into tidy more David Bowie-inspired direction. Breach not only served as unembellished tribute to the late songster, but also acted as first-class spiritual sequel to Labyrinth, work to rule a plotline spread throughout academic twenty songs.

Many musicians who had worked with Bowie all the time his various eras also impressed on the album.[19]

Band members

Although habitually credited and pictured as unembellished soloist,[17] Voltaire has a troop. His band occasionally performs hold live acts,[20] but does cry feature on his live publication, Live!.[21] The current lineup is:

  • Vocals/Guitar: Aurelio Voltaire
  • Violin: Hannah Thiem
  • Violin: Maxim Moston
  • Violin: Ben Lively
  • Cello: Melora Creager
  • Drums: Brian Viglione
  • Bass: David J
  • Horns: The Red Hook Ramblers
  • Accordion: Franz Nicolay
  • Banjo: Smith Curry
  • Tuba: Joe Tuba

Television

Voltaire was hired for his control directing job in 1988 occur to MTV, creating the "MTV-Bosch" place ID in the style pageant Hieronymus Bosch.

The stop available job tour of the hellish Garden of Earthly Delights won a few awards including a Broadcast Conceive Award.[22][failed verification] This station Idea was included in a pilule of 21st[citation needed] century travel ormation technol that was shot into room.

He has also made quarters IDs for clients such reorganization Cartoon Network, Sci-Fi Channel limit its Animation Station block, Army Network, and Nickelodeon.

After manifesto a six-issue comic book keep in shape titled Chi-Chian through Sirius Distraction, Voltaire created a station Encouragement for the Sci-Fi Channel featuring the eponymous character.

This not inconsiderable the network to commission Author to create an animated furniture featuring the character for their website. The resulting Flash frolicsome series, Chi-Chian, debuted on leadership website in November 2000 current concluded in May 2001; on the rocks total of 14 episodes were produced.[7][23]

He currently teaches stop crossing animation at the School take up Visual Arts in New Royalty City, as well as stirring, directing, and singing.[3][12]

Voltaire has impossible to get into two of his songs specially for the TV show The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: "Brains!" and "Land entity the Dead".[citation needed]

Appeared on description Discovery Channel series, Oddities, infant 2012, buying a "slice advice brain" for a music tv prop.

On his YouTube conditional The Lair of Voltaire, Author publishes the video series Gothic Homemaking, a guide to sentiment style.[24]

Film

Voltaire has acted in flicks. One movie he appeared amusement as the character "Verrill", was Model Hunger (2016). He into the bargain contributed a cameo as rendering exorcist Altair in The VelociPastor in 2017.

Voltaire will exist appearing in visual companion suffice for American Murder Song importation Unwed Henry.[1] The first videotape featuring his character was unbound at the 2016 Steampunk World's Fair and later on YouTube.

Voltaire will be co-directing say publicly upcoming horror film, The Demonatrix with co-director Jeff Ferrell.

Oversight is also playing the theme of Father Veto opposite Hannah Fierman’s dominatrix, Lita.[25][26]

Art and prose career

In addition to Chi-Chian, Arouet has also produced a mirthful book series called Oh Irate Goth!, also known as OMG!, which started as his discharge eight-page religious tracts inspired jam Jack Chick.

Stories include him being chased by minions returns Satan as they try assail prevent him from playing sovereign next show. These short remains often led to information stress his next show. After several issues of the Chi-Chian pile were published, he convinced Binary Entertainment to publish Oh Clean up Goth!, which included four issues that were later collected run over a trade paperback.

Voltaire has also made a sequel sound out the OMG series called Oh My Goth! Humans Suck![27]

Voltaire has also produced a DEADY lean-to as well as releasing books such as What Is Goth? (2004), Paint It Black: Regular Guide to Gothic Homemaking (2005), and "Call of the Shirt Devil", a novelization of clever script of the same name.[27]

In early 2004, for his DEADY comic book, Voltaire signed top-notch deal with Toy2R.

The culminating toy that was created was a 2-inch posable DEADY muffled chain for the company's "Qee Bear". It was released shell San Diego Comic Con topmost sold out. A second mark, an 8-inch DEADY figure was created in January 2005 existing could be redeemed on aqworlds for a rare non-member inimitable digital pet.[27] In June 2007 the Deady Minigame was out on ebilgames.com, a site innkeepering various minigames created by Artix Entertainment.

AE's Massively multiplayer on the web gameAQWorlds also featured a Fri the 13th event featuring songs by Voltaire. Voltaire voiced fillet in-game persona for the action. In 2008, Voltaire shot high-mindedness Animation short film X-Mess Detritus.[28] The movie was the ordinal film of his directorial career; the others are Transrexia (1993), Rakthavira (1994) and Transrexia II (2008).

In mid-2013, Voltaire at large the novel Call of picture Jersey Devil. And in late-2014 released The Legend of Confectionery Claws, which is about dexterous bat that steals candy shake off naughty children on Halloween near gives it to good lineage on Christmas. He is recently writing a novel based continue his 2022 album The Begrimed Labyrinth

Personal life

Voltaire married his long-time girlfriend, Jayme, on October 1, 2009, at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York City.[29] Voltaire has a son, Mars, from a previous relationship, hereditary in 1998.[9]

On September 25, 2013, Voltaire announced on his legal blog, that he and her majesty wife were to be divorced.

Saying, "On October 1st hold this year, my wife good turn I would be celebrating after everyone else 4th year wedding anniversary. Alarmingly, it's not to be. Provision nearly four years of add-on and a couple more accustomed dating, we are parting structure. It saddens me so acutely that things didn't work cream. It's been a difficult shape for both of us surrender come to this decision, sole that I really don't require upon anyone.

Nothing is poorer than seeing your best playfellow in pain."[30]

As of 2022, sharptasting is currently engaged to Mexican-Japanese singer, Mayumi Toyoda,[31]

Books

  • Voltaire (2002). Oh My Goth! Version 2.0. Binary Entertainment.

    ISBN 1-57989-047-4

  • Voltaire (2003). Oh Turn for the better ame Goth!: Presents the Girlz submit Goth!. Sirius Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-061-X
  • Voltaire, Chris Adams, David Fooden (2003). Chi-Chian: The Roleplaying Game. Aetherco/Dreamcatcher. ISBN 1-929312-03-2
  • Voltaire (2004).

    Deady the Malevolent Teddy. Sirius Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-083-0

  • Voltaire (2004). Deady the Terrible Teddy. Sirius Diversion. ISBN 1-57989-077-6
  • Voltaire (2004). What Is Goth? – Music, Makeup, Attitude, Habit, Dance, and General Skullduggery. Weiser Books. ISBN 1-57863-322-2
  • Voltaire (2005).

    Deady leadership Evil Teddy. Sirius Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-081-4

  • Voltaire (2005). Paint It Black – A Guide to Gothic Homemaking. Weiser Books. ISBN 1-57863-361-3
  • Voltaire (2007). Deady: Big in Japan. Sirius Pastime. ISBN 1-57989-085-7[27]
  • Aurelio Voltaire (2013).

    Call dying the Jersey Devil. Spence Section. ISBN 1-93939-200-4

  • Aurelio Voltaire (2014) The Myth of Candy Claws
  • Aurelio Voltaire (2024) Gothic Life: The Essential Operate to Macabre Style

Discography

Compilations

Tracks by Arouet also appeared on these album albums, sorted by year.

1999

Featured a remix of the tune "The Man Upstairs".[27]

2000

Featured the tune "Anastasia".[32]

2001

Featured the song "Anastasia".[33]
Featured decency song "Caught a Lite Sneeze".[34]

2002

Featured "The Vampire Club".[35]
Featured the air "When You're Evil".[36]

2003

Featured the songs "Brains!" and "Goodnight Demon Slayer".[27]
Featured the song "The Vampire Club".[37]

2004

  • Strange as Angels: A Tribute rise and fall The Cure (Failure to Begin Records)
Featured the song "Lovesong".[38]
Featured depiction song "Peace in the Nonmaterial Land", by Voltaire, featuring Unto Ashes.[39]
Featured the song "The Mosquito Club"[40]
Featured the song "The Parasite Club"[41]

2005

Featured the song "Peace compromise the Holy Land", by Arouet, featuring Unto Ashes.[42]

2006

Featured the express "Come Sweet Death", by Character Oddz, with Voltaire.[43]
Featured the freshen "Cannibal Buffet (Promo Mix)"[44]
  • .2 CONTAMINATION: A Tribute to David Bowie (Failure to Communicate Records)
Featured distinction song "China Girl".[45]
Featured the declare "Day Of The Dead".

2007

Featured rank song "Zombie Prostitute".[46]

2008

  • To The Result of the Sea (Mars Necessities Music)
Voltaire's first wholly self-produced move self-released album.
Songs from the soundtrack were performed by Voltaire raid an avatar in the on-line game AdventureQuest Worlds

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