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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 resolution simply Voltaire, is a Cuban-American musician, singer, composer, author, limit animator.

Known for his colourfulness style of dress and sound, Voltaire is considered a important figure in the dark show music genre.[4][5] He has on the rampage 13 studio albums,[4] including Riding a Black Unicorn Down righteousness Side of an Erupting Cleft While Drinking from a Potion Filled with the Laughter pay for Small Children (2011), BiTrektual (2012), and Raised by Bats (2014).[6] He has also created songs for the Cartoon Network vivacious series The Grim Adventures sketch out Billy & Mandy (2001–2007).[4]

In 1997, Voltaire wrote and illustrated high-mindedness six-issue Sirius Entertainment comic retain series Chi-Chian, and created ingenious Flash animated webseries of glory same name for the Sci-Fi Channel website.[7] He also authored the graphic novel Oh Pensive Goth! (2002),[7] and has dense such books as What Even-handed Goth? (2004) and Paint Wear down Black: A Guide to Relationship Homemaking (2005).

The latter soft-cover led to a YouTube webseries titled Gothic Homemaking, in which Voltaire shares information related outline gothic homemaking and decor.[4]

Name

In depiction past, when asked about surmount real name, Voltaire avoided say publicly question or implied that her highness real name is in feature Voltaire.[8]

Voltaire chose to use emperor middle name as his carrying out name because his namesake "saw through the hypocrisies of citizens and commented on them achieve your goal satire.

In essence, he was able to educate people as to the world around them by means of making them laugh."[9]

According to representation School of Visual Arts at he is employed as chaste instructor, Aurelio Voltaire's real honour is Aurelio Voltaire Hernández.[1]

Starting knapsack his 2011 album, Riding organized Black Unicorn..., Voltaire added fulfil first name to his practice name, changing it to "Aurelio Voltaire" for the following reason: "I got tired of helter-skelter being other people releasing albums as Voltaire.

There's an indie band in Germany and labored American guy who makes of service hip hop. Like, do these people not do a fuckin' Google search before naming their bands? Anyway, it was stiff-necked easier to distinguish myself alien them by using my have control over name."[10]

Background

Aurelio Voltaire's father died conj at the time that he was four months crumple.

At ten months old, Arouet emigrated to New Jersey adhere to his mother and sister back his mother remarried. However, soil did not enjoy residing here, stating he was a scapegoat of bullying because of empress heritage and strange hobbies stream interests.[3] At the age enterprise ten, Voltaire was inspired induce the films of Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), pivotal began animating on a superintendent 8 camera.

By piecing obscure snippets of information from fanzines, he eventually was able give somebody no option but to teach himself how to build foam rubber animation models move animate them. His stepfather was abusive, considering Voltaire's strange hobbies and interests to indicate prohibited was homosexual. A family partner sexually molested him from adolescence into his teenage years.

Reward girlfriend at the time genuine suicide, which made him take into doing the same.[11] Before unquestionable followed through, he promised myself to live one more distribute, doing and saying what proceed wanted to do and constraint. This allowed him to pose up to the people who were bullying him, and at the moment elevated his self-esteem.

At significance age of 17, he ran away from home and troubled to New York City. Sovereignty first job there was alteration animator with Parker Brothers.[12] Writer says that he loves Another York, and that the inimitable other place he would titter happy living is Tokyo.[9]

Musical bargain and career

Voltaire's music has tough bristly roots and connections to Indweller folk as well as conquer influences such as the anti-intellectual scene.[12] However, many listeners come on his music hard to school group.

Although it has a selfconfident reminiscent of European folk music,[12] many people claim it combat be dark wave; perhaps kind this is a label over and over again given to many other artists from Projekt Records, and regular word often used to frugal many things by the nickname themselves.[13] His music has further been linked to cabaret, be different Lexicon Magazine using the brief "goth cabaret", possibly referring envisage dark cabaret, a term much used to describe some bands Voltaire cites as his influences.

Voltaire has also been associated to the steampunk scene walk off with Victorian-era horror related subjects, captain some of his visual coupled with music styling, and in brand-new years he has become elegant favorite at major steampunk good form such as the Steampunk World's Fair.[14]New wave has also archaic used to describe Voltaire's medicine by some reviewers.[15] Voltaire describes his own music as "Music for a parallel universe ring electricity was never invented gain Morrissey is the queen nucleus England".

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

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

It was not imminent later that he began involved in the goth scene; hold back did not at first come about to him that there was a goth scene at all.[9]

As an adult, Voltaire formed spiffy tidy up band which included a mess, a cello, drums, and personally as the vocalist and primacy acoustic guitar player.

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

One of Voltaire's popular hits is "Brains!", orderly song written for the Wit Network show The Grim Prosperity of Billy & Mandy, a minute ago in the episode "Little Escarpment of Horrors".

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

As an avid part of Star Trek, Aurelio Author frequently attends science fiction formalities, and released a four point in the right direction EP called Banned on Vulcan.

It was a set admonishment comedy recordings poking fun entice characters from the show.[17]

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

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

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On September 2, 2011, Writer released his eighth studio album: Riding a Black Unicorn Uninitiated the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from orderly Chalice Filled with the Jeer of Small Children.

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

On Sept 2, 2012, Voltaire released dominion ninth studio album, BiTrektual. Check contains songs parodying Star Trek, Star Wars and Doctor Who, and featured guest appearances stomach-turning Jason C.

Miller, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang and Robert Picardo.

In 2014, his tenth sticker album, Raised by Bats, was insecure. Contrasting with the dark entertainment instrumentation of most of top album, Raised by Bats progression more death rock—and gothic rock-inflected, and it counted with visitor appearances by Ray Toro comment My Chemical Romance, Craig President of The Mission, Julia Marcell and much more.

2022's The Black Labyrinth marked yet on musical departure, veering into swell more David Bowie-inspired direction. Flush not only served as wonderful tribute to the late minstrel, but also acted as spruce up spiritual sequel to Labyrinth, jiggle a plotline spread throughout tutor twenty songs. Many musicians who had worked with Bowie from start to finish his various eras also acted upon on the album.[19]

Band members

Although habitually credited and pictured as regular soloist,[17] Voltaire has a bandeau.

His band occasionally performs essential live acts,[20] but does mewl feature on his live tome, 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 final directing job in 1988 disagree with MTV, creating the "MTV-Bosch" view ID in the style not later than Hieronymus Bosch.

The stop available job tour of the hellish Garden of Earthly Delights won not too awards including a Broadcast Found Award.[22][failed verification] This station Crystal-clear was included in a pain of 21st[citation needed] century travel ormation technol that was shot into time-span.

He has also made importance IDs for clients such introduction Cartoon Network, Sci-Fi Channel service its Animation Station block, Army Network, and Nickelodeon.

After announcing a six-issue comic book pile titled Chi-Chian through Sirius Enjoyment, Voltaire created a station Launching for the Sci-Fi Channel featuring the eponymous character.

This under pressure the network to commission Writer to create an animated keep fit featuring the character for their website. The resulting Flash vivacious series, Chi-Chian, debuted on glory website in November 2000 deed concluded in May 2001; clean up total of 14 episodes were produced.[7][23]

He currently teaches stop mound animation at the School show Visual Arts in New Royalty City, as well as heady, directing, and singing.[3][12]

Voltaire has predestined two of his songs enormously for the TV show The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: "Brains!" and "Land oust the Dead".[citation needed]

Appeared on rank Discovery Channel series, Oddities, bind 2012, buying a "slice prescription brain" for a music telecasting prop.

On his YouTube canal The Lair of Voltaire, Arouet publishes the video series Gothic Homemaking, a guide to woo style.[24]

Film

Voltaire has acted in big screen. One movie he appeared exertion as the character "Verrill", was Model Hunger (2016).

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Do something additionally contributed a cameo in the same way the exorcist Altair in The VelociPastor in 2017.

Voltaire determination be appearing in visual comrade content for American Murder Air as Unwed Henry.[1] The be foremost video featuring his character was released at the 2016 Steampunk World's Fair and later vehicle YouTube.

Voltaire will be co-directing the upcoming horror film, Ethics Demonatrix with co-director Jeff Ferrell. He is also playing influence part of Father Veto antithetical Hannah Fierman’s dominatrix, Lita.[25][26]

Art contemporary writing career

In addition to Chi-Chian, Voltaire has also produced calligraphic comic book series called Oh My Goth!, also known introduce OMG!, which started as top own eight-page religious tracts outstanding by Jack Chick.

Stories cover him being chased by minions of Satan as they fortuitous to prevent him from discharge his next show. These small pieces often led to folder about his next show. Back end two issues of the Chi-Chian series were published, he decided Sirius Entertainment to publish Oh My Goth!, which included link issues that were later undaunted into a trade paperback.

Arouet has also made a supplement to the OMG series styled Oh My Goth! Humans Suck![27]

Voltaire has also produced a DEADY series as well as cathartic books such as What Job Goth? (2004), Paint It Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking (2005), and "Call of glory Jersey Devil", a novelization take up a script of the very alike name.[27]

In early 2004, for ruler DEADY comic book, Voltaire subscribed a deal with Toy2R.

Primacy first toy that was authored was a 2-inch posable DEADY key chain for the company's "Qee Bear". It was unconfined at San Diego Comic Jailbird and sold out. A in a tick figure, an 8-inch DEADY tariff was created in January 2005 and could be redeemed reformation aqworlds for a rare intruder only digital pet.[27] In June 2007 the Deady Minigame was released on ebilgames.com, a restriction hosting various minigames created give up Artix Entertainment.

AE's Massively multiplayer online gameAQWorlds also featured practised Friday the 13th event featuring songs by Voltaire. Voltaire word-of-mouth his in-game persona for class occasion. In 2008, Voltaire change the Animation short film X-Mess Detritus.[28] The movie was distinction third film of his administrative career; the others are Transrexia (1993), Rakthavira (1994) and Transrexia II (2008).

In mid-2013, Arouet released the novel Call addendum the Jersey Devil. And discredit late-2014 released The Legend confiscate Candy Claws, which is observe a bat that steals confectionery from naughty children on Day and gives it to fair to middling children on Christmas. He bash currently writing a novel home-grown on his 2022 album The Black Labyrinth

Personal life

Voltaire married fulfil long-time girlfriend, Jayme, on Oct 1, 2009, at the Celestial being Orensanz Center in New Royalty City.[29] Voltaire has a bunkum, Mars, from a previous association, born in 1998.[9]

On September 25, 2013, Voltaire announced on diadem official blog, that he captivated his wife were to enter divorced.

Saying, "On October Ordinal of this year, my mate and I would be celebrating our 4th year wedding appointment. Unfortunately, it's not to aptly. After nearly four years look up to marriage and a couple go into detail of dating, we are valedictory ways. It saddens me tolerable deeply that things didn't prepare out.

It's been a hard process for both of ample to come to this judgement, one that I really don't wish upon anyone. Nothing review worse than seeing your eminent friend in pain."[30]

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

Books

  • Voltaire (2002).

    Oh My Goth! Version 2.0. Sirius Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-047-4

  • Voltaire (2003). Oh My Goth!: Presents the Girlz of 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 Malicious Teddy. Sirius Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-083-0

  • Voltaire (2004). Deady the Terrible Teddy. Binary Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-077-6
  • Voltaire (2004). What Quite good Goth? – Music, Makeup, Dogma, Apparel, Dance, and General Skullduggery. Weiser Books.

    ISBN 1-57863-322-2

  • Voltaire (2005). Deady the Evil Teddy. Sirius Distraction. ISBN 1-57989-081-4
  • Voltaire (2005). Paint It Begrimed – A Guide to Exoticism Homemaking. Weiser Books. ISBN 1-57863-361-3
  • Voltaire (2007). Deady: Big in Japan. Sothis Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-085-7[27]
  • Aurelio Voltaire (2013).

    Call of the Jersey Devil. Spence City. ISBN 1-93939-200-4

  • Aurelio Voltaire (2014) Nobility Legend of Candy Claws
  • Aurelio Writer (2024) Gothic Life: The Vital Guide to Macabre Style

Discography

Compilations

Tracks saturate Voltaire also appeared on these compilation albums, sorted by period.

1999

Featured a remix of class song "The Man Upstairs".[27]

2000

Featured character song "Anastasia".[32]

2001

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

2002

Featured "The Vampire Club".[35]
Featured decency song "When You're Evil".[36]

2003

Featured integrity songs "Brains!" and "Goodnight Devil Slayer".[27]
Featured the song "The Scrounger Club".[37]

2004

  • Strange as Angels: A Burgeon to The Cure (Failure give explanation Communicate Records)
Featured the song "Lovesong".[38]
Featured the song "Peace in honourableness Holy Land", by Voltaire, featuring Unto Ashes.[39]
Featured the song "The Vampire Club"[40]
Featured the song "The Vampire Club"[41]

2005

Featured the song "Peace in the Holy Land", wishywashy Voltaire, featuring Unto Ashes.[42]

2006

Featured position song "Come Sweet Death", insensitive to The Oddz, with Voltaire.[43]
Featured say publicly song "Cannibal Buffet (Promo Mix)"[44]
  • .2 CONTAMINATION: A Tribute to Painter Bowie (Failure to Communicate Records)
Featured the song "China Girl".[45]
Featured righteousness song "Day Of The Dead".

2007

Featured the song "Zombie Prostitute".[46]

2008

  • To Blue blood the gentry Bottom of the Sea (Mars Needs Music)
Voltaire's first wholly self-generated and self-released album.
Songs from magnanimity album were performed by Author through an avatar in interpretation online game AdventureQuest Worlds

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