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Shannon Funchess is an American musician, producer, dancer, and performance artist. She is best known for her work as lead vocalist and composer for Brooklyn-based electronic music duo Light Asylum, which she founded in 2007 with musician Bruno Coviello.[1] Funchess has recorded and toured with a number of electronic and alternative acts, including The Knife, Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Clan of Xymox, and TV on the Radio.[2] She has also served as a dancer and actor in various video productions[3] and art performances,[4][5] and as a DJ for Brooklyn radio station The Lot Radio.[1]
Both prior to and after forming Light Asylum with collaborator Bruno Coviello, Funchess contributed vocal performances for a variety of music acts. She is featured on releases such as TV on the Radio's 2003 EP Young Liars, Myth Takes by !!!, and Shaking the Habitual by The Knife.[2] Funchess is featured in the music video for "Snakes", a song created in collaboration with electronic duo Ford & Lopatin.[6] In addition to recording with the band, Funchess served as lead vocalist of !!! during their 2007 tour.[7]
Light Asylum released their first EP In Tension in 2010.[8] The duo went on to release their self-titled full-length debut in 2012.[9] Light Asylum's music is influenced by 1980s dark wave and synth-pop.[10]
In 2018 Funchess performed in Michelle Handelman's Hustlers & Empires.[3] Funchess and Handelman also collaborated on video project and live performance Doomscrolling, which premiered in 2021.[4] Funchess collaborated with dancer and vocalist Justin F. Kennedy in creating A(un) Necessary World, a "sci-fi space opera"[5] which was performed at the UCLA Hammer Museum in April 2022.[11]
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