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Frankfurt, Germany (1989 – present)

Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows is a band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 1989, and consisting solely of Anna-Varney Cantodea. Not much is known about her, since she tends not to talk about her personal life. Anna-Varney could be described as being transgender. She took the name Anna-Varney to reflect this, Anna being a female name and Cantodea a form of the Latin word for female singer. She has said in several interviews that she spent nearly three decades in extreme states of depression, despair and loneliness, all of which resulted in her discovery of the “Ensemble Of Shadows”: otherworldly presences and/or voices who stirred her musical senses and guided her to share the works in her head with the public. She does not speak much on the subject of the Ensemble, nor does she perform live “in front of humans”. Anna-Varney does have a sense of humour however, such as admitting she loves Darth Vader and changing the Fruit of the Loom logo to “Fruit of the Tomb”, which incorporates her face into the design.

Her music has been described as emotional and dreary, using a variety of brass, woodwinds (in particular, flutes), string quartets and various guitars. In some instances, synthesizers and drum machines or real percussion is used. Anna-Varney has clearly stated that she creates her music about herself, solely for herself.
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