For New Listeners

This is a section for people who are new to Voltaire's music and other projects.

Some people might be googling him because they read about him somewhere, and happened to stumble upon Vorutania.

So Vorutania has now a short bio (because nobody bothers to read those long ones), some recommended tracks and similar. Enjoy!

(Image by Scott Irvine.)

Who is Voltaire?

Voltaire is a musician, animator, writer, comic book artist, and toy design creator. For the purpose of this page we are going to focus on the music.

The music Voltaire makes is hard to classify because it includes a lot of genres. The lyrics are often satirical and dark, described as gothic, while the musical aspect is linked more closely to European folk music. Often, it is just referred to as darkwave or dark cabaret. While he plays most of his live shows as a solo act, the studio albums include a band.

He released his first CD, The Devil's Bris in 1998 on Projekt Records and has since then released seven studio albums, two singles, one live cd and two compilation CDs.

Recommended songs

Three popular tracks:

When You're Evil	The Devil's Bris	Listen
God Thinks	Almost Human	Listen
The Death (Devil Evil Song)	To the Bottom of the Sea	Listen

Three funny tracks:

Cantina (Demo)	Zombie Prostitute	Listen
Coin Operated Goi	To the Bottom of the Sea	Listen
Zombie Prostitute	Ooky Spooky	Listen

Three serious tracks:

Believe	Then And Again	Listen
Feathery Wings	Almost Human	Listen
This Sea	To the Bottom of the Sea	Listen

Three cover tracks:

Lovesong	Then and Again	Listen
A Wolf at the Door	Every Machine Makes a Mistake	Listen
Accordion Player	To the Bottom of the Sea	Listen

AS A SIDE-NOTE:

The short bio is written as a part of Vorutania, and is meant to be as short and informative as possible.

If you'd like to use it for a forum post, blog or similar - go ahead! It would be nice with a link back here, though. Three longer, separate bios can be found at his official website, Voltaire.net.

The song recommendations are made by Vorutania, so other people might not agree with the picks. If you feel some track should be replaced, you should send in an email explaining why and which song should replace it!

All "Listen"-links are outgoing and leading to YouTube-videos. This is simply because it's easier - everybody can use it (as opposed to e.g. Spotify) and while the quality isn't the best, it's a nice way to hear new tracks. However, you can also listen to most of his CDs, in full, FOR FREE at his ReverbNation-page.

If you find you like Voltaire's music, you should consider buying his cds.

It would be nice if you reported broken links.

Thank you!