Post by BassSquared on Feb 12, 2022 8:08:01 GMT
Aurélie Raidron (27 Nov 1981 -)
Vocal Range: B♭2 - B♭6
Associated Acts: Lands of Past (2004-2009), Penumbra (2006-2018), Ad Inferna (2008-2010), Pin Up Went Down (2008 - 2014), öOoOoOoOoOo (2013 - present)
{Vocal Summary}While many singers may be known for their versatility and wide ranges, there are few who wield their many vocal approaches quite as skillfully or as enthusiastically as Asphodel. The musical alter ego of French photographer Aurélie Raidron, Asphodel is best known for performing an utterly bonkers brand of avant-garde metal often compared to such acts as Mr. Bungle, Igorrr, and Diablo Swing Orchestra, in which norms of genre are tossed to the wayside and the music can radically shift in mood and style on a dime. Her voice, naturally, is more than a match for this musical madness, and can adopt a range of approaches that almost sound like separate singers entirely, including:
* A powerful, emotive mezzo-soprano with some serious belting ability (her "natural" voice)
* An operatic soprano-esque head voice approach with tons of vibrato
* A surprisingly beefy-sounding low register in which she drops her larynx to the floor
* A sort of nasal, "cartoony" voice, alternately imitating animated villains and voices of children
* Full-on death growls that people tend to mistake for a male co-vocalist
* Occasional forays into whistle register
* Throat singing, because why the fuck not
* And more!
So yes, this woman's vocal cords are something of a freak of nature, but in a good way- and even when she's not switching her style every five seconds, she's just a damn great singer. Definitely a vocalist worth checking out for those who enjoy the more unusual, chaotic side of things.
Written by BassSquared.
* A powerful, emotive mezzo-soprano with some serious belting ability (her "natural" voice)
* An operatic soprano-esque head voice approach with tons of vibrato
* A surprisingly beefy-sounding low register in which she drops her larynx to the floor
* A sort of nasal, "cartoony" voice, alternately imitating animated villains and voices of children
* Full-on death growls that people tend to mistake for a male co-vocalist
* Occasional forays into whistle register
* Throat singing, because why the fuck not
* And more!
So yes, this woman's vocal cords are something of a freak of nature, but in a good way- and even when she's not switching her style every five seconds, she's just a damn great singer. Definitely a vocalist worth checking out for those who enjoy the more unusual, chaotic side of things.
Written by BassSquared.
{Album Ranges}
Lands of Past
Call of the Depths (2008): G3 - F♯5
Pin Up Went Down
2 Unlimited (2008): D3 - A5 - E6
342 (2010): C3 - A5 - B♭6
Ad Inferna
Trance N' Dance (2009): F3 - G5 - B♭5
DSM (2010): E3 - G5
Penumbra
Era 4.0 (2015): E3 - F5
öOoOoOoOoOo
Samen (2016): B♭2 - B5 - C♯6
Lands of Past
Call of the Depths (2008): G3 - F♯5
Pin Up Went Down
2 Unlimited (2008): D3 - A5 - E6
342 (2010): C3 - A5 - B♭6
Ad Inferna
Trance N' Dance (2009): F3 - G5 - B♭5
DSM (2010): E3 - G5
Penumbra
Era 4.0 (2015): E3 - F5
öOoOoOoOoOo
Samen (2016): B♭2 - B5 - C♯6
Significant High Notes:
B♭6 ("Pictures to Speak To")
F6 ("You Better Run…")
E6 ("Add As Fiend", "Cadavre Exquis", "Diapositive", "Vaginaal Nathrakh")
E♭6 ("Serie Z I" EF2M 2010)
C♯6 ("Chairleg Thesis","Khabod of My Aba", "Meow Meow Frrru", "No Guts = No Masters", "Voir Les Os Venir Résoudre")
C6 ("Cadavre Exquis", "Home", "L'Insuffisance Des Grands Émonctoires", "Yo-Yo Yes Then No")
B5 ("Add As Fiend", "Feat.Me/Feat.Us", "I Hope You Sleep Well" live in studio 2018, "Meow Meow Frrru", "Nearly Dead Bat Make-Up", "No Guts = No Masters")
B♭5 ("Diapositive", "Ego Ego Go", "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons", "Suicide Girl", "You Better Run…")
A5 ("Bark City - A Glimpse of Something", "Be My Idol Then My Fall", "Chairleg Thesis", "Fumigéne", "I Hope You Sleep Well", "LVI", "My Never Heard", "Vaginaal Nathrakh", "Voir Les Os Venir Résoudre")
G♯5 ("Essence of I", "Esthete Piggie", "Home", "Intrusion", "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons", "Paradoxical Sarabanda", "Pussy Worship", "Serres de la Grise")
G5 ("Aquarium", "Chairleg Thesis", "Enclosed" Netherlands 2006, "Fucking Freaking Futile Freddy", "Home", "Irrelevant Waste", "Khabod of My Aba", "Lycanthrope" Netherlands 2006, "Neutral" Netherlands 2006, "Pussy Worship", "Rédemption", "The Second Half of the Sky", "Transcender l'Extase", "Vertige", "Voir Les Os Venir Résoudre", "Yo-Yo Yes Then No")
F♯5 ("Chairleg Thesis", "Der Ball der Verdammten", "Diapositive", "Ego Ego Go", "Essence of I", 'Escargot", "Il seme maledetto", "L'Insuffisance Des Grands Émonctoires", "LVI", "Meow Meow Frrru", "Miror de Chair", "No Guts = No Masters", "The Other Side of Me", "Pictures to Speak To", "Serres de la Grise")
F5 ("Avalon", "Bark City - A Glimpse of Something", "Be My Idol Then My Fall", "Call of the Depths", "Coma (La Fin des Rêves)", "Eerie Shelter", "Essence of I", "Esthete Piggie", "Exhumed", "Fucking Freaking Futile Freddy", "I Hope You Sleep Well" live in studio 2018, "Insidious", "Khabod of My Aba", "L'Insuffisance Des Grands Émonctoires", "Omniscience", "Paradoxical Sarabanda", "Porcelain Hours", "Prima di Lasciare i Cadaveri - I", "Pussy Worship", "Rédemption", "Rules of the Show", "The Second Half of the Sky", "Slave's Hope", "Suicide Girl", "Sun Xp")
E5 ("Aquarium", "Bark City - A Glimpse of Something", "Be My Idol Then My Fall", "Celeste", "Crime Body", "Enclosed" Netherlands 2006, "Elevens Swans", 'Escargot", "Diapositive", "Fade to Grey", "Feat.Me / Feat.Us", "Fumigéne", "Il seme maledetto", "Insane", "Irrelevant Waste", "LVI", "Malice in Wonderland", "Métamorphose", "Miror de Chair", "My Never Heard", "Nearly Dead Bat Make-Up", "Neutral" Netherlands 2006, "Old Times", "On attendra l'hiver", "Only Some Shitty Chemical Stuff", "Porcelain Hours", "Prima di Lasciare i Cadaveri - I", "Purple Tastes Like White", "Rules of the Show", "Save My World", "Serie Z I", "Vaginaal Nathrakh")
E♭5 ("Ego Ego Go", "Essence of I", "Exhumed", "Insane", "Intrusion", "Khabod of My Aba", "Lycanthrope" Netherlands 2006, "Meow Meow Frrru", "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons", "Omniscience", "The Other Side of Me", "Paradoxical Sarabanda", "Pictures to Speak To", "Slave's Hope", "SM For SM", "Testament" Netherlands 2006, "Sun Xp", "You As My Own Drug")
D5 ("Add As Fiend", "Aquarium", "Avalon", "Call of the Depths", "Celeste", "Charon", "Coma (La Fin des Rêves)", "Crime Body", "Elevens Swans", "Enclosed" Netherlands 2006, "Fallen Pledge", "Feat.Me / Feat.Us", "Fucking Freaking Futile Freddy", "Fumigéne", "Get Ready to Sweep", "I Hope You Sleep Well", "Il seme maledetto", "Insidious", "Irrelevant Waste", "Malice in Wonderland", "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons", "My Never Heard", "Nearly Dead Bat Make-Up", "Oblivion", "On attendra l'hiver", "Only Some Shitty Chemical Stuff", "Porcelain Hours", "Prima di Lasciare i Cadaveri - I", "Save My World", "Sun Xp", "Vertige", "Well-Oiled Machine", "Yo-Yo Yes Then No")
C♯5 ("Insane", "Métamorphose", "No Guts = No Masters", "Paradoxical Sarabanda", "Prima di Lasciare i Cadaveri - II", "Save My World", "Serie Z I", "Slave's Hope")
C5 ("Bark City - A Glimpse of Something", "Celeste", "Charon", "Eerie Shelter", "Elevens Swans", "Esthete Piggie", "Exhumed", "Fallen Pledge", "Hemn Be Rho Die Samen", "I Hope You Sleep Well", "Insidious", "Purple Tastes Like White", "Rules of the Show", "SM For SM", "Suicide Girl", "Testament" Netherlands 2006, "You As My Own Drug")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Aquarium", "Bark City - A Glimpse of Something", "Cadavre Exquis", "Coma (La Fin des Rêves)", "Crime Body", "Dimension Zero", "Elevens Swans", "Fumigéne", "Insidious", "Khabod of My Aba", "My Never Heard", "Old Times", "On attendra l'hiver", "Only Some Shitty Chemical Stuff", "Porcelain Hours", "Purple Tastes Like White", "Rules of the Show", "Serie Z I", "Vaginaal Nathrakh")
G♯3 ("Diapositive", "Ego Ego Go", "Elevens Swans", "I Hope You Sleep Well", "Intrusion", "L'Insuffisance Des Grands Émonctoires", "Serres de la Grise")
G3 ("Avalon", "Call of the Depths", "Chairleg Thesis", "Charon", "Corresia", "Eerie Shelter", "Fallen Pledge", "Fumigéne", "God Bless", "Home", "Khabod of My Aba", "LVI", "Old Times", "On attendra l'hiver", "Purple Tastes Like White", "Pussy Worship", "SM For SM", "Sun Xp", "Testament" Netherlands 2006, "Yo-Yo Yes Then No")
F♯3 ("Add As Fiend", "Crime Body", "Escargot", "Essence of I", "Fucking Freaking Futile Freddy", "Insane", "Meow Meow Frrru", "Nearly Dead Bat Make-Up", "The Other Side of Me", "Save My World", "Serie Z I", "Voir Les Os Venir Résoudre")
F3 ("Be My Idol Then My Fall", "Exhumed", "Hemn Be Rho Die Samen", "I Hope You Sleep Well", "Prima di Lasciare i Cadaveri - I", "Suicide Girl")
E3 ("Bark City - A Glimpse of Something", "Celeste", "Diapositive", "Essence of I", "Feat.Me / Feat.Us", "Get Ready to Sweep", "Irrelevant Waste", "LVI", "Malice in Wonderland", "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons", "Only Some Shitty Chemical Stuff", "Porcelain Hours", "Purple Tastes Like White", "Pussy Worship", "Serie Z I")
E♭3 ("Add As Fiend", "Chairleg Thesis", "Ego Ego Go", 'Escargot", "Home", "LVI", "Meow Meow Frrru", "Paradoxical Sarabanda", "Pictures to Speak To")
D3 ("Add As Fiend", "Cadavre Exquis", "Fucking Freaking Futile Freddy", "Fumigéne", "Get Ready to Sweep", "Hemn Be Rho Die Samen", "I Hope You Sleep Well" EF2M 2016, "Nearly Dead Bat Make-Up", "Omniscience", "On attendra l'hiver", "Prima di Lasciare i Cadaveri - I", "Rules of the Show", "Voir Les Os Venir Résoudre", "Yo-Yo Yes Then No")
C♯3 ("Ego Ego Go", "Pictures to Speak To")
C3 ("Fucking Freaking Futile Freddy", "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons")
B♭2 ("Meow Meow Frrru")
{Questionable Notes}
E6 "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons" [2]
B♭5 "Rules of the Show" [3]
G5 "Irrelevant Waste" [1]
C3 "Diapositive" [2], "Pictures to Speak To" [5]
B2 "Be My Idol Then My Fall" [1]
G2 "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons" [5]
F♯2 "Der Ball der Verdammten" [3] "Ego Ego Go" [1]
E2 "Khabod of My Aba" [1]
E♭2 "Paradoxical Sarabanda" [2]
D2 "Hemn Be Rho Die Samen" [5]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
E6 "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons" [2]
B♭5 "Rules of the Show" [3]
G5 "Irrelevant Waste" [1]
C3 "Diapositive" [2], "Pictures to Speak To" [5]
B2 "Be My Idol Then My Fall" [1]
G2 "Murphy in the Sky With Daemons" [5]
F♯2 "Der Ball der Verdammten" [3] "Ego Ego Go" [1]
E2 "Khabod of My Aba" [1]
E♭2 "Paradoxical Sarabanda" [2]
D2 "Hemn Be Rho Die Samen" [5]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.