Joel Fausto
Portuguese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer
Joel Ferreira Figueiredo (born 9 May 1988), better known by Joel Fausto, is a Portuguese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is known as the frontman of Joel Fausto & Illusion Orchestra, formed in 2008. Also he is associated with his side acts Cajado, Gesso, Manos, Omitir and Forgotten Winter. Fausto's music is generally characterised by a frightening emotions through obsessions, fear, death, love, paranoia and surrealistic scenarios.
Fausto has also worked as a composer for some short films, Déjà Vécu(2015) directed by André Leite e Péu Barbosa from Brazil and Berlin Hustle (2016) directed by Laurent Daniels from Germany.
In 2015, one associated website of the famous TV Series Twin Peaks with the name "Welcome To Twin Peaks" compiled an Audrey Horne (Twin Peaks character) inspired playlist called "Isn't It Too Dreamy?" including Joel Fausto & Illusion Orchestra with names like Aphex Twin, Fleetwood Mac, Leonard Cohen, and others.
Joel Fausto and Illusion Orchestra (2008–present)
Fausto formed his ghost band calling them "Illusion Orchestra" in 2008. Before that, the band had the name of "Vácuo do Outono". Their sound tends to change considerably from one album to another floating between jazz, dirty blues, experimental rock, soundscape or dream pop.
Meet Me In the Bottom was the first self-released album in 2008.
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