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Meredith Yayanos
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Meredith Anne Yayanos (born abt 1976) is a California-based violinist, vocalist, theremin player, and photographer. She was previously a member of the band Faun Fables and, since 2021, she has been a member of the band Feminazgûl. Her music has featured on the tracks of numerous other artists. Yayanos is also a founding member of the alternative magazine Coilhouse.
Early life and education
[edit]Yayanos grew up in Solana Beach, California. When she was 7, one of her illustrations was printed in the paper.[1] Two years later, she scored one of two late-game goals to help the Solana Beach Panthers win the U10 Country Cup Championships.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1991, she played at the Torrey Pines Music Festival near Solana Beach.[3]
In 2001, Yayanos was a contributing artist to the comic book project 9-11: Emergency Relief, created to benefit the American Red Cross in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
In 2010, Yayanos was playing violin in the band Faun Fables, including on the EP "Light of the Vaster Dark".[4] Since 2021,[citation needed] Yayanos has been a member of the feminist black metal band Feminazgûl.[5]
Her work has been featured on tracks with artists including The Dresden Dolls,[6] The Vanity Set, Revue Noir, David Garland and The Walkmen. In 2021, she collaborated with Beverly Johnson and Wren Polansky to tell the stories of pioneer San Diego women using three media: dance, music, and art. [7]
Yayanos was also the inspiration for a comic book character named Melanctha, appearing in the 21st issue of Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday.[8]
Critical reception
[edit]Of the Faun Fables, including Yayanos, the Staten Island Advance said "The quartet has a wealth of musical talent, quite capable of spinning out inventive arrangements played with panache..
Of the Yayanos playing on the band's fifth album "A Table Forgotten", the paper continued: "With its eerie theramin [sic]... and jittery, gypsy-tinged violin, the wistful title track bemoans the lost ritual of gathering around the kitchen table."[9]
Of the song on the album "Hear the Grinder Creak" Pitchfork said: "a tune that turns the humdrum toil of flour-milling into a sort of survivalist mantra. Listen closely, though, and note the countering undercurrents: Heavily syncopated with handclaps and big drums, the song feels sexually suggestive. But ghastly harmonies and the moaning violin of Meredith Yayanos add a surfeit of foreboding, as though the labor wears on the singer with each cycle of the song."[10]
Discography
[edit]The following is a partial list of albums featuring Yayanos:
- 2001 – Raz Mesinai: Before the Law
- 2002 – Kings County Queens: Big Ideas
- 2002 – Love Life: Here Is Night, Brothers, Here the Birds Burn
- 2002 – The Vanity Set: Little Stabs at Happiness
- 2002 – The Walkmen: Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
- 2002 – Thomas Truax: Full Moon Over Wowtown
- 2003 – Piñataland: Songs From the Forgotten Future
- 2003 – David Garland: On the Other Side of the Window
- 2003 – Mike "Sport" Murphy: Uncle
- 2004 – Aaron English Band: All the Waters of This World
- 2004 – Barbez: Barbez
- 2004 – The Dresden Dolls: A Is for Accident
- 2004 – White Hassle: The Death of Song
- 2005 – Dame Darcy: Dame Darcy's Greatest Hits
- 2005 – Amiel: Accidents By Design
- 2005 – Botanica: Botanica vs. the Truth Fish
- 2005 – Parker and Lily: The Low Lows
- 2005 – Thomas Traux: Audio Addiction
- 2005 – Revue Noir: Projekt Presents: A Dark Cabaret
- 2006 – Various Artists: Brainwaves (song: "The Lovers" with Amanda Palmer
- 2008 – Faun Fables : A Table Forgotten
- 2009 – Elegi: Varde
- 2009 – Beats Antique: Contraption (EP Vol. 1)
- 2012 – Stolen Babies : "Naught" (song "Behind the Days")
- 2020 – Feminazgûl: No Dawn For Men
- 2021 – Feminazgûl: A Mallacht
References
[edit]- ^ "Second Grade Students Give Some General Halloween Tips". Citizen. Solana Beach, California. Oct 26, 1983. pp. C10. Retrieved 23 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
Second grader Meredith Yayanos, 7, illustrates the book, "My Father's Dragon."
- ^ "Panthers Blast 3-2 in County Cup". Del Mar Citizen. Mar 6, 1985. pp. B5. Retrieved 23 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
skillful work in the goal by Meredith Yayanos and Tianne Baity gave the Panthers a victory, and a championship, in a shootout.
- ^ "Falcon News". North County Blade-Citizen. Solana Beach, California. March 8, 1991. pp. B6 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Briefly Music: Faun Fables Stops at Sam Bond's Thursday". The Register-Guard. Nov 12, 2010. pp. D2–D3. Retrieved 23 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Kendrick, Monica (2020-04-17). "Feminazgûl spins anarchy, feminism, and literature into atmospheric black metal on No Dawn for Men". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
the Feminazgûl lineup includes lead vocalist Laura Beach and California-based violinist and theremin player Meredith Yayanos—and the fleshed-out instrumentation lends an ethereal dimension to the hair-raisingly shamanic "The Rot in the Fields Is Holy."
- ^ Dushane, Tony (May 15, 2008). "Nightlife: Dresden Dolls". 96 Hours. San Francisco Chronicle. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
For their show Sunday at the Fillmore, the Dresden Dolls will be joined by musicians East Bay Ray of the Dead Kennedys, Zoë Keating of Rasputina fame and violinist Meredith Yayanos.
- ^ "Dancers tell the stories of San Diego's historic women in 'Suffrage in the Desert'". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ^ "Planetary Issue 21". Earthlink. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2026-04-16.
- ^ Wright, Tom (Aug 24, 2008). "Music Review: 'A Table Forgotten' Offers Food for Thought". Staten Island Advance. pp. E3. Retrieved 23 April 2026 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Currin, Grayson Haver. "Faun Fables: Light of a Vaster Dark". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
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