Faun is a German band that was formed in 1998 and plays pagan folk, darkwave, and medieval music.

Niel Mitra was a guest musician on this album, and he later became a full-time member of the band, the only one playing only electronic instruments.

She was succeeded by Sandra Elflein, who left Faun in April 2010 due to a pregnancy and health issues.

The Münchner Merkur defines it as "a sometimes experimental mix of folk elements, medieval and traditional music from different epochs and regions as well as modern, even electronic influences".

Faun combines ancient Perso-Arab melodies with the Swedish nyckelharpa and Middle High German lyrics.

Equally distinguishing are Pawelke's and Rüggeberg's singing, mostly in two voices and, on newer recordings, the driving beat by Niel Mitra.

[13] The debut album Zaubersprüche deals mainly with slow ballads from the era between the Late Middle Ages and Romanticism.

The second album features far less ballads, but offers considerably more danceable tunes like "Andro", "Unda" or the double song "Deva/Punagra".

Among lyrics of their own, the group uses or writes lyrics inspired by classical texts such as the Carmina Burana ("Satyros", "Renaissance"), the Cantigas de Santa Maria ("Da que Deus", "Renaissance"), Jenaer Liederhandschrift from Vitslav III, Prince of Rügen ("Loibere Risen", "Renaissance"), Egil's Saga ("Licht"), the Poetic Edda ("Sigurdlied", "Buch der Balladen"), Heinrich von Morungen ("Von den Elben", "Licht"), the ballad King Henry, as well as from romantic and modern authors such as John Keats ("Der Wilde Wasermann", "Buch der Balladen"), Baron Munchausen ("2 Falken", "Totem" and "Jahrtausendalt", "Buch der Balladen"), José Melchor Gomis ("Tinta", "Totem"), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff ("Der stille Grund", "Totem"), Felicitas Kukuck ("Tanz über die Brücke", Buch der Balladen") and others.