Light Asylum

LIGHT ASYLUM is the internationally revered, dark, electronic music project
of anti-disciplinary performance artist, founder, vocalist and producer Shannon Funchess. Founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2007 Funchess would begin captivating audiences with cathartic and frenzied performances in Brooklyn’s D.I.Y. haunts Glasslands, 285 Kent and underground art galleries, warehouses and nightclub events Weird, China Chalet and Santos Party House in Manhattan in 2009. European music festivals and press would follow with the debut EP which included the gothic-synth anthem “Dark Allies” and self-titled LP release in 2011 and 2012 respectively to much success. With a passion for collaboration, Funchess has gone on to join forces with peers around the globe, lending her vocals to studio albums and live performances for artists The Knife, Tv On The Radio, Elysia Crampton Chuquimia, LEECH, LCD Soundsystem, !!! (chk, chk, chk), ADULT., Yves Tumor and Laurie Anderson to name just a few of her many contributions to multiple genres of music. Funchess, also a novice actor appears in the art films of artists Michelle Handelman and A.K. Burns and has established herself as a force in the film, music and art worlds continuing to act, DJ, produce, remix and perform as LIGHT ASYLUM and side project Healing Xrisis.