Varien
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Nikki Kaelar (born May 15, 1990), better known by their stage name Varien, is an American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Varien has incorporated or experimented with such styles as industrial, metal, orchestral, neofolk, and ambient music. They are known for their work on film soundtracks, along with their unconventional approach to electronic music, including many live instruments not normally found on tracks within their genres.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Excavations at three prehistoric sites along Pia Mesa Road, Zuni Indian Reservation, McKinley County, New Mexico
- Seeking the Center Place
- The social construction of communities
- Sedentism and mobility in a social landscape
- Seeking The Center Place
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1990
Discography
- Cloak and Dagger2011
- Bastion of Death2012
- Lilith2012
- Mirrors2012
- Morphine2012
- Nights in Bangalore2012
- Resurrection of the Dagger2012
- Seduction2012
- The Alchemist’s Nightmare2012
- Immortal Kiss2013
Member of
- Scandroid2013–2014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 218,226
- Total plays
- 3,765,949
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Nikki Kaelar, better known by their stage name Varien, is an American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Varien has incorporated or experimented with styles of industrial, metal, orchestral, neofolk, and ambient music. They are known for their work on film soundtracks, along with their unconventional approach to electronic music, including many live instruments not normally found on tracks within their genres. They have previously released music under the alias Halo Nova on the Mons
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Historical Ecology in the Mesa Verde Region: Results from the Village Ecodynamics Project
· 2007 · cited 102x
- The Social Consequences of Climate Change in the Central Mesa Verde Region
· 2016 · cited 94x
- STIGMA, STYLE, AND OBTURATOR OF ORNITHOGALUM CAUDATUM (LILIACEAE) AND THEIR FUNCTION IN THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS
· 1980 · cited 91x
- Accumulations research: Problems and prospects for estimating site occupation span
· 1997 · cited 80x
- Empirical Bayesian Methods for Archaeological Survey Data: An Application from the Mesa Verde Region
· 2007 · cited 69x
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- date of birth
- 1990-05-15
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- social media followers
- 146000
- Commons category
- Varien
- pseudonym
- Varien
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 2010–13: Career beginnings
- 2014–16: ''The Ancient & Arcane'' and ''My Prayers Have Become Ghosts''
- 2017–2018: Hiatus and return
- 2019–present
- Discography
- References
Nikki Kaelar (born May 15, 1990), better known by their stage name Varien, is an American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Varien has incorporated or experimented with such styles as industrial, metal, orchestral, neofolk, and ambient music. They are known for their work on film soundtracks, along with their unconventional approach to electronic music, including many live instruments not normally found on tracks within their genres.
==Early life== Kaelar was born on May 15, 1990, in Tampa, Florida. They had a connection to music from a very young age, and their family supported this passion. At the age of 11, Varien began playing the guitar and attempting songwriting, and they joined a number of bands experimenting with genres of rock, grindcore, metalcore, and jazz. Kaelar developed perfect pitch when playing the keyboard at age fourteen.