Shannon Funchess

alt=Sharon Funchess performing with Light Asylum at Infest Festival in 2019. Shannon Funchess is an American musician, producer, dancer, and performance artist. She is best known for her work as lead vocalist and composer for Brooklyn-based electronic music duo Light Asylum, which she founded in 2007 with musician Bruno Coviello. Funchess has recorded and toured with a number of electronic and alternative acts, including The Knife, Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Clan of Xymox, and TV on the Radio. She has also served as a dancer and actor in various video productions and art performances, and as a DJ for Brooklyn radio station The Lot Radio. In addition to recording with the band, Funchess served as lead vocalist of !!! during their 2007 tour.

Light Asylum released their first EP In Tension in 2010. The duo went on to release their self-titled full-length debut in 2012. Light Asylum's music is influenced by 1980s dark wave and synth-pop.

In 2018 Funchess performed in Michelle Handelman's Hustlers & Empires.