Pikara is the solo project and the self-titled first record by Sara Johanne, the Danish/Swedish member of Susurrus Station.

Her second album Constellations is an improvised live recording, meditative in its slow turns.  Built around the violin it's the perfect soundtrack for bringing new life into old routine:

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press for Constellations:
"(Sara) Johanne is as adept at constructing these sparse, trippy and largely instrumental compositions from scratch as she was at writing the slow, dark, pretty pop of her previous disc. That’s because these songs, however off-the-cuff, have personality. The five-minute “Tucana” dabbles in tango before disintegrating into tape-loop hell; “Svanen” finds ghosts of Delta blues in its slides and vocal moans." -- Willamette Weekly, Casey Jarman

"...Constellations, out with Aio Records is a brilliant, mostly instrumental album of looped violins, echoing through the deep corridors of classical music and gloomy experimental edges." -- smalltownromance.com,Yair Yona

"Repetative and improvised she quietly weaves instrumental stories that can sustain listings over and over again." -- Spisa.org, Johan Neij (in swedish)

previous press:
"...a finely woven mosaic" -- Undertoner.dk, Lasse Bertelsen. (in danish)

"(Pikara) plays a slow-moving mélange of folk, chamber music and ambient sound" -- Willamette Weekly, Shane Danaher

"...PIKARA is cinematic and intense, and I would recommend the listener experiment with it to see exactly where it resonates with them." -- Crappy Indie Music, Jess Gulbranson

"From Medieval Folk to the Avant Garde. Ranging from Northern European classical folk to ambient, avant-garde violin compositions, then switching to thoughtful guitar/vocal work, Pikara spans a broad musical landscape." -- Wine Unwind, Scott Pope

webpages
aiorecords.com/pikara
myspace.com/pikarapikara
store.aiorecords.com

booking and contact
aiorecordsmail{at}gmail.com

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