Saru | pt

SARU (Shadow Records/Bastard Jazz) Los Angeles Producer / Volunteer Monkey Ranger SARU spends one month each year trekking through the mountains searching for rare herbs. Are they in between a baboon's brow, under a long forgotten trading card, or possibly in the folds of a sequined prayer robe? Who knows? He seeks these rare and mystical plants for a magic elixir that will one day wash away the woes of the world. Someday he'll find the elusive ingredients. In the meantime he settles for brewing his own special tincture of throat-soothing beats. - Short Discography: Downtempo Dojo (2001) Tsunami (2004)...

ASARU was formed in autumn 1995 by me (Frank Nordmann, G/V) and Dorian Kremer (B). Together with Robert Buth (D) and Sebastian Schmall (K) the line-up was completed. Due to a serious arm injury Dorian had to be replaced by Alexander Schmidt in summer 1996. Around that time ASARU decided to add a second guitar and Marcus Hellström joined the band. In October 1996 the first demo, D.O.M.A.I.N. was recorded. A few months later Marcus left ASARU again. The second demo, Darkness was recorded in December 1997, featuring Ruth Knepel for the first time on the song "Schattenkind". In 1998...

He was originally nicknamed Saru but he changed it to Wasaru when he found out that another artist had been using his original nickname. .