19 Facts About Sarasara

Sarasara, is a French singer, songwriter, electronic musician and record producer.

Sarasara subsequently released her debut studio album, Amor Fati in November 2016 to critical acclaim, being featured in The Guardians Future 50 rising music stars to look out for, Clash magazine, Rolling Stone and Tsugi.

Sarasara's mother had emigrated to Paris from Morocco at the age of 16 following the death of her parents.

Sarasara's father was a marketing manager for the French wine cabinet maker EuroCave.

Tragically, Sarasara's parents died in a car crash in Eppe-Sauvage when she was just 14 years-old.

Sarasara went to live with her grandmother, herself a mother of 15 children.

Sarasara enrolled at the University of Valenciennes to study International Business Transactions and received a master's degree in Business Management from the Institut superieur europeen de gestion group.

Sarasara quickly found herself frequenting night clubs every weekend, drawing inspiration from the sense of community and joy that came from sharing music.

Sarasara fell in love with La Bush, one of Belgium's most famous clubs, and would frequently make the 4-hour round trip from the north of France to visit it.

Sarasara started disk jockeying in local clubs and very quickly found herself producing techno music for her friends, using programmed beats and vocal samples.

Sarasara worked closely in the digital imagery for Amor Fati.

Exactly one year after her release of Amor Fati, Sarasara released Amor Fati: The A Cappella Album, a recomposition of the album in collaboration with French vocal performers.

In May 2020, Sarasara was featured in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalog under the Amplified series, where she was interviewed alongside other creatives from around the world.

Sarasara's work has been compared to the work of Bjork, as well as Aphex Twin, Kelela and Aaliyah.

Sarasara's music makes use of her childhood classical training in singing and her literature teacher's advice that she had potential to become a soprano singer.

Sarasara herself admits that her philosophy and spirituality are an intricately important part of her artistry, and is what lead her to music in the first place.

Sarasara studied philosophy at Evening School whilst working as a business unit manager for an IT firm in Lille.

Sarasara went on to complete a master's degree in the History of Hedonism from pre-Socratic times to the present day, and found herself particularly drawn to the philosophical movements of Atomism, Stoicism, Epicureanism and Vitalism, Utilitarianism, and Naturalism.

Sarasara has referred to Yogananda Paramahansa's Autobiography of a Yogi as "a life changing book", and has been profoundly influenced by the spiritual masters Swami Kriyananda, Asha Nayaswami, and Sadhguru.