Aurora Sutra

Aurora Sutra was a German dark wave ensemble from Hamburg established in 1993. The group consisted of the musicians Patricia Nigiani and Peter Spilles. They achieved professional recognition for a musical career characterized by neoclassical dark wave and gothic rock. The ensemble was founded in 1993 as a side project for the members of the ensemble Project Pitchfork. Their recording career began under the name Aurora with the debut studio recording The Land of Harm and Appletrees (1993). The ensemble achieved professional recognition for assuming the name Aurora Sutra and the studio recording The Dimension Gate (1994). The recording achieved professional recognition for being a concept album concerning human evolution and the rebirth of the universe. Nigiani achieved professional recognition for assuming creative control of the project in 1995. Their recording career included the studio recording Passing Over in Silence Towards Nuit (1996) produced by the musician Rodney Orpheus. Aurora Sutra achieved professional recognition for the studio recording I and I Shall Descend (1998) released on the label Sound Factory. The group became inactive in 1998.