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***Here's PIROTH, the sisters Nina (24) and Johanna (22) with their debut LP on their own Oma Gusti imprint. The album, entitled "Prima Ballerina" includes 9 songs recorded and produced by Piroth primarily in Trittelwitz (Germany) in an old hall with beautiful acoustics. Additional tracks were completed in Norrk^ping (Sweden), where they recorded contrabass, a second guitar, grand piano, drums, keyed fiddle, and a variety of sampled sounds. The album symbolizes a ballerina music box that Nina and Johanna played with as children, but there is more to it than that. Pirothis songs contain such beautiful harmony, melody and instrumentation that one might not pay attention to the lyrics. However, listeners who take the time to do so will learn more about Piroth and the message behind "Prima Ballerina". Nina and Johanna Piroth grew up in Stockholm, with family roots in Finland and Austria. They started making music together while spending summers in the Alps as kids. These surroundings were very inspiring. Since their mother always brought a guitar and music was always a part of the family, both sisters taught themselves to play and songs after songs were created. After singing in choirs, playing in a high school band, and playing violin in orchestras, Nina and Johanna decided to focus on their duo, Piroth. The sound of Piroth, with a base of guitar and beautiful vocal harmonies coupled with a variety of live and sampled instruments, developed through the years into a style they begun to call bitter/sweet - a mix of acoustic pop, bossanova, and poetic ballads with punk influences. In 2004 the sisters decided to embark on a tour, stopping in Salzburg, Zagreb and Berlin. The tour provided them with the opportunity to record an EP in Berlin. Back home in Stockholm, they created Oma Gusti Records, and Pirothis EP Alternative Tour was released in December 2004. Since then, Piroth have been living and playing in Germany (Berlin), Finland, and Sweden. The EP has received airplay on several radio stations in Germany, including TWEN FM, Fritz Berlin and Z,ndfunk Bayern Radio. Piroth sometimes play live with one of two different backing bands, but most often, it is just the two sisters and a little black guitar. |
