Member Since: 11/11/2005
Band Website: nijolesparkis.com
Band Members: I am a solo artist, so I always welcome hearing from other world music instrumentalists to play with. My CD is produced by Fritz Heede, a composer (though I write my own music) who writes a blend of dramatic, progressive, world, jazz and rock influenced music. You can hear more of his work at fritzheede.com .
Influences: Milla Jovovich's "Divine Comedy" album, Kate Bush, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Enya, Joni Mitchell, Sinead O'Connor, Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir", psychedelic era Beatles, David Bowie's "Lodger" album, Natacha Atlas, Dead Can Dance, Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", Loreena McKennitt, Amina, Bel Canto, Eddi Reader's "Mirmama" album, Najma, the Bulgarian Women's Choir
Sounds Like: Milla Jovovich, Kate Bush meets Enya, Peter Gabriel, Jane Siberry, Sting, Sarah Brightman, Sinead O'Connor, psychedelic era Beatles, David Bowie's "Lodger" album, Natacha Atlas, Dead Can Dance, Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", Loreena McKennitt, Bel Canto, Eddi Reader
LATEST COLLABORATION:
I recently co-wrote and sang vocals for 3 tracks on Fritz Heede's electro-classical "Ritual Path" CD. It is the soundtrack to a gorgeous DVD by the same name, which features the organic animation of John S. Banks. Jon Anderson, lead singer of "Yes", also contributed a track to this project. Jon Anderson used the visuals from John Banks' and Fritz Heede's first DVD "Illuminated Manuscripts" on his recent solo world tour.
The visuals for this track, entitled "Enclosed in Rydal", were filmed at Rydal Mount near the home of William Wordsworth in England. Visual artist John Banks asked me to write the lyrics in J.R.R. Tolkien's Elvish language to match Fritz Heede's Celtic instrumentation:
For this extremely serene track, entitled "Blue Island", I wrote a poem in Lithuanian to match the visuals and to complement the other-worldly tone set by Fritz Heede's music. The lyrics speak of how we can be so deeply moved by a place we visit, that the journey never ends because it stays with us always.: "Miglota kaip sapne, o ezere sukurys mus svaigina. Kalnuose saule leidzias -- tyku ir ramu. Zemeje nuostabu kai svinta! Sieloje giliai jaudina -- ah! Kaip praeina sviesa per greitai! Tuojaus tamsuma apims kalnus visus... Bet sirdy dar gyvens visi jausmai -- ai! tos vietoves. Baigias kelione, ne visai, ne visai..."
"PARALLEL UNIVERSE" CD
Here's my music video "In My Dreams", from my "Parallel Universe" CD, that was featured on Harmony Channel for 2 months in 2006. I created it in Flash using travel photos I took in 5 different countries and 6 different US states:
A short excerpt from my flamenco-based jam tune "Rise", also from my "Parallel Universe" CD, which features occipital vocal singing -- I created this Flash animation using my travel photography from around the world:
Record Label: Golden Goat Records
Type of Label: Indie