This is a collection of songs by Southern California vocal siren Nijole (pronounced Neola) Sparkis, who writes dreamy, inspirational World Pop music. Nijole’s vocals are hypnotic and her songwriting solid, but what sets her atmospheric sound apart from the crowd is her choice of exotic, richly textured World music instruments and Lithuanian choral background vocals. Nijole’s appeal for fans extends to everything from the lavish Pop of Kate Bush and Loreena McKennitt, to the harmony-laden Enya and the Eurocentric Dead Can Dance.
Nijole (pronounced Neola) Sparkis is a Southern California singer/songwriter. Her "Parallel Universe” CD features mystical dream-pop songs with haunting Lithuanian background vocals, lush world music instrumentation, and inspirational lyrics. Her vocals can be heard on the title song for the "Timothy Leary's Dead" movie, and her songs have been regularly featured on Jim Ladd's "Headsets" show on LA's # 1 rock radio station, KLOS-FM. Her video was featured on Comcast's Harmony Channel and she co-wrote and sang 3 tracks on the "Ritual Path" DVD, which also features a track by Jon Anderson of "Yes." Nijole also completed recording multiple layered harmony tracks for an upcoming Fritz Heede music collaboration with Jon Anderson.
Exotic electric guitar riff opens to quiet vocal over brushed snare, gradually building to sensual chorus, lush with harmonies. Bridge is a Lithuanian folkloric section with dulcimer, leading to soaring guitar solo before final choruses. Great for uplifting ads, aspirational, inspirational scenes. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Dream Pop
Cosmic electronic groove with belly dance percussion leads to a 60's influenced pre-chorus, before exploding into a multi-vocaled lush chorus. The bridge breaks down before going out with full throttle double chorus and ending cosmic tag. For cosmic, outer space atmosphere, advertising, gaming. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Dream Pop