Laura & The Lovers
Meet “Laura and the lovers”, Lithuania’s new sensational pop group, created through a unique and skilful co operation between Lithuanian Music executives Justas Garliauskas and Danielius Mironas and the famous Scandinavian composers and producers Bobby Ljunggren and William “Billy” Butt. The object of the exercise was to win the Lithuanian National Finals of the Eurovision Song Contest and that is exactly what happened. With the song “Little by Little” Laura and the Lovers will represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev in May 2005.
Laura, a rising star in the Lithuanian pop music arena, is best described as a dynamic young woman with glowing eyes filled with passion and sexuality – all wrapped up in a veil of secrecy! Her charismatic voice is filled with a unique blend of European pop/rock mystique. Music has been Laura’s passion since childhood. Upon graduation from music school and after having trained her voice in an acapella group called JAZZLAND led by A. Novikas, Laura performed various different genres of music including classical and jazz. She also sang with several local rock groups. In 2001, when a world-famous German hard rock group The SCORPIONS held their concert in Vilnius, Laura was invited to sing as one of their background vocalists. Laura’s experience includes not only participating in various Lithuanian and international festivals and competitions but, she has also participated in some of the biggest European musical festivals, such as Roskilde (Denmark) and “Rock am Ring” (Germany). At these festivals she gained experience by observing world famous groups such as TRAVIS, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, METALLICA, CHEMICAL BROTHERS, PLACEBO keeping her eyes and ears focused on how these conducted their performances and dealt with their fans.
In the autumn of 2004, Laura‘s musical career took a sudden and sensational turn – after watching her progress over a fairly long period and evaluating her future prospects, Danielius Mironas, an executive at one of the most successful Record companies in Lithuania, “Koja Records”, signed a contract with her. Around the same time and quite by a coincidence Mironas received a sudden phone call from Stockholm. It was the legendary Swedish composer and Producer Mr William “Billy” Butt who, during the preceding year had helped develop the career of the very famous Lithuanian male artist “Amberlife” by providing the megahit song “In Your Eyes”. Billy Butt had , together with one of Sweden’s most successful songwriters Bobby Ljunggren, just written the song “Little by Little” and was looking for a Lithuanian artist to perform it at the national Eurovision Song Contest. Within a few days Laura and her Lithuanian Producer Justas Garliauskas found themselves onboard a flight to Stockholm where the song was recorded at the recording studios of Lionheart Records, owned and operated by Bobby Ljunggren. Danielius Mironas and Justas Garliauskas immediately saw to it that that their new young artist was put in the competent hands of these Swedish professionals who not only knew their business, but also have several years of experience in Eurovision Song Contests. Both Ljunggren and Butt have won the local national Eurovision Contests in Sweden.
“This is a new stage in my life. I have sung classical music, jazz and rock, and now I will try my strength at singing good quality pop music. The song written by the Swedish producers fits the bill perfectly! I believe that this excellent song should please our country‘s listeners,” - said Laura. The composers who wrote “Little by Little” and recorded it have showered compliments on Laura. “Billy and I are interested in the musical life of the countries of the Baltic region. After our success last year with Amberlife, we had the possibility to work with many Lithuanian performers but the voice of this beauty Laura, left an undeniable impression on us. The nuances in her voice are like the colours of the rainbow, sparkling with colourful tones and shades,” – said Bobby Ljunggren, who composed the music. “Laura has a definite unique star quality” said the lyricist Billy Butt who some years ago discovered and launched the career of one of Sweden’s most famous and popular female artists, Lisa Nilsson.
“Little by Little” has already been highly acclaimed by music experts. In their view, if radio stations give this song a friendly reception, it will have a good chance of becoming one of the most successful works of recent Lithuanian pop music history.
In her appearances on the stage, Laura will be backed by a group of professional musicians, THE LOVERS, nice guys who are also not new to the world of music. “We love beautiful women and good music, so we love Laura and the song,” – said THE LOVERS, who are going to surprise the world of Lithuanian pop music with the image they are currently creating in preparation for the final contest in Kiev.
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