SARAB DEVA
SARAB DEVA
Nicole Sky or Sarab Deva is a musician, composer and yogini whose devotional mantra music with high powered melodic vocals and hypnotic rhythms have been captivating audiences throughout Europe and Southern Africa. Sarab Deva was born in South Africa, was singing as a toddler, playing piano at the age of 6 and began to compose songs from the age of 9 when she started playing the guitar. Previously signed to Sony/BMG Africa in 2003 as Nicole Billingham. She was nominated twice for the South African Music Awards as Best Female Composer in 2004 for her original compositions released on her first album “Complicated” in 2003.
After several years in Europe, performing live, collaborating and developing her own distinct style of vocals and song writing, she found Kundalini Yoga and trained as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher. She was given the spiritual name of Sarab Deva (which means "Universal Divinity" or "the god of all gods"). Hence she developed a deep soulful connection to the power of the sacred naad (sound current). At the same time she studied Psychotherapy and Clinical Hypnosis and became fascinated with the psychotherapeutic potential of the spoken word and altered states of consciousness achieved through sound vibration.
Sarab Deva's crystalline voice spans 3 octaves of deep vocal resonators, all of which carry the sacred sound currents in a highly emotive way to the listener. Her music and compositions are fresh and contemporary reaching out to people from all walks of life.
Sarab Deva's first mantra album, Uplifting Mantras for You, which emphasises self development and personal growth, is set for release in April of 2013.
Currently, Sarab Deva is touring and working on her second album due to be released in early 2014.
Sarab Deva still writes her own English songs and released her second digital EP in 2011 as Nicole Sky entitled “What are We Looking For”. Her songwriting is deeply personal and yet reaches out to the masses in a very human way. Her warm and diverse vocal style, musical arrangements and use of words show a clear depth of understanding of the human condition.