Donis is Lithuanian ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, neofolk

Neofolk

Neofolk is a form of folk music-inspired experimental music that emerged from post-industrial music circles. Neofolk can either be solely acoustic folk music or a blend of acoustic folk instrumentation aided by varieties of accompanying sounds such as pianos, strings and elements of industrial...

 and experimental music project created by multi-instrumentalist from Klaipėda

Klaipeda

Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....

 Donatas Bielkauskas. He was also member of electronic music projects Wejdas, Notanga, Ha Lela, Eirimė.

Donis have realized 8 CDs. Most of Donis works are musical interpretations of Baltic tribal ethnomusic. The most prominent his album is Bite Lingo. It has 8 archaic Lithuanian war songs interpreted by folk vocalist Rasa Serra. The album Švilpiai contains ancient ocarina

Ocarina

The ocarina is an ancient flute-like wind instrument. Variations do exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body...

 (švilpynė) music. The album Sotvaras is made together with famous Lithuanian pagan band Kūlgrinda

Kulgrinda (band)

Kūlgrinda is a neofolk/pagan folk band from Vilnius, Lithuania, established in 1990 by Inia and Jonas Trinkūnas. The band owes its name to kūlgrinda - a secret Samogitian underwater causeway.-Discography:...

 members. Donis also made album of Greek mythology theme Alexandreia and some experimental-electronic works.

Discography

• 1998 - Deinana
• 2002 - Baltos Juodos Klajos
• 2003 - Švilpiai
• 2003 - Sotvaras, with Kūlgrinda
  Kulgrinda (band)
  Kūlgrinda is a neofolk/pagan folk band from Vilnius, Lithuania, established in 1990 by Inia and Jonas Trinkūnas. The band owes its name to kūlgrinda - a secret Samogitian underwater causeway.-Discography:...
  
  
• 2004 - Vacuum
• 2006 - Bite lingo, with singer Rasa Serra
• 2007 - Alexandreia
• 2010 - Kas tave šaukia, with singer Rasa Serra