ARTIST...: Riki
TITLE....: Riki
YEAR.....: 2020
LABEL....: Dais Records
CAT.NO...: DAIS146
GENRE....: New Wave
TIME.....: 33:57
SIZE.....: 77.87 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2020/02/14
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/?id=Bfbaulyeinw6sl7fblchbghr7fi
TRACKLIST
01) (04:22) Strohmann
02) (04:54) Napoleon
03) (03:20) B÷se Lⁿgen (Body Mix)
04) (04:29) Know
05) (04:10) Earth Song
06) (03:50) Spirit Of Love
07) (04:21) Come Inside
08) (04:31) Monumental
Riki is the Los Angeles based synth-pop outfit commandeered by the mysterious Niff
Nawor, a visual artist and musician active in the deathrock / anarcho-punk scenes of
the California bay area (formerly a member of Crimson Scarlet), before founding her
solo endeavor as Riki in 2017. NiffÆs desire to explore her own sound manifested in
the recording of the Hot City cassette tape in 2017, which featured Chelsey Crowley
of Crimson Scarlet, Skot Brown of Phantom Limbs and Pedaof Doomed to Extinction.
Released on Commodity Tapes and later reissued on vinyl by the well-regarded Symphony
of Destruction label, Riki followed the release of the single with several small
tours and festival dates, performing with such acts as Light Asylum, Black Marble,
and Trisomie 21.
For her self-titled debut album for Dais, Riki explores courage, physicality, and
romance across eight timeless synth pop anthems. Produced and engineered by
hardware-based synthesist Matia Simovich of INHALT, influences and ideas are worn
proudly without deviating from fresh and daring electro-pop territory. Nostalgic
cues can be heard ranging from Neue Deutsch Welle, early Adrian Sherwood productions,
classic ZYX Italo Disco, Japanese Visual Kei and even classic new wave/pop like Pat
Benatar, Kate Bush, and early Madonna.
The lead single, Napoleon, contains RikiÆs indelible sound design, reminiscent of
80Æs New York dance floor electro-pop that recalls the fusion of uptown and downtown
styles and culture, told through RikiÆs present day West Coast narrative. For
contrast, the second single entitled B÷se Lⁿgen (Body Mix) was previously released in
demo form and re-mixed to emphasize its commanding presence and addictive nature.
Translated simply to ôWicked Liesö and sung completely in German, B÷se Lⁿgen moves
away from the upbeat romanticism found throughout the album and commands serious
self-reflection guised within an infectious dance floor anthem.
Riki invites listeners to ôreveal their useless habits of complacency and fear...and
witness their own rebirth, a rhythm universalö
Album comes with a foldout RIKI poster, printed inner euro sleeves with lyrics, and
download card. Package design by Niff Nawor, photography by Nedda Afsari.
Release Date: February 14, 2020
-