RIKI - Riki LP Reissue

RIKI - Riki LP ReissueRiki is the Los Angeles based dark 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. Niffs 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

a new spirit

reflecting on the strange things a man might see out there in the wilderness - and more to the point

analogue production and digital manipulation to offer an almost infinite choice of tones and textures

The innovative songs share warmth and compositional tendencies with Deeper Woods

it might just become your new obsession

We are out to have a good time playing the music that we love and continuing with the intensity and spirit of the bands who laid the groundwork

"Forthwith Lorraine" for instance

out 15 June 2018 via Barely Regal Records and Black Lake Records in the UK

Created with visual artist Sebastian Kite (Royal British Society of Sculptors) and choreographer Lisanne Goodhue (Sebastian Matthias

Gotan Project

and the haunting

’ Oosten's wayward vocals puts us in mind of other meandering faves from various eras (Incredible String Band