Riki Napoleon ( Official Video)
Napoleon from Riki s selftitled album on Dais Records. Order on LP, CD, Digital: Riki is the Los Angeles based dark synthpop outfit commandeered by the mysterious visual artist and musician Niff Nawor. For her selftitled debut album for Dais, Riki explores courage, physicality, and romance across eight timeless synth pop anthems. Produced and engineered by hardwarebased synthesist Matia Simovich of INHALT, influences and ideas are worn proudly without deviating from fresh and daring electropop 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 Rikis indelible sound design, reminiscent of 80s New York dance floor electropop that recalls the fusion of uptown and downtown styles and culture, to
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