PopGun Presents... Rioux, Tubetops, Candide March 29, 2013

RIOUX
Erin Rioux (pronounced ree-yoo) is an American electronic/psychedelic producer, performer, and curator. His work under his last name merges avant-garde with pop, and technology with organic instrumentation in a rhythmic and cerebral sonic environment.
A self-taught multi-instrumentalist and NYU-educated producer, Rioux casts a wide net of influences that include everyone from Krautrock Pioneers Neu and Cluster to pop perfectionists like Brian Eno and David Byrne, weaving organic instrumentals with tailored beats. A working-class Detroit area native, Rioux spent four months living in Berlin during 2011, where he wrote his 2012 record Come On All You Ghosts. The record was finished at his home in Brooklyn, making it the 5th studio release for the young, prolific producer.

In June of 2012 Rioux premiered the EP’s debut single “Find the Reason” (feat. Thurmon Green) on Prefix Mag, a shining example of the record’s eclectic dance tracks, pop hooks and smatterings of psychedelia. Months later, the song received a preliminary Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Single. Come on All You Ghosts stands to fulfill Rioux’s intention of creating music to simply make the listener feel good, employing vocal and lyrical contributions from a diversity of collaborators.

In July Rioux released his mixtape, Water Signs and in September he created an audiovisual web-installation titled “I’ll Give You A Hint (You’re Already There)”. The multimedia piece, made as a gift by request to his fans, harkens back to Rioux’s audiovisual album, Everything You Need Is Right Here (2011) and points towards his ever-present theme of self-realization. In our modern age of smartphones and social media, Rioux’s ambivalence to the material world comes as a breath of fresh air.

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