Instrumental math rock with Chapman Stick, crazy guitars and hyperkinetic drums.

11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Experimental Rock, ROCK: Math Rock

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Originally from San Jose, Costa Rica, Richie Nieto has been an active musician and songwriter for more than 20 years. His bands and projects have spanned diverse genres, from pop to hard rock to progressive and experimental music, and they have taken him on several tours of Central and North America. Over the years, he has played hundreds of venues and has opened shows for artists like Sting, Jethro Tull, Yesâ Jon Anderson and many more. As both a band member and session player, he has left his mark on many albums for indie artists as well as major labels like Sony Music and BMG in Latin America. In addition to his composing and performing contributions to the Costa Rican musical landscape, he has also produced and engineered several of the pop and rock albums that are now considered musical landmarks in that countryâs history.

âGiant Robots And Sunsetsâ marks Richieâs first solo venture, in which he employs all his cumulative experience and skills in instrumental performance, composition, production and engineering. With the exception of the highly successful collaborative effort of âThe Hill Of Holesâ, the album is designed as a one-man study in isolated composition and execution. All his musical influences rise to the surface in a bubbling pot of ideas, mutating and becoming a distinctive voice in a sea of lethargic rehashes. Unhindered by labels (both of the existential and the business kind), âGiant Robots And Sunsetsâ is a bold artistic statement that evokes an immense palette of moods and emotions, from playful humour to violent rage, from deep melancholy to uneasy tension.