NIKIVEE
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Home Town: Manheim, PA
Genre: Electronic
Posted By: NikiVee
Joined On: January 16, 2005
Page Views: 3,393
Song Plays: 127
Current Rank: 3,696
Highest Rank: 298
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Albums
Sputnika Digitalis, State of Mind, Earth Tones, Wanderers in the Sky, Best of NikiVee
Similar Artists
Many
Instruments
various synths. both hard and soft. Mostly Yamah Equipment. Roland jupiter 6, EMU Phatt Planet, Casio CZ3000
Musical Style
TRANCE,DANCE,TECHNO anything that can be played on keyboards
Influences
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As I gazed down the list of reviews I had assigned to myself I saw the title of this track "East Timor" and had a funny feeling this was gonna be a really good song, a song with feeling, an uplifting song, maybe even with a strong political background and meaning. And then I saw the genre ... "Club" it said. Kind of a let down really. But then after changing my mind to expecting a track produced by some kid who had heard about East Timor in the news and thought he'd get popular by making a song out of it, I played the track... My mind changed again. This track is really really good! And now I'll tell you why.
It is a subtle blend of house, trance, techno and leftfield electronica producing a powerful track which contains no lyrics, choruses or verses, but instead uses the power of synthesis and electronic music to convey a strong point. Afterall, once you see the title and song description your mind is fixed on the idea of conflict in east timor so no extra details in the form of... Read entire review »
| | "NikiVee" has been composing synth based songs since 1985. Though he liked the sound of Techno/Trance/Acid music, NikiVee found it was lacking an important element - melodies. NikiVee has taken that techno sound and incorporated beautiful, uplifting melodies. In 1998, NikiVee was influenced to put some of his songs up on MP3.com. He was indeed hesitant about this because he didn't feel his music was good enough to publish. Little did he know, the music industry, fans, and reviewers would form and build his confidence level. After approximately six months of advertising his music on MP3.com, NikiVee was approached by the Featured Artist section. Here's a few excerpts of what they had to say: "The stories behind his music are just as intriguing as the music itself. When pressed to name five current album favorites-he simply can't. His faves include the Beatles ("The original 'alternative' band,") Wendy Carlos, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. NikiVee explains, "I guess that's... Read entire review » |
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