WITH A MIXED HERITAGE THAT AFFORDED HIM A FRONT-ROW SEAT IN THE DICHOTOMY OF OPPOSING CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, MUSIC SERVED AS A STRANGE, PATCHWORK SOUNDTRACK TO A BIGGER PICTURE THAT HE IS YET TO FULLY COMPREHEND. FOR RIIVRS, “THERE IS MUSIC IN EVERYTHING, AND IN EVERYONE -- IF WE JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO LISTEN, THE ANSWERS EXIST WITHIN ITS MEASURES.”
DRAWING FROM A PANTHEON OF INFLUENCES, RANGING FROM THE ETHEREAL SOUNDS OF RADIOHEAD AND MASSIVE ATTACK, TO GOLDEN CONTEMPORARIES SUCH AS MICHAEL JACKSON, PRINCE AND FRANK OCEAN -- RIIVRS APPETITE FOR VARIETY IS DEMONSTRATED IN HIS MUSIC. SONICALLY, IT’S A PRECISE BLEND OF LUSH AND VIBEY POP/RNB, THE HIGH-OCTANE, DISTORTED VIBES OF URBAN SOUL, FUSED TOGETHER WITH AMBIENT SENSIBILITIES -- THINK ATMOSPHERIC PADS, VOCAL SAMPLES AND GROOVE-DRIVEN PERCUSSION.
THEMATICALLY, RIIVRS LEANS HEAVILY TOWARDS SUBJECTS TO DO WITH SELF-REFLECTION, AND RELATABLE THEMES IN THE LIFE OF A DRIVEN AND WANDERING SOUL. THERE IS A CERTAIN IRONY THAT, DELVING INTO SUCH TOUGH TOPICS COMES EASILY TO THIS ARTIST, HOWEVER, JUST AS LIGHT OFTEN JUXTAPOSES THE DARK, HE IS NOT ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM DISCUSSING POSITIVE THEMES OF TRIUMPH, LOVE AND PERSEVERANCE. ULTIMATELY, RIIVRS, THROUGH HIS MUSIC, ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK TO THE HEART OF ANYONE WHO FEELS LOST, ISOLATED OR OTHERWISE JADED.
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