Riviera F

Riviera F
Alexa Marlen-vocals/keys, Kairo Sin-guitar
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Electropop
Labels	Germ Free Records Tape Modern Kinetik Media
Members	Alexa Marlen (vocals) Kairo Sin(guitar)
Website	http://www.rivieraf.co.uk

Riviera F is an electropop band created in London, England. The band consists of Alexa Marlen and Kairo Sin. Other members included Taylor Sloane, Nikki Paris, Logan Sky, Yves Cecil and Etienne LeBeau (AKA LA shoe designer Jerome Chouinard-Rousseau^[1]). They were known as Riviera up until 2003, then changed the name to Riviera F. To date they have had two releases. In 2004 the International Lover EP, (a 5 track EP of which the title track was produced by Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes) was released on Pop Cult and Tape Modern (Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy's label) which had previously released Dark Circles by The Devils. 2004 also saw the release of their US single "Now We've Got Europe" on Kinetik Media.

The International Lover video, directed by Matt Amato (member of the Los Angeles based artist and directors collaborative 'The Masses') and starring Hollywood film star Billy Zane, was featured in Hollywood’s Resfest^[2] film festival.

The band played their first ever gig on the BBC’s Radio 1 John Peel Sessions.^[3] They have played and DJed alongside artists such as Hot Chip, Ladytron, Vive la Fête, Client (band), Ellen Allien, Annie (Norwegian singer) and Yelle, as well as at Kick the Trash festival in Madrid^[4] and the House Of Love Festival in Helsinki,^[5] and have toured extensively in the UK and Europe. The band has been featured in publications such as Dazed & Confused and The Independent on Sunday, which described "Tracks such as "International Lover", "Kiss No.38" ("in the back of a limousine", indeed) and "Now We've Got Europe" display an acute appreciation of continental romance and ageless glamour".^[6]

Riviera F's debut album Another City Another Plan was released in 2010^{[needs update]} on their own record label Germ Free.

Discography

Albums

• Another City Another Plan - Germ Free (2010)

1. "Hell On The Way"
2. "Girls & Money"
3. "Posing For The Cameras"
4. "Pick Up star"
5. "Dance To The Beat"
6. "Echo Beach"
7. "Dance Alone"
8. "Lya Taboo"
9. "Take You Down"
10. "The Last Time"

EPs

• International Lover - Pop Cult/Tape Modern (2004)

1. "International Lover"
2. "Information"
3. "Nothing"
4. "Girls and Money"
5. "Another Crash and Burn"

Singles

• Now We've Got Europe - Kinetik Media (2004)

1. "Now We've Got Europe"
2. "Information"
3. "Now We've Got Europe (Blue Mix)"

Compilations

• This Is Hardcore - God Made Me Hardcore (2002)

1. "International Lover"

• Robopop Volume I - Lucky Pierre Recordings (2003)

1. "Information"

• Snakebite City Eleven - Bluefire Records (2004)

1. "Lya Taboo"
2. "Pick Up Star"

• Miami Resistance Vol. 1 - Kinetik Media (2005)

1. "Girls & Money"

• Dream Boyz - DD Fan Club (2006)

1. "International Lover"

Collaborations

• Five Minute Love - Feria Music, Ojoparlante (2008)

1. "When The Rain Begins To Fall"

References

1. "Electro Dash: Jerome Chouinard-Rousseau's Shoes Are Getting Feet Tapping". Vogue. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
2. "RES Screening (November 16, 2004)". Res Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
3. "Peel sessions: band index: r". Homepage.ntlworld.com. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
4. Aguilar, Andrea (27 October 2006). "Insignes pateadores: el quién es quién". El Pais. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
5. "Archived copy". server1.radiohelsinki.fi. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. Price, Simon (13 January 2002). "P.O.D.The Garage, London The Miles Hunt Club, Borderline, London Riviera, Bull and Gate, London". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

External links

• Official Web Site