1. The Red Kiss
2. The Red Kiss (Brodinski Remix)
3. The Red Kiss (The Magician Precious 80s Pop remix)
4. The Red Kiss (The Magician Precious 80s Dub Remix)
5. The Red Kiss (Palmbonen Remix)
What happens when you take a kid, make him travel around the world, introduce him to classical music, to Michael Jackson, teach him the piano, and tell him bedtime stories about ghosts and spirits? You get Alex Aikiu.
Born in Paris but brought up in Africa, The Aikiu was introduced from an early age to Western pop culture. However, The Aikiu never disowned his origins and continues to draw heavily from his dusky childhood memories of Africa.
Hungry to learn, eager to see the world, and take his thirst for music further, he teamed up with his renowned friends Julien Vichnievsky and Cedric Pilooski, both established figures of the electro scene, and give birth to a band, The Aikiu.
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Inspired by Herk Harvey’s 1962 cult flick Carnival Of Souls, The Red Kiss is a tale of lie’s continuous but doomed flirtation with death. A lighthearted tragedy about seduction, backed by a stomping glampop beat and lifted upwards by The Aikiu’s coolly delivered affectionate croon. His rich musical repertoire combined with his love for paranormal activities, synths and classical music are just a few hints towards the extent of his potential as the next French pop phenomenon.
Delivering deep velvet 80s dancefloor beats, The Aikiu, although playful, also proves to behold a dark streak that emanates throughout the EP. Pieces such as The Red Kiss literally drip with dark tainted anxiety. With trip happy beats, The Aikiu manages to express the most lavish yet the most repressed and vulnerable sides of humankind. By this, The Aikiu expresses both his dreams and nightmares through condensed pure electronic pop genius, making him the most promising artist on the scene.
The Red Kiss is one peck on the cheek you don’t want to waste.
The single also gets chaperoned by remixes courtesy of ex-Aeroplane man The Magician, the ever so paramount Brodinski and the Dutch cosmonaut Palmbomen – also watch out for the upcoming music video directed by none other than UK fashion guru Rankin.
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