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Free-spirit Niki Sadeki is a producer inspired by all around her as she travels the world, emboldened by the ideas, minds, and sounds scattered in her midst. Her desire to connect with people drives both her productions and her DJ sets. From her native Vancouver to Ibiza, Berlin to Brooklyn (her current home) and Miami to Mexico City, Niki Sadeki’s deep, progressive soundscapes unite the dancefloor.
Niki Sadeki works from a completely different angle than most producers. Her aim: Whether in the studio or on the dancefloor, is to build a mood, and flood it with divergent yet complimentary currents, smashing the boundaries between genres as she goes. Elements come together to create unique soundscapes, from house music to garage rock, progressive to psychedelic, all the way to Jazz and Persian folk.
Secret Serenade, released 17th November on Kindisch is a perfect example of Niki Sadeki’s work, inspired by spring and summer 2023 when she was living life on the road – quite literally.
El Ganzo (The Goose) starts with a driving 4/4 bass. Helicopter hi-hats parachute you straight into the dense rainforest, where you pull back the sonic foliage to reveal a wild jungle party.
Nature adds to the beat- synth cicadas and Teisco tree frogs clammer beneath you in the humid undergrowth, setting the scene for the distant call of jazz sax geese (or perhaps elephants), that move audibly towards your firelit clearance, before disappearing slowly into the dense tropical forest as you and your new jungle friends resume the party.
So Sudden grabs your attention immediately. Glitchy synths dance around a moog modular click. The sounds of the highway zoom by your one-night-only roadside home. From here, an infectious hook line percolates through the track, augmented by a cornucopia of synth, building up a vast soundscape: A mashup of machinery and mother earth under a starlit sky.
Niki Sadeki explains: “El Ganzo is a jungle party, reflecting those freewheeling days on the road. So Sudden just came together over a weekend, like magic. It was a sweet surprise that waited till I got back to Brooklyn to get a good polish in the studio, transforming into this cool, well-rounded piece.
Secret Serenade is a playful nod to the unpredictable, fun journey of how I make music, like catching lightning in a bottle on the go, and then letting it shine bright in the quiet of the studio. It’s not just about the tracks, it’s about the stories they tell of embracing spontaneity, enjoying the ride, and the cool tunes that come out from playing around with the unexpected.”
Release date: November 17th, 2023.