Download a brand new skweee track from Rigas den Andre called "Crush kill destroy": http://rigas.blackside.org/music/crush%20kill%20destroy.mp3

Download the brand new Rigas den Andre track "Rather be dead": http://rigas.blackside.org/music/rather%20be%20dead.mp3

MP3: Rigas - It's a shame

Lars kind of hinted at it in his review without coming right out with it: Rigas is more about individual tracks than a cohesive whole. It makes sense when you consider how prolific Henrik von Euler is with all of his many, many projects. Besides Rigas there's skweee alter-ego Rigas den Andre as well as bands like Moder Jords Massiva, The Chrysler and who knows what else? Singles have always been his strong point and it was only after listening to various tracks from "The hardest pocket to pick" isolated on shuffle did they start to stand out. The two already-released singles "Dead like you" and the title track were the first to rise above the rabble and today's track "It's a shame" falls in at #3. In some ways, Rigas reminds me of Dieter Schöön in that the music is always some kind of lackadaisical weirdo electro, 'cept that Rigas typically aims much bigger with his choruses and pop ambitions. There's definite crossover potential. It's still plenty quirky, but not to point of alienation. Think of it as a gateway drug - dig this and maybe you should start investigating some of the other, more out-there stuff Euler works with at his label Flora & Fauna.

Rigas - It's a shame

Markis Sage, the skweee duo of genre founders Mesak and Rigas den Andre, have a new 7" out on Temporarily Morons. Hear samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/markissage

Attention skweee fans - get the new Rigas den Andre track "There's no breaks left for you" right here: http://www.myspace.com/102670709

Flora & Fauna artist Rigas den Andre has two new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com//102670709
There will be a new single in early June with the EP "The hardest pocket to pick" following around September.

Rigas den Andre will be releasing a new 12" split with Boys of Caligula on Finnish skweee label Harmönia this spring. He'll also be collaborating with Mark O'Sullivan (DK7, Mighty Quark) on a record due out in February and has another vinyl EP in the works for April. There will be a skweee comp coming out on Flora & Fauna in February that Rigas will appear on which I should hopefully be getting copies of for the mailorder department.