A session from Reyko tonight – recorded on March 13 of this year in the studios of Radio Nacional España Radio 3.
Reyko are a Spanish duo based in London, consisting of vocalist Soleil and producer and multi-instrumentalist Igor.
Soleil and Igor, are from Spain but are currently based in London, England. Before forming the duo, Soleil worked as an osteopath, and Igor was a professional tennis player before deciding to pursue a music career. They started writing music together as part of Igor’s music production course at the University of West London. Soon after, they began regularly posting songs on the SoundCloud platform.
In January 2023, REYKO released their third album Fantasía. In their third LP the duo embraced a variety of sounds and styles merging pop, indie-rock, acoustic, electronica and post-punk. Soleil and Igor also returned to write songs in both English and Spanish languages. Speaking to Noctis Magazine about the inspiration for the album, the pair said: “It has a lot to do with the moment in time when we wrote the album, which was the end of 2021 and 2022. Huge post pandemic euphoria, but at the same time nuclear threats, big crisis scares on the news, but at the same time loads of travelling and playing in new countries, new places, etc…So we wanted to reflect all these extremes and how we were living them with our music.”
The album received positive press reviews. Simon Lucas-Hughes from the magazine BackSeat Mafia wrote: “There’s no restrictions over what the band’s sound encompasses, this isn’t an indie album but more of a creative outlet, sometimes in Spanish, sometimes in English – sometimes moody and atmospheric, at others vibrant and energetic. It’s a great thing to hear music like this, where artists feel they are free enough to simply do what they want to, make the music they like whilst also managing to create their own lane, their unique, strikingly modern sound.”
A few weeks after the album release, REYKO embarked on a tour in order to present the latest effort.
The duo define themselves as “DIY” since they independently write, produce, and record everything they release from their home studio based in London. They cite Billie Holiday, Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Lorde, Portishead, and Manu Chao as influences. Their music has been described as alt-pop.
If you didn’t know anything about Reyko before, you do now. All that’s left for you to do is press Play and kick back for the next half-hour.
