Album Notes

"Richie Nieto brings about a refreshing change in the industry with his own brand of progressive music." - Hande Burdg, The Prog Files

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Originally from San Jose, Costa Rica, Richie Nieto has been an active musician and songwriter for more than 20 years. His bands and projects have spanned diverse genres, from pop to hard rock to progressive and experimental music, and they have taken him on several tours of Central and North America. Over the years, he has played hundreds of venues and has opened shows for artists like Sting, Jethro Tull, Yes’ Jon Anderson and many more. As both a band member and session player, he has left his mark on many albums for indie artists as well as major labels like Sony Music and BMG in Latin America. In addition to his composing and performing contributions to the Costa Rican musical landscape, he has also produced and engineered several of the pop and rock albums that are now considered musical landmarks in that country’s history.

‘Giant Robots And Sunsets’ marks Richie’s first solo venture, in which he employs all his cumulative experience and skills in instrumental performance, composition, production and engineering. With the exception of the highly successful collaborative effort of ‘The Hill Of Holes’, the album is designed as a one-man study in isolated composition and execution. All his musical influences rise to the surface in a bubbling pot of ideas, mutating and becoming a distinctive voice in a sea of lethargic rehashes. Unhindered by labels (both of the existential and the business kind), ‘Giant Robots And Sunsets’ is a bold artistic statement that evokes an immense palette of moods and emotions, from playful humour to violent rage, from deep melancholy to uneasy tension.