Riku Lätti is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n singer, songwriter and writer. After Riku matriculated in 1991 at Hoërskool Florida, Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, Gauteng

Gauteng

Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...

 Province, he studied philosophy at University of the Witwatersrand where he finished his honours degree.

In South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 Riku collaborated with superstars such as Steve Hofmeyr

Steve Hofmeyr

-Career:Hofmeyr matriculated in 1982 at Grey College. After two years compulsory army and border duty, he went to Pretoria Technikon Drama School.-Recording star and performer:...

, Laurika Rauch

Laurika Rauch

Laurika Rauch is a South African singer who sings in the Afrikaans as well as English language.She had a hit single in 1979 with Kinders van die Wind , written by the late Koos du Plessis...

, Paul Riekert among others. His songs were sung and recorded by people like Karla du Plessis, Theuns Jordaan

Theuns Jordaan

Theuns Jordaan is a South African singer and songwriter born on 10 January 1971. His first career moves had him spend long nights at restaurants in the area around the University of Stellenbosch, a university in the Western Cape Province where he had been studying industrial psychology. His first...

, Laurika Rauch

Laurika Rauch

Laurika Rauch is a South African singer who sings in the Afrikaans as well as English language.She had a hit single in 1979 with Kinders van die Wind , written by the late Koos du Plessis...

, Jakkie Louw, the all girl punk band The Pheobes and the jazz outfit Tsunami

Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...

.

In 2005 he broke onto the international music scene when he completed his first tour in Belgium

Belgium

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 and the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. In 2006 during a follow-up tour through Europe

Europe

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 he performed with Stef Bos

Stef Bos

Stef Bos is a Dutch singer who has been living in Antwerp, Belgium, since 1984. He sings in Dutch , and has been successful in Belgium, the Netherlands and South-Africa ever since his breakthrough single "Papa" came out in 1990.He wrote Belgium's entry into the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, "Door...

. On October 1, 2007 Lätti releases his first album in the Benelux (Akoesties). For this album he re-recorded some of his best songs in a stripped-down version, using only his voice and a piano or a guitar.

He is also the chief in charge of zimdollar, an Afrikaans cult newspaper.

There is also a Finnish pop singer of the same name.

Albums

• Me and Mr. Sane

1. Electric Chair
2. Hey hey hey hey
3. Seveneight
4. Crazy like a bird
5. Muscatoman
6. Cool Kids
7. 99
8. Everything
9. One fine day

Featuring musicians Peter Auret, Max Loubscher, Justy Range, Willem Moller (who played with Johannes Kerkorrel

Johannes Kerkorrel

Johannes Kerkorrel was an Afrikaner singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright from South Africa....

) and Stefan Ackermann

Stefan Ackermann

Stefan Sigfried Ackermann, born in Berlin, is a German singer and co-front for the band Das Ich.-Biography:Stefan is known to have had a lifelong interest in performing on stage, and once he joined the German musician Bruno Kramm in 1989 he had a chance to show an audience what many consider his...

• Pleister vir my nerwe

1. Sterre
2. Rooirok
3. Pakpoort
4. Onder my asem
5. Jas
6. Agter my rug
7. Valley
8. Verander
9. Stuikel
10. Waar is jy
11. Laughing

Featuring musicians Peter Auret, Max Mikula, Brendan Ou Tim, Bob Biggens Hendrik Coetzee

Hendrik Coetzee

Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee was a renowned South African outdoorsman and author. He was killed after being taken by a crocodile in December 2010....

The album won the GMT Award for Best Alternative Afrikaans Album

• WOKNAKWYF!

1. Slaap
2. In die begin
3. Reën
4. Moet nooit die belangrikheid van goeie mond higiëne onderskat nie
5. Slaap maar weer

• Jean Marais - Nou

1. Aan almal
2. Saamstaan
3. Dis te laf
4. Suit
5. Staar
6. Nou
7. Hoekom is jy bang vir my
8. Eiland in die son
9. Die laaste wals
10. Tussen my en jou

The album was a collaboration between Riku and Jean Marais (MoShang

MoShang

MoShang is a downtempo Musician and Music Producer originally from South Africa. He is referred to as the Sound Jeweler and has been living in Taiwan since 2003.-Early Life and Musical Background :...

) with contributions from Ewald Cress. It was hailed by the media as "the most progressive Afrikaans

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

 album ever".

• Aan't sterre tel

1. Oorlogtyd
2. Medisyne mens - with Steve Hofmeyr
   Steve Hofmeyr
   -Career:Hofmeyr matriculated in 1982 at Grey College. After two years compulsory army and border duty, he went to Pretoria Technikon Drama School.-Recording star and performer:...
   
   
3. My Amerika
4. Op die maan - with Laurika Rauch
   Laurika Rauch
   Laurika Rauch is a South African singer who sings in the Afrikaans as well as English language.She had a hit single in 1979 with Kinders van die Wind , written by the late Koos du Plessis...
   
   
5. Staar
6. Waar is jy
7. Verander
8. Osama Bin Laden - with Paul Riekert
9. Soms - with Liela Groenewald
10. Deesdae
11. Smoorverlief

Featuring musicians Peter Auret, Jonathan Crossley, Cesare Cassarino, Rory Gaddin
The album won Riku the GMT Award for best male vocalist.

• Radio Lava

1. Afgrond
2. Strate
3. Eenling Is Die Mens Gebore
4. Hekkie
5. Hoofstroom
6. Om En Om
7. Onthou Jy Nog
8. Blom
9. Ysbeer
10. Die Cool Wat Deur Die Kerk Is
11. Sneeuwitjie Se Partytjie
12. Voor Jou Oe
13. Weet Van Beter
14. Jeane Se Partytjie

Featuring Jahn Beukes and Arnaud van Vliet.

• Akoesties

1. Hoofstroom
2. Ysbeer
3. Pakpoort
4. Afgrond
5. Somer
6. Blom
7. Voor Jou Oë
8. Aubade II
9. Stertrap
10. Strate
11. Sunday's Like This
12. My Amerika
13. Onder Jou Asem
14. Op Die Maan - with Jelle Amersfoort
15. Dood Spoort (hidden track by Jelle Amersfoort, Dutch translation of Hoofstroom)

Benelux-release only, acoustic recordings with Riku on piano and guitar.

• Janneman in die Diereryk

Kinderalbum/Children's album
Stories and songs

• Die Ongelooflike avonture van Hanna Hoekom

Original soundtrack for the film

External links

• http://www.riku.co.za
• http://www.rikulatti.eu
• http://www.zimdollar.co.za