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Name
  
Riku Latti

Role
  
Singer


Died
  
December 15, 2012

TV shows
  
Speden Spelit

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Albums
  
Radio Lava, Die President Se Keuse, Sydamensarkija

Education
  
University of the Witwatersrand, Hoerskool Florida

Similar People
  
Eija Kantola, Heidi Kyro, Eino Gron, Riki Sorsa, Timo Turpeinen

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Riku Lätti (11 June 1973), is a South African singer, songwriter and writer. After Riku matriculated in 1991 at Hoërskool Florida, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, he studied philosophy at University of the Witwatersrand where he finished his honours degree. He changed his name to Victor S. Wolf and claimed that Riku Latti is "dead". Since then he composed the complete film score for Jans Rautenbach's film "Abraham" on which he was credited as Riku Lätti, thereby being effectively resurrected.

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In South Africa Riku collaborated with superstars such as Steve Hofmeyr, Laurika Rauch, Paul Riekert among others. His songs have been performed and recorded by people like Karla du Plessis, Theuns Jordaan, Laurika Rauch, Jakkie Louw, the all-girl punk band The Pheobes and the jazz outfit Tsunami and Izak Davel.

In 2005, he broke onto the international music scene when he completed his first tour in Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2006 during a follow-up tour through Europe he performed with Stef Bos. 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.

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Riku together with Jahn Beukes wrote the music for the award-winning SABC television series Hopeville. Hopeville won the prestigious The Rose d'Or in Switzerland for best international TV series. It was also nominated for an Emmy Award. Other scores include the soundtrack for KykNet series Wie lê waar and the drama series Vlug na Egipte.

Riku Lätti Words and Music a masterclass with filmmaker Jans Rautenbach and

He won a South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) for his sound design and film score for the feature film Die Wonderlike Avonture van Hanna Hoekom.

Other awards Riku has won include 2 GMT (Geraas Musiektoekennings). (The first for best Alternative Artist for his album Pleister vir my Nerwe. The second for best male vocalist for his album Aan't sterre tel.) And a Vonk Music award for his album Die President se keuse.

His greatest work before his death was a collaborative album Radio Lava with Jahn Beukes and Arnaud van Vliet featuring original work from Huyser Burger.

In his last act before his death he accused the South African media of not having transformed after the end of Apartheid.

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

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

Riku Lätti - Die son


Die Wasgoedlyn

A few years ago Riku Lätti started recording many different artists all around South-Africa. Wherever he went he took his recording equipment with and before he knew it artists started featuring on each other’s tracks, collaborating and performing together, and so Die Wasgoedlyn started and Die Wasgoedlyn CD was released in 2015. Die Wasgoedlyn (The Washing Line) is a concept centering around Afrikaans musicians telling and singing their stories in their natural habitat: at their homes, around braais, with friends. These informal gatherings are recorded by Riku Lätti with his mobile studio set-up ensuring that the music is not overproduced in a studio giving a sense of the real and the unpretentious.

The name, Die Wasgoedlyn (The Washing Line), was chosen for two reasons. The first being that a washing line (in literal terms) is not usually a place where you would take your guests. It is usually in your backyard where things are a lot less presentable than the front (street view) of your house. In the same vain Die Wasgoedlyn attempts to unearth these raw performances of artists in a space (mentally and physically) that they take comfort in - in which they do not have to pretend. The second reason is that on a washing line you'll find a large variety of items, from work-shirts to church-blouses, patched socks, vest with holes in it, underwear from Jockey, petticoats, etc. Die Wasgoedlyn is as much about putting the artist in their most natural surrounding as it is about surrounding them with other artists - enabling the somewhat mystical bond between creatives to flourish resulting in instinctive collaborations.

In 2014 Riku Lätti collaborated with Kilroy Was Here! Productions (Charl J. Naudé and Gideon Breytenbach) in attempts to turn Die Wasgoedlyn into a TV series with the same concept. The first season will feature approximately twenty artists including Lochner de Kock, Ryno Velvet, Willim Welsyn, Frazer Barry, Tribal Echo, Piet Botha, Jacques “Jake Gunn” Groenewald, Dana Snyman, Gert Vlok Nel, Jannie du Toit, C. Johan Bakkes, Churchil Naude, Laurinda Hofmeyr, Andre van Rensburg, Rian Malan, Dozi, Liela Groenewald, Mervin Williams, Adries Bezuidenhout, Fran Veda (Bonsai), Charles J. Fourie, Andra, Gerald Clark, Mauritz Lotz, Les Javan, Riku Lätti, Bacchus Nel, Loit Sôls, Francois van Coke (Van Coke Kartel), etc.

Discography

  • 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) and Stefan Ackermann

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

  • Aan't sterre tel (2004)
    1. Oorlogtyd
    2. Medisyne mens - with Steve Hofmeyr
    3. My Amerika
    4. Op die maan - with Laurika Rauch
    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 (2007)
    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 (2009)
    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.

  • Die Ongelooflike avonture van Hanna Hoekom (2010)

    • Original soundtrack for the film available from Gallo Records

    1. Ratelslang
    2. Hoekom Altyd
    3. Huis
    4. Virus
    5. Pak Saam
    6. Konigin Binne
    7. Wonder
    8. Raaisel
    9. Rooirok
    10. My Kap
    11. Weet Jy (Dat ek nog aan jou klou)
    12. Suikerbostango
    13. Jêm
    14. Nuwe Lewe
    15. Dis 'n Dogtertjie
    16. Konigin Binne (&0s Rules Mix)
  • Janneman in die Diereryk (2011)

    • Kinderalbum/Children's album Stories and songs available from AKA Records

    1. Stoomtrein
    2. Janneman
    3. Vertelling- In die takke
    4. Oupa Die Uil
    5. Vertelling - Waar Gaan Al Die Diere Heen
    6. Koning Leeu Se Partytjie
    7. Slaap, Hasie, Slaap
    8. Skildpad In My Hangmat
    9. Vir Die Voëls
    10. Vertelling -'n Slang In Die Stad
    11. In Die Woud
    12. Vêr Weg Van Die Huis
    13. Elke Dier Het Sy Dag
    14. Swaeltjie
    15. Vertelling - Janneman Gaan Huis Toe
    16. 'n Ding Soos Die
    17. Vertelling - Hoekom Moes Janneman Weggaan
    18. As Al Die Sterre Stukkend VAl
    19. Droomland
  • Die Wasgoedlyn Volume 01 (2015)
    1. Verskeie Kaalpruts - Wasgoedlyn
    2. Gert Vlok Nel - Fly My To The Moon
    3. Rian Malan - Jezebel
    4. Les Javan - Rooirokmoles
    5. Bacchus Nel - Lucy
    6. Nike Holm - Seil
    7. Loit Sôls - Die Law
    8. Lochner de Kock - Die Muur
    9. Gert Vlok Nel - Hand Vol Gruis
    10. Piet Botha - Bitterfontein
    11. Oom Koos - Sarie Marais
    12. Les Javan - Rietfontein
    13. Bacchus Nel - Waar Die Dice Val
    14. Neil Sandilands - Stof Tot Stof
    15. Jackie Lätti - Boereplaas se Lakens
    16. Die White Ou Not Kwaito Ensemble - Boegoeberg se Dam
    17. Toast Coetzer - Sagte Vleise
    18. Jaco Botha - Saggies en Teer
    19. Rynier Ernst Julius Prins - Groot Verlange
    20. Jackie Lätti - Laaste Dans
    21. Laurinda Hofmeyr - Al In Die Rondte
    22. Riku Lätti - Slaap Klein Beminde
    23. Verskeie Kaalpruts - Onder Jou Asem
    24. Verskeie Kaalpruts - Wasgoedlyn Tot Siens Sê
  • Die klankbaan van Jans Rautenbach film - Abraham (2015)

    • Original soundtrack for the film, available from Vonk Musiek.

    1. Treinspoor
    2. Dwarrelwind Van My Lewe
    3. Lyperplant
    4. Fyntrapriel
    5. Bergwind
    6. Springbok
    7. Stofpadriel
    8. Triomftog
    9. Twee-Paaie-Riel
    10. Op Na Die Berge
    11. Tyd Vir Kuns
    12. Leeu In Die Sitkamer
    13. Sy Bloed
    14. Olifant
    15. Iemand Wat My Hoor
    16. Katie Se Byl
    17. Langs 'n Stofpad Vêr
    18. Waai
    19. Heilig Is Die Lewe
    20. Op Na Die Berge (Bonus Snit)
    21. Hidden Track

    Songs

    SmoorverliefDie President Se Keuse · 2006
    HoofstroomRadio Lava · 2007
    Op Die MaanDie President Se Keuse · 2006

    References

    Riku Lätti Wikipedia
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