Danger

Franck Rivoire, better known by his stage name Danger, is a French electronic musician.

Biography

History

Rivoire's musical history started at an early age, when his parents introduced him to the piano and saxophone. Growing up, he played in both jazz and punk bands, Rivoire got his first synthesizer after seeing a friend use one When not working, he practiced digital music production.

In an effort to modernize the sound of his music, Rivoire created some new electro-influenced tracks and uploaded them onto MySpace under the name Danger. He chose the moniker because he had previously used it for online chat clients and believed he would get free advertising as "danger" is such a commonly used word.

In June 2014, Danger unveiled a new side project, Sunset, playing live at Parisian nightclub, Nouveau Casino.

On 3 June 2016 Danger posted a link via Facebook to a Bandcamp page titled "6:24". The song was used for the video game Furi in which Danger contributed a total of five songs. The full OST was released on 5 July 2016.

On 7 November 2016 Danger announced his new album 太鼓 (taiko) for his 10-year anniversary. In an interview with Nest HQ, Danger mentions that "太鼓 is loaded with childhood feelings and many emotions that were almost absent from my past releases." The album is a hybrid of eastern and western music between 80's retro and more contemporary sounds.

In November 2016, Danger was featured as an opening act for Porter Robinson and Madeon's Shelter Live Tour.

On 9 May 2017, Danger announced that his album 太鼓 (taiko) would be released on 2 June 2017.

On 22 December 2018, Danger announced that his second album, Origins, would be released on 18 January 2019.

In 2020, Danger created the original score for Haven, a role-playing video game developed by The Game Bakers. The soundtrack was released on 3 December 2020 as "Haven (Original Soundtrack)."

In 2024, he provided the soundtrack for another video game, Windblown, developed by Motion Twin. The soundtrack was released on Steam on 24 October 2024. It was then released on streaming services on 13 December 2024.

Idiosyncrasies

Each Danger EP is named after a specific date in time, beginning with 09/14 2007 (14 September 2007), named after the day he finished the EP.

Remixes

Other Tracks "9:19", released on Ekler'o'shock's EOS MMX - The Summer Solstice Edition One and later on Origins "9h20", made in 2007 and available online and later on Origins "12h38", a track used in "The Big Purple Van Club" video performance by Danger in 2008 "13h12 (Live Edit)", a track that has been ripped twice from Danger's live sets: once without the full intro and once without the full ending "13h40", said to be made in 2007 or 2008 but never officially released and containing a sample of Masterboy's "Feel the Heat of the Night" "22h39", released on Ekler'o'shock's EOS MMX - The Summer Solstice Edition Two Attraction soundtrack, music for a lengthy Japanese/French interactive anti-smoking ad/animation directed by Koji Morimoto "6:24", "7:53", "8:02", "19:06", and "19:07" make up part of the soundtrack for the video game Furi. 2018 Mid-Season Invitational Theme for the League of Legends Mid Season Invitational