A graduate of Birmingham Conservatoire in England, Rik Roberts studied composition with renowned Anglo-Indian composer John Mayer and British composer Andrew Downes. He is comfortable across the board with different genres, but he has been particularly successful with World Music. Rik has a strong interest in Indian, African, Spanish, South American, and Celtic, as well as Roots Music in general.
Rik Roberts' music has been used in documentaries, radio, TV, and online commercials and has been included on many commercial compilation albums and playlists. He has also used his original compositions and arrangements on two albums in his own name. Rik regularly performs his music as a concert Classical/Spanish guitarist.
Medium-tempo dance track for travel documentaries and films. Etherial female vocals, shuffle beat, middle-eastern oud style tune and electronics depicting train sounds. perfect for train journey scenes but also travel scenes with other forms of transport. Instrumental, World Music, Pan-World Fusion
Wonderfully etherial and touching contemporary Indian - Ambient track with soothing sitar, tabla, floating piano theme, soft hip-hop beat and beautiful Male and Female vocal effects. For Asian documentaries, news reports, travel, relaxation and spa, commercials, adverts and promos. Highly emotive. Mixed Vocals, World Music, Indian World Fusion
Dynamic and contemporary ethnic house track with some 1990s throwbacks. Brimming with exotic hi-energy and a moody euphoria. Featurures female Arabic vocal samples against a big progressive house backdrop. Ideal for nightclub scenes, Middle Eastern turmoil and DJ mixing. A real gem and quite unique! Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
Sleek, corporate pan-ethnic track with mallet sounds that hint at Indonesian gamelan, Keyboard sounds suggesting Chinese melodies and percussion and bass pointing at North Africa, wrapped in a western pop sensibility. Corporate videos, websites, finance, hotels, commercials, spa/relaxation, travel. Instrumental, World Music, Pan-World Fusion
Unique, bombastic, energetic indo-dance track. Guitar led - playing sitar style lines with some call and response. Strong and varied backbeat with a hard edge. In the style of Cornershop, Talvin Singh and Nitin Sawhney. Great for travel, cooking scenes and for creating a sense of movement and work. Instrumental, World Music, Indian World Fusion
(APRIL 2019) As our clients grow around the world, we're honoring Rik Roberts' mystical Asian cue "Internationalism" with our Editor's Choice Award for April. Ethereal and mysterious, with his magical tabla, sarod, and strings, it's perfect for travel films, romance, or for streaming in Tiki Bars and beach hideaways.A mid-tempo Asian fusion track blending Indian, Middle Eastern and Western sounds over a steady cruising beat, with tabla, sarod, strings, dulcimer, Rhodes organ, bass and Chinese flute. Evokes international ideals, for hotel chains, global brands, news, weather, cultural events, spa, on hold. Instrumental, World Music, Asian World Fusion
An acoustic guitar is duplicated numerous times and pitch shifted to create one beautiful, big, bizarre and highly exotic ethnic string instrument! Magical, soulful, rootsy and very earthy! Original to the core. Travel, adventure, cultural and roadtrips, also good for commercials and ethnic fashion. Instrumental, World Music, Pan-World Fusion
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