Nikakoi is an electronic music project of Nika Machaidze, a Georgian musician, producer, composer, and filmmaker. Machaidze started making electronic music in the mid-nineties, combining digital noises and IDM rhythms with melancholic melodies (often inspired by Georgian folk music). In 1999, Nika won Grand Prix at the Electronic Music Festival in Paris, where he appeared under a new artistic pseudonym 'Nikakoi' (as suggested by a friend Thea Djordjadze. In Russian, Никакой means “none”, “undefined”, “featureless”).
Nikakoi released his debut album Sestrichka in 2002 on WMF Records in Berlin, followed by Shentimental next year. After a few years working under his new pseudonym Erast, Machaidze returned in 2009 with two releases on Laboratory Instinct: 2xCD compilation Selected (best tracks from both albums plus unreleased material), and a new double ambient album Requiem For Deranged Robot. This work marked a significant shift in Nikakoi's artistic style and consisted of two rhythmless ambient tracks and a collection of sublime piano-based electronic soundscapes on the second disc. In 2012, Nikakoi released a new album in Japan – Rays, a collaboration with Tokyo-based musician Coppé. His most recent work, Raise Your Head And Smell The Air EP, was released on WMF Records in 2016.
2024
Georgian Music Legacy Collection
2xLP, dou
2022
CES Records (3)
12xFile, FLAC, Album
2021
CES Records (3)
4xFile, FLAC, EP
2021
CES Records (3)
4xFile, FLAC, EP
2021
CES Records (3)
10xFile, FLAC, Album
2021
CES Records (3)
3xFile, FLAC, Single
2021
CES Records (3)
12xFile, FLAC, Album
2021
CES Records (3)
2xFile, FLAC, Single
2021
CES Records (3)
3xFile, FLAC, Single
2021
CES Records (3)
2xFile, FLAC, Single
2021
CES Records (3)
3xFile, FLAC, Single
2021
CES Records (3)
2xFile, FLAC, Single
2020
CES Records (3)
Flexi, S/Sided, Album
2017
Not On Label
LP, Comp, Ltd, Num, W/Lbl
2016
Transfigured Time
12", EP
2012
2009
Laboratory Instinct
2xCD, Album
2009
Laboratory Instinct
2xCD, Comp
2009
Not On Label
CD, Album
2003
2002
WMFRec
12", EP
2002
2024
Mango & Sweet Rice
CD, Album, Dou
2016
Monika Enterprise
7xFile, FLAC, EP
2011
Essay Recordings
12", EP
2017
2015
2012
Mango & Sweet Rice
3xFile, Single, MP3
2020
CES Records (3)
21xFile, MP3, Album
2023
CES Records (3)
4xFile, FLAC, Album, EP
2021
CES Records (3)
13xFile, FLAC, Album
2021
2015
Mango & Sweet Rice
DVD-V
2007
2022
giraffe tapes
27xFile, FLAC, Comp
2019
Place
12xFile, WAV, Comp
2016
Phonographe Corp
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2013
Mango & Sweet Rice
CD, Album, Comp
2005
Mercedes-Benz
15xFile, MP3, Comp, 192
2004
WMFRec
CD, Comp
2004
Cutting Edge
CD-ROM, Comp, Enh, Mixed
2004
Horizontal Records (3)
2xCD, Comp
2004
Cutting Edge
CD-ROM, Comp, Enh, Mixed, Promo
2004
2003
After Hours, After Hours, After Hours
3xCD, Comp
2002
Punkt Music
CD, Comp
2002
Spex (2)
CD, Comp
2002
E:Motion
CD, Comp, Promo
2002
RFI Musique
CD, Comp, Promo
2002
2002
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