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. These EPs have not been released in chronological order; in fact, "EPII" was at one point teased on his MySpace page despite the release of his second and third EPs,
09/16 2007 and
09/17 2007 which he refers to as EPIII and EPIV, respectively. This strange chronology is a reference to that of the
Star Wars film series. Danger's tracks are often named after times of day — "11h30" being the French representation for 11:30, was named after the time of day it was completed. The title of the track "88:88" is a reference to an
LCD clock which is not plugged in. Another unique characteristic to Danger's persona is the black mask which he wears during nearly all of his public appearances. It is inspired by both the band
Daft Punk and the Black Mage character from the video game series
Final Fantasy. He claims to wear the mask in order to differentiate between his shy "geeky" self and the persona he takes on-stage while performing. Rivoire has also mentioned that the background of his MySpace page included an intense strobe effect as a reference to the
Pokémon episode
Electric Soldier Porygon, and joked that he thought it would be funny if someone got an epileptic attack from it, saying, "especially if they have a fast PC it adds a bit of insult to the injury." The background ceased to strobe in 2013 after Myspace redesigned their platform. ==Discography==