Niko (he/they) was born in Sonoma, CA - where he spent much of his time busking in front of
local shops and playing shows at local wineries and film festivals. He was exposed at a young
age to local Bay Area legends and learned about music composition & recording from Bay Area
music moguls. Throughout his teenage years, Niko took voice lessons and began learning
ukulele, guitar, and piano--playing shows around the Bay Area.
After transitioning, Niko began performing in a pop/rap duo called "LibraGemini" around San
Francisco venues and clubs. Niko has been featured on albums by Ryan Cassata & Rocky
Rivera, and has performed with both of them during their West Coast tours. He's performed
sold out events for brands like HER and EDEN, and opened for rapper Cazwell. LibraGemini
released an EP and toured around the West Coast and in Boracay, PI. The album garnered
LibraGemini an international listener base and was featured on Spotify's "Transcend" Playlist.
Now, Niko is fusing his love for Country, Midwest Emo, Alternative and Pop together to make
his sound for a new album called Ghosts, which he will be releasing one single off the album
every month of 2026. This new project will explore what it means to be a transmasculine
individual in a late-stage capitalist society. He wants to create a world hyperbolic enough to
emphasize the truths that society fails to adequately address, while also letting the music be
nuanced enough to tell emotional stories that have not been told yet in the genre.