90s Alternative · Indie Rock · Los Angeles
Honey
Riot
Lionel Cohen & Stefni Valencia
Est. 2023
90s Alternative · Indie Rock · Los Angeles
About
Honey Riot is what happens when two veterans stop playing it safe. Award-winning Los Angeles composer and producer Lionel Cohen — whose industrial and punk roots run deep through projects like The Plastic Fantastics — collides with Spanish-American singer-songwriter Stefni Valencia, a force of rebellious, anthemic energy whose voice was built for stages and cinematic moments alike.
The result draws heavily from the 90s alternative scene that shaped them both: distorted guitars that breathe with purpose, moody synths that expand into something almost orchestral, and vocals that don't ask permission. Cohen's film-scoring instincts give every track cinematic architecture. Valencia's Spanish-rock DNA gives it heat.
They first connected on singles "Stand the Test of Time" and "Slow and Steady" before the chemistry crystallised into something with its own name, its own sound, and its own rules.
A multi-award-winning producer and film composer based in Los Angeles. His background spans industrial, punk, and cinematic production — the gritty edge of Honey Riot runs directly through that lineage. His previous project The Plastic Fantastics laid the groundwork for the distorted textures at the core of the duo's sound.
A Spanish-American singer-songwriter known for her rebellious, anthemic vocal style. Her solo work blends rock influences with Spanish lyrics as a tool for empowerment — a spirit she brings fully into Honey Riot. Her voice is the centre of gravity around which everything else orbits.
Discography
Their defining statement. Six tracks that plant a flag in the territory Honey Riot owns — part 90s alt-rock nostalgia, part something entirely new. Cohen's cinematic production and Valencia's Spanish-rock vocal power combine into music that's immediate, atmospheric, and impossible to ignore.