Robbie Rivera
Roberto " Robbie" Rivera (born 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican DJ and music producer in the electronic music scene.
Life
The first contact with electronic dance music he had in ages of about 10 years. His passion for various groups such as Depeche Mode, New Order and U2, brought him into contact with the contemporary electronic -influenced dance music.
At age 13, he bought the first mixer and two turntables and lent itself within a few years the skills to to later succeed as a DJ. During his youth, he tested a lot with the Roland drum machine that he could borrow from a friend.
In 1992 he moved to Miami in 1996 and released his first album El Sorrullo that was more attributable to Latin House division. Thus it created in the scene directly after the breakthrough and published on known record labels such as Subliminal, Filtered, Positiva, Mos, Azuli and Strictly Rhythm. One of his next hit Bang made it to number 13 in the UK charts and in the top 10 of Australia.
Following the success of 1998 he founded his own label, Juicy Music, on which he could publish his own vision of electronic dance music free.
It was through his popularity as a remix artist in high demand and could be used for the likes of Faithless, Felix Da Housecat, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Gabriel & Dresden, Moloko, Bob Sinclar, Benny Benassi, Sinead O'Connor, Ferry Corsten, Ricky Martin, Carlos Santana, Steve Angello, Coburn, Superchumbo, David Guetta, Tocadisco, Pink and Basement Jaxx work.
Since 2005, he is married to Monica Olabarrieta who is also his business partner in the own label. Rivera was nominated in 2008 as " Best House Producer" on Beatport and "Best Remixer ' at the International Dance Music Awards.
Music style
Robbie Rivera's brand is danceable Electro House, referred to in the scene as a positive " dirty ".
Discography
Chart positions
Singles
With over 100 singles, five albums and countless remixes Robbie Rivera 's one of the artists of the electronic music scene with the largest output.
- These Are the Sounds in the House!
- These Are the Sounds in the House!
- I Wanna Feel It Deeper
- Getting Down with the Sax
- I Wanna See You Groovin '
- Funking & Grooving
- Attention
- Enough Is Enough
- Intense / Feel This
- The Kings of Tribal
- Key of Life
- Not Just a Dub
- Nothing to Offer
- The Ultimate Disco Groove
- There's Some Disco Fans in Here Tonight
- Bringing It Down
- Clap Your Hands
- Wash Club
- D- Monsta
- Listen Up
- First the Groove
- French Fries from Miami Beach
- High Energy
- It's a Feeling Now
- It 's Midnight
- Relax
- Saxmania
- Sunny South
- The Frenzy
- The Music Makers
- The Soul Bandit
- The Real Sound
- Tough Enough
- Fearfully
- Do You Believe / I'm the Music Tonite
- Fallin '
- I Can not Take It
- I'm the Music Tonite
- The One
- Feel This
- Funk -A -Tron
- In the Distance
- Burning
- Hypnotize
- Let's Get Together
- Sex
- Sound Xpress / Congos
- Super Drum
- The Hum Melody
- Trippin
- All That I Like
- Bringing It Down
- Girlfriend
- After-hours ( To The Underground)
- Gonna Let the Music Move You Around
- Got to Let You Know
- I Want More
- Insanity
- The Bang
- Vertigo
- Sound the Horn
- Blah Blah Blah
- Funk -a- Faction
- Liar
- Which Way You're Going
- Uptown Girls / Do You Want More?
- One Eye Shut
- Right Here
- Bizarre Love Triangle
- Escape
- Float Away
- Superstar
- The Dubai Track
- Replay The Night
- Your Mistake
- Aye Aye Aye
- Bring Back the Underground
- Rock It
- Move Move
- No. Nobody
- Back to Zero
- In Too Deep
- Girlfriend 2008
- Batucada (feat. Dero )
- Truktor (feat. Dero )
- Closer To The Sun
- Destination Eivissa (feat. 68 Beats)
- Dance ( feat. Pink Fluid)
- The Sound Of The Times (feat. Ana Criado )
- We Are Monkeys (feat. Dero )
- Noise ( feat. 68 Beats)
- Ding Dong (feat. Tommy Lee, DJ Aero & Sue Cho )
- I Love Ibiza ( feat. Manuel de la Mare)
- Roxy
- Turn It Around ( feat. JES )
- Dance or Die
- In the Morning (feat. Wynter Gordon)