Robbie Rivera

Robbie Rivera
Robbie Rivera at Winter Music Conference 2009
Background information
Birth name Roberto Rivera
Born (1973-08-07) August 7, 1973
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Origin Puerto Rico
Genres
Years active 1996–present
Labels
Website robbierivera.com

Roberto "Robbie" Rivera (born 1973) is a prolific house music producer and DJ born in Puerto Rico. He has an extensive catalog of original productions and remixes to his credit, ranging from tribal to progressive house, as well as incorporating garage and Latin elements.[1] He and his wife Mónica Olabarrieta have homes in Miami and Ibiza. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Rivera placing number 95.[2]

Biography

Early years (1986–1999)

Rivera grew up in Puerto Rico, and was a fan of freestyle and Eurobeat when he bought two turntables to teach himself DJing techniques. Rivera performed at weddings and school party gigs, eventually leading to nightclubs at age of 16. After high school graduation, Rivera attended The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale to study music production and was introduced to many different digital audio tools including the popular Protools program. While in college he released his first record, "El Sorullo", a track influenced by Latin house music. The track became popular in New York City and Miami and his career was underway.[3]

Rise to fame (2000–present)

In 2000, Rivera's track "Bang" became a huge hit, making it to number one on the United Kingdom dance chart. The track also made it on to several dance compilation albums and was used frequently during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The song became popular enough that it gave Rivera some face time on Top of the Pops and MTV. Rivera started his own label, Juicy Records, and recorded mix CDs for Max Music, Filtered, and others. Rivera produced his first album Do You Want More? for Ultra Records and Independence in France. The first single "Which Way You're Going" reached the number one position on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs chart and was released on the UK label Toolroom. The track was created in early 2003 when Rivera contacted lyricist Ned Bigham, Jean-Jacques Smoothie and Timo Maas; it was the first completed song and lead track which was inspired by Coldplay's hit "Clocks".[4] In 2003, he also released his track "Girlfriend" which featured vocals by Justine Suissa.[5] During 2007, Rivera's Juicy Show began weekly airplay on XM Satellite Radio (now Sirius XM Radio) in the United States and Canada. Today, Rivera's Juicy radio show can be heard on radio stations around the world, including (but not limited to): Radio FG, Contact FM and Fun Radio (France); Dero FM (Argentina); Vibe FM (Romania); Novoe Radio FM (Belarus); 105FM and various FM frequencies (Italy); Loca FM (Spain); Turkish Side FM (Cyprus); Risfe FM (Hungary); Radiovolum Digital (Norway); various FM frequencies (Brazil); Dance FM (Morocco).

In 2008, he made a collaboration with Armani Exchange by mixing an album called Twilight for the store.[6]

Rivera's branded Juicy-themed DJ shows have a devoted following of club goers that number in the thousands at each show; the most well known of these parties is Juicy Beach, occurring at the oceanfront Nikki Beach Club venue in South Beach, Miami, every year during WMC (Winter Music Conference).

Rivera appears as the featured producer on the track "In The Morning" on Wynter Gordon's debut album With The Music I Die.

Discography

Albums

The following list contains studio albums produced by Robbie Rivera.[7]

  • 2005 Do You Want More?
  • 2008 Star Quality
  • 2009 Closer To the Sun
  • 2011 Dance Or Die Series 1

EPs

This list contains extended plays by Robbie Rivera, his aliases and co-productions.[8]

Singles

This list contains singles by Robbie Rivera, his aliases and co-productions. It does not contain singles which were remixed.[9]

Chart positions

Year Title U.S. dance[10] UK[11] FIN[12]
2000 "Bang" 22 13 –
2001 "Feel This 2001" 1 – –
2002 "Sex" – 55 –
2003 "The Hum Melody" 1 – –
2004 "Burning" 1 – –
"Which Way You're Going" 1 – –
2007 "Float Away" – – 3

Aliases

This list contains the names of the aliases used by Robbie Rivera.[13]

Co-productions

This list contains the names of the co-productions of Robbie Rivera with other artists.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ IMO Records. http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/robbie-rivera-biography/ "Robbie Rivera Biography"], IMO Records' Retrieved on March 29, 2011.
  2. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ Billboard Biography
  4. ↑ Robbie Rivera Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Interview
  6. ↑ Designer Clothing at Armani Exchange
  7. ↑ Albums
  8. ↑ Extended Plays
  9. ↑ Singles
  10. ↑ Billboard.com, Robbie Rivera chart history
  11. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 464. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  12. ↑ Finnish Charts
  13. ↑ Aliases
  14. ↑ Associated Acts
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