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Sandy Rivera
is the proud owner of a deserved reputation as a sonic innovator
- a music producer/remixer with the Midas touch, equally happy delivering
3am dark, techy house as he is dishing out smooth, soulful groovers
for dancefloors from Ministry to El Divino.
His productions
always fire a bullet right to the heart of the club charts. His
track as Kings of Tomorrow - 'Finally' was THE track of 2002 whose
UK release on Defected records was the start of an inspirational
relationship between Sandy Rivera and Britain's best-known house
music label.
Defected's
enviable strike rate on release quality, combined with Sandy's studio
wizardry and DJing skills led to a number of top-notch tunes, the
most notable album being the mix CD 'Kings of Tomorrow Sessions
Vol 13' [Ministry of Sound/Defected].
On the singles
side of things, last year's much-lauded Defected release 'I Can't
Stop' proved to be an instantly addictive vocal groover, receiving
massive support from the likes of Tim Deluxe and Mutiny. In the
words of Mixmag, 'It's a beast!'.
He followed
that with an equally devastating dancefloor destroyer called 'Dreams'
[Defected]. This Eastern-infused cut set the Miami Winter Music
Conference alight with acetates being closely guarded by many tastemaker
DJs including David Morales, Pete Tong, Junior Jack, Danny Tenaglia
and Ben Watt.
This success
has seen his DJ bookings take off dramatically, suddenly everyone
wants Sandy Rivera headlining their club. From London to New York
to Moscow to Malaysia, he's honed his sound at the best testing
site possible, the dancefloor.
"I could
play a whole set, five hours, of just tech-house if it feels right
but usually it's got peaks and troughs. I start off jazzy, funky
but still, y know, heavy and then get more vocal-led - that gets
the ladies on the dancefloor, which any DJ will tell you is crucial!"
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