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RIVA STARR – ‘If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade’ Album Sampler – No.2 on Beatport

‘If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade’ (Made To Play) – Album Sampler – has made No.2 on Beatport!
The YouTube video for ‘I Was Drunk’ feat Noze + BlackCat WhiteCat – reached over 105,000 views before being wrongly taken down on Sunday night. The video has now been put back on YouTube and can be [...]

RIVA STARR – ‘If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade’ – Album Sampler Out Now

Made to Play 022 Riva Starr “If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade – Album Sampler” is out now!
Click here for Beatport
Click here for Vinyl
DJ Reactions
Derrick Carter – ‘I expected nothing less. Start the caning…’
DJ Sneak – ‘Fantastic summer fun track, i will bump it out loud.’
Jesse Rose – ‘Rinsed this from day one, [...]

RIVA STARR – Exclusive New Download – FanfarOne

A regal, horn-sampling house heater from dirtybird affiliate Riva Starr, “FanfarOne” was apparently made after a gig in Romania, where Riva had been hanging with “proper Gypsy dudes” and found himself exploring an underground market loaded with weird instruments and old records.
Certainly sounds like a plausible back story.
Click here for the free download
It [...]

RIVA STARR – the take over continues…

Riva Starr’s take over continues…
He is currently preparing a very special Minimix for Annie Mac’s show on Fri 16th October, then will be Pete Tong’s guest on Fri 30th October in his ‘15 Minutes of Fame’ feature
Last few remaining DJ dates available for 2010:
31 Oct (TBC) / Fri 13 Nov / Fri 18 Dec [...]

RIVA STARR – ‘If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade’

Every once in a while a new producer just smashes their way through into the big time. That’s what’s happening with Riva Starr’s sneak-in-and-blow-the-place-up approach. A talent whose music works for the kids as well as the European elitists, Riva seems to have burst onto the scene fully formed, and injected a shot of adrenalin [...]

RIVA STARR – Love from Crookers, A-Trak, Mad Decent, Discobelle…

There’s a lot of respect being shown Riva Starr’s way right now… especially towards his new promo video “I Was Drunk”, which seems to be featured everywhere!
Check out the following blogs -
The Crookers Blog
“…the tracks are killin it!”
Mad Decent’s Blog
“…Riva’s new drunken anthem feat. Noze is the shit! Super infectious, stuck in your head business.”
A-Trak’s [...]

RIVA STARR – Single Out In September

We’ve just had the exciting news leaked from Made To Play…
1st single from Riva Starr‘s “If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade” album out early September (Club promotion over the summer)
Tracks -

Black Cat, White Cat
I Was Drunk Feat. Noze
Into the mood

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