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 viewed here.

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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, never fails!’
Zombie Disco Squad – ‘Absolute banger, full support!’
Style of Eye – ‘Love love love this!’
Daniel Haaksman – ‘Excellent stuff, ‘I Was Drunk’ is certainly my fave.  Go crazy, zigan!!’
Mowglie – ‘Big Support!’
Heidi – ‘A plus!’
Oliver $ – ‘Dope like always!!!!! Definitely on rotation fo-sho!!!’

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.

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It will be on his debut album for Jesse Rose‘s Made To Play, If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade, which you can preview through a just-released album sampler here.

Full thing arrives on January 25th.

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 / Sat 19 Dec / NYE (TBC) / 1 Jan / 2 Jan (TBC)

Now booking ‘If Life Gives You Lemons Make Lemonade’ album launch tour Jan-April 2010

For bookings, please contact James [at] elitemm.co.uk

Made to Play 022 Riva Starr “If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade – Album Sampler” is available at all good record stores as of today and digitally on Beatport October 19th!

Luring us toward the goods like a veteran gypsy stealing your wallet, this spicy concoction of Balkan beats rubbing elbows with the best elements of tech house weaves an intoxicating spell to say the least. Definitely in keeping with the cheeky spirit of “Black Cat White Cat”, the cult film set on the Danube to which the B side nods to, this is booty shaking dance floor crack that you’ll find yourself begging, stealing and borrowing to get your next fix of.

With an A Side featuring those genius ‘did someone say they wanted us to take our clothes off’ French maestros Nôze (Circus Company/Get Physical) this EP is also basically so much fun it should be illegal.

Made to Play continues to showcase strains of house music that haven’t even been invented yet. Prepare for immediate Riva Starr infection and watch this space for his debut artist album on Made to Play arriving hot on the heels of this EP in January 2010.

Listen

Side A – “I Was Drunk feat. Nôze”
Side B – “Black Cat, White Cat”

Watch

Check out the brilliant video Riva did for “I was Drunk/Black Cat, White Cat” with over 30,000 YouTube hits here.

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, never fails!”
Zombie Disco squad – “Absolute banger, full support!”
Style of Eye – “Love love love this!”
Daniel Haaksman – “Excellent stuff, “I Was Drunk” is certainly my fave. Go crazy, zigani!!”
Mowgli – “Big Support!”
Heidi – “A plus!”
Oliver $ – “Dope like always!!!!!!! Definitely on rotation fo-sho!!!!”

Remix Competition

Our friends over at Discobelle are hosting a Made to Play remix competition for the track “I was Drunk feat. Nôze”. Find out all the details and get the parts here.

The winner will be chosen in December, your winning track will be streamed on Discobelle and you’ll get your remix released on Made to Play for the second single to Riva’s album “If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade”. So lock yourself in your room, tell your your friends you’re going to rehab for a week, turn off your phone, keep a bed pan handy and get to work!

Web

www.myspace.com/madetoplaymusic

twitter.com/madetoplay

www.myspace.com/rivastarr

twitter.com/RIVASTARR

Distribution

Republic Of Music

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 Blog
“…Wait till you hear the remix that Riva did for the upcoming Malente single on Fool’s Gold.”

Discobelle’s Blog
“…Promo video featuring two tracks from Riva Starrs upcoming release ‘If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade’”

Click here to find out more about Riva Starr

1st single from Riva Starr‘s  “If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade” album out early September (Club promotion over the summer)

Tracks -

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

Click here to find out more about Riva Starr