Riva Starr
War Drums
Kindisch
Maxi Single & EPKD016
Out: 19-07-2008
TechHouse
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In less than one year Riva Starr has become one of the most talked about House artists thanks to a string of blinding releases that started with the Thizzle/China Gum 12" for Jesse Rose's Frontroom Re
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In less than one year Riva Starr has become one of the most talked about House artists thanks to a string of blinding releases that started with the Thizzle/China Gum 12" for Jesse Rose's Frontroom Recordings. He followed this up with the Bubble and La Conga EP's for Claude Vonstroke's Dirtybird Label, the latter reaching the Top Ten in the Beatport Tech House chart and Top Fifteen in the Global Chart. “War Drums” opens the tribal theme of this 12”; a slower tempo affair that’s (literally) all in the beats, with drums not only iterating the rhythm but also the meandering, unsettling melody - Riva Starr makes drums sing! “War Drums” is aimed squarely at its murkier but no less intoxicating underbelly. “Maria (Dub)” isn’t so much a track as a stampede, driven by thumping tribal percussion mingled with Latin-sounding vocal, piano and woodwind loops. This is party music as it should be – freewheeling and fluid, unbounded and unpredictable. Riva whips up disparate sonic elements up into explosion after explosion of ecstatic carnival colour, releasing the tension with devastating bass drops and an assured sense of house dynamics. Summer’s here, and “War Drums” has the potential to be one of its defining anthems. It’s back overground for B2, “La Gatta”, a track characterized by a bassline that positively attacks the listener and commands you to dance. It’s full of Riva’s artfully deployed drum edits and effects, little twists and tweaks that will cause large-scale damage to a dancefloor, In a world where house and techno tends towards the safe and over-groomed, Riva Starr’s vibrant, voluptuous productions should be treasured. Put this record on and watch the crowd go wild.
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