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f you are one of the lucky ones who have had the pleasure to hear a fusion of genres from Latin, House, tribal and progressive, you’ve probably danced your socks off to Robbie Rivera. His sets are always full of energy and his own production reflects his sound. One of the busiest producers that we have witnessed. Miami based legend, who’s been
doing the rounds and travelling the world with his Juicy brand for over two decades originally learnt his craft in his home Puerto Rico.
One of the first to popularize the tough, sexy tribal house sound, Robbie Rivera is a living legend who remains at the top of his game. His Juicy Music empire has signed a partnership with Armada in Amsterdam and the prolific producer has been releasing music this year on the world’s best labels like Spinnin Records, Armada, Axtone, Juicy Music, Doorn and Ultra Records.
His recent collaboration with Bob Sinclar reached #1 on the Beatport House chart and has over 600k Spotify streams and youtube streams. This past summer the number one track played on the world’s best festivals was the new version of his classic track “Funkatron” together with the UK’s Tom Starr on Axwell’s Axtone Records. The single was top 10 on Beatport overall chart and number 1 on the big room chart with over 600k streams on Spotify.
In his expansive career, Robbie Rivera has collaborated or remixed several major acts spanning over many genres of music including: Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Basement Jaxx, Deadmau5, Tiesto, Kaskade, Ferry Corsten, Axwell and David Guetta.
Robbie’s radio show, The Juicy Show is aired worldwide on the world’s best radio and online stations reaching 7 million people per week. After many top 10 singles on Beatport, iTunes and an extremely successful 2016, Robbie is currently touring the world and adding to his discography every month without fail.
We were lucky enough to bag an interview with Robbie after tracking him down during his manic summer. This is what he had to say:
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