Drymades & Berlin (Capital of Techno), join forces to bring Riva Starr in Albania, for the first time
Words / Andi Meka
East-London based, respected DJ, producer and the owner of Snatch! Records, Riva Starr, will play in Albania for the first time, due to Turtle Fest’s collaboration with the Berlin based Telekom Elektronic Beats - the international music & lifestyle program.
He will be headlining Turtle Fest’s second night (Telekom Electronic Beats Night - August 5, 2017), taking place at “Drymades Beach” (Albania’s most beautiful beach).
Turtle Fest enters its 6th edition as a consolidated success story, an ever-developing artistic and cultural reality that is year after year enriched by the enthusiasm and charm of the participants, who are undeniably part of Turtle’s great family.
A beautiful camp festival, as such begins the 6th Turtle Fest story, now one of the biggest music festivals in the country, which in 3 days and 3 nights collects the most important Djs of the Alternative European & Albanian scene and Counted last year the participation of over 4500 music fans.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday of 4.5.6 August 2017, the Turtle Island lands for the sixth year in a row on the fabulous Drimadhes beach to open the doors of the largest Open-Air Albanian Festival, Turtle Fest.
For these and other reasons, this year as well every year or for the first time,
#ChooseTheMusic, #ChooseTheNightsFullofStars, #ChooseTheBeach, #ChooseSmiles, #ChooseLove, #ChooseFriendship #ChooseTurtleFest ... and get ready to experience the greatest summer musical adventure.
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Riva Starr’s biography:
Starting out spinning ten hours sets in his native Napoli, Riva Starr was working up to Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule long before it even existed. Capable of turning it out on any dancefloor he's been invited onto the biggest stages, from Glastonbury to Fuji Rock to Tommorrowland,. Snatch! has hosted its own tent at Creamfields, while the Riva Starr touch has been sought to open for Jamiroquai in Ibiza and to work with artists as diverse as Horace Andy, Fatboy Slim or Arthur Baker - or to remix Wiley or London Grammar. Far from cashing in his chips for mainstream glory, however, he still beats to the pulse of the underground, throwing down back to back sets with DJ Pierre and Technasia, and rocking clubs like Warehouse Project (Manchester), El Row (Barcelona and Ibiza) and Cocoon, or heading his own label showcase at off Sonar.
An insatiable musical appetite means Riva Starr has never danced to anyone's beat but his own. Where he's gone, from breakbeat to wonky house, others have followed. But by then he's just a trail of dust leading the way to his next unpredictable escapade. With an uncanny ability to be in all the right places at all the right times, he's a singular talent able to bag a improbable, global, runaway iTunes smash hit while still releasing on the hottest underground labels around, from Dirtybird and DFTD to Hot Creations.
For most other people being a DJ, literally a disc jockey, means riding on the backs of other people's beats. But Riva Starr has never shied away from saddling up and taking the tracks he champions down his own distinctive path. His famed 'Rechunk' re-edits have given his fail safe touch to names like Daft Punk and The Doors, the latter's 'The End' transformed into a magnificent, swirling psychedelic set closer. Nic Fanciulli's Saved are the first to release some of these officially with 'Raw Edits Vol.1', a collection that was previously an exclusive part of the Riva Starr DJ arsenal.
Honing the art of turning any track up a notch, his remix resume is as broad stroked as his ability behind the decks. From major label hip-hop and R&B superstars like Usher and Plan B to the hyphy, bass-driven house of Claude Von Stroke or New York superstar Armand Van Helden, Riva Starr has stamped his trademark sound across the musical spectrum. A mainly analogue set-up adds that essential percentage of randomness”, the joyful spontaneity that lies at the heart of his
creative process.
In the studio he might be recording verses with Roots Manuva one day, giving the first break to artists like Pirupa on Snatch!, or persuading DJ Sneak to get on the mic. It's a free wheeling, if it feels good do it mentality that runs through his two rtist albums, 'If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade' (2010) and 'Hand in Hand' (2013). It's also the uniting thread to a constant stream of dancefloor EPs, both under his own name and using various, long-standing aliases.
Making this cross-pollination seem so effortless has won a who's who of supporters, from Giles Peterson to David Squillace, Adam Beyer to Pete Tong. But then it is in Riva Starr's world, where the unexpected is the norm, and the club is just the first step on a wide musicial journey...
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