Thizzle / China Gum

Thizzle / China Gum

Riva Starr [Front Room Recordings]

26 October, 2007 | 1.21PM

• Written by: Tania Von Pear
• Filed under: Music Recommendations: front room, frontroom, madox, riva starr

This is a very interesting release that Beatportal strongly recommends you check out.

New boy on the block, Riva Starr, drops his first EP on Jesse Rose’s Front Room Recordings — not bad going for openers.

Riva Starr (AKA Madox) describes himself as “born in a junkyard, as legend has it, out of a fusion between a 1973 Ford Capri and a Memory Moog”.

Not much more info is known about this producer expect that “…I’m usually a safe guy – but if u touch my knobs you can expect me to crack your skull open…,” and that his first two releases are on FrontRoom and Dirty Bird — plus there’s a remix of John Aquaviva’s new single in the pipeline.

‘China Gum’ is a wibbly wobbly house exploration into analogue sounds.

The beat is driven by a clipped snare and the groove rides with a 808 bassline that layers into a synth riff whilst heavily echoing percussion stabs and Pacman acid blips fly in and out!

‘Thizzle’ is a more deep rooted affair with a jackin’ Chicago inspired bassline melody and a siren riff with shuffling whistles and cowbells pushing the percussion along.

Riva Starr is a definitely a name for the future, especially if he continues to release this calibre of music.

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