Ruben Rivera Jr is a Producer/DJ from NYC that has always been around music. Born June 3, 1977 in The Bronx NY, He started his rhythmic adventure in a playpen with a Muppets drum set. Mixing live nightly and a weekly international AM radio show in church trained him to understand how audio sounds in different formats. Another thing that mainly influenced him was the underground and late night radio shows like Hot 103.5 and Hot 97.1(Glenn Friscia, Cliviles and Cole, Scott Blackwell, Mojo, and Franco Iemello), WNYU 89.1(DJ Mayhem and cru), Kiss FM 98.7 (Red Alert), WBLS 107.5 (Chuck Chillout, Soon after, he strarted producing and DJing in 1990. From House to Hip Hop to classics to original remixes, edits and tracks he has always been able to create his style of mixing, selection, and personality through music.
Constantly DJing and mixing sound for live events around the NYC tri-state. From 2005 - 2008 his working sound at NYC underground club LOVE where he had the pleasure of working with many DJ's, producers, artists, promoters, MC's, Rock stars, like DJ Harvey, Q-Tip, Mark Ronson, Sasha, ?est Love, D Nice, Rob Gee, Craig Richards, Billy Carrol, Three, Aaron Lacrate, Sneak, DJ Premiere, Kid Capri, Francios K, Rakim, Kid Cudi, DB, Lilly Allen, Greenskeepers, Ralph Falcon, Joe Nice, 1200 Warriors, Silver, Little louie Vega, Joe claussell, Thrillseekers, and Mr. Jams to name a few. Currently pursuing his passion for music; Ruben has started his record label "Spiked Hill Records" and has started a sound tech position at the all new NYC hot spot District 36 to further his quest and journey of musical proportion.
Former and Recent Residencies :
Bar 515 - NYC, Jade Terrace - NYC, BK'S - NYC, Saci - NYC, Alphabet Lounge - NYC, CROBAR - NYC, PACHA - NYC, The Lounge - Minneapolis - MN, Savannah - NYC, Lobby - NYC, LOVE - NYC, The PLUM - NYC, THE Door - NYC, Leopard Lounge/SIN SIN - NYC, SULLIVAN ROOM - NYC, China Club, NYC- DISTRICT 36 (D36) NYC
For Booking, Production, or Remixing Please Contact by email @: R3ksolutions@yahoo.com
With no sound we die.
