Songpot · Amsterdam Dance Event 2026

Built around sturdy house drums, Riva Starr folds in disco hooks, electro bite and left-field samples. Expect quick switches, cheeky edits and a set that can swing from rolling club pressure to more playful, genre-hopping turns.

More about Riva Starr

Stefano Miele came up as Riva Starr in the UK house circuit and built Snatch! Recordings as his own outlet. He’s known for remix work and for folding club, disco and sample culture into a very recognisable, Italianate sense of swing.

A story

He coined “Snatch!” for his bootleg-remix approach, and “Mezcla” for the same blend-and-borrow method. In their own words

Playing

• 2026-10-22 23:00 · Snatch! Records Showcase @ BASEMENT Amsterdam - 22.10.2026 · BASEMENT · hosted by Snatch!
• 2026-10-24 13:00 · Thuishaven Saturday Day · Thuishaven

Labels

Start here

• If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade (2011) · Snatch! Recordings
  Best-known Riva Starr full-length.

Worked with

• DJ Sneak remixed · source
• The Gossip remixed · source
• Derrick Carter remixed · source
• Usher remixed · source

Read

• Riva Starr - Jill Wears Black Resident Advisor, 2019
• Riva Starr - Definition Of Sound Resident Advisor, 2016
• Martin Brothers - Steal Drums Resident Advisor, 2010
• Pete Tong, Riva Starr and Jo Mills in Ibiza Resident Advisor, 2010

For fans of

Dennis Ferrer, The Martinez Brothers, Claude VonStroke

Official links

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