Ariel Rivera

Biography

Raised on the East coast, influenced by Spanish and rock music growing up, his world changed when he walked into the NYC Sound Factory. From that moment on, Mr. NYC immersed himself in the music of the club scene, and began to take music seriously. Inspired by well known DJ’s Erick Morillo, Danny Teneglia and Jonathan Peters, the new musical flavor of Mr. NYC was in high demand, and he found himself ghost producing for some of the top DJ’s on the scene. It was simply the passion of creating music, and a unique talent for remixing that provided the greatest reward during his early career. He was the silent partner for many of the industries biggest hits. Mr. NYC has also grown his own DJ career over the last 8 years and continues to perform select venues and events, but it is his commitment to creating new music and incorporating remixes with music from the past that has become a sizeable part of his current work. His latest endeavor includes his work on official remixes for artist music by Madonna, George Michael, Whitney Houston and Queen. Setting records for downloads of his latest remix within just hours of the upload, proves to be a sign of things to come.