Thank you all for you're support in 2023!! Here are 5 free downloads from me to you.. Enjoy. Riko x

1. 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺 - 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 [𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 & 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝘅][𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗢 & 𝗝𝗗𝗛 𝟭𝟳𝟬 𝗙𝗟𝗜𝗣]

2. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘁 - 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 (𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅)(𝗥𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁)

3. 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗮 - 𝗧𝗼𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 (𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅)(𝗥𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗽)

4. 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 & 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 - 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗥𝗶𝗸𝗼 & 𝗢𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅)

5. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗢𝗻𝗲 - 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗮𝗵 (𝗗𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗢𝗘 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅)(𝗥𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗽)

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FREE DOWNLOADS XMAS 2023

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RIKO - FREE DOWNLOADS XMAS 2023

Hard Dance Producer/DJ


All releases;
linktr.ee/ContagiousRecords

Hi everyone, my name is Aaron and I’ve been on the decks since I was 7 yrs old. Started off learning how to beat match with house music in 1994, my sister’s boyfriend was the one teaching me how to spin on 2 Technics 1200. By 1995 I got into Hard House and going to record stores became my new hobbies. My mom would drive me to different record stores where I would spend hours just listening to music and starting my own vinyl collection. I was on the hunt to find the Tetris track by Mike Flores and Dj Flaver. It was an adventure seeking out to find tracks and finding new music on the way. I ended up finding multiple different tracks of Tetris and creating an epic case of Hard House records. 

In the summer of 1997, my friend Mike came over and showed me a mix tape called “Slam Evil” by a Dj named Paulina Taylor. Just from the name of the Dj I thought it was a girl and hoping she was hot! Lol The mixtape was a genre called Happy Hardcore! I was like HOLY SHIT what is this??? It’s songs that I know but they are faster than Hard House and got me moving like no other. I asked him where do they dance to this? He said at raves, I then asked “What’s a Rave?” After that history was made and stuck with me for my entire lifetime. Went to my first rave in August 97 and saw Paulina Taylor spin in front of me, finding out it was a Japanese guy who became my best friend til this day. 

In 1998 I switched from playing Hard House to Happy Hardcore and new genres I was introduced to such as Trance, Hardcore, Happy Gabber, Speedcore, and Jungle at the time. I went to various record stores in Hollywood on Melrose Ave like Beat Non Stop (later turned into Temple of Boom), DMC Records and Groove Riders in Sherman Oaks. I was collecting flyers left and right and stumbled across Dr. Freeclouds in Costa Mesa where I met legendary Ron D Core and his wife Helen. The rave scene, DJs and Producers have now become my family as we all connected under the music we love. 

By 2000 I picked up a Rave N’ Beats record at Groove Riders. The record had an address on it with a website called phusion records. It gave me an address to a store in Los Angeles with wall to wall of Happy Hardcore. My mom drove me there immediately from Groove Riders. When I arrived I met a guy named Saije aka Smileshot and owner of Rave N’ Beats records. He helped me find songs that I was searching for and on my first trip there I spent over $500. I was shocked to know I had so many songs I heard on the happy hardcore tapes that I loved listening to. Saije was not just my record dealer but became my best friend and he helped me get bookings to play at raves where I spun at the Fox Theater, The Masterdome, the Glasshouse, the Holiday Skate in Rialto and the Orion. 

While growing up learning about this music, I started branching out and learning about the producers where I started to become friends with the creators of Happy Hardcore. While playing at raves I got to be on flyers with legends such as UFO, Stompy, Kurt, Darren Styles, Scott Brown, Dougal and Gammer, Vinylgroover, Dune and many more. The scene has been an influence in my life and the music I love til this day still beats in my heart and keeps me on the dance floor!

RIKO - FREE DOWNLOADS XMAS 2023

DJ RIKO (Contagious Records)