Kings of Tomorrow

House Music DJ Directory

Kings of Tomorrow is one of the many monikers used by house and hip-hop DJ Sandy Rivera. The Puerto Rican born New Yorker began spinning records, recording radio shows, and using the belt-driven turntables and tape decks of the day to fuse the Latino, hip-hop, and rock sounds that surrounded him. DJing parties at 17.

Rivera decided to focus his talents on the emerging house music scene and established Blackwiz Records in 1994 and Deep Vision with the help of publishing mogul Burt Bacharach. His debut release came three years later in 1997, entitled The Calling, featuring Rivera on keyboard and vocals later adopting the Kings of Tomorrow name.

As Kings of Tomorrow he’s appeared on an enviable list of labels from Guidance Recordings, Slip n Slide, Strictly Rhythm, Defected, iRecords, Poker Flat, Yoshitoshi, 20:20 Vision and more and been a staple in so many DJ’s crates for decades.