From Rivera's Groove Box #375: Cinthie - Everything I Say

Supertight deep house groove from Berlin based DJ-producer-record store and label owner Cinthie. Loving the stripped down garage feeling this track brings. Cinthie is a nice and wonderful person to follow on social media who interacts often with her fans, and she is getting recognized in the dance music scene more and more everyday which makes me happy for her!

From Rivera's Groove Box #374: Fellows - Rise Up

Today I read a cute and funny comment under a house track on the tube. It said: 'underground house is my girlfriend'. Oh yes, she can be a good girl indeed. For those who support proper early 90s house, Fellows 'Rise Up' is a very dangerous tune.

From Rivera's Groove Box #373: D_Roots - Let Me Go

A very beautiful deep house track which puts Smokey Robinson's 'Being With You' lyrics into good use: 'be out of the picture, and off of the screen, don't let them say we told you so, they tell me you'll love me and then let me go'. Another very good deep house track to sample the same Smokey Robinson song is Jack Fell Down 'Smoking With You'.

From Rivera's Groove Box #372: Trackstars - Bonanza

Trackstars (Delroy Edwards & Benedek) released this wonderful EP last year which is a proper nod to the classic house sounds of Chicago. Analogue and lo-fi in a lovely way. One of my favorite records from the L.I.E.S. label, that's for sure!

From Rivera's Groove Box #371: DJ Backspin - Speechless

He's back! And I'm truly speechless... I thought DJ Backspin will remain this mysterious dude with only one big track ('Weapon '97') and then fading into obscurity, and here he is back again with such a massive newschool 4x4 garage track which puts many imitators of the 'back in the days' sound to shame. I'm truly amazed how this producer has achieved a rich and complex sound design. Everything sounds so random, but so neat and polished at the same time. Massive!

From Rivera's Groove Box #370: Artist Unknown - Baby Baby Please

A rapturous disco roof raiser. Very simple and minimalistic edit work - 'Baby Baby Please' mixes two tracks together (Marcello Giordani 'Oh! Superman (Disco Spacer Mix)' and Thelma Houston ‎'Don't Leave Me This Way') with an additional dark synth lead played on top. Very fascinating is the fact that mashups like this have still the potential to hit big in the underground scene and become sort of sought after future classics, I thought the big 'selling like hot cakes' mashup era remained somewhere in the last decade. Still, I give this thumbs up!

From Rivera's Groove Box #369: The Klubb Kidz - Come On (Skool Flava Mix)

But why is it, that a simple sound collage with some disco beat drums underneath it, and few synthesizer stabs makes you feel so good and great inside?

From Rivera's Groove Box #368: Sounds Of Blackness - Testify (12'' Hallelujah Dub)

This is a CJ Mackintosh classic remix, which displays his soulful garage sounds which he is most famous with. A great DJ, a great producer and remixer, although releasing music solo under his own name, he had just two dance singles. His DJ mixes are mixed together with real precision and they feel amazingly uplifting - I really enjoy the mixes he put out for Nervous Recordings.

From Rivera's Groove Box #367: Mike Huckaby - The Jazz Republic

Sadly Mike Huckaby has passed away. He was one of the key players of the Detroit deep house scene, he wasn't maybe the most prolific producer from Motor City, but his signature sound of subtle jazzy chords, disco drums and carefully picked samples was unmistakably recognizable and loved by many.

From Rivera's Groove Box #366: Callisto - Junkle II

Superb deep house from 1997. Loving the thick dubby bassline, ambient synths and driving percussion. Sadly Callisto passed away in 2013. House music forever.