From RIvera's Groove Box #248: Low End Theory - Wicked

Acid house sound is really something different - no song, no structure, no melody, not even a catchy chorus you can sing along with. It's not what you could describe as good music, but yet it is still so groovy and great for dancing at the rave or club. This one's from DJ Deeon and Chip Dilla, two hard knocks from Chicago's Dance Mania Records. The world is a ghetto indeed.

From RIvera's Groove Box #247: Drew Sky - Razzmatazz

An old Classic from 1992! Played often by Moodymann in his DJ sets. The vocals are sampled from Quincy Jones 'Razzamatazz' and the melody is from MFSB 'Sexy'. Very lo-fi sound, basement style, just like lots of producers from Chicago tended to be. After his debut EP Drew Sky went on to release a string of ghetto house style records on Dance Mania, which suited his minimal stripped down sound.

From RIvera's Groove Box #246: Caustic Window - Flutey

Caustic Window is an unreleased album from Aphex Twin. It was produced under the alias Caustic Window. Originally planned for release in 1994, the album was cancelled, with only five copies being produced. One of the copies, which surfaced for sale in 2014, was bought and digitally distributed through a Kickstarter campaign. It was later sold for $46,300 on eBay to the creator of Minecraft. Every penny well spent. I like 'Flutey' the best from this album, it has a melancholic, but very beautiful vibe. It's mechno - melancholic techno, get it? Haha. And what a nice accompanying video by the29nov films. 

From RIvera's Groove Box #245: DJ Milton - 909 State

DJ Milton is a pioneering figure in the Chicago ghetto house scene. I don't know for sure if it is true, that he is serving a long prison sentence incarcerated in Illinois, or is it just a rumor. But the man sure knew how to program some tight pounding house beats on drum machines. This track is very minimal and tracky, like the majority of ghetto house tracks, but at the same time, it is also very catchy with its hypnotic synth lines. Definitely among DJ Milton's best hits!

From Rivera's Groove Box #244: Aftershock - Slave To The Vibe (Club Dub)

This my jam right here. A neat garage house groove from the UK with a piano hook which makes your head bob to the beat. There's a thousand garage tracks out there, but they rarely come so perfect as this. 

From Rivera's Groove Box #243: Jason Grove - Mastercut 4

Little is known about this mysterious producer, some say he is from Detroit, some rumours tell that he is an under thirty something Parisian, or even a Rumenian producer, but that is all debatable until the producer decides to come out for real. What is certain is that his music is fresh and cool, a throwback to the old school New York deep garage house sound.

From Rivera's Groove Box #242: World Nation - Got Me Burning Up

There are two things what make my heart pound in a sweet rhythm - my significant other and NY style deep garage house grooves. This one is from 'Brutal Bill' Marquez, who is a profilic producer from the early 90s New York house scene with many other aliases and classic tracks to choose from.

From Rivera's Groove Box #241: DJ Soch - Unknown

Fine deep house grooves with some real nice vocals on top. DJ Soch belongs to the new wave of outsider sounding lo-fi house producers from Italy among with DJ Octopus, Nas1, Lucretio, Marieu, Die Roh, Fabio Monesi, Steve Murphy, Sagats & Madi Grein. These guys know how to keep things fresh and funky. 

From Rivera's Groove Box #240: Unit Moebius - Beat That Perculator

Here's Unit Moebius own take of the ghetto house sound of Chicago. It's raw and minimal - just like the tracks which it was inspired from. It features the samples of three well known Chicago house ghetto classics: Johnny Dangerous 'Problem No. 13'; Cajmere 'Percolator'; MDIII 'The Pressure Cooker'.

From Rivera's Groove Box #239: Route 8 - I Dream About Acid

Proper acid house track incorporating a sample loop of the classic 'Fantasy Girl' by Pierre's Pfantasy Club. Route 8 is a producer known for his analogue sounding techno music from Hungary. His works have been featured prominently on the lo-fi leaning label Lobster Theremin.