From Rivera's Groove Box #161: Steve Poindexter - Street Fighter

An old, but unreleased track from the Chicago house legend and underground hero. Released on Delroy Edwards label LA Club Resource. Hypnotizing minimal synthesizer grooves with jacking drum machine beats, all accompanied by lovely tape hiss. I'm getting so used with tape hiss in the lo-fi underground house and techno scene, that I'm mostly disappointed when I don't hear hiss or distortion in a club track anymore. That super clean and polished digital sound is not for me anymore. I guess I'm in the deep underground zone now, super deep, like in the Mariana trench part of underground scene now.

From Rivera's Groove Box #160: Tissu - Unmanned Vehicle

There aren't many house records nowadays which make me say 'wow'. Very deep analogue house track, with a techno feeling. Lush aquatic pads with driving hats. Every sound is put to its place with mathematical precision. An afterthought - it's crazy how many times we listen to the same 909 or 707 drums in house music, but they still sound fresh in every different track. It's like DNA, same pieces, but an alternate outcome, albeit with a familiar warm feeling.

From Rivera's Groove Box #159: Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat

Mõned päevad tagasi lahkus Charanjit Singh, mees kes kogemata vastu tahtmist sai acid house pioneeriks, kui tema 1982. aasta album 'Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat' taasavastati 28 aastat hiljem ühes India plaadipoes. 'Veteran of countless Bollywood soundtrack orchestras, Singh purchased a Roland Jupiter-8 keyboard, a Roland TR-808 drum machine and a Roland TB-303 in 1982 and decided to make a record that blended traditional Indian ragas with western dance music. Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat was recorded in two days and was a largely forgotten commercial flop until it was reissued by record collector Edo Bouman in 2010. Singh was an unwitting pioneer of acid house music, credited with inventing the squelchy sounds that would come to signify the Chicago acid house sound in the years to come'. Charanjit Singh lugu on näide sellest, et vahest on mõned enda ideedega ajast liiga palju ees, ja peavad enda õiget hetke lihtsalt ootama. Sest muu maailm ei ole lihtsalt teie ägeduseks mõnikord valmis.

From Rivera's Groove Box #158: Romanthony - The House Of God

The Iranian prayer in this song is about monotheism: 'God is one, he needs no one, there are no multiple gods, he doesn't need anyone else, he laughs at those who laugh at him, he was in the beginning and will be there in the end, he is honest, he never lies'.