From RIvera's Groove Box #296: Club 69 - Let Me Be Your Underwear (Hot Pants Underground Club)

Club 69 was Peter Rauhofer's best known project and 'Let Me Be Your Underwear' probably his most remembered production. A smooth garage house belter of the early 90s, a true club track which has stood the test of time and actually sounds very up to date for the current underground house scene.

From Rivera's Groove Box #295: L'll Louis - I'm Hot For You

I want you to pay close attention on this one, because this is not a Lil' Louis, the Chicago house legend, production... even if the name suggests so. The name on the records says 'L'IL LOUIS' and it is not a mistake or mistype. This monicker was used to make it look like the track was the work of Lil' Louis, confusing the DJs, dancers and all house music lovers all over the world. The track samples the bassline of 1989 Italian house track 'Lee Lewis - Atmosphere' produced by two Italian guys with collaboration of the real OG Chicago Lil' Louis. It's basically a remix of 'French Kiss'. Vocals are sampled from Karen Young's 'Hot Shot' and Tony Lee's 'Reach Up'. The drumloop is from Bobby Konders 'Version'. Man! That is a proper mashup, but it is so well done. Folks all around the world still mistake this for a Lil' Louis track!

From Rivera's Groove Box #294: DJ Sotofett Feat. Madteo - There's Gotta Be A Way (Underground Mix)

15 minutes of the same loop, but the monologue delivered by Madteo makes the track worth a deeper listen. Very clever. 

From Rivera's Groove Box #293: Rick Wade - I Feel Good

Recently Rick Wade asked on 'The worst techno memes ever' Facebook group page 'who the fu%k is this Solomun guy I keep hearing about, is he even a real techno DJ?'. And to be honest, I also never heard of Solomun before I joined that group. Thanks to the exploits of this group, I now know Solomun is the uncrowned king of throwing afterparties in villas and mansions for rich spoiled people - parties I'll probably never get into the guestlist. But do I even want to? Throwing aside his hypnotizing awesome dad dance moves, I'm not a particular fan of his rather odd track selections. He plays everything from pop house hits from the past, trance with reduced pitch tempos, the dullest progressive, minimal and techno... and sometimes throwing in a pinch of actually really great tracks. So yes, I think it's true what they say about him - he is the Beatport Top 100 chart personified. But I love Rick Wade, he is a very humble guy.

From Rivera's Groove Box #292: The Connection Machine - Echoes From Tau Ceti

Deep cosmic vibes in this mid 90s techno track from the cult U-Trax label. The 'U' in U-Trax stands for Utrecht, Netherlands - since most of the talent on the label was based there or near. 'Trax' is of course a nod to the legendarty Chicago house label. The Connection machine is Jeroen Brandjes and Natasja Hagemeier. What I like the most in this track is the lovely synthesized saxophone melodies.

From Rivera's Groove Box #291: The Minimum Wage Bros - Enough 4

This one goes out to all my minimum wage bros all over the world who struggle to buy last minute Christmas presents for their loved ones. An early Terrence Parker production - quality Detroit house.

From Rivera's Groove Box #290: Royal House - Dirty Beats

No one can match the mad house beats of Todd Terry. He really mastered the E-mu SP1200 sampler and used it heavily in his early productions. This drum beats track is a perfect example of it.

From Rivera's Groove Box #289: Wax - 60006A

Wow, I think I like this the best yet from the Shed's Wax series. Hypnotic, minimal and very well made dub techno cut. Pumping, loud, straight to the dancefloor material. Possibly a future classic!

From Rivera's Groove Box #288: Ajukaja - Ekleer

Funky, quirky disco sound, making great usage of Kleeer's 'Amour' hook. A solid track with tight beats and a supercool vocoded vocal part which just leaves you scratching your head - 'how did he do that?'. But anyone who has followed Ajukaja's work should know the man's eclectic dance music style.

From Rivera's Groove Box #287: West Coast Swingaz - Luvdrunk

Back in 2007 there began circling around this Black Eyed Peas 'My Humps' sampling track, it was really cool and catchy - a proper jacked up boompty house track, bringing the funk. It turned out to be a bootleg by the Brazilian Jamanta Crew gang. They rocked the Miami WMC properly with it that year, here's even a video of them playing it to a full house (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHNnN3KTjk) but it never got released! Throughout the years, I have wondered, does anyone even remember that track? Certainly no-one I have asked has heard of it. I talked about the track to my girlfriend, telling her that this track still haunts me sometimes, and it's a shame it never got released. And then I thought, hell, why not try to re-create the track or something - certainly my productions skills have improved over the years and I could do it. And so I began working around the 'My Humps' acapella, chopping it up and thinking a way how to make it work in a house track. It took me a couple tries to get it right, and indeed, I got 'something'. I think it's a good groove, and may even get your butt jiggly. Check it out ;)