From Rivera's Groove Box #276: Matthieu Faubourg - Please, Stay

So one day, Matthieu Faubourg just decided when waking up, that he is going to write and produce the best composition in his entire discography, a track which will haunt him and he'll probably never even going to top this. None of his other tracks come near this. His magnus opus. Amazing deep house track, so much feels in this one.

From Rivera's Groove Box #275: Pressure Drop - Feeling Good

What a tune. Appearantly it was on the Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez movie 'Men At Work'?! I saw that movie as a kid, but I can't remember this track. Amazing garage vibes with some hip-hoppish undertones. Superb use of NYC Peech Boys 'Don't Make Me Wait' sample.

From Rivera's Groove Box #274: West Coast Swingaz - Ooh Babe

I think the description 'stomping party house' perfectly fits the title!

From Rivera's Groove Box #273: Funky Green Dogs Fom Outer Space - Reach For Me

Amazing 90s dance track with a stunning vocal, and the track just grows and grows, and it's all so groovy. This song just shows that house music really is 'disco's revenge' - because this track has a full blooded classic disco vibe going on!

From Rivera's Groove Box #272: Dirtytwo - Trapped!

NYC styled deep garage feeling tracks just get me going. Today I woke up, my girlfriend still sleeping, and I couldn't even remember what I saw in my dreams. But I felt the need to listen to some good house music, and this came the first in my mind. Love and house music, that's the two main things that help me get through the day. Great chords, classic Todd Terry styled drum rolls, vocals lent from Colonel Abrams. Althought it isn't a fresh idea, it still really sounds helluva fine.

From Rivera's Groove Box #271: DJ Spielberg - In Your Eyes

A nice lo-fi house rendition of Groove Theory's 'Tell Me' from the enchanted to Laura Dern fanatic DJ Spielberg.

From Rivera's Groove Box #270: DJ Q - Tracking

Just one word: banger! DJ Q used an E-mu SP-1200 sampler for this track, which gives the beats and samples this amazing lo-fi gritty crushed sound. This distinctive sound, often said to capture the 'warmth' of vinyl has sustained demand for the SP-1200 more than thirty years after its discontinuation, despite the introduction of DAWs and samplers/sequencers with far superior technical specifications. Moodymann has one. Todd Terry did his classic works with it. And I'd like to get my hands on one of these bad boys!

From Rivera's Groovebox #269: Hula Feat. Dana - Men (Vox Mix)

What a nice and lovely undiscovered soulful house gem from 1995. Hula always stayed more underground, while his production buddy from 'This Is Acid' - Maurice Joshua - kinda went more mainstream with watered down bubblegum crap.

From Rivera's Groovebox #268: Interplanetary Criminal - Light Years Apart

Sometimes I feel like being light years apart with everyone else. Great track, amazing break with that nice Korg M1 sounding 'Robin S' organ bassline synth.

From Rivera's Groovebox #267: Rezzett - Worst Ever Contender

Rezzett is back, and this time with an album. And it does sound gorgeous. No other lo-fi dance music acts haven't really mastered the distorted fuzzy crushed sounds as well as Rezzett does.