reede, 25. märts 2016

From Rivera's Groove Box #194: Palmbomen II - Cindy Savalas



Well, this is truly next level. Palmbomen II has taken everything what is so good about house and techno and made it somehow better. The video edit is amazing. So deep, so meaningful. When I'm listening to the album, I feel that there are some possible influences from Mr. Fingers, but who knows. The lo-fi aesthetics adds more deepness to the sound of Palmbomen II. I think it's safe to say that Palmbomen II's self titled album is going to be looked as a milestone for lo-fi dance music in the future. This is it. This is the peak of the lo-fi dance music scene we're at the moment. Hope this high will last forever.

kolmapäev, 16. märts 2016

From Rivera's Groove Box #193: Actress - Crushed



This is probably one of Actress's best works, but what a shame it's really short! I heard Greg Beato playing an extended edit of this at the club, felt like it was going on forever. Everything just works in this track - it' simple, has an addictive bass line, great drums. Proper dance floor material, but actually not - it only appeared on the album, and without editing the track yourself, it's really hard to incorporate into a DJ mix. So I guess this one's straight for listening at home, like Actress probably intended.

pühapäev, 6. märts 2016

From Rivera's Groove Box #192: Hinode - Shades Of Grey



What a nice deep house tune from the Italian-German duo Hinode. Some really clean and neat sounding 909 drums - I love the sound of that drum machine, so recognizable, a part of the DNA of dance music. That rough and gritty sounding bassline accompanied by the lush electric piano pads is just the sweet cherry topping on this delicious track. Their best work - future underground classic.