Sunday, March 8, 2026

AS SAMPLED BY . . . (PLAYLIST)


AS SAMPLED BY . .  . (PLAYLIST)

"Love Sensation" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Loleatta Holloway

"Ride On Time" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Black Box

“Love's Gonna Get You" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Jocelyn Brown

"I'm Gonna Get You" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Bizarre Inc.


 

Saturday, March 7, 2026

NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Open Your Mind" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Usura



NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Open Your Mind" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Usura

 

COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Love Is Calling" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Pleasure Game



COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Love Is Calling" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Pleasure Game 

 

COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Make You Whole" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Andronicus



COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Make You Whole" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Andronicus  

ReStructure Mix Update (3/7/26): ”Marry Go Round” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Max Coveri


Max Coveri is a studio project featuring various lead vocalists on projects released under the name. “Marry Go Round” is a 1988 release produced by Nicolosi and released on the Italian dance label CGD Records. This love song gives us the confused state of a lover who is not sure where the romance has gone so literally holding on to survive with much confusion. The production is full of hard beats and sequencers rolling out the bass very similar to a Stock, Aitken and Waterman piece. The beauty of this number is the flowing melody which makes the dance track stand out on its own. The original production fuses a touch of the house rhythms with a piano track which detonates the Italo-house period.


I have taken the 12” vocal and dub of “Marry Go Round” and realigned the drama for a new ReStructure Mix. I have stripped down the percussion and beats for a new intro and also a new hard-down beat-break.

 

FREAK IN! (PLAYLIST)


FREAK IN! (PLAYLIST)

"I Don't Want To Be A Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)"  - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Dynasty

"Freakin' Time" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Asphalt Jungle

“Le Freak" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Chic

"Super Freak" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix -  Rick James


 

Friday, March 6, 2026

NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX: "Marry Go Round" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Max Coveri



NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX:
"Marry Go Round" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Max Coveri

ReStructure Mix Update (3/6/26): ”Are You A Love Maker” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Shezoray


Shezoray is a disco project from producer Vince Degiorgio (Tapps, Eria Fachin, Crystal In The Pink, Barbara Doust) - whose contributions moved the 80s into the high energy mode of dance music. Shezoray is an electronic arrangement that is poised heavy on the synthesizers yet light on vocals. The number introduces a taste of bass sequencers pounding out the rhythm while the percussion takes over in breaks. 80’s high energy followed the resurgence of dance music in a dedication to disco music completely making the best tracks stand out as classics. “Are You A Love Maker” was released in 1983 and appeared in programs which favored the energy sets and Italo-diso and left the dance floor waiting for the next NRG release as the formula was being worked on and perfected.

I have taken the 12” versions of “Are You A Love Maker” and pieced together the works in this new ReStructure Mix. I have added more of the rhythmic instrumental as the outline and added The Queen Of Disco as a side note to where this all started.
 

FUNK 4 FRIDAY (PLAYLIST)


FUNK 4 FRIDAY (PLAYLIST)

"Nasty Disposition" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Aurra

"Bad Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Donna Allen

“Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Peter Brown

"Let The Music Play" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Shannon


 

Thursday, March 5, 2026

NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX: "Are You A Love Maker" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Shezoray



NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX:
"Are You A Love Maker" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Shezoray

 

DANCE . . . CHANCE (PLAYLIST)


DANCE . . . CHANCE (PLAYLIST)

"One More Shot" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Oh, Romeo

"It's Broken" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Bob Chance

“Victim Of Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Elton John

"I Don't Wanna Lose You" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Lime


 

COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "I Say Yeah" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Secchi



COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"I Say Yeah" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Secchi 

 

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

ReStructure Mix Update (3/4/26): ”Baby It’s Alright Now” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Miss Nicky Trax


Miss Nicky Trax is a new-beat artist who released several singles which play out in the hardcore electronic arena. “Acid In The House” from 1988 is one of her well-known pieces which also gives a good interpretation of New Beat music. “Baby It’s Alright Now” is her 1990 release which is more fluent and pop-edged of her releases with a trance-house feel. The production by Jeff Vanbockryck, Patrick Claesen and Emile Elsen is a new beat outline with the rhythm focused on the build of the vocal segments. Many new beat pieces focus on an electronic riff and/or a theme using samples or pieces of another track - this release uses a format outside the style. There are echoes of a fusion within the arrangement and bring this one to life as more than just a mixing tool.

I have taken the 12” versions of “Baby It’s Alright Now” and reapplied the groove for another take in this ReStructure Mix. I have added more of a foundation for the groove and break parts of the verses into new segments. 

 

NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Baby It's Allright Now" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Miss Nicky Trax



NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Baby It's Allright Now" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Miss Nicky Trax

 

80's RESTORE (PLAYLIST)


80's RESTORE (PLAYLIST)

"Borderline" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Madonna

"Lovergirl" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Teena Marie

“Diamonds" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Robin Gibb

"Centipede" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Rebbie Jackson


 

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Open Your Mind" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - U.S.U.R.A.



COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Open Your Mind" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - U.S.U.R.A. 

 

ReStructure Mix Update (3/3/26): ”You Know How to Love Me” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Tufuri


Tafuri is a vocalist from the late 80’s and early 90’s house scene and through her vocal talents landed an opportunity to bring back the Phyllis Hyman classic “You Know How To Love Me” released in 1979. This beautiful house cover gives us a blend of Tafuri’s vocal presence and the production from Steve Anderson. This version plays along the same essence of the original with a few new beats and riffs of the house dance music movement of the time. It gives us another opportunity to hear a soul/funk fused classic again in a whole new realm.

I have taken the 12” versions of Tafuri’s “You Know How To Love Me” and reignited the magic again for this ReStructure Mix. I have given the new arrangement some new drop-outs and breaks to create a new sound and dance experience for this great cover.
 

SHEER LOVE (PLAYLIST)


SHEER LOVE (PLAYLIST)

"No Life Without Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Jeanne Dee

"I Can't Get Enough" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Chyp-Notic

“Stand By Me" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Jam Tronik

"The One" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Crocodile Mark


 

Monday, March 2, 2026

NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "You Know How To Love Me" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Tafuri



NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"You Know How To Love Me" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Tafuri

 

ReStructure Mix Update (3/2/26): ”Free To Be” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Gioia


Gioia (Carmen Gioia Bruno) is a singer who was a part of the 80’s trio called Expose’. Her solo career gave us some independent releases and one from 2001 titled “Free To Be” which is one of the uplifting anthems of the dance period. Produced by David Nieves this electronic techo-pop piece delivers several riffs that sink deep into the heart of the early millennium dance scene. The self written song gives out a positive ring to each and every one on the dance floor to “be free as yourselves”. It also gives Gioia an opportunity to give her performance as a main liner  proving she is more than Expose allowed. There is a powerful message here which always caught my attention thanks to the uplifting arrangement and outline given here.

I have taken the 12” versions of “Free To Be” and revisited the anthem for this new ReStructure Mix. More emphasis on the actual groove with much of the original percussion making its way to the surface.

 

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