NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Make Your Move For Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - The Rainbow Girls
Thursday, July 23, 2026
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Make Your Move For Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - The Rainbow Girls
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Make Your Move For Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - The Rainbow Girls
ReStructure Mix Update (7/23/26): “Bitten By The Love Bug” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Heaven ‘N’ Hell Orchestra
Heaven ‘N’ Hell Orchestra is a dream disco production and many of the talent are members of Salsoul Orchestra ensemble including The Sweethearts Of Sigma on vocals. This was a part of a soundtrack for a comedy titled “Nocturna” which is the story of Dracula’s daughter visiting New York for the first time and falling in love with a mortal and disco nightlife. “Bitten By The Love Bug” is a track used in disco sequences and is a love song directed at the theme of the film with vampires taking most of the credit. The true disco arrangement and execution are the sounds that are a segment of New York disco music in its final glory during 1979. Produced by Reid Whitelaw and Norman Bergen with Don Renaldo on strings.This number is not the most attentive approach for a disco gem although it contains many players who made disco music a big part of 70’s history.
I have taken the album version of “Bitten By The Love Bug” and placed the disco arrangement on a new rotation for this ReStructure Mix. I have added a new drum/percussion track to give it a transition to the electronic age and yet celebrated the strings, percussion and vocals that are pure disco once again.
HOUSE, MAKES A HOME (PLAYLIST)
HOUSE, MAKES A HOME (PLAYLIST)
"Finally" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Ce Ce Peniston
"Love Is Calling" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Ella Toy
"Too Blind To See It" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Kym Sims
"I Don't Know Anybody Else" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Black Box
PLAYLIST LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG6MpgmonaiE
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX: "Bitten By The Love Bug" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Heaven 'N' Hell Orchestra
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX: "Bitten By The Love Bug" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Heaven 'N' Hell Orchestra
ReStructure Mix Update (7/22/26): “Fruit Of Love” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Transformer 2
Transformer 2 is an electronic/trance project from 1993 featuring Jeff Vanbockryck and Johan Gielen. During the early 90’s the house music movement brought a fusion of various sounds and helped to create techno, trance, rave and ambient styles of dance productions. “Fruit Of Love” is their 1992 single which blends a sweet sound of distant bagpipes into a whirling techno piece and eventually an mindful ambient flow. The production from Richard Ford is a full on electronic keyboard and sequencer arrangement which finishes with a female vocal celebrating the “fruit of love” - which may be a unifying moment in the future for humanity. The essence of this style of dance music is the variation in parts and how well they blend together. Much of the late seventies innovative disco music by producers like Boris Midney who gave sweeping disco strings which would suddenly drop into a bongo break. The creative feel and beauty of the process is what we hear in this track.
I have taken the 4 versions of “Fruit Of Love” from the 12” single and realigned the best of these parts in this ReStructure Mix. The intro plays out in the majestic guitar solo which becomes the center of our journey.
SOME THING, SOME WHERE ELSE (PLAYLIST)
SOME THING, SOME WHERE ELSE (PLAYLIST)
"Las Colinas De Katmandu" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Tantra
https://youtu.be/DWso2q9gKP8
"Capricorn" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Capricorn
https://youtu.be/3cPqGs2cJXo
"Go Go Gorilla" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Gazuzu
https://youtu.be/2QEH9xCvcSA
"High Above The Clouds" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Narada Michael Walden
https://youtu.be/InjhAyx0XPk
PLAYLIST LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMD_T2kktlSk
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
COMING SOON! - SPECIAL EIGHTIES EDITION: "Get Down (On Love)" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - S.P. Clan
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COMING SOON! - SPECIAL EIGHTIES EDITION:
"Get Down (On Love)" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - S.P. Clan
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Fruit Of Life" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Transformer 2
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Fruit Of Life" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Transformer 2
ReStructure Mix Update (7/21/26): “Insecurity” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Stacey Q
Stacey Q is one of the synth-pop artists of the 80’s who made a mark in dance music using her own style. “Two Of Hearts” is her 1986 dance floor hit which helped to renew the synth-pop edge with a high energy feel. Produced by Jon St. James who also gave us Bardeux and Red Flag - along with his use of keyboards and sequencers created a sound which resonated throughout the late 80’s. “Insecurity” is also from Stacey Q’s “Better Than Heaven” project and plays out in a similar fashion yet thanks to her approach and energy revives her style again. The song is a simple track which follows the verses into the chorus expressing our focus and yet an extended remix always made the trip well worth taking.
I have taken the 12” versions of “Insecurity” and reworked the electronic pulses into a new ReStructure Mix. I have layered the bass sequencers until they scream and also re aligned the verses into a new experience. Thanks to Michael Zamora for requesting this 80’s energy piece.
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL EIGHTIES EDITION: "Insecurity" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Stacey Q
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL EIGHTIES EDITION:
"Insecurity" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Stacey Q
...and on a Saturday he created DISCO (PLAYLIST)
...and on a Saturday he created DISCO (PLAYLIST)
"Dancing Queen" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Kryptonite
"Don Quichotte" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Magazine 60
"Get Up And Boogie" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Silver Convention
"Into The Groove" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Madonna
PLAYLIST LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjo_gr8VOVg
Monday, July 20, 2026
ReStructure Mix Update (7/20/26): “Wee Thee People” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – B.B. and Band
B.B. and Band is an Italian disco project from Mario Boncaldo and Tony Carrasco. The 1982 project titled “Wee Thee People” began with a big club hit from the album titled “All Night Long” and soon the group became one of the well-known and influential Italian disco productions of the early 80s. Italian disco music has always been uplifting and celebratory and this piece has the message which was the outline for the American Dream. “Wee Thee People” gives balance to the difference in each and every individual and lays out plainly that equality is the final solution. The production is a simple electronic arrangement with many of the hooks that dance music takes on to its mold. As the project introduces an ensemble which is wound up by the energy it creates, B.B. and Band make a nice statement in a time period where the shift from disco of the late 70’s becomes a model to apply a new canvas.
I have taken the 12” remix by Tony Carrasco of “Wee Thee People” along with a few pieces of the original album version and given it a new ReStructure Mix. Applying a new intro introducing the rhythm section on its own and a couple of new breaks are the new additions.
DEPRESSING THE H E A R T (PLAYLIST)
DEPRESSING THE H E A R T (PLAYLIST)
"Beat Of Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Chris Thompson
"Always Lookin'" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Lipps Inc.
"All Of Me For All Of You" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - 9.9
"Crazy Over You" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Desire
PLAYLIST LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQiypWcP6J7s
Sunday, July 19, 2026
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL EIGHTIES EDITION: "Wee Thee People" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - B.B. and Band
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX - SPECIAL EIGHTIES EDITION:
"Wee Thee People" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - B.B. and Band
COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Hallucination" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Danni Minogue
COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Hallucination" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Danni Minogue
ReStructure Mix Update (7/19/26): “That Thing!” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – That Thing
That Thing is a disco concept project from producer Sylvester Levay who also gave us Love Generation (Lucy Neale), Silver Convention, Joy Fleming, Renee’ Harris (“Doctor Music”) and Mick Jackson (“Weekend”). This track was released in the US on the Laurin Rinder and Michael Lewis label AVI Records - the first 12” label to display “GIANT 45” which meant the vinyl would be played at 45 rpm’s to give a deeper bass response. “That Thing!” is one of the craziest (of its time) as it outlines a connection with several hints of “flashing” - an activity used by a nude man in a long overcoat who would flash a woman. And also hinting at a connection to the 50’s horror film “The Blob” - and that is where it feels adventurous. The fantastic keyboard riffs ala arpeggio are infectious and an early piece of electronic dance music formulation. Along with a mad vocal from Jerry Rix this one mysteriously moves.
I have taken the 12” version of “That Thing!” and worked as a dramatic take for this ReStructure Mix. There are clips from “The Blob” to play on your mind as well as a matching with Ms. Lauren Hill’s “Do Wop” track. Playful and evoking rhythm.
Life Is A Bowl Of Mirror Balls (PLAYLIST)
Life Is A Bowl Of Mirror Balls (PLAYLIST)
"Autumn Love" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Electra
"Dolce Vita" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Ryan Paris
"Envy" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Rinder and Lewis
"Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Brian Davis
PLAYLIST LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKZzhl5mzOro
Saturday, July 18, 2026
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX: "That Thing!" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - That Thing
NEXT ReSTRUCTURE MIX:
"That Thing!" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - That Thing
COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION: "Deep In My Heart" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Clubhouse
COMING SOON! - SPECIAL NINETIES EDITION:
"Deep In My Heart" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Clubhouse
ReStructure Mix Update (7/18/26): “When The Shit Hits The Fan (Rocket Pocket)” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Gregg Diamond’s Bionic Boogie
Bionic Boogie is a disco concept from producer Gregg Diamond (Andrea True Connection, George McCrae, Gloria Gaynor) who early on understood the direction of disco music in the mid-70’s. His production of Bionic Boogie marked one of his standards which was always an ensemble of talented and soulful vocals including Luther Vandross, Jocelyn Brown (Shaw), Diva Gray and Gordon Grody) and also musicians who played above the standards unlike some mechanical disco outlines which became the overkill of the late 70s. His music was lyrical in the sweeping sounds of Euro-disco yet a touch of funky guitars - both lead and bass. His direction was also a bit more abstract in theme and execution. “When The Shit Hits The Fan (Rocket Pocket)” comes from the second Bionic Boogie album from 1978 and is another example of Diamond’s clever play on words and music. This stomping piece uses the adage as a placement card for a time when dancers could not stop moving on dance floors thanks to music like this.
I have taken the album version of “When The Shit Hits The Fan (Rocket Pocket)” and placed the pieces into a new dub-like ReStructure Mix. Using drop-cuts and EQ effects to give the rhythm a new stage. The exit makes it obvious that I went a bit far - but so did this iconic sound which took the seventies on a new trip.
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