- After the release of Petter’s “These Days,” Deep Records has been a label I have been paying close attention to. Always releasing quality DEEP “no pun intended” records from highly talented producers. This release will see the release from Swedish Rouzbeh Delavari. Delavari’s follow up from last summer’s “About You” and the new single, “Inner Structure” is already a favorite among the big players in the progressive scene. Sasha and Warren have been destroying dance floors for months and soon enough every one else will have the chance as well. The single finds three versions with this outing with a special remix by Petter.
Everyone should be paying attention at Petter right now. This young bedroom producer turned superhero is on a tear. Not long ago he was just like you in his bedroom making tracks, now he has become someone to watch for with every release and remix. Petter’s “In the Loop Mix” takes the A-side all for himself as we hear a monstrous interpretation. Petter’s set to destroy the dance floor with a bangin’ four-to-the-floor bass kick mixed with deep spacey madness. The track feels like an exploration of space, much in the tone of Quivver’s “Stage One.” The groove is solid, with its hypnotic mutation of Spanish guitars and space melodies. I swear, what I’m writing doesn’t express how ace this track is. As Samuel Jackson would say, “This is one baddddddmotherfucker.”
Over to side B and I mean no disrespect when I say it’s just a B-side track. We get a lowered and laid-back edition. No kidding when Rouzbeh called it the “Broken Staircase Mix.” I swear everything is as if it were moving in “slow motion.” There are delays that affect the outcome of the melody and it makes everything here feels like it’s blurry until the 4/4 beat moves in. Techy rhythms are developed more to further the track along the highway. It’s a nice track, but Petter’s version blows Delavari’s own original one to bits. But if it wasn’t for the original, I wouldn’t be hearing the remix and to that, praise must be given to the original as the foundation for the A-side.
The “Entrance Short Edit” is hip-hop meets breakbeat. I think that should tell all. The overall sounds are more atmospheric and groovy. More weight is on the acoustic guitar and rising synths that can be heard in the middle of the track. A darker and serious tone can be heard in the edit.
Overall, another great release by Deep Records. Petter’s version will be highly sought after. Rouzbeh’s “Inner Structure” is a tight melodic progressive track. Chunky and smooth on one side, and a very groovy and dark one on the other: not all three tracks are your typical mill of the progressive slab of records. Very much ahead of the pack, Deep Records is helping Border Community as two labels that instinctively come up when thinking about forward progress in underground dance music.