Petter (5) – Some Polyphony

When I look back into my collection of club tracks between 2005-2008, there are definitely some regrettable choices to be found. However, "Some Polyphony" is not one of them. It didn't shamelessly follow trends like so much "minimal," "electro" or "trance" at the time. It is music from the gut. The production is slick, but it sweats "raw" from every pore. "Polyphony" isn't meant for every moment, but it's one of those tracks that can set the mood, or change the course of a night. Six years on, and I have to give it a nod for "timeless."

I must it I was never a big fan of Border Community until I heard this track by Petter (Nordkvist) and it gave me a whole different outlook on what James Holden was doing as far as trance is concerned. Here is how I see it and how it sounds, and that is people get pigeon holed into one specific area, and because Tiesto used a Border Community track, I think that stuff is garbage or commercial, or whatever. "Some Polyphony" is taking no prisoners on a large sound system. But it can do some effective mind control for the moment. If you have been a bit curious about electro house and what that stuff actually is when it is good? Start here. I love this track and it gave me a whole different outlook on quality amongst this now overrated genre. The breakdowns on this are pretty sick and twisted. I like it like that.

This is an incredible effort right here as suggested by its own title. "Some Polyphony" is a very warm and tight production built around a minimal techno track which has a winning combination of original melody combined with all the stuff many producers use when creating Electro-House tracks. The actual difference here is that Petter seems to have carved his own niche' in things which gives this particular track room to breathe. I don't like saying it sounds like efforts by Umek, Kiko or Agaoria, however if you find those guys works appealing, this will be right up your alley. It is amongst the best that the genre has to offer.