Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

Villalobos reworks Mortazavi's Persian tombak piece 'Swamp' into 24 minutes of polyrhythmic minimal. On Paris label Latency, 2026. For the heads.

Mortazavi's original draws from traditional Persian percussion, but Villalobos strips it back and rebuilds it as pure rhythmic abstraction. What emerges is hypnotic and intricate - minimal in surface but densely layered, the kind of track that reveals new patterns with each listen. The polyrhythms sit just slightly askew, creating gentle tension that keeps the ear engaged across the full duration.

Latency has carved out a distinctive space in electronic music over recent years, and this collaboration between Mortazavi and one of microhouse's most restless architects feels entirely natural to their catalogue. A deep cut for serious collectors and DJs who understand that the most compelling work often happens at the margins of genre.