From Sacramento roots to Salt Lake City nights, Donny Carr's life journey has always been about transformation. A trained saxophonist before turning fully to electronic production, his music still carries that instrumental sensibility: phrasing that breathes, tension that swells naturally, melodies that feel performed rather than programmed. As a returning artist on HIGHER STATES, Carr deepens his signature blend of driving groove and emotion, exploring the equilibrium between darkness and illumination. 'Deep Galaxy' features subtle harmonic textures that drift above a firm, hypnotic low-end, before fully opening up in the main break with again subtle pads and atmospheres providing euphoric dance floor moments. 'Koma' takes its power from a clear melodic theme that just builds slowly but surely towards a massive break enveloping anyone listener into deep soundscapes before dropping back strong into the tracks signature groove. Donny Carr understands progression not as explosion, but as evolution, the slow, inevitable shift that draws a dancefloor inward. His tracks are built for long arcs, for rooms where time stretches into sonic infinity. On HIGHER STATES, his sound finds the perfect terrain to expand: deeper, more psychedelic, more immersive. This is Donny Carr refining his sonic language, allowing energy to shape itself with precision through keen instinct.