Marco Faraone - Open Your Eyes EP [Drumcode]

Marco Faraone is the latest artist to join the DCLTD label with his four-track EP, Open Your Eyes.

Open Your Eyes: The title track combines intense and fast techno beats with an insistent, subtly dominant, monotonous pizzicato ("plucked string") line throughout the track, interspersed with a deep male voice ordering "concentrate." In the breakdown, a female voice announces "open your eyes," leading to a quick and powerful close. Direct and immersive in the best sense.

Enigma: Techno beats travel alongside a resonant synthesizer melody with an 80s vibe, hypnotic and lively, contrasted by a touch of melancholy in the high-pitched synthesizer notes that burst into the breakdown. A deep, danceable, and emotionally charged techno track.

Convert The Energy: Fast and dark, with a devastating beat, metallic percussion, and a repetitive monotone phrase that stealthily traps the listener, while an urgent deep male vocal riff —"convert"— evolves into a processed vocal performance saying "machine designed to convert energy," with just the right emphasis on the last word.

Haze: A fast and constant drum rhythm, with hissing hi-hats, supports a melodic synthesizer phrase with a 2000s trance vibe, which grows to transform into a melancholic, almost piano-like sound, interrupted by single notes like trumpet calls, noisy and vibrant intrusions, mysterious and intriguing.