Hverheij Goes Mezmer Eyes – A City-Born Electronic Extravaganza

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A soundtrack lifted from the concrete

I’ve been making electronic music for a long time. I still remember my first clumsy attempts back in 1990–1991, with the rough gear I had back then. Wires buzzing, mixers groaning, and me trying to squeeze life out of machines that barely cooperated. Maybe that’s why, after so many years, I feel something special when a track with real weight and depth lands in my headphones.

That’s exactly what happened with Mezmer Eyes by Hverheij. It’s track eight on the album Let’s Be Clear, a twelve-track electronic trip that captures the heartbeat of city life – all its layers, angles, and continuous movement. I always stop for music that mirrors the places I’ve wandered through at night: streets breathing steam, windows glowing, people moving fast without looking back. Mezmer Eyes feels like one of those nights moving forward in sound.

Where the pulse comes from

Hverheij works in the space between electronic, instrumental, urban and experimental. The twilight zone where rhythm grows from the world around you. The album is out there in the world, and this track sits right in the middle of the journey, like a small open door into everything the artist wants to show.

The production tools tell their own story: an Arturia Mini Freak, Push 2, MPC Live 2, and an electric guitar used to shape that emotional rise inside the track. I’ve always liked when a guitar shows up in electronic music – it brings a touch of skin into a landscape built from circuits and buttons.

With Guitar Rig 7, delayed reverbs and a touch of grit from Molten Diode, the track drives the mood with depth and motion. The premaster ran through Ableton Live with bx-digital V3, and the final touch came from Michael Southard (also known as Time Rival), released through Triplicate Records.

What rises out of Mezmer Eyes

What I feel here is a rhythm rhythm pacing through the mix, shifting shape as it moves. There’s flair and modern edge, there’s that urban sensuality flowing out. And somewhere in all this sound you find a glimpse of danger, the kind that gives the track real attitude.

While listening, I caught myself thinking about my early days again. Those nights when I dreamed of synthesizers I couldn’t afford, and imagined what they might help me create. If I had back then the kind of tools Hverheij uses today, who knows what path my music would’ve taken. Maybe the same one – sitting here, listening to a tune that makes me breathe a little deeper.

Mezmer Eyes lifts spirit, movement, and a clever spark that holds the whole thing together. Let’s Be Clear feels like the right name for an album built this way. CD and vinyl versions are available here, with a cover built from urban shapes and reflections.