Sander van Doorn and BLR Deliver Dancefloor Epiphanies in New Single, "Eyes Open Wide"

There's a moment in every club night—usually around 2am, when you've had just enough drinks to stop checking your phone but not enough to forget hearing the tenth Brat bootleg of the evening—where the DJ drops something that makes you remember why you came out in the first place. That's "Eyes Open Wide," the new collaboration from Sander van Doorn and BLR.

The Dutch producers, who have been crafting dancefloor epiphanies since before TikTok convinced us all we were manifestation gurus, deliver a cerebral banger at the intersection of trance and techno. The track features The Melody Men, whose haunting refrain ("My eyes are open wide, feels like I'm dreaming") evokes that elusive, surreal feeling of inhibitions dissolving on the dancefloor.

Meanwhile, van Doorn and BLR produce thumping techno kick drums while trance-inspired arpeggios cascade like digital waterfalls of serotonin. It's manifestation music for people who understand that sometimes the thing you need to manifest is just the will to keep dancing.

"Eyes Wide Open" is out now via Dreamstate, the trance label of Insomniac Records. You can listen to the new single below and find it on streaming platforms here.