When XiJaro & Pitch and Artento Divini join forces under their Bad Boys banner, subtle restraint is clearly not the mission. “The Blind Eye” arrives on Revealed Recordings as a full-throttle mainstage weapon: fast, muscular, trance-driven and built for that exact moment when a festival crowd needs one more surge of collective energy.
After their previous Bad Boys outing, “Threshold”, “The Blind Eye” feels like the project sharpening its identity even further: darker in tone, heavier in drive, but still carrying the melodic DNA that makes it unmistakably connected to trance.
XiJaro & Pitch — Xander van Dommelen and Anthony Reyers — have built a strong reputation for emotional, uplifting trance and their Chasing Dreams universe. Their official profile describes them as a DJ/producer duo creating uplifting trance anthems, while also hosting the Chasing Dreams podcast and running the associated label. Here, however, they step into a more aggressive mainstage frame. The breakdown still carries their melodic instinct, but the drop is designed with a different purpose: less hands-in-the-air euphoria, more hands-on-the-rail impact.
Artento Divini is the perfect counterweight. The Dutch DJ and producer is known for high-energy trance and techno, with a sound that blends techy, tribal, trance and techno influences. His background includes major stages such as A State Of Trance, Trance Energy, Nature One and Beats for Love, which explains why “The Blind Eye” feels so naturally aimed at large-scale systems and high-pressure DJ moments.
Musically, “The Blind Eye” moves with serious urgency. At 143 bpm, it sits in that exciting space where modern mainstage energy, big-room pressure and trance architecture collide. The kick is punchy, the bassline is relentless, and the synth work brings enough tension to keep the track from becoming a one-dimensional festival tool. The breakdown creates just enough atmosphere before the track snaps back into a storming, no-compromise drop.
What makes the track work is its balance between brutality and clarity. It does not drown itself in overproduction; instead, it keeps the arrangement focused and direct. The result is a clean, powerful record that should land especially well in faster mainstage trance, big-room techno and tech-trance sets. “The Blind Eye” is not a sentimental trance journey — it is a pressure-release machine.
⭐️ Rating: 8.5 /10
🎧 Perfect for
- Peak-time mainstage trance sets
- Big-room techno / trance crossover moments
- Festival drops with maximum crowd impact
- Fans of fast, energetic 143 bpm weapons
This is a strong statement from XiJaro & Pitch and Artento Divini: a track that pushes their Bad Boys project deeper into the modern festival-trance lane while keeping enough melodic identity to avoid becoming faceless. Loud, fast, and proudly unapologetic.
Artist: XiJaro & Pitch, Artento Divini, Bad Boys
Track: The Blind Eye
Label: Revealed Recordings
Release Date: May 08th, 2026
Get your copy here: https://found.ee/THEBLINDEYE
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Take a listen to XiJaro & Pitch x Artento Divini pres. Bad Boys – The Blind Eye here:
