Electric Storm is the first Full-length album by the Draven Project. It was recorded and released in 2021.

Tracklist:
01 - Land Of Freedom
02 - Mountain Range
03 - Outlaw City
04 - Mind Revolution
05 - The Innate Disgrace
06 - Nightlife Affair
07 - Old Number 7
08 - Electric Explosion
09 - Sorrow Man
10 - Mystic Dance
11 - Celestial Rain
12 - Moneyland
13 - Wings Of Hope
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All songs composed by Raoni Martins.

Electric Storm

Mountain Range

Land of Freedom

Land Of Freedom

Shortly after the release of the debut album Electric Storm, it was decided that a second album would be also recorded. After some months of recording and production, the album was done and was named Moondance & Dark Lights. On the second album, Draven Project brings a more polished sound and followed the tradition of guitar hooks and bass lines heard on the debut. This time the album sounds more like a complete band, the music is more vivid, the drums are pounding and grooving harder than before. Many influences can be found on the album i.e. music from the 60's and the 70's (The Doors, Deep Purple, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, T. Rex, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others), and late 70's/early 80's sounds of Post-Punk/Gothic Rock (The Cult, The Mission UK, Billy Idol, Joy Division, The Sisters Of Mercy), as well as many Southern Rock and Blues' acts. The band also draws influence from the Motown sound of the 70's and its Psychedelic Funk/Soul era. Other influences heard on the album are Danzig, The 69 Eyes, Eric Church, The Rasmus, and HIM. This release depicts the diverse sound of the Draven Project.

Moondance &amp; Dark Lights

Moondance & Dark Lights

Night Drive

Recording and composition process happened between January of 2022 and October of 2023 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. All instruments, compositions and lyrics by Raoni Martins, except lyrics for track 11 which is a collab with Lucas Ajúr. Front Cover's drawing art and design beautifully done by Emilia Oliveira. Inlay and back cover's art by Raoni Martins. 

   The new work from Draven Project showcases a sound that tries to bring a good balance between the influences around the band. The last album's style is more developed here. It's a blend of Rock, Electronic, and Hip Hop. The album is called Cybertronic Dissonance and it contains thirteen tracks. It is divided into two acts. Act I is called The Raven's Nest, which is written and based on real situations and memories. It's about the life journey and trespassing through many issues while trying to be alive and make ends meet. Lyrics are filled with energy and rage against the past years facing music business and life. Every song on Act I is a moment of intense truth. Act II is called The Evil Flock. It's a set of 6 poems written to be songs. Music inspired by the works of Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jim Morrison.  
   
   There is a cyberpunk vibe running throughout the album, like a soundtrack from a dystopic world. The use of synthesizers and keyboards grew more and more on each album. Billy Idol, Depeche Mode and Ministry are for sure references for this release as well. Venus Highway goes right between Idol and Joy Division's sound with symphonic synth rock touches and doses of Brazilian music.

The raven figure on the album is a reference to the graphic novel and movie series The Crow. Therefore, it follows the concept of a raven being the holder of the heart and soul of someone while this person deals with revenging a great loss. The whole album is ambiented in the way the raven is standing on the shoulder of the main character, following his steps. There are many references to the famous black bird on the album. Act I is called The Raven's Nest because it means a relation to being born and alive into this world and having to learn to fly by fear of falling down and ceasing to live. This fear gets the bird into the majestic skill of flying, so it can fly over the land and face the world. While Act II is called The Evil Flock because it relates to the bird in a mature life, corrupted by the evil of the world while struggling to survive every single day.

Cybertronic Dissonance

Venus Highway

Season of the Lost

The Only One

Released before on the previous album, but this time it's a different take, reimagined with a midnight mind feel. Philosophical and spiritual lyrics make way through Hip Hop beats and Post-Punk/New Wave inclinations. The song is called Amaterasu Prayer because the lyrics are like a prayer to the Sun. That is also the original title of the song The Only One.
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Lançado antes no álbum anterior, mas desta vez é um take diferente, reimaginado com uma sensação de meia-noite. Letras filosóficas e espirituais abrem caminho através das batidas do Hip Hop e das inclinações pós-punk/new wave. A música se chama Amaterasu Prayer porque a letra é como uma oração ao Sol. Esse também é o título original da música The Only One.

Amaterasu Garden

Amaterasu Prayer

Soteropolitan Manifest: Being a citizen in Salvador was never easy. Many struggles run through this city, but simultaneously one of the most beautiful tradition of artistic and musical culture diminishes the heavy weight of the world on our shoulders. All the fake people and jealous MF that crossed my path will know who this song is addressed to. There isn't even a single second to be kidding around anymore. (Soteropolitan means a person was born in Salvador)
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Ser cidadão de Salvador nunca foi fácil. Muitas lutas percorrem esta cidade, mas ao mesmo tempo uma das mais belas tradições da cultura artística e musical diminui o peso do mundo sobre os nossos ombros. Todas as pessoas falsas e invejosas que cruzaram meu caminho saberão a quem essa música é dirigida. Não há mais um único segundo para brincadeiras.

Soteropolitan Manifest

This track was designed and aimed to have an album opener vibe. Lyrics are deeply plunged in Salvador culture and society in connection with art and music market from abroad. At the same time it contains analogies and references to the video game Chrono Trigger's story. It is a song in memory of Akira Toriyama. 
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Essa faixa foi pensada e teve como objetivo ter uma vibe de abertura de álbum. As letras estão profundamente imersas na cultura e na sociedade soteropolitana em conexão com o mercado de arte e música do exterior. Ao mesmo tempo, contém analogias e referências à história do videogame Chrono Trigger. É uma música em memória de Akira Toriyama.

Chr0no Trigger

Chrono Trigger

This song is a spiritual continuation for the song Chrono Trigger exactly as the videogame Radical Dreamers is for the Chrono Trigger game. It's a track full of energy. Lyrics contain many puns and references to the world of these RPG adventures. All serving as analogies to our society nowadays.

Esta música é uma continuação espiritual para a música Chrono Trigger, exatamente como o videogame Radical Dreamers é para o jogo Chrono Trigger. É uma faixa cheia de energia. As letras contêm muitos trocadilhos e referências ao mundo dessas aventuras de RPG. Tudo servindo como analogias para a nossa sociedade hoje em dia.

Yatagarasu Crusade

Radical Dreamer

It's a Soteropolitan groove explosion. One of the tracks that expresses the most the vivid energy out of the music from Salvador. It showcases a sound that fits perfectly the album's vibe.

É uma música cheia de introspecção e belos breaks instrumentais. Esta faixa é como uma personificação sonora do tema e conceito do álbum. Composta para atingir profundamente o coração e a mente dos ouvintes.

Midnight Sun Rebellion

Solar Rebellion

This song is about revenge, but revenging through music ways. The entertainment system is rough as hell, people pretend to like your sound while they talk shit behind your back. The strike mentioned on the track is represented through dark and fiery danceful Rock beats.

Essa música é sobre vingança, mas vingança por meio de meios musicais. O sistema de entretenimento é péssimo, as pessoas fingem que gostam do seu som enquanto falam merda pelas suas costas. A greve mencionada na faixa é representada por batidas de Rock dançantes, sombrias e ardentes.

Dancefloor Vendetta

It's a mix of Rock, Dub/Reggae, and New Wave. It brings a different feel to a song that contains Reggae elements. The guitar work manages to keep the song vivid along with the synthesizers. Lyrics are in a narrative perspective and talking to the listener at the same time.

É uma mistura de Rock, Dub/Reggae e New Wave. Traz uma sensação diferente para uma música que contém elementos de Reggae. O trabalho de guitarra consegue manter a música vívida junto com os sintetizadores. As letras estão em uma perspectiva narrativa e falando com o ouvinte ao mesmo tempo.

Cold Summer Breeze

Boom bap vibes with Post-Punk/New Wave inclinations putting the pedal to the Metal at exact points. Lyrics are precise to the reality of the music business nowadays. There is a Rap battle energy in the lyrics and flow.

Vibes de boom bap com inclinações pós-punk/new wave colocando pitadas de Metal em pontos exatos. As letras são precisas para a realidade do mercado musical hoje em dia. Há uma energia de batalha de rap na letra e no flow.

Nightmare Killer

Song ambiented in a mystic prayer with deep modern world related issues. It's a state of connection with the Spiritual Sun God. The song title is a reference to keeping the sun alive, that is, keeping the fight for survival.

Música ambientada em uma oração mística com questões profundas relacionadas ao mundo moderno. É um estado de conexão com o Deus Sol Espiritual. O título da música é uma referência a manter o sol vivo, ou seja, manter a luta pela sobrevivência.

Solstice Defiance

It's an intriguing song with captivating choruses and R&B nuances. It also goes deep with that Brazilian beat. Lyrics are reflexive and introspective.

É uma música intrigante com refrãos cativantes e nuances de R&B. Também vai fundo na batida brasileira. As letras são reflexivas e introspectivas.

Perfect Hell

Track with Post-Punk nuances flying through fiery Rock-infused Hip Hop beats. Lyrics follow the nocturne rebellion feel of the album. The album track's order is like a journey, an introspective dive into the night.

Faixa com nuances pós-punk voando por batidas de hip hop infundidas com rock. As letras seguem a sensação de rebelião noturna do álbum. A ordem das faixas do álbum é como uma jornada, um mergulho introspectivo na noite.

Shadow Against the Wall

Rock 'N' Roll rooted in music from Salvador. It also has some 70's Rock elements. One of the most beautiful instrumentation on the album. Lyrics are about realizing the place we belong cannot only come by searching it by travelling and experiencing other places.

Rock 'N' Roll enraizado na música de Salvador. Também tem alguns elementos do Rock dos anos 70. Uma das instrumentações mais bonitas do álbum. As letras são sobre perceber que o lugar ao qual pertencemos não pode vir somente buscando ele, viajando e experimentando outros lugares.

Night Vision

It's a song full of introspection and beautiful instrumental breaks. This track is like a sonic personification of the album theme and concept. Composed to reach deeply the heart and mind of the listeners.

É uma música cheia de introspecção e belos breaks instrumentais. Esta faixa é como uma personificação sonora do tema e conceito do álbum. Composta para atingir profundamente o coração e a mente dos ouvintes.

Midnight Sun

Opening track filled with energy and rhythm. Song and lyrics ambiented by the album's concept and atmosphere. This track brings out a strong rhythm section attack. There are also elements of music from India and Turkey in this song. Lyrics are an analogy with a sea journey and real life.

Faixa de abertura cheia de energia e ritmo. Música e letras ambientadas pelo conceito e atmosfera do álbum. Esta faixa traz um forte ataque de seção rítmica. Há também elementos de música da Índia e da Turquia nesta música. As letras são uma analogia com uma viagem marítima e a vida real.

Sun Rebel

This track title comes from a pun on a expression from Salvador (Barril Dobrado) and the double barrel gun reference. It also brings down a heavy percussion instrumentation that showcases well the influence from Salvador's music and culture.

O título desta faixa vem de um trocadilho com uma expressão de Salvador (Barril Dobrado) e a referência à arma de cano duplo. Ele também traz uma instrumentação de percussão pesada que mostra bem a influência da música e da cultura de Salvador.

Double Barrel

Somewhere between Rock, Hip Hop. Pagode, Samba Reggae, and Metal. The album Midnight Sun Rebellion is out!!

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