Track Breakdown: Chris Lorenzo on The Making of "Appetite"
Cameron Holbrook
Chris Lorenzo’s summer banger “Appetite” landed as Beatport’s #8 Best-Selling Tech House track of 2025, and in this Beatport Track Breakdown, he strips it back to show how a simple idea turned into a certified dance floor moment.
The track started with a purpose. Lorenzo wanted a huge opener for his first show back at CRSSD Festival, something that just keeps climbing. No rush, no shortcut. The aim was to make the crowd feel like they’re lifting off, stuck on a roller coaster inching higher before the drop finally hits.
Lorenzo begins building with the groove, flipping a simple disco loop into a rolling tech house foundation with punchy drums, stripped-back hats, and small vocal details that give the track its swing. From there, he locks in the low end, pairing a saturated rolling sub with a driven mid-bass to keep the energy moving forward.
The tension comes from his “never-ending riser,” a raw synth layered, side-chained, and shaped to constantly build pressure before the drop. The vocal hook arrives almost by accident, born from a phone recording that evolves into the track’s defining moment through pitch tricks, effects, and creative processing, before a haunting pad resets the mood and pulls everything toward the next build.
Lorenzo’s takeaway is simple. If the groove works, don’t overthink it. You don’t need to reinvent anything if it bangs.
Check out the full video in the player above to see Chris Lorenzo break down how h4e put this massive tech house tune together.
Tools, plugins & samples used in "Appetite"
- Logic Pro
- Serum
- Omnisphere
- Plugin Alliance: Basement
- Plugin Alliance: Dent 2
- Culture Vulture
- Kickstart
- Valhalla Reverb
- Soundtoys: AlterBoy
- Soundtoys: EchoBoy
