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System Olympia
M3 Opera EP (incl Poster / Color Split Vinyl)
Okay Nature Records
- Cat No: OKNR09
- updated:2025-08-10
A new release from FRANCESCA MACRI, aka System Olympia — the producer, singer, and DJ raised in southern Italy and now based in London, a charismatic favorite of the italo disco and synth-pop world. Five tracks, each featuring a different female vocalist.
Track List
London-based producer, vocalist, and DJ System Olympia is set to unveil her latest project, M3 Opera,
a five-track EP that fuses her signature sensual synth soundscapes with a bold conceptual twist.
Dropping on April 25th 2025 via her own Okay Nature Records, the EP features a unique collaboration with five distinct female vocalists, each lending their voice to a standalone "act" in this sonic drama.
Inspired by the sleek power of the BMW M3 and the theatrical grandeur of opera, M3 Opera reimagines the EP format as a multi-act narrative.
Each song accelerates through a different emotional gear—romance, tension, liberation—while the lush pads, gritty drums, and dreamy melodies System Olympia is known for provide the horsepower. "This is about motion and drama," System Olympia explains. "The M3 is that late-night drive, the pulse of the road. The opera is the story unfolding with every voice, every act."
The EP showcases an all-female lineup of vocalists, each bringing their own flavour to the journey. From sultry confessions to soaring crescendos, the tracks weave together a tapestry of feminine energy that’s both intimate and expansive—think *Delta of Venus* meets horsepower under green neon lights.
Following the success of 2024’s *Sanctified* EP with Working Men’s Club and her acclaimed NTS Radio residency, M3 Opera solidifies System Olympia’s reputation as a visionary who blends retro-futuristic
sounds with raw emotion. The EP promises to be a ride worth taking, whether cruising the streets or losing yourself on the dance floor.
System Olympia is the project launched in 2017 by producer FRANCESCA MACRI, previously active as Royalty on Five Easy Pieces. With "Close To My Nebula" from the debut EP picked by DJ HARVEY for "The Sound Of Mercury Rising - Vol II," she's beloved by hardcore italo disco lovers, and with her older releases now fetching premium prices, here comes a new System Olympia record — out on her own label, Okay Nature Records. "This EP is about movement and drama," she says, "M3 is a late-night drive, the pulse of the road. Opera is a story that unfolds with each voice, each act." Five tracks featuring five singers, wrapped in magical synth work. (Original Japanese text by Saito)