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Amelie Lens' Exhale Records is back with a mammoth 15-track compilation featuring 17 producers.

Amelie Lens' trailblazing brand Exhale presents the label's fourth compilation, introducing a new wave of stand-out techno producers to the label. The Exhale label and party series have skyrocketed over recent years, hosting only the best in fresh new talent and pioneering producers.

Kickstarting the compilation is resident Airod with the raucous track 'Nemesis': straight drum arrangements and frantic claps are accompanied by spiking synths that haunt this track, with a dark and booming breakdown injecting even more ferocity midway. Following is Joey Risdon with 'lsd Reaction', a fast-paced, gritty techno stomper with industrial elements, while Vizionn takes us on a futuristic journey with robotic vocals and high-energy keys in 'Future Energy'. Tigerhead hits us with the celestial and booming 'Looking Glass', keeping the pace up with a rolling cut, while The Blackmailer follows with 'The Queen Has Arrived' - giving a nod to rap royalty with this twisted techno hit featuring a sinister, electrifying riff.

Amelie Lens' Exhale Records is back with a mammoth 15-track compilation featuring 17 producers.

Amelie Lens' trailblazing brand Exhale presents the label's fourth compilation, introducing a new wave of stand-out techno producers to the label. The Exhale label and party series have skyrocketed over recent years, hosting only the best in fresh new talent and pioneering producers.

On the flip is DLV with 'Der Pakt', a heaving cut armed with an insidious synth-line made for epic peak-time moments on the dance floor. Nineted scales back with 'Euphoric Expression', initially presenting arcade-like melodies before throwing in twinkling keys and a ferocious kick drum. Next, Carla Schmitt dives back in with her contribution 'Red Ambition', firing fiendish and growling elements over the booming bass and rhythmic kick to create a mischievous energy. Chemtrailz is up next with 'The Future Is Matriarchy', a trancey expedition with enticing vocals and high-pitched strikes. Rounding off is WarinD with 'Techno Memories', a heaving yet grooving track with a deep, dark techno synth that wavers throughout.

Amelie Lens' Exhale Records is back with a mammoth 15-track compilation featuring 17 producers.

Amelie Lens' trailblazing brand Exhale presents the label's fourth compilation, introducing a new wave of stand-out techno producers to the label. The Exhale label and party series have skyrocketed over recent years, hosting only the best in fresh new talent and pioneering producers.

Exhale resident Farrago teams up with Part Time Killer for 'The Keymaster', a strong, driving track with electric atmospherics and a slick, hypnotizing sample. Rudosa & Blicz's synergy as producers is felt with beautiful composition 'Split Your Love', a change of pace with a sharp, euphoric melody. Acor comes next with 'Eat Sleep Rave Repeat', the perfect peak-time warehouse energy booster, with the title commanding listeners throughout. Flour takes charge with 'Invasion', easing into proceedings with an ethereal bleating choir, before racing synths take over and turn this into a vigorous weapon. Caravel drives on with 'Echoes Of You', keeping up the momentum with a frantic kick & hi-hat combo laced with yearning cries throughout.

Emerging DJ from France, Trym cuts the boundaries between techno and trance. Owner of the label 'color', he has quickly become renowned for his emphatic artistic preference, completely mirroring his personality; driven, powerful and polychronic. His latest creation titled 'Trinity', comes as the first-ever artist release on Amelie Lens' hugely successful Exhale, delivering a generous serving of hardened dancefloor energy and intrinsic euphorics.

The original of 'Trinity' (a1) instantly plunges you into the depths of Trym's undeniably unique sonic signature. Urgent industrious rhythms collide with a combination of atmospheric soundscapes, celestial vocal constructions and exhilarating melodic runs, carving out a hair- raising journey filled with rapturous emotions and endless peak-time danceability.

Amelie flips the script with a trademark spin on 'Trinity' (a2), centring around driving drum grooves, piercing percussive sequences and roaring analogue musicality. Flooding the mix with callous beats and ever-intensifying energy, its combination of techno prowess and climactic storytelling serves as a firm reminder of Amelie's ability to produce show stopping big room tracks.

The release closes on 'Beyond Light' (b1), providing another blisteringly unique offering from Trym. Gliding effortlessly between uplifting transitions and potent vocal-led techno segments - it's the perfect example of Trym's ability to combine unsubmissive underground vibes with an unexampled stylistic identity.

Part 1/3 featuring 999999999, Jastice, Kontain & Gräfin. Amelie Lens' Exhale Records continues to deliver fiercely dynamic techno from the underground's most promising, rising and established artists with its second VA compilation.

Part 3/3 featuring Charlie Sparks, Under Black Helmet, Xiorro & Ahl Iver. Amelie Lens' Exhale Records continues to deliver fiercely dynamic techno from the underground's most promising, rising and established artists with its second VA compilation.

Farrago, Mython, Arma, Krl Mx & Roüge. Exhale Records is back with a colossal techno compilation featuring 14 powerful tracks from 16 hard-hitting producers. Amelie Lens'event series / label hybrid sets the pace for the rest of the year with a formidable lineup of artists on this compilation, soon to be followed with the Exhale family debuting its party series in none other than the revered Dc10 in Ibiza this summer. Exhale mainstay Farrago is up next with tight percussion and slick sound fragments dancing around the harder elements of his production 'Hard Dimension'. Berlin's Mython contributes 'Double Defender', a driving cut with a muscular groove and walloping bass. Taking the reins next is Arma, who uses rave stabs, reverbs and metallic synths to create eerie stomper 'Seraphin'. Krl Mx doesn't hold back with sinister synths and a ferocious kick & bass combo in galloping cut 'Before I Forget Your Voice'. Roüge contributes 'Ratchet' -a gut-punching track with a grizzly bassline and melodic bleeps.

Amelie Lens, Proxyma, Basswell & Caravel. Exhale Records is back with a colossal techno compilation featuring 14 powerful tracks from 16 hard-hitting producers. Amelie Lens'event series / label hybrid sets the pace for the rest of the year with a formidable lineup of artists on this compilation, soon to be followed with the Exhale family debuting its party series in none other than the revered Dc10 in Ibiza this summer. Label head Amelie Lens opens with her signature vocals in the fiery but haunting 'All Of You' and is followed by three formidable producers. Dark techno dynamo Proxyma continues with breakneck speed with 'Schwarze Funktion', while Basswell's composition 'Troublemaker' injects a mischievous energy. Caravel follows with textural banger 'Queen of Darkness', armed with volatile keys and a warbling, warped bassline.

Amelie Lens' Exhale imprint launches with a myriad of uncompromising techno tracks from the underground's finest established and aspiring artists. Exhale's much anticipated first release continues the legacy of the Exhale event series with a fifteen original track compilation featuring old and new friends from each avenue of the underground. With a shared love of rave culture, the label is a platform for the forward-thinking while simultaneously paying homage to foundations of techno. With this in mind, Amelie gathers familiar faces and upcoming artists to deliver the future sounds of techno. Purveyor of modular techno MRD combines layered atmospherics and euphoric pads in 'Reach My Hand', kicking of the last vinyl of the newborn label, followed by Mehen (aka Hadone) who maintains pace with his rendering 'Broken Whisper', with a disorentiating and melody driven expedition from Francois X next to switch up momentum. Promising upcoming Dutch producer Grace Dahl ensues with the merciless 'Vermilion Empire', while production virtuoso Dyen nods to Exhale's roots in rave culture with 'Fantasy', a medley of spiked vocals and ethereal synths that maintain the energy until the final kick.

Nico Moreno, Ley Mar, X-Alox, Lucinee & Lifka & Swart. Exhale Records is back with a colossal techno compilation featuring 14 powerful tracks from 16 hard-hitting producers. Amelie Lens'event series / label hybrid sets the pace for the rest of the year with a formidable lineup of artists on this compilation, soon to be followed with the Exhale family debuting its party series in none other than the revered Dc10 in Ibiza this summer. On the last leg of the record, with 'I'm From 1994 Dude' Nico Moreno features a true Moreno production with industrial elements and a slamming acid sequence. 'What U Get' by Ley Mar is next with scuffed metal textures, minimal rave stabs and rumbling, dark synths. X-Alox picks up the pace with '260%' an energetic weapon with chaotic drum sequences and a sharp sliced-up vocal breakdown at the mid-way point. Lucinee & Lifka team up for galactic track 'In Rage', with an echoed vocal hook, resounding alarm and rolling kick drum. On a high with spiking synths, stretched out melodies and a pulsating kick that entrances listeners down to the final beat Swart lastly closes the compilation.

Part 2/3 featuring Sept, Raven, Frazi.er & Trym. Amelie Lens' Exhale Records continues to deliver fiercely dynamic techno from the underground's most promising, rising and established artists with its second VA compilation.