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Release: 26th July 2024

It’s almost impossible to believe that a label with so much international notoriety is still within its first ten releases. Still, Belgian Techno protagonist Amelie Lens’ EXHALE imprint is set to make even more noise with its ninth release. Following a spate of well-received singles from Amelie and the latest offering from fellow Antwerp native BYØRN, EXHALE prepares itself for an impressive fifth VA, featuring 14 selected cuts from 16 artists in total. A slew of internationally recognised names and rising new-age talent, welcoming back some familiar faces alongside some debutants, including two collaboration tracks.

Led by Amelie Lens’ ‘Underneath The Strobelights’, featuring her trademark vocals she paves the way for EXHALE VA005. Fellow Antwerp local NOVAH debuts on the label, after her notable b2b sets with BYØRN of late, her track ‘Inner Odyssey’ is followed by VENTUR’s ‘Let It Kick’, a track that lives up to its name. Young Irishman Luciid also makes his first appearance with the epic cut ‘Era Of Us’. BYØRN is back with another massive offering in ‘Our Destiny’, followed by SWART, who also returns with ‘Extazy’ a hard hitting pacy vocal peak timer. Teletech resident Alex Farell makes his debut alongside Farrago, in their first collab together on ‘All Systems Go’, with its spoken vocals and pummelling bass, before French producer ARDL at just 21 debuts with ‘Hyperactive’, with his focus on raw sounding techno.

Another duo of back-to-back debuts sees the elusive FLKN drop ‘Rumble’, influenced by 303 sounds, he makes things dark and distorted. UK-based Aaron Hibell with the vampiric ‘1999’, its bouncy fast bass it makes it the grooviest techno track of the VA. Berliner Afem Syko’s known for his unpredictable, vibrant sets offer his track ‘Slingshot’, backed up by returning American powerhouse and Terra Novae label founder Chemtrailz who become loved for his trance-inducing techno hybrid sound, teams up alongside Hani with their track ‘Goddessblood’. Italy’s Rian Wood comes in hot with penultimate cut ‘Anima’, as he expresses his passion for music through hard techno, neo rave and old school influences. Closing off the colossal VA is French talent, La Kajofol who recently released on ARTCORE. She seals the release with the irresistibly signature ‘Black Rhapsody’. Her music brings a unique style of her own which she calls ‘Mystical Techno’, infusing hypnotism into psytrance and techno with her eerie vocals.

Championing the diversity of the modern-day techno paradigm, EXHALE’s latest VA dips its toe into a myriad of genres, with nods to psytrance, breakbeat, hardstyle, classical and even drum & bass across thirteen freakishly heavy dancefloor-primed stompers. It’s everything you’d want from a release that showcases artistry in its simplest form.

ARDL - Hyperactive

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Shitty Korean EDM DJs please suicide.🙏

The Diabolikal is a San Francisco based DJ. He learned to mix Trance in the early 2000s and then moved
to the harder sound of UK Hardhouse. He continued to mix for a few years before taking a break from
music. With his recent return, he found a home within Tech Trance, Hard Techno, and Hard Dance.

Athena Peraki, a.k.a "Athenà", born and raised in Athens, is one of the most up-and-coming Greek DJs who stand out on the music scene.
She started playing music and mixing completely amateurishly in 2010, but her interest in the art won her over so much that 4 years later she decided to go professional and develop her talent and creativity in it. Her electronic music influences came from Old-School & Progressive Trance, but she soon became interested in the penetrating sound of Techno music, listening to Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath, Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, Len Faki, Angy Kore , Tom Hades, Alan Fitzpatrick, DJ HELL, etc.

Over the years, she collaborated with many web radios around the world for a guest mix or with her own monthly shows like the "Consistent Radio", "Club Ready Radio", the "Dance Manipulation Show" on the English web radio "Fnoobtechno", "Raute Musik.FM - Round About Techno" Germany, "More Bass Radio" America etc, also outside of Greece she has also won the Silver Award from the "DJ Mixtape Contest" in June 2021

Her most established musical signature is Hard / Rave / Acid / Techno filled with Psychedelic Trance melodies, but she can easily expand into the spectrum of Melodic Techno, Tech-House, Progressive House, Dance and other melodic genres. This signature of hers together with her passion for mixing music, conveying emotions and energy to the audience, were the reasons that in 2021 piqued the interest of the Techno Team of "Pirate Nation" to invite her to their first collaboration and in a short time with abbreviated proceedings, it was officially anointed as the #PN Resident Shanty of the Pirate Squad. Now she counts around 25+ Raves at the helm of Residency, with participation in most Athens Clubs (GONG, Temple, Lust, Booze Cooperative, IT Athens, Samaka), culminating in her recent dynamic performances at Oddity Club, where with her team they welcomed the explosive "Nusha"  the incredible duo of "Joyhauser", and in collab with "Exilium Events", Mr. "Only Bombs" "T78"!


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Booking : contact@thunderagency.fr

Releases on : 
- NeoTrance
- T&NE Records
- Jahanam
- The Finest Techno
- MOTZ
- COUP

ARDL - Hyperactive

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