Deep, Hypnotic & Spheric Techno (2077) 2

Stamp Collection, Vol.3

Mha Iri - Good Energy (Original Mix)

Buy here: airod.fanlink.to/goldenpills

Artist: AIROD
Title: Golden Pills EP
Label: Lenske Records
Catalogue: LENSKE022
Format: Digital + 12" Vinyl

Tracklist:
A1: AIROD - Meet Me In The Club
A2: AIROD - Golden Pills
B1: AIROD - I Just Wanna Rave
B2: AIROD - At All Costs

Meet Me In The Club

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AIROD - Meet Me In The Club

Eli Brown - Believe (Reinier Zonneveld, Zeltak Remix)

Buy here: found.ee/exhale-va005

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.

Afem Syko - Slingshot

Amelia EP

Abyss

Amazingblaze - Abyss (Original Mix)

Amelia

Amazingblaze - Amelia (Original Mix)

Buy here: found.ee/airod-amnesia

Release: 28th February 2025

EXHALE Records proudly welcomes AIROD for his first full EP on the label, delivering an electrifying three-track release that captures the essence of his raw, high-voltage sound. With the Amnesia EP, AIROD cements his status as a relentless force in the techno universe, blending industrial grit, pounding beats and immersive storytelling.

The title track 'Amnesia' immediately sets the tone with an unrelenting groove and hypnotic ethereal layers that build tension to near-breaking point. Pulsating with seismic bass and razor-sharp percussion, it's a peak-time weapon engineered to ignite the dancefloor with its trancy melody that leaves no one standing still. The single 'No Lover' gets straight to the point, starting with haunting female vocals and an eerie melody combined with a driving, full-throttle rhythm. Its menacing atmosphere, paired with pounding kicks and relentless progression, evokes the energy of a dark, intense warehouse at full tilt — "I'm afraid he's not enough", the voice keeps repeating. Closing the release with its epic choirs, 'Revival' offers a cathartic finale with its cinematic builds and euphoric drops. Merging catchy melodic elements with AIROD’s signature high-energy aesthetic, the track drives forward with a commanding urgency, delivering the perfect balance of aggression and emotion.

From the underground depths of Paris to the global techno stage, AIROD has become a mainstay at EXHALE events, and with the 'Amnesia EP' he takes his partnership with Amelie Lens' label to its next explosive chapter. This raw, epic, high-energy EP is a big statement in modern Techno, made for those who live for the intensity of the night.

AIROD - Revival

AIROD - No Lover

Mystical Energy EP

Speak From Your Heart

Alignment - Speak From Your Heart (Original Mix)

08. Alex M.O.R.P.H. presents Corti Organ - Magnum (Original Mix)

PianoPeeT – Knoblauch küsst am besten

Drone In Ibiza - Miles Away  (Original Mix)

Written produced and mixed by Alessandro Barchitta.
Artwork by Jakob Stenhart.
Mastered by Mattias Fridell.

A1. East Slope [07:19]
A2. The Caves [06:36]
B1. West Cliff [06:44]
B2. Reaching the Peak [06:11]

Love and light

Climbing Himalaya: Part I

Feral - Climbing Himalaya: Part I

Mastered by Giovanni Conti at Artefacts Berlin
Cover by Clàudia Gómez

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Dycide - Stream Entry

Blue Statue

Giorgio Gigli & Bichord - Kintsugi (金継ぎ)

Help me to save a thing
Help
me to save you
Don't let me drawn in this sea
Don't let me go under
It’s too deep, it’s too dark, too dreadful
I just can’t handle it
Nothing special can survive to these waves
Give me your hands
like oaks in this storm
Just give me something
I can hold o
n to.
Look at those fireflies
blinking in the dark
Flashing like a lighthouse
in the middle of nowhere.
Teaching us to love,
pointing at the way to go
But we’re just so far away
In this ocean made of evil

Giorgio Gigli & Bichord - Ocean

Ōtautahi, Eora.
777.
Collabs.
Environmentalism.
Recreation.

Every event, statement or idea has its own circumstances that define the setting in terms of which it can be fully understood. And to fully understand KNTXT, the techno concept guided and hosted by Charlotte de Witte, you must experience it.

KNTXT has already profiled itself as a force to be reckoned with in the Techno landscape. Its objective is a clear one: to serve a quality techno experience driven by both national as international acts, while staying true to a genuine underground spirit.

All of this has resulted in some mind-boggling editions showcasing an impressive all star wall of fame and also receiving praise from several media such as Mixmag, DJ Mag and Red Bull Elektropedia (Best Really Big Party).

Manifest:
KNTXT /ˈkɒntɛkst/ noun
“The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood.”

Amazingblaze - Abyss (Original Mix)

KNTXT

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