Techno Selected 2025: Top Tracks

'Malfunction' is Alignment's inaugural piece for his brand new label: 'ORBITAL Records'. It's a melodic Hard techno track where the relentless beats collide with distorted melodies, creating an atmosphere of cosmic peril. The pounding basslines convey a sense of urgency, while irregular sonic elements suggest a malfunction in the trip. An engaging sonic experience that guides the listener through the darkness of space, where mystery and unpredictability merge in an immersive electronic dance.

Alignment - Malfunction

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.

Luciid - Era Of Us

Gravitational Wave EP marks a new sonic evolution for ALIGNMENT, with two tracks pushing the boundaries of electronic music. The first track is an immersive journey through powerful, spatial, and emotional melodies, creating an atmosphere of tension and introspection that grabs the listener from the very first beat. The second track, on the other hand, explodes with deep reverse bass and sharp screeches, giving rise to a high-intensity sonic dimension. Gravitational Wave EP is a fusion of emotion and raw power, an experience that transcends the limits of sound to explore new musical horizons.

Gravitational Wave EP

Gravitational Wave

Alignment - Gravitational Wave

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

Mystical Energy EP

Speak From Your Heart

Alignment - Speak From Your Heart (Original Mix)

Mystical Energy

Alignment - Mystical Energy (Original Mix)

The Deepest Truth

Alignment - The Deepest Truth (Original Mix)

My track Move is a fun hard dance track that had lots of raw energy, wild drops, and a bassline that absolutely slaps. I paired that with my vocals ‘can you feel my body move’.

Move

The Realm

The Realm (Original Mix)

Charlotte de Witte - The Realm (Original Mix)

▶️ Choose your favourite platform: https://bfan.link/blicz-rockstar
● Buy Link: https://www.beatport.com/release/rockstar/5037187

● Artists: Blicz, Redsilver
● Track: Rockstar (Original Mix)
● Label: No Mercy
● Catalogue: NM080
● Format: Digital
● Genre: Electronic music
● Style: Hard Techno
● Release date: May 22nd, 2025

No Mercy. All rights reserved ©

● Follow Blicz here:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/blicz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blicz_music/

● Follow Redsilver here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redsilvermusic/

● Support NO MERCY here:
Soundcloud: @no-mercy-label
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/no-mercy/87441

Support

Blicz - Rockstar feat. Redsilver [No Mercy]

▶️ Choose your favourite platform: https://bfan.link/freak-in-me
● Buy Link: www.beatport.com/label/no-mercy/87441

● Artists: FOVOS
● Track: Freak in me
● Label: No Mercy
● Catalogue: NM081
● Format: Digital
● Genre: Electronic music
● Style: Hard Dance
● Release date: May 29th, 2025

No Mercy. All rights reserved ©

● Follow FOVOS here:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fovosmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fovosmusic/

● Follow Loosie Grind here:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/loosiegrindofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loosiegrindofficial/

● Support NO MERCY here:
Soundcloud: @no-mercy-label
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/no-mercy/87441

FOVOS - Freak in me (ft. Loosie Grind) [No Mercy]

’Serenity EP’ is out now on @exhaleofc: found.ee/amelielens-serenity

Title track ‘Serenity’ kicks things off in signature Amelie Lens style: a no-nonsense, high-impact techno cut built on pounding percussion and driving beats that lock you in from the first bar. Charged with tension and peak-time rave power, this is warehouse euphoria at its most refined – sharp, streamlined and dripping with mainstage heat. A powerful follow-up to her club weapon 'Falling For You', 'Serenity' fuses pulsing rhythms, warped synth textures and a guest vocal performance radiating in kinetic energy.

On the flip, ‘Club Of Extremes’ is an irresistible offset that sees Amelie dive into deeper, darker territory. Deliciously twisted club grooves, etheric, spacey pads and self-assured, icy-cool vocals give the track a heady, transcendent edge – part warehouse throb, part lucid dream. The lyrics cut through like a mantra, while the sweat-factor is firmly cranked to 11. This is late-night techno for the fearless. With Serenity, she brings us back to the source: driving, emotive and built to move minds and bodies as one.


Amelie Lens - Serenity

▶️ Choose your favourite platform: https://bfan.link/let-the-bass-kick
● Buy Link: www.beatport.com/label/no-mercy/87441

● Artists: ALT1, MDDLTN
● Track: Let The Bass Kick (Original Mix)
● Label: No Mercy
● Catalogue: NM082
● Format: Digital
● Genre: Electronic music
● Style: Hard Dance / Trance
● Release date: June 5th, 2025

No Mercy. All rights reserved ©

● Follow ALT1 here:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sneijder
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alt1official/

● Follow MDDLTN here:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mddltnmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mddltnmusic/

● Support NO MERCY here:
Soundcloud: @no-mercy-label
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/no-mercy/87441

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ALT1, MDDLTN - Let The Bass Kick [No Mercy]

Iron Grid Collapse - Hard Techno DJ Set

The beautiful creation of life, with the most perfect thing we as humans have made: Happy Hardcore Melodies.

Human Existence

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.”

Alignment - Mystical Energy (Original Mix)

KNTXT

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