Review: The fourth instalment of Amelie Lens' label compilation series gets off to a powerful start. The rave stabs and pounding kicks of AIROD's "Nemesis" and the peak-time industrial techno on Joey Risdon's "LSD Reaction" show that this edition's focus remains on full-on bangers. Not all contributors follow the same approach though. For example, Farrago & Part Time Killer's "The Keymaster" is built on a pulsating, throbbing groove and cut-up, repetitive vocal samples. Similarly, ACOR explores a new, highly effective take on acid with the insistent, throbbing "Eat Sleep Rave Repeat". However, if you are looking for a track that defines Exhale's aesthetic, then check out DLV's "Der Pakt". Powered by Mover-style bass menace, it's exactly the type of turbo-charged peak time material Lens is best known for.
Review: Exhale continues the legacy of its event series with a label 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. Its next release comes from Trym and label head Amelie Lens; expect to hear the storming peak time trance energy of "Trinity" on a main room dancefloor very soon - if you surely haven't already. Lens takes up the reins next on her powerful peak time techno remix which will have you reaching for the lasers, and there's one more euphoric dancefloor journey to lose yourself to under the strobe lights in the form of "Beyond Light".
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