Artist(s).....:: VA
Album.........:: Exhale VA002
Genre.........:: Techno
Date..........:: 05.07.2023
Encoder.......:: FLAC
Quality.......:: 16bit / 937kbps / 44,1Khz / Stereo
Track(s)......:: 12
Size..........:: 477,68MB
Language......:: English
Source........:: WEB
Label.........:: Exhale
Catalognr.....:: EXH002D
URL...........:: https://listen.tidal.com/album/188266622
Tracklist
01.999999999 - Alarm 303 [04:45]
02.Jastice - Hey You [06:33]
03.Kontain - Neck Crank [05:52]
04.Graefin - Chatty Echoes [06:11]
05.Sept - Beyond The Veil [05:46]
06.Raven - Metal On Metal [05:59]
07.Frazi.Er - Systematic Ignorance [06:08]
08.Trym - Kendall [05:52]
09.Charlie Sparks - Tatakai [07:10]
10.Under Black Helmet - Rogue [05:05]
11.Xiorro feat Adrestia - Hearing Colors [05:16]
12.Ahl Iver - There Is Always Light [06:18]
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Playtime : 70:55 Min
Releasenotes:
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.
Following EXHALE's first VA release in 2020, the party series turned label
once again welcomes existing members, flourishing producers and blossoming
new artists to the EXHALE family for its second various artists
compilation.
Opening the record are hardware aficionados 999999999 with 'Alarm 303' - a
powerful techno floor destroyer armed with a reverberating kick, rushy
rave stabs and a barrage of alarms. Promising newcomer Jastice presents an
energetic ravey cut that weaves between faded synths and a softened vocal,
accompanied by an entrancing interlude with 'Hey You'. Mancunian producer
Kontain dishes out 'Neck Crank', a hybrid of gritty rumbling bass chords,
strident synths and an unwavering kick. Istanbul's Graefin continues by
deftly combining electronic stabs, flurried hi hats and gravitating synths
layered above the melody in 'Chatty Echoes'.
Following is 'Bog Jest w Techno' event boss Sept, who presents us with a
stripped back cut layered with piercing synth keys and gentle electro
elements in 'Beyond The Veil'. Acid stabs and a female voice echo the
track title in Raven's trippy cut 'Metal On Metal', with light airy synths
to close out that simulate euphoria. We're taken on a dark and weighteir
expedition with Frazi.er in 'Systematic Ignorance' - a brooding bass
drives the sound, with acid melodies adding texture throughout. Keeping up
pace is 'Kendall' by Trym, a cinematic composition that utilises cymbals,
hi-hats and synth notes to create a brighter melody over its dark
percussion.
Rounding off is London techno talent Charlie Sparks who equips the record
with weapon 'Tataki', combining Japanese vocals with acid 303's, sirens
and powerful kick drums. Next up we have Under Black Helmet with 'Rogue',
an industrial style track that uses familiar dark themes characterized by
distorted keys and commanding kicks. Brooklyn's Xiorro follows with
'Healing Colors' featuring Adrestia, with a yearning distorted vocal
sample, protruding percussion and jagged synth keys. The finale is
delivered by EXHALE mainstay Ahl Iver's 'There Is Always Light' - a trancy
endeavour that juggles hi hats and cymbals with twinkling euphoric synth
keys and long waning bass chords.