What was once Lost is now found… After an extended timeout, lasting more than a half-decade, Ben Lost has returned to the director’s chair of Lost Language. One of trance & progressive’s most eminent imprints, over its near 15-year label lifetime it has been the springboard for the careers of an axiomatic list of famed producers. To mark his retaking of its A&R reins, and a new waypoint in the label’s history, he’s mixed the fifth episode of its hallowed 'Exhibition' mix-series.
Ben launched the ‘Exhibition’ line during the label’s early millennial era, quickly helming it into a singular position in the mix collections of trance and prog fans alike. Now, almost a decade after he mixed his last one, the prodigal one’s returned to expo the ongoing development of Lost’s musical language. The album features tracks and mixes from array of new talent. In amongst its progressive foothills, trance peaks and Goan inclines are tracks and remixes from Manmachine, Ovnimoon, Superpsychics, Cosmithex and Sonic Entity, as well as more seasoned sound shapers like Guy J, Activa and Neptune Project. Ben has tasked many of them with remixes of the label’s vastly respected back-catalogue, with new directions & tangents lent to tracks by Space Manoeuvres, Miro, Barraka, Accadia and C.M.
Of its release, Ben says: “Exhibition V’ is our new year-zero. A holographic slice of who we are, where we’ve been and where we’re going. Our collective’s heritage is rich… and it’s only going to become more so.”
Musically, Ben’s latest exhibit opens in the blackly chromatic night-time thrall of ‘Late Reflections’, the latest from Canada’s fast-emerging Bernie Allen. Setting its stage with a progressive depth, it segues into a new take on Space Manoeuvres’ evergreen ‘Stage One’ courtesy of Bedrock’s Guy J. Hot on its heels comes a tribally spin on Barraka’s ‘Song To The Siren’, with Holland’s Jaap Ligthart immersing his rework in its ocean deep vocal.
Mixing fluidly, seamlessly & harmonically, he continues to churn the progressive waters deep with Hazem Beltagui’s glacier cool treatment of Amir Abbasi’s ‘Angelus Sine Sensu’ and Mindwave’s stunning Dub of Miro’s ‘Paradise’.
As it moves out of its overture, the mix makes its first upwards gear shift. Underground legend Taucher gets acidic on an astonishing reboot of DJ Orion & J Shore ‘Brotherhood’. Chile’s Ovnimoon meanwhile deepens the LFO on Miro’s ‘By Your Side’, synthesizing its hypnotizing vocals with trance-noir tones.
‘Exhibition V’s midpoint sees it open itself up to a hotbed of the label’s new Goa trance talent. The ballistic brio of Freesoup’s 303-powered ‘We Who Have’, the quake-inducing bass of ‘Where’s Cynthia’, Sonic Entity’s masterful shakedown of Filteria’s ‘Perpetually Delayed Voyage’ and their own strobelite symphony ‘Genome Evolution' each take their turn to charge the mix.
Lifting towards its finale, Ben angles in the third edge of Lost Language's new triangulation. On their Third Eye Remix, Neptune Project recast Accadia’s classic ‘Blind Visions’ as a string-swelling, Everest-like euphoric creation. Activa meanwhile rules just as upliftingly over C.M.’s epic 'Dream Universe’.
Across the progressive, euphoric, melodic and Goa trance strata, the album showcases the label’s onward vision. Lost Language's fifth 'Exhibition' opens March 10th.
Tracklist:
01: Bernie Allen: Late Reflections (Manmachine Remix)
02: Space Manoeuvres: Stage One (Guy J Remix)
03: Barraka: Song To The Siren (Jaap Ligthart Vocal Mix)
04: Amir Abbasi: Angelus Sine Sensu (Hazem Beltagui Remix)
05: Miro: Paradise (Mindwave Dub Remix)
06: Dj Orion & J Shore: Brotherhood (Taucher Adult Mix)
07: Miro: By Your Side (Ovnimoon Remix)
08: Freesoup: We Who Have
09: Manmachine : Where's Cynthia?
10: Filteria: Perpetually Delayed Voyage (Sonic Entity Remix)
11: Sonic Entity: Genome Evolution
12: Superpsychics: Coheena (Cosmithex Remix)
13: Accadia : Blind Visions (Neptune Project's Third Eye Remix)
14: C.M: Dream Universe (Activa Remix)
Dimitri Kechagias review: The 5th Installment of Exhibition arrived on Lost Language selected and mixed in perfection from the label head Ben Lost. The compilation is compilation of the month on the bible of EDM Mixmag and gets positive reviews and features on many well known EDM web sites worldwide. 14 great tracks that some of them are previously released and some others are exclusives for this compilation. On this review I would like to focus on the exclusive material and tracks that we experience for the first time on this compilation. First of all is Guy J excellent rework of the seminal classic Space Manoeuvres: Stage One. You should remember the unforgettable melody, the spacey vocal samples and its hypnotic atmosphere. Now Guy J transforms the track into a deep progressive house meets trance track that is floating, dark and more minimal in its conception as the original elements are applied in small doses and everything is centred around the haunting deep basslines. Barraka: Song To The Siren is reworked excellently by Jaap Ligthart who delivers his excellent tribal progressive house vocal version that particularly djs like Hernan Cattaneo or Sasha and John Digweed will appreciated for sure. Bubbly, deep, smooth and spacey composition that sounds like diving in the deep blue ocean searching for the Sirens. Miro's beloved Paradise is remixed by Mindwave and is re imagined as deep melodic psy trancer that is energetic enough to keep the crowd moving with stunning breakdown and excellent climax that upon the pulsation beats and the haunting basslines the colourful little synths are added to create something really magical and neo psy trance. Orion & J Shore beauty Brotherhood is remixed by the German legend Dj Taucher. His amazing version is 9 minutes trip in deep hypnotic progressive trance that starts with magical mysterious ambient intro and then slowly moves with his minimal beats, deep basslines, acid touches, natural vocal samples and hints of the original melody. Its one of those tracks that can inspire and open your musical horizons as well. The upcoming producer Freesoup from York UK offers his great track We Who Have. His version is an excellent deep psy tech trancer that is smashed, crashed and burned packed with underground trance flavours, acid noises, techy groovy beats and slamming basslines. It has that futuristic retro psy trance sound that will blow your socks off. Lastly the ultimate classic by C.M. Dream Universe is remixed by non other than Activa. His version is a modern mixture of uplifting with psy trance in one really exceptional package. You can expect goosebumps and shivers all over your body particularly when the emotional original melody comes to the surface along with some Indian Goa style vocal samples as well. Lets hope Dream Universe will be served soon with additional remixes by Thomas Datt maybe? Superb compilation with must have exclusives for the trance jocks out there. #PureGold Love it
Dimitri Kechagias review: The 5th Installment of Exhibition arrived on Lost Language selected and mixed in perfection from the label head Ben Lost. The compilation is compilation of the month on the bible of EDM Mixmag and gets positive reviews and features on many well known EDM web sites worldwide. 14 great tracks that some of them are previously released and some others are exclusives for this compilation. On this review I would like to focus on the exclusive material and tracks that we experience for the first time on this compilation. First of all is Guy J excellent rework of the seminal classic Space Manoeuvres: Stage One. You should remember the unforgettable melody, the spacey vocal samples and its hypnotic atmosphere. Now Guy J transforms the track into a deep progressive house meets trance track that is floating, dark and more minimal in its conception as the original elements are applied in small doses and everything is centred around the haunting deep basslines. Barraka: Song To The Siren is reworked excellently by Jaap Ligthart who delivers his excellent tribal progressive house vocal version that particularly djs like Hernan Cattaneo or Sasha and John Digweed will appreciated for sure. Bubbly, deep, smooth and spacey composition that sounds like diving in the deep blue ocean searching for the Sirens. Miro's beloved Paradise is remixed by Mindwave and is re imagined as deep melodic psy trancer that is energetic enough to keep the crowd moving with stunning breakdown and excellent climax that upon the pulsation beats and the haunting basslines the colourful little synths are added to create something really magical and neo psy trance. Orion & J Shore beauty Brotherhood is remixed by the German legend Dj Taucher. His amazing version is 9 minutes trip in deep hypnotic progressive trance that starts with magical mysterious ambient intro and then slowly moves with his minimal beats, deep basslines, acid touches, natural vocal samples and hints of the original melody. Its one of those tracks that can inspire and open your musical horizons as well. The upcoming producer Freesoup from York UK offers his great track We Who Have. His version is an excellent deep psy tech trancer that is smashed, crashed and burned packed with underground trance flavours, acid noises, techy groovy beats and slamming basslines. It has that futuristic retro psy trance sound that will blow your socks off. Lastly the ultimate classic by C.M. Dream Universe is remixed by non other than Activa. His version is a modern mixture of uplifting with psy trance in one really exceptional package. You can expect goosebumps and shivers all over your body particularly when the emotional original melody comes to the surface along with some Indian Goa style vocal samples as well. Lets hope Dream Universe will be served soon with additional remixes by Thomas Datt maybe? Superb compilation with must have exclusives for the trance jocks out there. #PureGold Love it
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