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The Egyptian Lover is a stone-cold legend. The LA producer and vocalist was one of the key creators of the electro sound in the early ‘80s, and his influence has been felt in the music of everyone from Dr. Dre and NWA to electronic producers like Jimmy Edgar. His contribution to this track elevates it to another level, adding a mystical, sensual tone to Aiwaska’s bold melodies. 

Tribal percussion laces the rolling beat as brooding bass swathes pass through the track’s undercurrent and the breathy vocal emerges. The first half of the track lets the vocal breath and the mood build, and it’s left to the breakdown to let the spine-tingling lead riff emerge in all its rasping glory. Old skool snare patterns give a nod to The Egyptian Lover’s heritage. There’s also an instrumental version for those scenarios when you just need to keep those heads down and focused. 

The Elektro Dub strips things down to a vocoder-infused, sparse arrangement where the mood is allowed to really infuse and percolate. The slow-burning vibe sucks you in, with heavy bass drops punctuating the head-bobbing beat, and the melodic elements sounding even bigger thanks to the space around them.

Early Feedback:
Agoria (Sapiens): Merci.
Alan Dixon (Running Back): This is killer.
Christian Martin (Dirty Bird): Elektro Dub & Original are sick!
Justin Strauss (Deewee): Elektro Dub sounds great.
AME (Innervisions): Thanks.
Eddie C (Wolf Music): Elektro Dub! Love it.
Pete Herbert (Reverso 68): Superb.
Phenomenal Handclap Band (Toy Tonics): Excellent!
Stereo MCs (Connected): Nice grooves.
Kadosh (Disco Halal): Sounds good.
Nick Catchdubs (Fools Gold): Dig it.

Artist: Aiwaska Feat. The Egyptian Lover
Release: Imagination
Label: Exploited Ghetto
Cat: EXP100
LC: 48629
Publisher: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing
Releasedate Beatport & Spotify: 20.08.2021
Releasedate I-Tunes (all stores): 03.09.21

Imagination

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Aiwaska feat. The Egyptian Lover - Imagination I Exploited Ghetto

🎵 House to Techno and everything in between.
Funky, deep, melodic sounds

Exploited Rec label founder, internationally renowned DJ/ promoter/radio host and talent scout Shir Khan brings Berlin's finest Disco, House & Techno to the table.   
A decade into shaping careers of artists like Claptone, Adana Twins, Joyce Muniz and Budakid, he continues to remain on the pulse of the global underground shaping dance music through his label, productions and unconventional, uncompromising and unpredictable sets. 

Shir Khan established his label night at Berlin’s Watergate over the years, did a groundbreaking weekly radioshow at Radio Fritz for over 8 years whilst regularly touring all over the world. He is currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. 
His music is exciting and full of amazing tracks that you most likely will not have heard before.
In 2016 Shir Khan released the album compilation ’Dancing & Romancing’ to great critical press acclaim.
Label boss Shir Khans excellent A&R skills proceed him by this point, but taking stock of just a fraction of what hes signed along the way really drives his reputation home. From breaking Claptone as an unknown artist to helping him become one of the biggest-selling names in dance music to introducing the world to other major players like Adana Twins, Doctor Dru and Joyce Muniz, he has unearthed a staggering amount of talent in such a short space of time. Browse through the labels 150+ releases and you’ll also see an impressive plethora of acclaimed names from across the house, techno and disco sphere: Tensnake, Metronomy, Modeselektor, Siriusmo, Munk, Whitesquare, Julio Bashmore, Michael Mayer, Shit Robot, Fort Romeau, Frankey & Sandrino, Untold, John Tejada, Phil Weeks, Cosmin TRG, Art Department, Freeform Five, Locked Groove, Deetron, Detroit Swindle, Mark E, Acid Pauli, Ralph Lawson, Fred Falke – the list goes on and on.
In 2017 Mixmag nominated Exploited as Label Of The Decade in the genre house.
Shir Khan is also a fan of disco house reworks and established the cult Vinyl series Black Jukebox. Shir Khan’s  trusty team of terrace-friendly edit specialists, alchemy masters of turning the raw ore of disco’s past into soundsystem ready house bangers for the outdoor summer parties has seen wide support from big DJs such as Solomun, Bicep, Soul Clap, Tiger & Woods, Jamie Jones, Loco Dice, Tensnake, Pete Tong, Laurent Garnier, Eats Everything, David August and many more.
Shir Khan furthermore launched the Secret Gold series on Exploited which features extended family members and a new sub-label Exploited Ghetto NOW Exploited Club.
Remember, the fun never stops when Shir Khan’s in town.

DJMAG:
“A labour of love for label boss Shir Khan, Exploited Records has built its name by releasing danceable, hard-working records. Larger than life.”

XLR8R: “SHIR KHAN is one of Berlin’s hardest working and most entertaining DJs in any of the dozen genres he plays in.”

PITCHFORKMEDIA: “It’s like everything good that’s happening in dance culture right this second.”

Passionate.
A good ear.

Always opened to discovered new sounds, new artists.

Dreaming of managing artists that have the ability to blow up my heart

My mission on Soundcloud: share productions that hold my attention, leaving comments, be a motivation for artists that I like, and enjoying music of course.

Send me your stuff, I'll take a look at it!

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Shir Khan started Exploited in 2007. Exploited Rec now plays host to some wide-ranging and innovative electronic talent - including Adana Twins, Claptone, Budakid, Joyce Muniz, James Curd, Shir Khan (to name a few) - and its artists have been receiving numerous supportive spins from the likes of Solomun, Pete Tong, Soul Clap, Wolf&Lamb, Azari&III, Jesse Rose, Axel Boman and A-Trak.
This is serious dance music at it's most cutting edge with all the juice to really get you going. It's totally contemporary, innovative and has a chunky dirty feel. "Exploited" take you on an invigorating roller coaster ride back to your youth when you first listened to dance music with all the thrills and spills you so enjoyed about clubbing. It's heavy, exciting and special.
'"Exploited Records" is a seamless melting pot of varied styles that simply can't fail to please even the most discerning ears. Highlights here are plentyful. Not to be missed at any cost.' (Clash)
'Musical hybrids are truly the flavour of today, but few have managed to capture the atmosphere of an unpredictable microcosm of a night out on a recordlabel - until now. Shir Khan's label "Exploited" bottles the zeitgeist's giddy thrills with plenty of style and substance. This is dance music hybridism in all its most glorious forms, and Shir Khan is an expert at making square pegs fit round holes.' (DJ-Mag)
'"Exploited Records" boss Shir Khan has been gaining a lot of acclaim recently, and deservedly so - as he has shown us the high quality, diversity and forward-thinking nature of his label. Engaging, riveting and diverse.' (Data Transmission)

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2025

04.01, Overtheunderpub, Bydgoszcz, MICRONOCE vs. OBSCURA
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14.02, Reduta Morast, Kołobrzeg, MICRONOCE vs. OBSCURA
28.02, House Szkolna, Poznań, SWITCH vs. CHANNEL
01.03, People of Real Narnia, Poznań, CHANNEL
24.04, Centrala, Gorzów Wlkp., MICRONOCE
09.05, UV Klub, Łódź, MICRONOCE
16-18.05, Bursztyn Fest, Dźwirzyno, MICRONOCE
13.06, Rewiry, Poznań, MICRONOCE
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28.06, Pracownia Art-Club, Warszawa, The Substance
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2024
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31.05 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, MICRONOCE
21-22.06 Festiwal Obra, Gorzyca, MICRONOCE
28.06, Bękarty, Poznań, MICRONOCE
5-6.07, Festiwal Resonation, MICRONOCE
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30-31.08, Festiwal Mech, Maróżek, MICRONOCE
20.09, Bękarty, Poznań, MICRONOCE
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27-28.09, Bursztyn Fest, Dźwirzyno, MICRONOCE
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26.10, Festiwal Spektrum, Świdnica, Channel
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30.12, Pracovnia Art Club, Warszawa, The Substance

2023
20.01 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, COLLECTOR'S MOOD
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19.03 Bękarty, Poznań, MICRONOCE
31.03 Kisielice, Poznań, MICRONOCE
19.04 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, the SUBSTANCE
22.04 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, MICRONOCE
11.05 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, the SUBSTANCE
26.05 Oficyna, Poznań, MICRONOCE
02.06 Bękarty, Poznań, MICRONOCE
10.06 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, the SUBSTANCE 
23-25.06 Festiwal Obra, Gorzyca, MICRONOCE
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15.09 Schron, Poznań, MICRONOCE
22.09 Bękarty, Poznań, MICRONOCE
14.10 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, MICRONOCE
8.12 Bękarty, Poznań, MICRONOCE
30.12 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, the SUBSTANCE

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3-5.06 Festiwal Studnovo, Nowa Studnica, MICRONOCE
28.05 House Szkolna, CHANNEL
25.06 Kisielice, MICRONOCE
2.09 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, MICRONOCE
22.10 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, COLLECTOR'S MOOD
18.11 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, MICRONOCE
10.12 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, COLLECTOR'S MOOD
17.12 Bękarty, Poznań, MICRONOCE
31.12 Pracovnia Art-Club, Warszawa, CHANNEL

2021
2-4.07 Festiwal Studnovo, Nowa Studnica, MICRONOCE
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13.08 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
20-22.08 Festiwal Studnovo, Nowa Studnica, MICRONOCE
15.10 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
10.12 Kisielice, Poznań, MICRONOCE

2020
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21.02 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
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18.09 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
2.10 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2019
17.05 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
05.07 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
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15.09 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, COLLECTOR'S MOOD
25.10 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE 
29.11 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2018
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2017
21.01 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
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28.04 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
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22.12 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2016
12.03 Bassment, Frankfurt/Oder, BIAŁE NOCE
01.07 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
16.07 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
06.08 Rum na Kościach, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
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2015
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12.11 Sansibar, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2014
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14.11 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
19.12 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2013
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2012
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2011
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26.02 Emforiu, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
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15.04 Baker Street, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
20.04 8 bitów, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
14.05 Pizza House, Szamotuły, BIAŁE NOCE 
01.06 8 bitów, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
5.11 8 bitów, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2010
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26.02 Emforiu, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
06.03 Pizza House, Szamotuły, BIAŁE NOCE
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29.05 Pizza House, Szamotuły, BIAŁE NOCE
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29.12 8 bitów, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2008
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15.02 Balinga, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
14.04 Emforiu, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
09.05 Emforiu, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE & MICROMISSION
25.04 Balinga, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
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11.07 Pizza House, Szamotuły, BIAŁE NOCE
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30.08 Lokomotywa, Gniezno, BIAŁE NOCE
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02.10 Kisielice, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
24.10 Balinga, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
06.11 Pizza House, Szamotuły, BIAŁE NOCE
12.12 Balinga, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE

2007
07.09 Balinga, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
09.11 Balinga, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE
30.11 Balinga, Poznań, BIAŁE NOCE