If you want to throw a successful block party, you need to get the sound, the system and the beats just right!' Mo' Horizons have done exactly that with their new album. 'Mo' Horizons and the Banana Soundsystem' is about putting the groove in place, as entertaining and profound as possible: 'We were touring to such an extent that we were nearly going bananas,' Mo' Horizons creative mastermind Ralf Droesemeyer recollects the last few years. 'It was as much fun as it was a colourful trip exploring the music of the world.

Mo' Horizons - Cowboy Bossa feat. Yanez

An official remix of the brilliant "Hit The Road Jack" (Pa Ne Estrada) by Mo Horizons

Mo Horizons - Hit the road Jack - Skeewiff Remix

'Secret in the Dark' out on October 2, 2015
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Monika Christodoulou has been writing and performing her original songs on the Athens, Greece music scene since she was a teenager. After early breakout success with a string of deeply emotional self-recorded tracks posted online, Monika's 2008 debut LP was a platinum seller in her homeland, and she quickly became a major concert draw across Greece and Cyprus, headlining all the major festivals. Her second LP, released in 2010, continued Monika's success at home, but she was already becoming restless, for a different sound and a new direction. On a trip to New York in 2012, Monika made a pilgrimage to Daptone Records' Brooklyn headquarters, to see where some of her favorite artists recorded -- from Sharon Jones to Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson. Almost on a whim, Monika knocked on the door, and Homer Steinweiss (founding member of the Dap-Kings & Menahan Street Band) answered. Soon she was playing demos she had on her phone for Homer and Thomas Brenneck (MSB, Budos Band, etc). The connection was immediate, and the next stage of Monika's career began. 

The whole of 2014, Homer and Monika worked together on her songs and her sound, and together they shaped what was to become Secret in the Dark (out Oct. 2, 2015 on Other Music Recording Co.). Recorded at Steinweiss and Brenneck's Dunham Sound Studios in Brooklyn, with Homer producing, Brenneck recording, and a band that included most of the Menahan Street Band, and various members of the Dap-Kings, Antibalas, and others from the Daptone family, the album puts Monika's incredible voice and talents as a songwriter and performer into a completely new context, and also pushes Homer and the band in directions they have rarely explored before. A mix of organic '70s-styled leftfield disco, '80s art-pop, and much more, Secret in the Dark is a distinctly New York album with a breezy Mediterranean heart. It's soulful, arty, and a ton of fun -- a dance record that is much more than that, and will serve as the introduction to the world of the amazing artist and personality that is Monika. 

Monika - Secret In The Dark

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Video Premiere by Wonderland Magazine.
Watch the video by CLAAP! & Santana for JACQUES here:
https://youtu.be/ClUdtypxsYU

"In a sea of identikit imprints, Berlin born label Exploited continues to surprise and impress us with their unique and varied output. Case in point, this new video release from Paris DJ duo CLAAP! and DJ-cum-vocalist Santana – no, not the Spanish guitar legend, but someone altogether more modern. Part of a “mini compilation” edition (and an ongoing series) that also includes cuts from Until The Ribbon Breaks, Sirens Of Lesbos and K.E.E.N.E., “Jacques” has finally got the video treatment, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Oozing holiday vibes, the sunwashed visuals come courtesy of Polina Rabtseva, a fine art videographer whose output has included both work for big brands like Mercedes and Bacardi, as well as more esoteric explorations of erotica – from, importantly, Rabtesva’s female perspective. Filmed in Dune du Pilat (close to Bordeaux in France), and one of CLAAP!’s favorite places on earth, the video follows a bunch of real-life friends having an enviably good time; it’s the perfect accompaniment to the track’s ludicrously buoyant beat and unashamedly good vibes. Plug in and lay back…"
(http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2016/07/video-premiere-jacques-claap-feat-santana/)
"CLAAP! dévoile un clip très summer vibes pour "Jacques". Un titre en featuring avec son acolyte de toujours : Santana."
(http://www.villaschweppes.com/article/claap-nous-embarque-chez-jacques_a24480/1)

Appreciated by Secousse, Joakim, Tiga, Boilerroom, Atjazz, dOP, Acid Pauli, Tsugi Mag, I-Robots, Super Flu, Peter Kruder, Atish, Qzen, Agoria, Severino/Horse Meat Disco, Zombie Nation, Kito Jempere, Jacques Renault, Private Agenda, Satin Jackets...

Exploited’s semi-regular “mini compilation” series continues, with Shir Khan collecting together a highly eclectic quartet of new cuts from the label featuring CLAAP! & Santana, Until The Ribbon Breaks, Sirens Of Lesbos and K.E.E.N.E. 

Artist: Various Artists
Release: Shir Khan Presents Secret Gold 08
Label: Exploited
Cat: EXPDIGITAL130
LC: 15799
Published by: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing

Releasedate Beatport: 11.07.16
Releasedate I-Tunes: 25.07.16

First Feedback:

Secousse: I like Jacques! Nice Summer Vibes. Will playlist in Secousse Radio. Nice selection in general. Respect! :)
Joakim: Post Soviet Funk is coolio.
Atjazz: Very very very tasty!
Boilerroom: !
Atish: Pressure and Post-Soviet Funk have some nice funkiness within reason. Thanks.
I-Robots: I-Robots approved.
Peter Kruder: Nice selection!
Severino/Horse Meat Disco: Yes. Lovely vibe.
Super Flu: Nice. Danke.
Kito Jempere: Superb. Love it. Especially Jacques.
Jacques Renault: I like Jacques track. Hehe:)
Acid Pauli: :)
Jonny Cruz: Dope EP!
Aarop Roy: Nice eclectic collection.
Tsugi Mag: Cool Sirens Remix.
Satin Jackets: Cool!
Qzen: All about Jacques.
Zombie Nation: Yes!
Larse: Nice package. Feeling all tracks.
Renato Ratier: Great sounds.
Private Agenda/International Feel: Love Post-Soviet Funk - super slow-burner with great percussive elements. Will play that one out for sure! 

Shir Khan Presents Secret Gold, Vol. 8

Jacques feat. Santana

CLAAP! - Jacques feat. Santana | Exploited

Kendra Morris "Concrete Waves"

TM Juke -Playground Games (Feat. Alice Russell)

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Late at Night

Simon Says - Late At Night (Original Mix)

Mop Mop - Kamakumba

Vinyl - https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/last-night-in-sant-celoni-incl-in-flagranti-remix

With summer finally making its presence felt, Payfone makes its Leng Records debut with a simmering, sunset-ready sizzler that oozes drowsy heat from start to finish. It’s a slow-burn dancefloor beauty all right, but we expect nothing less from Anglo Italian Phil Passera and his growing band of musical collaborators.

Since making their debut with the brilliant “International Smark” back in 2013, Payfone has delivered a swathe of superb singles which cannily combine elements of boogie, disco, NYC proto-house, acid house and Balearica in uniquely alluring ways. Passera has a reputation for using no samples in his creations, instead favouring live instrumentation, classic electronic hardware and ear-catching vocals.
 
Since we last heard from Payfone, Passera has moved his studio from his East London warehouse to a wooden shack in Sant Celoni, a sleepy Catalonian town near Barcelona nestled in the foothills of the Montseny and Montnegre mountain ranges. The inspiration of his new surroundings is clear on this warm, groovy and undeniably picturesque composition.

“Last Night In San Celoni” is a  love letter from two girls meeting and falling in love amidst the tumbling streets and dramatic views of this little-known town just a few miles up the Mediterranean coast from Barcelona.

Featuring the innocent, under stated singing of Los Angeles’ based Jaz James and the seductive Spanish speech of Beunos Aries-based Lumdilla Rodriguez, the duo narrates a romantic, bilingual love story that will melt your heart. Incidentally, it could well be the first (partly) English-language song dedicated to Sant Celoni, but don’t quote us on that.
 
Musically, Payfone is in fine form on “Last Night in San Celoni” where Phil Passera offers up a warm and humid chunk of soft-touch dancefloor bliss underpinned by a combination of vintage analogue drum machine, 1980s style slap bass, rich electric piano motifs, and casually brilliant jazz guitar flourishes provided by regular Payfone guitarist Royce Wood Junior.
 
This result of years of collaborative work  (this song began as a keyboard riff written in a New York studio in the heatwave of 2014), the track’s sumptuous groove seems to gently tug at the senses like the lapping waves on a Baleric Mediterranean beach at Sunset.

The original mix comes accompanied by a more up-beat interpretation by Swiss stalwarts In Flagranti. Opting to fatten the groove whilst dubbing out many of the assembled musical elements, the experienced duo brilliantly wraps lo-fi synthesizer lead lines and 1980s package holiday pop flourishes around a chugging, low-slung groove that will have even the laziest dancers skipping towards the dancefloor.

LENG SHOP

Payfone - Last Night In Sant Celoni (Radio Edit)

Soulful Funk inspired track with teasing vocal hook and an earthy midtempo groove, WaWa guitars and strong driving percussions capturing a south European underground clubsound! Another big step for Mo' Horizon on their "Modern Urban Sound" ladder! Featuring remixes by ex-Courduroy member Ben Human!

Mo' Horizons - Gonna Be (Ben Human Remix)

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Exploited Rec promises to strip the wallpaper from the walls of your home stereo.
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)