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Homework - unlike their lower case counterpart that serves as the agony of school kids everywhere - are responsible for shaking up house music in a big way in 2010. Calling their “Fissa Tune” EP on Exploited Records a “breakout record” might be an exaggeration because it’s hardly the duo’s debut. However, the title track showed a comfort and skill for transforming a Romanian traditional oboe song into a full body shakedown jacking house track adorned with guttural yelps, and “I Got One (You’re It)” loops a warm soul diva vocal into the kind of siren song that could seduce any kind of dance floor. It was one of those EPs where you couldn’t even choose a favorite because they’re all so good. Following it up with an equally heralded EP on Made to Play and a big, wild, often unexpected remix package on Exploited, Homework (comprised of Zip &amp; Tom) succeed in something many other people haven’t lately; making dance music that’s equally satisfying for your feet and brain. With a full schedule of international gigs (including Berlin's Panoramabar) and top remixes in the pipeline (Round Table Knights a.o.), Homework provide a unique and diverse sound and guarantee serious business behind the decks. As a teaser for their next EP on Exploited, to be released in February 2011, we present you with "Lenny", which takes Lenny Kravitz’ seminal track “I Belong To You” and turns it into something infectiously catchy. Whether its "true revision" or “the ’stick a kick drum on it!’ philosophy”, Homework have taken a commercial hit and turned it into something so lush that maybe even Larry Levan might have played it out. They took those 90's sentiments and rearranged them to be retrofitted in this era; pure revisionist nostalgia. Although in the end, it’s all about the way it makes you move.

Already roadtested by DJ SNEAK (Magnetic/Oomph Recordings), SOUL CLAP (Wolf&amp;Lamb), JAZZANOVA (Sonarkollektiv), JESSE ROSE (Made to Play), EROL ALKAN (Phantasy), DJ T (Get Physical), CATZNDOGS (Mothership/Dirty Bird), DJ GREGORY (Defected) and a bunch of other cool cats.

DJ SNEAK (Magnetic/Oomph Recordings): "Very cool remix."
SOUL CLAP (Wolf&amp;Lamb): "Edit is super nice."
CATZNDOGS (Mothership/Dirty Bird): "Yeah!!!!!"
JESSE ROSE (Made to Play): "Proper Summer Anthem (Well its summer in Australia!)."
JAZZANOVA (Sonarkollektiv): "Funny tune here. Thanx."
DJ GREGORY (Defected): "Cool!"
MANO LE TOUGH (Mirau): "Cool. Will try it out. Thanks."
ND BAUMECKER (Berghain/Panoramabar): "Disco I hear ya!"
BRETT JOHNSON (Cynosure Recordings): "This is nice. It killed this weekend bigtime. Played it at weetamix but the people at fabric seemed to know the words. Was seeing a few girls with heads back, eyes closed singing the words! was cool..."
PEZZNER (Freerange): "I love this!"
LEE JONES (Aus, Liebe * Detail, My My, Playhouse, Watergate): "Great! Will play."
PHIL WEEKS (Robsoul): "Nice!!"
CROOKERS (Southern Fried): "x + x = y" 
DJ MAG UK: "Big Tune. Instant killer. Cant believe how massive this is!"
IDJ MAG UK: "Homework have the golden touch right now. Another supurb release!" 
XLR8R USA: "Cool Edit."
TSUGIMAG FRANCE: "Nice."
ONLY FOR DJS MAG FRANCE: "A Proof that all kinds of music can be melt together! Pure class!"
ALTSOUNDS UK: "Its 90's dance pop with an edge."
MICHAEL REINBOTH (Compost): "Nice one. Good. Will play it."
CHRISTIAN PROMMER (Compost): "Cool version. Thanks."
WAREIKA (Tartelet): "Always loved Lenny Kravitz's original. Great version to play on the dancefloor from Homework!"
TOMAS BARFORD (Mirau): "Funny."
CAMEL (Deadfish): "Nice one! Full support from me! Thanks!"
GARY MARTIN (Teknotika Records): "This is f..n sweet!! gary martin."
MELON (Ratio?/Platzhirsch): "Will test."
ADAM PORT (Keinemusik/Souvenir): "Cool edit and one of my fav tunes from Lenny Kravitz."
SPOEK (BBE): "Been waiting a decade for thissssss."
TEKI LATEX (Sound Pellegrino): "Pretty pretty nice."
JOYCE MUNIZ (Exploited): "This is great. Love this remix! Can see all the girls getting crazy on the dancefloor!"
MARCO SÖNKE (Cocoon): "Homework is one of the hottest Acts right now. Great gift, sureplayer in the next weeks."
PLAYMODE (Exploited): "Smooooooth and silky. I'm glad this belongs to meeee now.....thank you, you :)"
YOLANDA BE COOL (Sweat it out!): "Love it...love homewok!!!"
DCUP (Sweat it out!): "Thank you so so much. I've been playing the mixtape rip. I love it. I love you guys."
TOMMIE SUNSHINE (Brooklyn Fire): "This is fucking quality! Nice work."
JET PROJECT (Get Physical/Snatch!): "Super funky workout. Sure to get the ladies on the floor."
BENI (Kitsune): "Yeah."
MUMDANCE (Mad Decent/Grecoroman): "Love this."
STEREO MCs: "Love the Build up full of funk. This is effortless."
JOOST VAN BELLEN (Rauw): "As you say: It's a great dj tool. Very well made, brilliantly balanced, could work in many sets, from warm ups to the more cosmic disco ones. Love the balearic feel to it. Will surely play it."
KAROTTE (Cocoon): "Love it!!"
GINA TURNER (Sound Pellegrino): "Loving this! Full support! I can see myself playing this in all my sets! I was just saying, "MAN I LOVE EXPLOITED" and, then hit play, and of course i am not disappointed... ever!! thanks!"
NICK CATCHDUBS (Fools Gold): "Remember the story about Lenny Kravitz' overflowing penthouse toilet ruining the apartment underneath? I only bring it up because this remix is also THE SHIT, really subtle and awesome."



Homework - Lenny

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)

UKKO AKA DJ UPI ALIAS SIR WINSTON - Helsinki 
House, nu-disco, organic, tech, techno, desert

Upi's story is the classic one about trying to belong to a group that you like while soul searching for your own thing at the same time. His DJ career started from organising underground parties in a cannon cave, old train tunnel and local public sauna in his hometown Helsinki. In a couple of years he was jumping up the club rankings and was nominated as one of the most promising upcoming names in the Finnish DJ scene with his soulful and pumping organic house sound. A few years later Upi was already deejaying, producing and promoting 100+ club events and festivals per year, had five residencies around Helsinki, hosted two radio shows, MiscBehaving in Finland and Jack The Box w/ Tyree Cooper & Bobby Starrr in Berlin - all at the same time. The parties and radio shows were visited by both underground and mainstream electronic music stars from the likes of Marcel Fengler, La Fleur and Jori Hulkkonen to Faithless, Jody Wisternoff and Todd Terry. He was also touring places like katerHolzig & Humboldthain in Berlin, Rose's Cantina in Amsterdam, Slakthuset in Stockholm, etc. while operating bookings and as a resident DJ at his Paino night club project in Turku. It became clear the situation was not going to last. It was all way too much.

This is the moment when Upi's next alias, UKKO, came into the picture. UKKO is Upi's real first name (without all caps, of course!) and it means the Finnish god of thunder. Under this alias Upi started to play only wild and deep techno sets - back again in the Finnish underground scene. To add more confusion, he released a soulful house remix on Hypernatural.Berlin under the same name. Time with UKKO was a blast but he also had to admit he likes a broader range of music than just techno...

In 2019, Upi was invited to work with Alppila Underground - a new group that hosts underground events in his home area in Helsinki and books all the local honchos from Roberto Rodriguez to Samuli Kemppi and foreigners like Biesmans to play there. This was something Upi had been dreaming for years and now it was here. Total artistic freedom, safe space and an excellent bunch of people all in the same package! During the same year he entered the Burning Man (scene). He was booked to play gigs (that were eventually canceled for reasons related to logistics in the desert) but was also a part of Sauna On Fire collective who took an installation to the desert. This is also how his newest alias, Sir Winston was born: It became his playa name; sophisticated, mysterious and always going forward while knowing your history.

These days Upi plays and makes music under many names, depending on the nature of the project or show. If it's a peak time house set, you'll see Upi. Sir Winston appears sometime in the late morning hours when it's time to get some more euphoria to the dancefloor, experience something a little bit out of the box and take it two steps too far with eclectic cross-over attitude with no boundaries. There are some new things cooking behind closed curtains too…

Currently he is working on new music with Berlin based labels and recently shared the stage with Mathias Kaden and Ivo Naries at Siilipidu, a massive warehouse rave in Tallinn and Bling Burn in a secret location in Estonia. He also rocked the closing set again the only official Burning Man event Finland, Helsinki Decompression and got some prime time on Ibiza Sonica in July 2023. Upi is also a Pasila Pro Art resident - an art collective known for their decadent afterparties that continue long into the day in Helsinki underground.

Coming up next: Mini burns and underground parties in Helsinki and Europe.