Heiko Laux & Alexander Lukat - Lucho Part.2 (Original Mix)

I Walk Alone (For Your Love) (Art Of Tones Remix)

Max Lyazgin - Good Trip (Satin Jackets remix)

What a year it’s been for the Exploited Crew. Their key artists have travelled the world, headlining festivals and played the world’s coolest parties. 
2014 closes with a selection of 16 Exploited tracks that went down like a storm. 
This year has been a whirlwind for Exploited but this is just the warm up. 
2015 already promises a debut artist album from Claptone on Exploited, live show and remixes for some of the world’s most influential.

Label: Exploited 
Artist: Various Artists
Release: #EXPLOITED 2014 FFWD RWD
LC: 15799 

Releasedate: 22.12.14 

#EXPLOITED 2014 FFWD RWD

Nasty Girl

Isis Salam Feat. Kruse & Nuernberg - Nasty Girl

ANDY BUTLER'S DEBUT SOLO EP 
RELEASED ON MR.INTL
VINYL - Feb 23rd 2015
BEATPORT  - March 16th 2015
iTUNES / digital stores / streaming  - March 30th 2015

After three groundbreaking albums as Hercules & Love Affair, Andy Butler – the driving force behind the retro-futurist disco house kingpins – releases his debut solo EP on February 23rd.  

The EP features two tracks and is released on mr.intl - Butler’s own label.  Leading with You Can Shine - hard-hitting techno-soul and showcasing the impassioned vocals of rising NYC star Richard Kennedy, it’s backed with Personality Track, a whiplashing techy instrumental pounder. 

“Hercules has a collaborative, collective approach," Andy explains, "People who enjoy Hercules anticipate uplifting, vocal-orientated, disco-influenced music, something nuanced and quite musical, a proper listening experience. 'Shine' goes for a more direct approach, a stomping, uplifting club 12" but it's me, isn't it, so it will still have something of Hercules about it."

"I wanted to tap into the gospel tradition, for there to be a testifying quality to the record,” he continues. “Richard and I talk in the lyrics about putting ego aside and allowing people around you to shine. You shine when you acknowledge other people's shine, even, if you will, the creator's shine. I hope we've created something new. House is often soulful but you very rarely hear a big gospel-inflected voice paired with booming, doomy techno."

'You Can Shine' follows an incredible year for Hercules & Love Affair. Their third album 'The Feast of the Broken Heart', was released to exceptional global critical acclaim and the collective embarked on an extensive worldwide tour. A tougher, more electronic body of work than its predecessors, ‘The Feast Of The Broken Heart’ hinted at the direction in which Andy's solo material was heading.

mr.intl was launched in 2009, prompted by Andy’s travels around the world and a “fascination for regional music. I wanted to start releasing music on a global level, offering a representation of amazing music that's happening elsewhere."  Butler has accrued a wealth of new talent and lost underground classics for forthcoming release on the label. The roster includes DJs and producers from Vienna, Australia, Brazil and Iceland, the latter a band called Sisi Ey who are already making waves.  In addition to his own material, he'll be re-releasing lost classics from the acid house and Belgian New Beat eras.

In addition to live appearances with Hercules & Love Affair, Butler continues to criss-cross the globe with DJ dates in Chile, USA, Canada, Mexico and the UK in the coming months.

Connect with mr.intl:
mr.intl officlal site - http://mr-intl.net/
mr.intl Facebook - www.facebook.com/mrintlrecords
mr.intl Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/mr-intl
mr.intl Beatport - http://www.beatport.com/label/mr-intl/16923

Connect with Andy Butler and Hercules & Love Affair:
Hercules site - herculesandloveaffair.net
Hercules YouTube - herculesandloveaffair.net/YouTube-Subscribe
Hercules Facebook Page - herculesandloveaffair.net/Facebook-Like
Hercules Twitter - herculesandloveaffair.net/Twitter-Follow
Hercules Instagram - herculesandloveaffair.net/Instagram-Follow
Hercules SoundCloud - herculesandloveaffair.net/SoundCloud
Hercules MixCloud - herculesandloveaffair.net/MixCloud
Hercules Tumblr - herculesandloveaffair.net/Tumblr
Hercules Google+ - herculesandloveaffair.net/G+
Hercules Free Music - herculesandloveaffair.net/Free-Music - Get free downloads of other Hercules tracks
Hercules beatport - herculesandloveaffair.net/beatport
Hercules Spotify - herculesandloveaffair.net/Spotify


Andy Butler - You Can Shine [feat Richard Kennedy]

Second Date remix of Blackstrobe's electro classic "Italian Fireflies".

Out 5 March 2012 on Blackstrobe Records.

Black Strobe - Italian Fireflies (Second Date Remix)

Buy on Bandcamp

Simon Sim's - Leave Me

Lately I’ve been feeling super nostalgic and started reminiscing on old movies, games and music that I grew up on. Something about the complex stories being told and emotions you felt back then, all with very minimal technology being used. That has been the forefront of my inspiration these past few months while working on my next projects. I started diving into modular synthesis and live performance to have a more hands on approach to my music, as well as learning 3D animation to tell my story through the same lens that inspired it.

Let’s begin with Vol. 1…5 remixes of 5 very different artists, all inspired by the past for the modern dance floor 🪩 

Sade - Paradise (Dabs Remix)[Free Download]

The Premise

Else Born was featured on one of the finest Horixon tracks to date, 'Colours'. It was recently used as the soundtrack to the Stella McCartney produced One City, One Girl series based in Berlin. Now https://soundcloud.com/else-born, aka Turid Alida Solberg from Norwegian twisted pop sensation Philco Fiction, steps forward with her very own debut single, 'This Time/Remember'. It’s a melancholic mid-tempo track we instantly fell in love with at the Eskimo HQ. With its gentle synths, soft percussive elements and mesmerizing vocals, 'This Time/Remember' is a beautifully crafted track that creates a sense of nostalgia. 

On the remixes we find Blue Motel, a French electronic music duo based in Los Angeles, composed of Julien Nolan and Thomas Toccafondi. The cosmic grooves of Blue Motel are stepped in no particular musical tradition, but rather in multi-genre background ranging from disco, funk, house, new wave and other styles. The duo debuted in 2016 with a self-titled EP ‘Pacific Resident’ and has remixed the likes of Classixx, Poolside, Cannons and Kraak & Smaak.

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Buy/Stream

Else Born - This Time/Remember

Featuring the last recorded vocals by the late great Alan Vega. 

A shorter version is now available on the LP for Record Store Day: 
http://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2017/hifi-sean/

Hifi Sean Ft. Alan Vega - A Kiss Before Dying (Jackie House Remix)

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)