Props from Pedro Winter, Friendly Fires, DJ Sneak, Tim Paris, Jose Padilla, dOP, Severino, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs...

"If you like your grooves funk-fuelled and analog, then look no further than James Curd’s rather glorious triple track ep. ‘Checking Out NYC’ is a growling plucked bass, tight vocal cries, trickling keys and a spoken word vocal for extra cool. The piano chords go to church, amping up the energy all the way, whilst the 303s add that acid burble that gives rave reflux a good name. ‘Vertigo’ is a crisp snare and bungee bassline dance off that will make the old skool househeads lose their shit and make the nu-schoolers green with nu-acid house envy. What marks it out from the acid house wish they weres is that it layers on a tropical steel drum top line that is so beautifully musical and hooky that you can’t help but love it. Like the lyric says ‘At first I’m feeling high, then i’m feeling low, i’m trying to keep my focus, feels like vertigo’… We live this out on the dancefloor. It speaks to us. It gets my vote for this lyric alone. ‘Dance and Dash’ is an upbeat treat with double bass, 808s, bottle hits and steel drums going in and hard at it with the odd vocal whoop just for fun. Funky Chi-town vibes for those who know." (https://www.dmcworld.net/reviews/james-curd-checking-nyc-exploited/)

James Curd has been busy with scoring and supervising movie soundtracks in the last months but finally found time to deliver new music. He has been collaborating with Filip from Daytime Discoact Poolside from LA as well as Chicago Legend DJ Deeon. Upcoming releases include cult Chicago label Trax Records, Repopulate Mars (Lee Foss’ new label - including mixes from Lee Foss himself and Felix Da Housecat), Eskimo, Sweat It Out and us: Exploited:) We can’t clearly remember how many Old Chi Acid House Tracks he sent us but in the end here are the 3 tracks we chose. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Checking out Nyc

Checking Out NYC

James Curd - Checking Out NYC | Exploited

... moved from Germany to Bulgaria (Sofia)

Discordance Records

DJ House, Hip Hop, Trip Hop

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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>> Next stops >>
31.10.25 | Planet Caravan | London, UK
29.11.25 | Usual Suspects | Wiltshire, UK


<< Past gigs <<
30.08.25 | Mistress Mary | Cambridgeshire, UK
02.08.25 | Wilderness Festival | Oxfordshire, UK
26.07.25 | Energy Fields | Cotswolds, UK
12.07.25 | Noisily Festival | Leicestershire, UK
28.03.25 | Mimi Disco | CDMX, Mexico
01.02.25 | Disco Bizarre @ KitKat Club | Berlin
20.12.24 | Tegel Boys LIVE @ NAHC | London, UK
15.11.24 | Private party @ Unit 58 | London, UK
09.11.24 | Melopee Records @ Terminal Club | Lyon
07.09.24 | Pickle Juice @ Olso Hackney | London
10.08.24 | Heartwood Festival 2024 | Wiltshire, UK
14.07.24 | Noisily Festival 2024 | Leicestershire, UK
31.05.24 | Dombrance LIVE @ Bush Hall | London
11.05.24 | QUEST | London, UK
24.09.23 | Format Festival 2023 | Bentonville, USA
22.07.23 | Secret Garden Party 2023 | UK
10.07.23 | Noisily Festival 2023 | Leicestershire, UK
25.06.23 | Rabbit Hole @ Glastonbury Festival 2022
16.06.23 | Summer Solstice @ KOKO | London, UK
20.05.23 | Orb LIVE @ Electric Brixton | London, UK
06.05.23 | Ukukhapha | Cambridgeshire, UK
05.05.23 | Parable Vitalic LIVE @ VA | London, UK
15.04.23 | Discolypso @ Nell's | London, UK
04.08.22 | Heartwood Festival 2022 | Wiltshire, UK
22.07.22 | Secret Garden Party 2022 | UK
10.07.22 | Noisily Festival 2022 | Leicestershire, UK
26.06.22 | Rabbit Hole @ Glastonbury Festival 2022 
22.05.22 | Little People Party | Oxfordshire, UK
25.03.22 | Stil Vor Talent @ Steelyard | London
31.07.21 | Unusual @ Horse & Groom | London, UK

BIO:
Beyond The Struttopshere is a sonic collaboration between two DJs channelling their considerable musical production experience and boundless love of cosmic chugging dark disco. Their debut EP ‘New Frontier’ was released on Discolypso Recordings in 2020 and found much acclaim among Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston’s A Love From Outer Space online fraternity, also appearing on Juan Mclean’s (DFA Records) contribution to Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space mix series. This propelled the duo to new heights, leading to highly lauded releases on esteemed labels such as Mélopée Records, Astrolead Recordings, Discolypso, In Dark We Trust, Emerald & Doreen and X-PRESSINGS, and DJ gigs at Glastonbury’s Rabbit Hole, Secret Garden Party, Noisily Festival and Berlin’s infamous KitKat Club among many others. Beyond The Struttosphere’s music is now making sonic reverberations around the globe, hitting the dancefloors of Burning Man, House of Yes NYC, ADE, Fusion Festival, Sisyphos Berlin, and notching up remixes from notable legends of the scene including Shubostar, Rebolledo, Rigopolar, Tegel Boys, Vongold, Badknife, James Rod, Julian Sanza, Roliva, K-Effect and Mufti. The cosmonauts are frequently immersed in the studio, with live guitar now a mainstay of their productions. Their trademark sound combines fat chugging basslines with reverbed guitar riffs, syncopated arpeggiators, cosmic synths, vintage vocal samples, Italo drum fills and psychedelic 303 sequences. Check out their guest mixes on Gouranga, Mélopée, SXDNS, In Dark We Trust, Counterrasim and Something Spaecial and catch them DJ’ing this summer on the UK festival circuit. Strap in for an interstellar journey Beyond The Struttosphere! 

SUPPORT: 
Shubostar, Curses, Algy Strutt, Nick Warren, Roliva, The Juan Maclean, Alvaro Cabana, Duncan Gray, The Two Mamarrachos, Tony Y Not, Mufti, Did Virgo, Richard Sen, Strapontin, Jennifer Cardini, Juan Soto, Peza, Poulper, Kate Stein, Rigopolar, Tiempo de Maldad, Juve, Rebolledo, Ilya Santana, Chloe, Sean Johnston, Severino, Bill Brewster, Justin Robertson, Teniente Castillo, Tronik Youth, Jaye Ward, You Man, M.A.N.D.Y, Andrew Claristidge, The Soviet Union, Flash Atkins, Golden Bug, LUCiD, Danny Rampling, Red Axes, Phred Noir, Megan Leo, Theus Mago, Alan Dixon, Vongold, Justin Robertson, Franz Scala, Perel, DJ T., Bonnie Spacey, Bottin, Teniente Castillo, Badknife, Middle Sky Boom & more.