True dedication is difficult to find these days, as is motivation when digital media has overthrown old school methods, which makes running a label an even more sinuous mission. Despite a wealth of hurdles that increasingly come with the territory, this hasn’t put an end to people’s desire to push out their own imprints. Concurrently, the same digital revolution that has thrown off the industry has also made it possible for many projects to come into the spotlight, and many of these have made a spectacular difference. Whether it’s smaller side projects of well known artists, serving up quirkier, more experimental tracks, enabling further sonic exploration, or newborn collectives doling out fresh takes on contemporary sound, 2017 has been a prolific year for record labels.
But it’s not just the approach related to creating and promoting labels that has shifted recently. In recent times, the way we make and consume music has transformed as well. A label’s role has changed into that of a full on curator, influencing current musical trends based on their selection of outputs. But it’s not a status that is easily achieved, by all means.
Moving at its own pace, ten years in the world of dance music come as a century in real life, as dancefloor trends fluctuate. In such a surrounding, creating timeless pieces is essential when maintaining a high calibre establishment. But thanks to platforms such as Soundcloud or the ever-pervasive social media channels, it’s easy to showcase tracks and kick off labels without needing the once coveted record deal. Nevertheless, record labels serve as beacons in a world where we’re inundated by more and more content.
More than just a release platform, labels are indispensable partners in artists’ careers as the one to curate only the best music, accompany it with according designs, as well as bringing in new marketing ideas or even music videos. Shir Khan’s Exploited label has been a true example of such a label, hand-picking new producers to showcase, nurturing them from early beginnings into popular household names.

Shir Khan’s strong ear for talent has seen him responsible for launching the careers of Claptone, Adana Twins, Joyce Muniz through their releases on Exploited, the label also providing a platform for established remixers and artists such as Siriusmo, Freeform Five, Munk, Modeselektor, John Tejada, Phil Weeks, Cosmin TRG, Locked Groove, Deetron, Detroit Swindle, Acid Pauli, Ralph Lawson...
Now the label Exploited celebrates ten years of releasing amazing eclectic club music with some of the best tracks from its catalogue (from 2007 until 2017). 

Artist: Various Artists
Release: 10 Years Exploited 
Label: Exploited 
Cat: EXPDIGITAL160
Publishing: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing
Releasedate: 25.12.17 (Beatport) / 25.12.17 (I-Tunes)

10 Years Exploited

Drop The P!

Lorenz Rhode - Drop The P! | Exploited

25 // Nantes, France // Music addict
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x tutti frutti-Tanzgesellschaft 
x Techno Truck 
x 1/2 Part of Spice Boys 🌶️🌶️

Kontakt über: 
tuttifrutti-tanzgesellschaft@stille-post.com
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Dates:

2025*

15.11. tutti frutti presents >> Secret Location // Berlin
07.09. *Spice Boys >> Sommerabschlussbums @ Techno Truck // Berlin 
23.09. Birthday Special // alte Gießerei, Berlin
05.07. Sommerfest // Schwanebeck
03.05. *Schlagerlikör >> Techno Truck // Berlin 
18.04. Gängeviertel // Hamburg 
08.03. 2Jahre tutti frutti *Spice Boys >> Studio db // Berlin
01.03. ABC#10 >> Lighthouse, Strandbad Plötzensee // Berlin
 
2024*
 
30.11. *B2B e.Kato - ABC #9 >> Humboldthain Club // Berlin
07.09. *Spice Boys >> Sommer Abschluss Bums // Berlin 
13.07.  *Spice Boys >> tutti frutti Sommergala // alte Gießerei, Berlin 
01.06. Wild Wedding // Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 
20.04. Trip to Mars >> Zone Zero // Berlin
06.04. tutti frutti Amore >> BulBul // Berlin 
22.03. *B2B e.Kato >> Zone Zero // Berlin 
03.02. 1 Year tutti frutti >> Roderich // Berlin 

2023*

16.12. *B2B Bibis Swift >> Lidolino // Berlin
01.12. *B2B Bibsi Swift >> Hörsaal // Hamburg
24.11. Tutti Frutti >> Nous Nous // Leipzig 
09.09. *B2B Matan >> Sommer Abschluss Bums, Garage // Berlin 
10.06. Techno Truck Kids-Rave >> Garage // Berlin
09.06. *B2B e.Kato >> Beate Uwe // Berlin
13.05. Disko Theke >> Zukunft // Chemnitz 
30.04. *B2B Matan >> Garage goes Jungle // Berlin
29.04. *B2B Bibsi Swift >> Techno Truck goes Jungle // Berlin 
08.04. Easter Rave // Hamburg 
11.03. Private Fun // Berlin 
28.01. Roderich // Berlin 
15.01. Private // Berlin

2022*

31.12. Uferhallen // Berlin 
17.09. Wedding hoch zwei  // Brandenburg
27.08. Zaubersee-Festival // Brandenburg
22.06. Playground // Berlin
25.05. Playground // Berlin
01.05. *B2B Matan / Into the outer Space >> 
Garage // Berlin 
30.04. Into the outer Space >> Garage // Berlin

2021*

26.11. Goldkuss // Berlin
29.10. Garage Halloween Special // Berlin
17.09. Garage Rave // Berlin 
11.09. Rückenwind & Friends Festival // Berlin 
04.09. Panther Ray Floß // Berlin
01.05. 1.Mai Special // Berlin
06.03. 4th Dimension // Berlin

2020*

22.08. Soundmill Festival // Brandenburg
28.02. Repeat // Berlin
14.02. Private Fun // Hamburg
01.02. Kugelbahn // Berlin

2019*

06.12. Casa Pepe // Leipzig
30.11. Private Fun // Berlin
20.04. Conne Island // Leipzig
16.03. Monaco Treff // Leipzig
22.02. Zukunft // Chemnitz
12.01. Kugelbahn // Berlin

2018*

22.12. Green-School // Wiese
08.12. Reset // Chemnitz
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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)