Shir Khan Presents Secret Gold 12 | Exploited

More dancefloor heat from Shir Khan’s Exploited Records arrives in the form of the twelfth edition of his ‘Secret Gold’ series.

A loose disco cut, Mingo’s ‘You Can’t Rave In A Buffalo Herd’ follows from the Hamburg resident’s ‘Sunscreen’ bomb on ‘Black Jukebox Disco House Jam Vol. 2’ last year. A filtered disco groove rises from the depths with snappy beats in support and slow phasers drenching it in waves of psych goodness. It suddenly explodes into a funked-up, soulful frenzy that is guaranteed to get fists pumping on the dancefloor. Is it summer already?
The second cut on this hot release comes from another German city: Kassel. Manolo Bronson & Zoka connect here for another slinky groove in the form of ‘Velvet Coat’. Zoka is well known on the local scene for his work booking DJs for local hotspots A.R.M. and Club Unten over the years, and he is an increasingly impressive force in the studio. Together they cook up another feel-good cut based around sweet guitar licks and vibrant live bass, with gentle Latin percussion and melancholy electric piano motifs winding their way around the meat of the track. A triumphant disco string assemblage tops the track off for a rousing finale.

Artist: Various Artists
Release: Shir Khan Presents Secret Gold 12
Label: Exploited 
Cat: EXPDIGITAL201
LC: 15799
Publisher: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing
Beatport Pre-order 22.05.20: http://www.beatport.com/release/shir-khan-presents-secret-gold-12/2922651
Releasedate Beatport/Spotify: 29.05.20
Releasedate I-Tunes: 12.06.20

Beatport

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 Featured as Belgian artist of the moment in DJ Mag Belgium Issue.
Premiered on Majestic Casual Youtube Channel with over 200 000 Plays in 1 week.

Mixmag: 'With Florida singer Marques Toliver's smooth as silk vocals weaving in and out, Compuphonic's layering of sprightly pads and deft snares make for yet another super lush house cut.'

Early support by BBC Radio 1/Danny Howard, Laurent Garnier, Robag Wruhme, DJ T, Tensnake, The Magician, Miguel Campbell, Karotte, Arthur Baker, Adana Twins, Agoria, Doctor Dru, Peter Kruder, Mickey, Kartell, Ruede Hagelstein, Lane 8 and many more.

Instrumentals and Radio Edits upon request: mail to info@exploitedghetto.de or leave feedback in comments if you require so.

Pre-Order ITunes:
http://bit.ly/CompuphonicMagicalShoes

With over 7 million plays and counting on YouTube Compuphonic's 2011 collaboration with Marques Toliver, 'Sunset' raised the bar pretty high. Since then Maxime has gone on to produce remixes for the likes of Giorgio Moroder, Gotye even and fellow Belgians The Subs (winning a Red Bull award in the process) and release two acclaimed EPs on Berlin label Exploited.

Now finally Maxime and Marques have reunited for a new EP on Exploited, 'Magical Shoes', and the results are everything we could have hoped for.

Having delivered two huge club hits in 2014 with ’Radio Atlantis’ and ’O Cypres’, Belgian star Compuphonic returns this February with his third EP for Exploited, ‘Magical Shoes’. 2 tracks of sublime House music, the ‘Magical Shoes’ EP sees Compuphonic finally reunited with the Beyoncé approved American singer Marques Toliver, whose vocals previously graced Maxime’s 2012 breakout hit ’Sunset’.

Once again this Transatlantic pairing have struck gold as Compuphonic’s distinctive brand of deeply emotional, nuanced, House Music provides the perfect setting for Marques’ plaintive vocals. With it’s distinctive Korg M1 organ and shuffling beats ‘Magical Shoes’ instantly brings to mind legendary ‘90s New York clubs like The Sound Factory but thanks to Compuphonic’s production skills it goes well beyond that of simple period pastiche and sounds utterly fresh for 2015, a bonafide club hit that is already peppering the sets of DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Tensnake and The Magician.

As the title suggests the EP’s 2nd track ‘The Sun Does Rise’ is the natural successor to the duo’s previous outing. As deep as the Pacific Ocean this is a trance inducing hymn to hope, music designed to elevate the soul as much as move the body and bring some much needed warmth back to clubland. Expect to hear this played everywhere and anywhere this year where the party goes through the night and the first morning light breaks over the dancefloor.

Recorded in the famous Vantage Point Studios in Antwerp - dEUS’s own recording studio, a special, inspiring moment for Maxime, a lifelong fan of the band - the ‘Magical Shoes’ EP cements his position as one of Europe’s most talented producers and with remixes to come soon on Carl Craig’s Planet E and more original material on Exploited, the future is looking bright for Compuphonic.

Artist: Compuphonic
Release: Magical Shoes
Label: Exploited
Release date Beatport: 09.02.15
Release date iTunes, etc: 23.02.15

Art Design by Neven Cvijanovic / Floor 5. Illustration by Laura Junger.
www.nevenswork.com
www.loragearrive.free.fr

Early Feedback:

Robag Wruhme: Will test it loud.
The Magician: Magical Shoes fit to my feet! More seriously, its very good and I’ll play it.
Miguel Campbell: Cool EP. I will support.
Kasper Bjoerke: Epic vibe on The Sun Does Rise. Thanks!
Arthur Baker: Feeling the Sun Does Rise.
Laurent Garnier: Magical Shoes: Ohhh yesssss.
Danny Howard: Very nice!!!
Tensnake: Magical Shoes is sweet.
Adana Twins: The Sun Does Rise is nice! Thank you.
Pezzner: Truly brilliant work.

Magical Shoes

The Sun Does Rise

Compuphonic - The Sun Does Rise feat. Marques Toliver | Exploited

Early support from Dusky, Adriatique, Maxxi Soundsystem, DJ T, Karotte, The/Das and many more...

Received this demo in our inbox. Googled the artist name but couldn’t find anything. Producer didnt want to give any hint but said this was made for us. What should we do? We had to sign it. Old friend Hannes Bieger mixed it and now it just bangs.

Label: Exploited Ghetto
Artist: YDNA
Release: Safari
Cat: EXP06
LC: 48629

Releasedate Beatport: 29.06.15
Releasedate I-Tunes, ect: 13.07.15 

Safari

YDNA - Safari | Exploited Ghetto

Early likes by Laurent Garnier, DJ Sneak, Luke Solomon, Ardalan, Friendly Fires, Mark Farina, Tensnake, Zoo Brazil, Jaques Renault.

Quickly following up the last, instant sell-out smashes, Shir Khan's infamous "Black Jukebox" series hit us with the 13th edition. This time Shir Khan has collected 4 heavy jams from Onsra and Kiko Navarro.

Label: Exploited
LC: 15799
Artist: Various
Cat: BJ13
Title: Shir Khan Presents Black Jukebox 13

Releasedate Vinyl: 29.6.15
Releasedate Beatport: 13.7.15
Releasedate I-Tunes: 27.7.15

300 Limited Vinyl Copies are available here:
JUNO:
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PHONICA:
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DEEJAY:
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DECKS:
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Early Feedback:
Laurent Garnier: Pure disco vibes for this very hot summer. Perfect for me.
DJ Sneak: Good EP. Support.
Luke Solomun: Love this.
Ardalan: Lovin the Chordus Rolandus tune!
Tensnake: Nice pack.
Zoo Brazil: Yeah! Just heading off to a pool party. Will def play this!
Mark Farina: Great stuff!
Friendly Fires: Very useable.
Sydney Charles: Burning Up es una bomba!
German Brigante: Amazing Release!
Jacques Renault: Fun tunes here. Gotta test em out for sure.
Ray Okpara: Chordus Rolandus is my fav.
Den Ishu: Nice funky stuff.
Justin Jay: Woo....stoked for these!
Moodymanc: Everyone’s a winner here. Live it.
Prince Language: Chordus Rolandus wins for me.
Round Table Knights: Coolio!
Kyodai We really love Burning Up!
Pete Herbert: Spot on once again.
Jey Kurmis: Love Burning Up!
Phonique: Useful music:)
Satin Jackets: Sweet House Tunes.
Yolanda Be Cool: I really really love this series.
Anna Wall: Loving the Kiko Navarro joint.

Shir Khan Presents Black Jukebox 13

Funky Town

Onsra - Funky Town | Exploited

Liked by Africaine 808 (Golf Channel), Jimpster (Freerange), Rampa (Keinemusik), Baikal (Maeve), Tiga (Turbo), Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (Grecoroman), Phil Gerus (Futureboogie), Huxley (AUS), Friendly Fires (XL), Maxxi Soundsystem (Culprit), Acid Pauli (Clown And Sunset), Munk (Gomma), Rampue (Audiolith) and many more.

The wildly creative posse from Sirens Of Lesbos return with ’Essays Volume 02' - continuing their EP series tailored exclusively for the dancefloor. «The Great Rift» is a musical overflight of the Great Rift – the so called cradle of mankind in the east of Africa. Imagine yourself sitting in a solar-powered, translucent spacecraft, hovering from the highlands of Eritrea to the North of Mozambique. Track two, «Funky Lips Of Timbuktu», is a musical kaleidoscope that melts a beat that is as dry as the Mali desert and funky Sufi lip-singing.

Artist: Sirens Of Lesbos
Release: Essays Volume 2
Label: Exploited
Cat: EXPDIGITAL123
LC: 15799
Published by: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing

Releasedate Beatport: 18.04.16
Releasedate I-Tunes: 02.05.16 

Essays, Vol. 2

The Great Rift

Stream

Sirens Of Lesbos - The Great Rift | Exploited

Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/walkman-remixes/2802070
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/album/walkman-single/1493840676
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/10mJqDh6tWI6aRPkXl7RQr

Early feedback in by Dixon, Laurent Garnier, &Me, Artbat, Carl Craig, Adana Twins, Adriatique, Tensnake, Konstantin Sibold, Jimspter, CatznDogz, Justin Cudmore, Gerd, Audiojack, Manuel Tur, Guy Gerber, AME, Whitesquare, Frankey & Sandrino, Audiofly, Paco Osuna, Camel Phat, Jonas Saalbach, Trikk, Massimiliano Pagliara, Boris Dlugosch...

BUFI Remix World Premiered by Pete Tong at BBC Radio 1:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fxqm

Budakids’ ‘Walkman’ single gets the remix treatment.
Dutch duo Tunnelvisions strip things back with monotone bass allowing the glorious synth elements to take centre stage. A more direct approach ensures that the energy never slips, aside from a deep, almost hypnotic bassline. 
Bufi lays on shaking tambourines, massive swathes of reverb and looping synth elements to increase the tension and drama at first. Then comes a warped, buzzing, electro-style riff, which trades places with a sorrowful, low-key arpeggio. Darker than the original, it provides a stark contrast to its optimistic sound and is made for more intense moments. 

Early feedback:
Laurent Garnier: Great remix by Tunnelvisions! 
&Me: Great remix package. 
Artbat: Good release.
Carl Craig: DL Thx!
Tensnake: Tunnelvisions Remix is great.
Adana Twins: Go, go, gadgetto, getto..
Adriatique: Coolio.
Jimpster: Really like both remixes here! I think Tunnelvisions just pips it for my sets but will be trying both out. Thanks!
DJ Mag France: Good remixes.Especially the Tunnelvisions Remix, even if Bufi’s one its really freaking out.
Konstantin Sibold: Great Tunnelvisions remix.
Justin Cudmore: Awesome sounds here. 
AME: Thanks. 
Jonas Saalbach: super catchy! hut ab buda
Catz n Dogz: perfect summer tune !
Audiojack: Love the Tunnelvisions Remix.
Manuel Tur: Cool, hypnotic Tunnelvisions Remix. Liking this a lot.
Whitesquare: both remixes are great but my fav is tunnel vision x"
Gerd: Beautiful tracks!
Massimiliano Pagliara: Tunnelvisions Remix is dope. 
Frankey & Sandrino: Sensational remixes! Love them both. 
Guy Gerber: Downloaded.
Audiofly: Bufi Remix is the bomb. 
Paco Osuna: Will try. 
Camel Phat: Wow. Too good. 
Trikk: Bufi Remix. 
Maxxi Soundsystem: Like both of these remixes. 
Boris Dlugosch: Wow. Grossartig. 
Show-B: Nice package.
Peter Kruder: Fantastic Tunnelvisions Remix! The Bufi Remix is great as well.

Artist: Budakid
Release: Walkman Remixes
Label: Exploited 
Cat: EXPDIGITAL198
LC: 15799
Publisher: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing
Releasedate Beatport/Spotify: 27.03.20
Releasedate I-Tunes: 10.04.20

Walkman Remixes

Walkman (Tunnelvisions Remix)

Budakid - Walkman (Tunnelvisions Remix) | Exploited

Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/shir-khan-presents-secret-gold-12/2922651
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/album/shir-khan-presents-secret-gold-12-single/1506475869
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4R2tmkCYG4Z1sFfRTe5Xdy

More dancefloor heat from Shir Khan’s Exploited Records arrives in the form of the twelfth edition of his ‘Secret Gold’ series.

A loose disco cut, Mingo’s ‘You Can’t Rave In A Buffalo Herd’ follows from the Hamburg resident’s ‘Sunscreen’ bomb on ‘Black Jukebox Disco House Jam Vol. 2’ last year. A filtered disco groove rises from the depths with snappy beats in support and slow phasers drenching it in waves of psych goodness. It suddenly explodes into a funked-up, soulful frenzy that is guaranteed to get fists pumping on the dancefloor. Is it summer already?
The second cut on this hot release comes from another German city: Kassel. Manolo Bronson & Zoka connect here for another slinky groove in the form of ‘Velvet Coat’. Zoka is well known on the local scene for his work booking DJs for local hotspots A.R.M. and Club Unten over the years, and he is an increasingly impressive force in the studio. Together they cook up another feel-good cut based around sweet guitar licks and vibrant live bass, with gentle Latin percussion and melancholy electric piano motifs winding their way around the meat of the track. A triumphant disco string assemblage tops the track off for a rousing finale.

Early feedback:
Till Von Sein: Dope EP. Both tunes bringing the vibes.
Mixmag: This is great!
Claptone: Thanks!
Tensnake: Thanks.
James Curd: Great.
Pete Herbert: Both winners.
Satin Jackets: Cool tracks.
Treasure Fingers: Supergood. 
Luna City Express: Both songs are very nice!
DJ T: Thank you for the music.
Speaking Minds: Disco Vibes baby!
Joyce Muniz: Lovely tunes.

Artist: Various Artists
Release: Shir Khan Presents Secret Gold 12
Label: Exploited 
Cat: EXPDIGITAL201
LC: 15799
Publisher: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing
Releasedate Beatport/Spotify: 29.05.20
Releasedate I-Tunes: 12.06.20

Shir Khan Presents Secret Gold 12

Velvet Coat

Manolo Bronson & Zoka - Velvet Coat | Exploited

You Can't Rave In A Buffalo Herd

Mingo - You Can't Rave In A Buffalo Herd | Exploited

Send demos here: https://www.tstack.link/exploited-GBaXdMGvJLHubDbFJtn9O
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)