Buy / Stream: ffm.to/veljko_jovic-paris

Serbian talent Veljko Jovic has impressed with his releases on the likes of I AM DIFFERENT, Lowbit, Area Verde and Multi Notes, scoring a Top 10 on Beatport in the process with his brooding sounds. His latest effort ‘Paris’ blends elements of electro, Italo, techno and synth pop into one heady, slow-building mix.
A monotone bassline chug probes at huge snare hits and rigid woodblock hits as the track builds, with pulses of synth energy punctuating the groove. Snarling, dark textures rise slowly from the depths, building a foundation of moody energy. Atonal, filtered stabs bring the techno flavour, juxtaposing against a dainty synth line right out of the Yazoo / early ‘80s textbook. The intensity builds towards the dramatic breakdown, where suddenly a rousing riff is introduced playing pleasing fifths. A spoken French vocal delays around the stereo field dizzyingly, and a taut breakbeat rhythm satisfyingly cuts into the mix with no warning. The track continues to flex and shapeshift, providing a delightful interplay between its myriad elements to create a truly wondrous sound.

Artist: Veljko Jovic
Release: Paris
Label: Exploited Club
LC: 96788
Cat: EXP131
Publishing: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing/Sony ATV
Beatport Pre-order: 04.08.23
Release Date Streaming/Beatport: 11.08.23
Release Date Global Download: 25.08.23

Paris

Sunset Lies

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Veljko Jovic - Sunset Lies | Exploited Club

Pre-order: https://www.beatport.com/release/bypass/4014166

Bypass

SouveQ - Bypass (Theus Mago Remix) [Snippet]

ST033 - Hardt Antoine - Wake Up EP
Release date - 17|32|2023
Digital | Stream - https://lnk.to/ST033WakeUpEP

With an unparalleled burst of creative energy, Hardt Antoine debuts on Exit Strategy with his latest EP „Wake Up“. 
The release opens with "Wake Up," a track that serves as a bridge to the peak of a night, creating an ideal atmosphere for an epic party. The futuristic "3022" takes the listener on a journey that combines classic techno stabs and signature drum fills, resulting in a sound that is both old-school and cutting-edge.
He is concluding the record with "Boiling Point," a track that utilizes intense sound design to create a high-energy, continually building peak time power. Antoine pushes the intensity to the edge, creating an experience where the lid could blow off at any moment.
From start to finish this release showcases Antoine's prodigious talent for crafting exceptional melodies and captivating rhythms. Be prepared for a truly extravagant journey into the world of contemporary sound. 

Digital Only

Artwork by Götz Grammlich aka gggrafik design
„A constructed Nature of Authenticity“.

Wake UP EP

Boiling Point

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ST033 - Hardt Antoine - Boiling Point

Walter

Walter (Quadis Remix)

Sent from a distant future on the brink of collapse, Bongo & Pusk are here to dissect modern rave culture and find the essence at its core. An alternative version of The Philosophers Stone, known to the children of tomorrow as The Ravers Rock. Without it, humankind is destined to a future deprived of kindness, tolerance and laughter. A future where people have no connection to each other, themselves or the planet they inhabit. Bound as slaves to the Hamster Wheel of Eternity.

Their mission started with wax, plastic and cracked code on old machines. Back in the late 90’s they were just teenagers with a shared passion for rave music, but turning 1’s and 0’s into vibrating air quickly became their focus. Now they operate from their studio in Copenhagen - an inter-dimensional vessel, where folding waves and time with a mix of classic analogues and modern digitals are their weapons of choice.

A keen sense for quality music and a symbiotic playing style has made them a mainstay on the Copenhagen and Berlin underground scene and insistingly pushing their sound performance forward sets them apart from your ordinary conveyor of electronic music. In constant search for that magic moment when the universe aligns and everything comes one, they have guested a multitude of clubs and festivals in Northern Europe and released on imprints like Sum Over Histories, Get Physical, Tonkind, Sofa Beats, Golden Gate Records and Compute Music.


After a recent studio rebuild, our protagonists are now looking deeper into modular sound design and a more performative approach to writing music. That and finishing a lot of works is setting up for much more to come.


So join the party - it’s a quest for a better tomorrow!


DROM : A playful session had created a groove, but it had no real direction or purpose so it stayed in the drawer for a while. Simultaneously we were exploring darker sonic territories and that unnerving feeling of having pushed things too far. Enter Juno-60 and a simple chord bending its way deep into our souls, and Drom was born. A celebration of the uglier side of rave culture and that ambiguous feeling of not being able to stop and enjoying it too.

PREMIERE - Bongo & Pusk - Drom (Original Mix)

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Taken from "AMAS  - FACE II EP (AMAS)". Out August 18th 2023. Buy here : https://amas-studio.bandcamp.com

The EP FACE II is a continuation of the Faces EP series, of which the first EP was released in october 2022. The basis here is also a literary fixpoint with KAFKAS VERWANDLUNG. the examination of the urban modern man has its origin in the album JAHRE and is now explored in more detail here. What happens to us in a time of digital transparency as a glass human of the city and night. It starts with THE VOID, which was originally intended as a poem about being lost. We go out into the night, some to search, some to forget and some to never come back as the same again. On our journey we often take substances that we expect to make this journey easier and faster. the escape from ourselves and from our relationships to the environment and humans can‘t just be skipped. a fast way is always a dangerous way and often leads to an even bigger EMPTINESS.
In THE GHOST something appears to us late at night, it is like a shadow of the previous hours, something that has followed us on the streets and accompanied us undiscovered until we reached our home. We wake up and at first it is unclear whether we are dreaming. In half-sleep the dimensions blur together and the whole polyvalence of the different existences gapes open. We blink into the DARKNESS and try to recognize something, the light remains far away and yet we hear this piercing sound, which in the end leaves us only with ourselves. we are the spirit of the night, trapped on an old tape in the chest of nothing.
The next section THE MOON shows us the light in the darkness. The shadows and ghosts give way for a moment and the light flows through our veins and molecules.
The poem describes our unspoken longing to follow the light, in the light our fears disappear and everything blurs into an unknown familiarity. We stagger back and forget the encounters with our inner DAWN. In the light the ghosts disappear like childhood memories left behind.
The last chapter is written by THE DAWN, a stanza from the poem of the same name as a spoken reconciliation with the world. In spite of everything, we seek harmony and connectedness. No one wants to become an exile, even if we can‘t always bring it about ourselves. We love LIFE and we hear and feel everything around us, if we let ourselves ...

Artist and label social media :

https://www.instagram.com/amas_studio
https://www.amas-studio.de

FACE II 

The Void

PREMIERE : AMAS - The Void (AMAS)

The multifaceted Various Artists by Buttress reaches its 12th edition. You will find four tracks that sound like a perfect mixture of party time music and more introspective songs.

Beatport

Lessovsky_Peace, Please

Trampoliner
https://soundcloud.com/trampolinersthlm
https://www.instagram.com/trampolinersthlm/

Roy Heyman
https://soundcloud.com/roy-heyman
https://www.instagram.com/royheyman/

Vongold
https://soundcloud.com/nvongold
https://www.instagram.com/vongold_/

Late Sessions

Premiere: Roy Heyman - Bump's Market (Vongold Remix) [Trampoliner]

thelittlemoves.

Buy on bandcamp

Simon Sim's - Nthembo (Long play)

Does It Matter - Ajna

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)