Buy / Stream: https://ffm.to/budakid-milestones

Budakid is back on Exploited with a charming 2-tracker that exudes confidence and style. In 'Milestones' - which is the title track, he catched up with the highly talented vocalist 'Bad Actor' whose voice mesmerizes and hijacks your attention. Channeling early ‘80s ‘new pop’ (Simple Minds and the like) in a modern way with its vocal stylings, signature glitching sounds, soaring synths and realistic rolling bass. A sequenced melody descends and ascends in perfect harmony with the indie-ish low end and with some stadium-sized leads coursing through the veins of this expansive-sounding production, it’s like stepping into a time machine.

‘Graph The Jeff’ goes deeper and prettier with a sound that harks back to vintage electro/house flavours. Overflowing the stunning melody, it immediately stuns with its filtering, detuned 8-bit chord riffs fizzing away over thick, deep bass and spacious percussive rhythms. A dreamy melody coated in a gentle film of white noise rises from the depths in the breakdown, rhythmically in step with the chords but bringing a lighter counterpoint texturally. It’s a heavenly track that will leave you feeling more blissed out than a sunset gong-bath.

Milestones

Graph The Jeff

Budakid - Graph The Jeff | Exploited

Alborán Sea EP

Merovingian

Buy / Stream: https://ffm.to/giza-djs-saturacid

That formidable Italian duo gizA djs are back on fine form here on Exploited Club with a trio of inventive, colourful, hard-hitting cuts for a multitude of dancefloors.

‘Saturacid’ takes its cues from Italo where pulsing bass underpins trippy pitch-shifting vocals and tough drums and a great use of modulation and effects to breathe life into the proceedings. Melody slowly creeps in through wide chords and delicate dabs of floaty pianos, and the track just keeps building incessantly. Ride cymbals propel the energy along with a huge lead riff and intense FX risers, creating a frenzied crescendo that feels like it could go on forever.

‘Shouter Louder’ bounces along with a funky groove while dramatic laser beam hits and techno percussion bring the intensity. Soaring ‘80s synth melodies rise as the arrangement strips back to an atmospheric chug, making for a beguiling mix of sounds and moods that works quite brilliantly.

‘Salvation’ pushes the envelope further with a little help from HU, rocking a pacey breakbeat and an almost glitchy sense of melody played out through fast-modulating bleeps. Beautiful vocal cuts and super-uplifting pads and textures give this track a euphoric edge, and it sounds like little else out there.

Artist: gizA djs
Release: Saturacid
Label: Exploited Club
LC: 96788
Cat: EXP135
Publishing: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing/Sony ATV
Beatport Pre-order: 08.09.23
Release Date Streaming/Beatport: 15.09.23
Release Date Global Download: 29.09.23

Saturacid

Shouter Louder

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gizA djs - Shouter Louder | Exploited Club

Buy / Stream: https://ffm.to/zeynep_erbay-dream-of-you

Istanbul-based and Soul Clap Records and Fools’ Gold artist Zeynep Erbay delivers two beautifully melodic tracks for Exploited which draw on her classical piano training and eclectic tastes.
‘Dream Of You’ begins with phasing chord pads swirling around a hypnotic spoken vocal, with twangy bass and driving Italo beats soon bursting into life. Stuttering synths build the melodic progression before a glassy lead line chimes in with a gorgeous, fluffy melody that forms the heart of this glorious track. Halfway through, old skool house style electric piano chords trade places with the lead to provide a soaring mood switch, with more fizzing melody and great use of delays and snare, tom and kick fills to keep things moving.
‘Disillusion’ is a touch deeper, with a pleasingly phasing bassline pulse underpinning melancholic chord changes played out by beautiful, crystalline arps and deft chords. Shades of classic progressive house creep in as acidic gurgles rub up against spacious delays and vividly morphing synth sequences. It’s a super-classy piece of work that brings with it a real sense of emotion and atmosphere.

Dream Of You

Zeynep Erbay - Disillusion | Exploited

My unofficial remix for the track 15 Days by Tel Aviv megastar Adam Ten 

Thanks for letting me put the track out there :)

Mixed and mastered by  Cristopher Michelagnoli

Adam Ten - 15 Days (Faide Remix)- FREE DOWNLOAD

Sum Over Histories welcomes Luke Garcia with a four track debut release on Frankey & Sandrino's imprint. The release takes us on a journey through different emotions and moods, from a dream to the dance floor.

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Luke Garcia - Woracid

The mysterious 01FRBL imprint launches a new compilation project titled ‘The Sound of Tel Aviv'. With Frau Blau label boss's Kadosh at the controls, we are treated to a tantalizing mixture of beats and melodies covering multiple genres, all held together with soulful elegance.

Featuring key local artists with the right stuff such as heavyweights Lonya, Niv Ast, Assaf Amdursky and across fourteen tracks, we are transported to the dance floor via disparate threads of groove from indie and deep house, to afro house and techno.

Opening with the downtempo delights of Lonya’s ‘Jaglavak’ and into the eerie pianos of Takiru & Mosko’s ‘Shutter Island’ the vibe is underground and story-like from the off. Lightening the mood, Ido Morali’s ‘To Carry On’ revels in repeating arps and smile-inducing e-moments. Alt Control & Millero’s ‘B*stard’ enters the second phase of the mix with stompy stabs and a rubbery bass to move them all.

Keeping up the wonkiness, Baroth & Nizri’s ‘For You’ is a masterclass in light and dark. Going tribal for the first time, the insistence of ‘Feel Dis’ by Accent marks a seachange in the mix toward the peak night sounds backed up by Aseal Weiss & Omer Bar’s ‘Lights Out’. Heading towards more beat driven fodder the afro house stomp of Assaf Amdursky ‘Eighteen and Ten, Please’ is pure heads down groove.


Softening just a touch, Rafeal’s ‘Perc Control’ does just that. A tight percussive workout which perfectly sets up ‘Remove Yrslf From School’ by Niv Ast, a groovy, spiky slice of late night house music. Rounding out the mix we move seamlessly between genres. Osadon’s ‘Chain Reaction’ is smooth and deep at pace, while Roni Amitai’s ‘Sherry’ has nuanced touches of minimal.
Penultimate track, ‘Algorithm’ is a pure 303 playland leaving ‘Space Train’ by T-Puse & Guy Maayan to soothe the soul and leave the crowd begging for more.

Tracklist:
01. Lonya - Jaglavak
02. Takiru & Mosko - Shutter Island
03. Ido Morali - To Carry On
04. Alt Control & Millero - Bastard
05. Baroth & Nizri - For You
06. Accent - Feel Dis
07. Asael Weiss & Omer Bar - Lights Out
08. Assaf Amdursky - Eighteen and Ten, Please
09. Rafael - Perc Control
10. Niv Ast - Remove Yrslf From School
11. Osadon - Chain Reaction
12. Roni Amitai - Sherry Mas
13. Shagy - Algorithm
14. T-Puse & Guy Maayan - Space Train

01. Lonya - Jaglavak (Original Mix) - 01FRBL

EMPORE reveals their strongest VA release until this day and thereby implements the new “ECHO"-Series. 

“ECHO I” contains music of new as well as familiar faces of the Empore Music artist family. While featuring tracks by mainstays such as Avidus, Presia, Paul Schmidpeter or Valiete, this release also provides music from artists that will be releasing stuff on the imprint in the near future.

ECHO I

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Sanio & Zarth - Anthem

Noite Profunda

The State Knows

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Sleep in space

J-Neo - Animated Circuit (Original Mix)

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)