Lex Ludlow is back on Atomnantion on November 11th with a new three-track EP titled 'So Long' that comes a year after her beautiful 'Midnight' debut. Now, she shares the EP track 'Between Us Penguins'.

Meriyam Exon released painterly work of emotive synth and compelling grooves on Midnight, her debut EP on Atomnation. With its evocative found sounds and carefully manipulated vocals, the release resonated far and wide and took Lex to a series of post-covid club and festival shows. Inspired and influenced by those experiences, she headed back into the studio to craft new music that is again rich in detail and studio know-how as she proves across three carefully evolved tracks of colourful and evocative house.

The opener' So Long' has a real crunch to the drums. Sheet metal sounds snap about the mix next to chopped-up and panning vocal stabs. It makes for a paranoid sound that is alleviated by the gorgeous molten melodies that rise up and take your attention as the driving drums lock you in for the ride. The lush 'Pigeon Street' is much more deep and smooth, with nimble drums and gliding hits sweeping you up next to warm blasts of synth. The track is detailed with barely-there vocal sounds which dart about the stereo field and bring a sublime sense of future soul. Last of all is 'Between Us Penguins', a perfectly trance-inducing tune for 5 am: the buoyant drums, the sleek lines, and the subtle euphoria all wash over you and place you at the heart of a dance floor with your eyes closed as you bath in the glow of the groove.

So Long is an EP that builds on the Lex Ludlow sound and takes it into fascinating new realms.

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PREMIERE : Lex Ludlow - Between Us Penguins

Sergio Bernier presents a thesis on the origins of two-dimensional beings.

According to his work, the construction of optimal dub amplitudes is a clear example of how the excitement for immersion in the world of synthesis and thought processes arises. The annotation is attached: a flashing elastic delay swings the pendulum of events, the bass line, like a Perpetuum mobile, maintains a stable tempo, and careful percussion constantly hovers in the vicinity, providing charming and balancing softness.

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Ecologies

Premiere: Sergio Bernier – Bidimensional Beings [SLP038]

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Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht - a collection of Exploited dancefloor gold from 2023!
Shubostar’s colorful update on cosmic disco fits perfectly with the charms of Budakid’s ’Milestones’, with a bouncing off-beat bass line driving under heavily reverbed kicks and snares and a flurry of ascending arpeggios.
Brazil’s Renato Cohen is a perfect match for Sandhog’s ‘Accent’, bringing his new school electro/Italo touch to the proceedings with a knowing nod to New Order’s monumental classic ‘Blue Monday’.
‘Alte Liebe’ by Berlin’s Micropacer will send you over the edge. An absolutely stunning melodic progression underpins the undulating bass and relentless piano stomp of this one, recalling classic Italo / piano house with its jubilant feel and soaring pads.
AIKON from Kyiv reworks Claptone's classic 'United' from 2014 and gives it a heavy update for the dancefloor.
Joyce Muniz delivers dark Italo slammer 'Balin Bali', produced alongside rising Mexican star, Theus Mago.
‘Building Up’ by Enduro Disco is built on a solid foundation of nu disco texture but with a chunkier house edge.
On ‘High Energy’ by Mexican producer Levantine, distorted kicks suck at a tense synth arpeggio while in the distance a dramatic melody plays amidst a church-like reverb.
Barcelona’s Baldo revisits the gorgeously colorful ‘Dream Of You’ from Istanbul’s rising talent Zeynep Erbay, taking it on one hell of a trip.
NEAT’s ‘DYR’ is a beautiful, delicate, unhurried gem of a track, dripping in sensuality. Shimmering percussion and delayed claps lay a foundation atop sorrowful sustained organ-esque pads.
‘Fantasia’ by Kadosh builds slowly through a dramatic minor key bass line and shimmering metallic fuzz to suddenly explode into life with a stunning, sorrowful main riff that rocks a distorted 8-bit electro vibe.
Madrid duo Depaart rock the slick, acidic cut ’And You’ with a real air of sophistication about it.
Studio Barnhus affiliates Måns Glaeser (from swedish Off The Meds) and Basement Space team up for ‘Hollywood Cole’ - a cute breakbeat track peppered with old skool rap & diva vocals, shimmering electric piano chords and a thick, undulating bassline.
Marvin & Guy up the tempo for Joyce Muniz & Theus Mago’s track ’Balin Bali’ to a pacey house bounce and lay on some gentle electro textures.
London duo Make A Dance go deeper on their rework for Budakid’s ‘Milestones’, building through gated snips of the vocal, pulsing pads, Latin snare patterns and subtle bleep riffs and delays to reach a heady, hypnotic place.
Fabrizio Mammarella does the damage on his version of ‘Nechama’ by Sandhog, teasing us slowly with ticking techno percussion that ebbs and flows, he gradually reveals the synth chords amidst giant snare hits and pulsing cymbal rides.
Atlanta-based Sejva closes the compilation with ‘We Only Want To Be Bad’, flexing Hi-NRG muscle with its off-beat bassline, snazzy melodies and campy vocals. A masterclass in retro revivalism.
All in all this is a great eclectic dance compilation.

Artist: Various Artists
Release: Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht 2023
Label: Exploited
LC: 15799
Cat: EXPDIGITAL249
Publishing: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing/Sony ATV
Beatport Pre-order: 05.01.24
Release Date Streaming/Global Download: 12.01.24

Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht 2023

Dream Of You (Baldo Remix)

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Zeynep Erbay - Dream Of You (Baldo Remix) | Exploited

We are excited to announce the first track of our upcoming Christmas VA.

On Christmas Eve of this year we will be releasing a new charity VA with ‘Mind’ - who create a support network for people living with a mental health problem, or supporting someone who is, so having access to the right information is vital.

Each day on the lead up to Christmas, we will announce new tracks on the release - with full streaming to be across Soundcloud, Apple Music, Spotify, and more.

The full VA will be released on Christmas Eve for purchase on Bandcamp. All proceeds are donated to Mind Mental Health

www.mind.org.uk

Release date: 24/12/23

Mastered by: coldwater_studios

Lewale -  I'm With You [Christmas Charity VA]

Dive into the realm of minimal house with this release on Dip'n'Dive! This album brings you an exciting balance of darker tones and playful elements. Explore the cohesive style delicately woven with dub influences and micro-sampling. While highlighting the Hungarian micro scene, don't forget to soar through this musical adventure with our international friends! Perfect groovy morning treats await as you navigate through the seamless soundscape. Stay tuned for after-hours delights!

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PREMIERE : Andrash - Motao

04 Difool - Datacide

Chicaiza - Coercive Persuasion (Original Mix)

Pure Sound is a tech house song, without vocals only hypnotic sound.

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Miditrip proudly presents ‘The Substance’ EP courtesy of Günce Aci, showcasing the Istanbul based producer and DJ’s more raw, rave and hard house leaning style across three original cuts.

In recent years Günce Acı has become a figurehead in the Istanbul scene and beyond, racking up releases on esteemed imprints such as the Curses helmed Ombra INTL, Jennifer Cardini launches and Noura Labbani’s Dischi Autunno, Eskimo Recordings and Silicone Soul’s legendary Darkroom Dubs, a striking sign of Aci’s ability to craft powerful compositions primed for underground dance floors across the globe.

Title-track ‘The Substance’ leads the way and sees Günce laying down twitchy acid-tinged bass stabs, gritty rave stabs, and tension building synth work alongside hypnotic, bubbling atmospherics tones and an amalgamation of intertwined spoken word vocal lines.

‘Too Loug To Think’ follows next and steers the EP into a full 90’s rave-tinged direction courtesy of choppy bass stabs, trancey staccato synth lines and bubbling arpeggios alongside a raw, crunchy rhythm section. The aptly titled ‘Last Dance’ then concludes the EP, an anthemic end of night jam employing emotive stab sequences, oscillating resonant synth flutters, crisp drums and an ever evolving dynamism throughout.

Tracklist:

1. The Substance
2. Too Loud To Think
3. Last Dance

PREMIERE: Günce Aci - Last Dance [Miditrip Records]

Swedish producer @anderssonniklas delivers twilight house explorations on @enclaverecs.

Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/niklas-odyssey

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Niklas Andersson - Odyssey of Social Construction (STW Premiere)

The summer sun is high in the sky. A cocktail in hand. The soundtrack? Chiara. Steeped in Latin rhythms, produced with the golden touch of Francesco de Bellis (Francisco), this two-tracker is set to a serious groove. Beats chatter and mingle in the evening heat of “Rec” Bass smoothness and brassy blasts are sweetened by Chiara’s vocals before dramatic strings flash like lightning, igniting this already energy-packed encounter. “Studio Line” continues that theatrical touch. Bold keys, echoing the cinematic grandeur of Italy, are supported by dynamic drum patterns as a vocal sample circles. Styles spin and spiral, the track twirling between genre tags refusing to be pigeonholed. Elements of East and West glide and pirouette hand in hand across this stunning 7”, Chiara offering the perfect soundtrack to dance from dusk to dawn.

Chiara - Studio Line

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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)