Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht - a collection of Exploited dancefloor gold from 2024! 'Sex!' by duo Modular Project rolls out a neat and classy groove as the sturdy bones of a Disco beat thump under a snake-hip bass, serrated acid line and bold, unfiltered piano chords. Bearing flecks of Krautrock, Indie, Electronica and Funk, Made In TLV's 'Super Cool' is an anthem that traverses vast sonic territory. Diar Storm, Lost Boy 1984, Play Paul present a modern form of Dark Wave Electro that is, equal parts stroppy and sexy. 'Everything So' emits cathartic steam as vibrant synths burst with bittersweet chords and jagged staccato tones. 'Tainted In The Sun' by Niv Ast kicks off with a Manchester chorus beaming out over stroppy power chords. Gary Numan’s cross-continental hit 'Cars' from 1979 has been covered, sampled and reworked from vastly different pockets of the industry. Now - Laroz presents a rejuvenation of ’Cars’. 'Infinity' by Budakid is a journey in the truest sense of the word. Through an effervescent bass sequence, clever filter control and kinetic drum work, Budakid generates consistent motion from start to finish. 'Falling For You' by Komilev dials in that Panorama vibe packed with effervescent drama, soul and sass. 'Rompe Disco’ by Alex Medina bumps like House and glistens like an Italo whilst also exuding the moxie of Reggaeton.  'Foreign Affairs' by Micropacer follows with more early 80s flair.  Pole Position of Brunch In The Park Barcelona fame channel their complementary energies into 'Diamonds'; a recording inspired by Electro House that deftly straddles 80s New Wave, Prog and Indie. Moodymanc's 'Joy' twists Philadelphia soul sounds into a peak time house monster. Now re-edited for modern times in a special Breakbeat version.  São Paulo based Renato Cohen fires up his arsenal of analogue gear and adds a bright and burly Italo cut with ’Lemon Key’. Zeynep Erbay’s ’Neon Palm’ sits comfortably alongside modern Indie Dance, Italo Disco and House alike.  Slump Recordings boss Baby Rollén’s ’Feeling Mumbled’ Remix is an ultimately playable DJ tool; one that renders an after hours sunrise as chords bounce of the tracks surface like rays of light while tight, nifty shuffles interlock with a bouncing bass line.  Austin Ato fleshes out some deliciously hallucinogenic Italo synths in his Remix version of ’Super Cool’ by Made In TLV. ’Acid Infatuation’ by Levantine is a sound that occupies a sweet spot between Eurodance and Italo.  Black Hawks of Panama steps in with ’Wrapped’.The ingredients are simple: a slapping disco kit, Alpha Juno, zesty guitar licks and an anthemic vocal. The result is a contagious Italo march that burrows deep under the skin; put simply - a slice of pure rapture. 'Good Times' by Renato Cohen sparks things up with bright, muscular drums that pave the way for a rasping bass line - a killer DJ tool. Raw energy is spat out while snares clash and vocals march along with an intensity that doesn't let up.  Captain Mustache’s ’Diavola’ flexes low-mid tones warble in lock step with strapping drums and an earworm synth line. ’Heart Life' by NEAT adds a further facet to the compilation with an allaying Italo-tinged groove.  In ’Neonim’ by Laroz, a gently jagged bass line bubbles away, creating a buoyant bed for expertly crafted drums which pop out with expressive alacrity. Dulcet piano tones form a bond with amber-tinged synths as warming soundscape is developed. James Curd throws a dart straight to the dance floor with the jazz-tinged House jam ’Feeling Mumbled’ built from a classy palette of samples.  Sandhog closes the album with the highly memorable recording 'Berlin' that speaks to the power of simplicity. 
 Artist: Various Artists
 Release: Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht 2024
 Label: Exploited  
LC: 15799 
Cat: EXPDIGITAL260
 Publishing: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing/Sony ATV 
Beatport Pre-order: 17.01.25 
Release Date Streaming/Global Download: 31.01.25

Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht 2024

Buy / Stream

Niv Ast - Tainted In The Sun (Radio Edit) (Exploited Club)

Dance With Me

1. Vaughn Mason & Crew - Jammin' Big Guitar - Brunswick
2. Parliament - Agony Of Defeet - Casablanca
3. Kraftwerk - It's More Fun To Compute (LP Version) - Warner Bros. Records
4. Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Tommy Boy Records
5.  Manny Cuevas - Reach (Original Mix) - Hottwerk Records
6. Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant (DJ M-TRAXXX X-Press 2 Body Slam Edit) - Mute
7. Revolting Cocks - In The Neck - Wax Trax! Records Chicago
8. Waffensupermarkt - Random (Polly Powder Remix) - CANCELLED 
9. Christian Strobel - Mr. Moon & Ms Sun - CANCELLED
10. Snuff Crew - Energy - Snuff Cuts
11. Club MCM - Message To Ron (Manny Cuevas'z Basement Boxxx Edit) - Rhythm Beat
12. The Children - Work The Box (Original 4 Track Mix) - Underground Chicago
13. Donnie Tempo - Mental Problem - Alleviated Records
14. Jerome Sydenham, Ron Trent & Aybee - She Was - Ibadan

Manny'z Medicine Show

Manny'z Medicine Show #59 March 22nd, 2025'

The big one!! 50 weekly breakfast shows with your man, your host, your all round music aficionado @leozerostudio. Come celebrate him on the huge effort he puts back into his weekly 2hr show. He's playing music from all over the shop today, new wave funk, post punk, folk, alt rock, reggae & classic New York / Chicago / Detroit deep house chuggers

The Heavy Grooves Show 50th show special w/ Leo Zero 03/04/25 - [Voices Radio]

Absolutely delighted to be invited to spin for Gang of Four before the opening gig of their Long Goodbye Tour this past Good Friday at Westport’s estimable Public Library. This mix is a rare old concoction – partly following the brief (“classic reggae, no punk standards”), partly taking a trip down memory lane to being 15 years old in Bristol in 1980 (dusting off some 7”s that haven’t seen the light of day for ages), and partly paying tribute to ace bassist David Allen with some funky edits of seminal tracks from the post punk era. Somewhere in there is a thread between British guitar bands and dubby dance music.  If you got really high at a student union disco full of precocious music heads in the early 80s, it might have sounded something like this.

 

Tracklist:

Mystic Revealers – War Planes

Misty in Roots – Persecution

The Ruts – Give Youth a Chance

[Misty, Ruts & GoF being the core bands for Rock Against Racism]

The Cure – Plastic Passion

Brian James – Ain’t that a Shame

Apartment – The Car

The Jam – Butterfly Collector

The Sound – I Can’t Control Myself

Comsat Angels – Independence Day

Europeans – Europeans

Killing Joke – Are You Receiving?

Tubeway Army – Bombers

Bill Nelson – Do You Dream in Colour?

Animal Magic – Standard Man

Magazine – Give Me Everything

David Byrne – My Big Hands (Bully Boy edit)

23 Skidoo – Coup

Byrne & Eno – Regiment (Midnight Surfer DBBE edit)

The Who – Eminence Front (Random House rework)

Shriekback – My Spine is the Bassline (Jose Ferrando edit)

Blancmange – Living on the Ceiling (Pete Herbert Mix)

Disco Graves – Blackout (Kingsley edit)

Shriekback – Lined Up (Dick’s Disco mix) [Thanks Dick!]

A Certain Ratio – Houses in Motion

FGTH – Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Soul Mekanik remix) [Thanks Kelvin!]

 

The Long Good Friday

Alrighty folks, another day has dawned for @leozerostudio’s heavy grooves show smashing plenty of disco not disco, folk-rock, Balearic nonsense, weirdo techno chug & cosmic boogie

Special plays from

@tadebimpe
@bikinibodymusic
@optimoespacio
@kennethangerofficial
@findlaybrownofficial
@johnbeltranmusic
@andybebop
@djmarkfarina
@homeroespinosa
@femiydfem

The Heavy Grooves Show w/Leo Zero 24/04/25 - [Voices Radio]

DJ Doug presents Radio High Life on Sound Art Radio ; an ear-expanding and uplifting dash through international good-grooves, taking in musical innovators, from NYC, Togo, Japan, Wales and London, as well as exquisite Latin and Brazilian Beats

Radio High Life Ep 134 (Sound Art) Punk Funk, Latin, Jazz & Brazilian Beats

Letting go of self resistance. Relax...look forward, redeem your innocence.

Catscratch

A sweaty Number 62 riding the airwaves as The Heavy Grooves Show continues with an all wax affair with Leo spotlighting his new EP from his band Junk System and plenty of special plays from from sexy house, post punk funk, Balearic naughties, and deep cuts:

@ianpatrickobrien
@spookyukmusic
@philhardingmusic
@williamorbit
@ralph2020vision
@can_spoon_records

💣

The Heavy Grooves Show w/ Leo Zero 26/06/25 - [Voices Radio]

Leo Zero’s 68th heavy grooves show, featuring original vinyl, punk funk, post punk & Afro funk

With special plays from:
@nagualsite
@horaceandyofficial
@hughmasekela
@brianeno
@queen
@boomtownratsofficial


The Heavy Grooves Show 068 w/ Leo Zero  07/08/25 - [Voices Radio]

@leozerostudio in with a post @weoutherefest glow on his face. Floating in episode: 70, season: late summer ☀️🍂

Post punk, punk funk, italo, dream house, boogie classics. Come along.

Plays from:
@koshinmoon
@dreadzonemusic
@renegadesoundwaveofficial
@jackiewilsonofficialfanpage
@stevewinwood
@boozoobajou_official

The Heavy Grooves Show w/ Leo Zero 21/08/25 - [Voices Radio]

Lights flick, the mirror grins,
Flesh on fire, where the story begins.

Skin slides off the stage like velvet falls,
In the spotlight’s glare you hear the crawl.
Heartbeat synced to a chainsaw’s edge,
Rumour’s truth on the razor’s ledge.
Hands turn claws, the crowd is still—
Party tonight on a broken thrill.

Show me your bones, let the flesh confide,
Dance in the dark where the mask won’t hide.
Show me your bones, scream and collide,
We’ll rise tonight—on the freak-side.

Veins glowing red with the vinyl’s boom,
Mirror-crack vision of impending doom.
Shadows gather, the body parts sway,
Carnival of nerves in flesh decay.
One step closer to a macabre tune,
Under Halloween’s deranged moon.

Show me your bones, let the flesh confide,
Dance in the dark where the mask won’t hide.
Show me your bones, scream and collide,
We’ll rise tonight—on the freak-side.

Eyes roll back, the skin ignites,
Monster’s ballet in neon lights.
Spine unspools, the crowd beholds,
The wild inside no one controls.

Show me your bones, let the flesh confide,
Dance in the dark where the mask won’t hide.
Show me your bones, scream and collide,
We’ll rise tonight—on the freak-side.
Show me your bones…
Show me your bones…

Bones in the moonlight, bodies in flight,
We own the night.

Show me your bones

Mind Yo Business  ( Radio Edit )

I'm a great lover of Funk so when I had an artist who was into it , I ran with it !

Mind Yo Business  ( Extended Version )

Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Turn around with me, this is the bright pulse
Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Shift your time with me, this is the bright pulse

Rising waves across my line
Moments shifting into perfect time
Come together, fall into my pace
When the cycle turns, we’ll run the race
Flares will be flares, they leap in pairs
Beams will be beams, they dance through air
End of the drag from the outer night
I think I’m ready for a faster light

Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Turn around with me, this is the bright pulse
Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Shift your time with me, this is the bright pulse

Rumor spreads that the spin runs late
But rhythm moves on — it won’t wait
Seconds cracking, why hesitate
You quiet star, you can’t change your rate
Let’s cut the sway, send sparks through every ray
We want the lift, not settling today
Don’t stall the flow, participate
Ion storms and drifting waves, drifting waves

Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Turn around with me, this is the bright pulse
Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Shift your time with me, this is the bright pulse

Whispers claim that my cycles rise
Yet all my arcs keep steady ties
Moments bending, no pause in sight
Bright spinning heart, you hold your flight
Break through the drag, let currents realign
Chase every glow, refuse to fall behind
Don’t stop the turn, accelerate
Plasma winds and echo trails, echo trails

Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Turn around with me, this is the bright pulse
Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Shift your time with me, this is the bright pulse
Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Turn around with me, this is the bright pulse
Bright pulse, this is the bright pulse
Shift your time with me, this is the bright pulse

Bright pulse

The entire sound is in my hands. I write cyber poetry, produce, and compose every track ready for Immersive 3D. Every beat is crafted for spatial and next-gen headphones.
Intimate lyrics, total immersion, every track.

For 30 years I kept unfinished demos to myself, never letting them out. Now I finish what I start and release it the moment it’s alive.

I use every tool available, human or machine, as an instrument.
Technology doesn’t replace creativity. It expands it.

All Bookings: djmtraxxx@yahoo.com

Manny Cuevas aka DJ M-TRAXXX is Florida's original house and techno DJ. That isn't to brag, it's simply the truth, a statement that sets the record straight: he not only lived it, he helped shape it...

http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/djm-traxxx/biography

Cheektowaga Music & Moving Pictures: Independent Film Production and Full-Service Record Label

Since our founding in the early 1980s by Herbert V Reid Jr., Cheektowaga Music & Moving Pictures has been a champion for authentic artists. We were born from a mission to dismantle the "closed shop" inequities of the traditional music industry, creating a platform for creators who operate outside the mainstream gatekeepers. While our roots are in music, our vision expanded with the visual revolution of MTV, leading us naturally into the world of independent film production.

Today, we are a multifaceted entertainment company and a full-service record production entity. Our "Moving Pictures" ethos represents our commitment to powerful storytelling, whether through a song's narrative or a film's compelling visuals. We are actively developing impactful projects, including our upcoming feature film, My Name Is Brad. This socially conscious film tackles the complex issues of homelessness and addiction, seeking to offer profound insights into the human condition and the circumstances that lead individuals to despair.

Expanding Our Legacy in the Modern Entertainment Landscape

Building on this foundation, Cheektowaga is committed to being a comprehensive creative partner in today's digital age. Our expertise now encompasses entertainment marketing and strategic audience engagement, ensuring that powerful stories don't just get made—they get seen and heard. From music video production and artist development to feature film financing and distribution strategy, we provide an integrated suite of services. Explore our evolving projects and learn how we can bring your creative vision to life through our official portal at
Cheektowaga-OMNI.com 
We continue to empower artists, challenge conventions, and produce content that resonates and matters.
About the founder :

Music was my first language, a passion that took root before I could properly form words. I spent 16 years studying piano, including two at the university level, though I didn't graduate. By fourteen, I was already sealing envelopes, sending my demos out into the world with a teenager’s hopeful desperation. I spent years trekking to office buildings, dropping off those tapes, until I landed a meeting with the late, great Morris Levy. He was the first to call me out on what he saw: I was all over the map. Opera, Bluegrass, and everything in between—I had no distinct genre, just a deep, abiding love for sound.

That eclectic ear was forged in the Southern Baptist church, where I was taught piano for one reason: to ensure the choir always had a musician. I played that role faithfully until a single, accidental experience, shook my faith in the institution, though never in God. It was a turning point among many too numerous to mention.

Morris saw my chaos not as a weakness, but as a strength. He suggested I stop trying to fit into a box and instead build my own. He was right on point. So, being who I am, I turned away from hip-hop and rap and dove headfirst into the rock market. That leap of faith became Cheektowaga Records.

My process is my own. I work in Cubase or Magix, and I don't rely on A.I. for composition—my tools are synthesizers, samples, and a network of incredible session singers and musicians I hire from across the web. While I might use an A.I. studio to sketch a demo, the final product is always human.

To many in the industry, I’m a villain; to others, a savior of sorts. And unlike most executives, I write the majority of my own releases. But don’t mistake me for another Frank Farian; my operation is built on a different kind of alchemy.

The work you hear started as unpolished demos. It has taken a lifetime to hone them, and the polishing is a process I’m still deeply immersed in. A more detailed story is coming in a book, but for now, recognize this: I am not "gay," I am Vince. And Vince is a man of many contradictions. I've had meaningful relationships with both men and women; my preference is for adults, connection, and chemistry, not a specific gender. I don't really have a type, and I believe a person can be fluid, loving one thing one day and something else the next. To each their own.

Trust me, I have lived an interesting life. Read the book. As for the music, enjoy it or not—we all have our preferences.

(And Ryan… when you pass on, I’m throwing the biggest party you’ve ever seen. That’s an inside diss, y’all.)

Founder of Journeys by DJ, MD of Brainiak Records, producer of JDJ After Hours and Ultimate House Party, partner in The End nightclub, now based in NYC, still playing House music all night long and keeping the Funk alive

DJ Doug has been DJing since the early 90s pursuing a passion for the exploration, though  vinyl, of the groovy place  where Latin, Caribbean and African sounds meet Disco, Funk, Soul, Jazz and Dance. He runs the ever popular Feet to the Floor nights in Totnes,  as well as the sadly missed High Life parties, and is part of the RPM vintage vinyl collective.  

He has supported Mulatu Astatke,  Seckou Keita, Orchestra Barbaro, Family Atlantica  and Sona Jobarteh, & appeared at a number of  festivals including Camp Bestival, Lounge on the Farm and Global Picnic, and venues across the  SE: Jazz Cafe, Ronnie Scott's and many others

His Radio High Life show is on SoundArt Radio,  Soul Roots Radio and South Devon Sound. On SoundArt he also co-hosts Feet to the Floor bi-weekly with Georgie

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)

Your Favourite DJ's Mom's Favourite Station.

Broadcasting live from Coal Drops Yard, London Tues-Sun 11-11

New tracks tagged #punk funk