Gary Martin
A true urban soul with over 20 years of music experience in leading band projects, producing records, and DJing is what makes him one of today’s more entertaining artists.
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Plej
Brothers Arvid and Erik are PLEJ - quite possibly Sweden's finest electronic musical export to date. Their debut album 'Electronic Music from the Swedish Leftcoast' has caused quite a stir.
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Bluprint
Bluprint have come from the unlikely Barnstaple in Devon to show us just how cool you can be without having to live and record in over-populated madness that's London.
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Susumu Yokota
Susumu Yokota is a multi talented artists, working in many musical fields, exploring and pushing boundaries.
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John Beltran
Beltran numbers among his admirers Gilles Peterson, Craig Richards, Nick Warren, Mixmaster Morris and Andrea Parker.
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Takkyu Ishino
During the past few years, Takkyu Ishino has earned huge recognition worldwide both as a DJ and as a credible solo artist.
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RYU
RYU is a collaboration between DJ Krush, DJ Hide and DJ Sak, a production unit representing Japan.
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Ken Ishii
For constant innovation, fresh ideas and a broad minded melodic approach to techno there's nobody better than Ken Ishii.
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United Future Organization
U.F.O’s productions have always been experimental, cutting edge and trend setting and the band played an integral part in breaking the acid jazz scene in the early nineties.
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Blu Mar Ten
New signing to exceptional, Blu Mar Ten have a very credible back catalogue of records and fans.
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Force of Nature
Force of Nature are one of the world's leading sample based production team.
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Calm
Calm makes beautiful music. It's music for both the mind and the body, deceptively simple on the surface yet having hidden depths, which puts together Eastern and Western influences.
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UNN
UNN is the solo project of Frank Rueckert, also known as one half of Rauschfaktor.
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Super Aloof
Super Aloof is a collaboration between Kirk Degiorgio (aka As One, Future/Past, Off World Ensemble) and Jamie O'Dell ( aka Jimpster, Audiomontage) two prolific musical mischief makers
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Joe Buhdha & Supernatural
Renowned recorder of the classic "Buhdha Blessed It", Supernatural teamed up with Nottingham's Joe Buhdha to record an EP for exceptional.
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Coda
Coda is an Austrailian musical collective who blur the definitions of genre in music. They mix strings with electronics, groove with noise and pop with classical.
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Fat Jon
The ample Jon is not your average beat technician. His extraordinarily varied productions set him apart from those who focus on one type of beat or style of music. He has found success with Hip Hop,
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The Sky Diaries
A heavenly collection of exceptional music, compiled and mixed by XFM's Nick Luscombe
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Various
Compliations from exceptional
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Butti 49
Butti 49 are already well known for their many remixes and singles and have present their debut album Habit. An inimitable and eclectic mix of funk, soul, beats, breaks, electronica and jazz
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The Rogue Element
London based The Rogue Element is a brand new signing to Exceptional. A true breakbeat fan, his trademark sound is a distinctive dance floor mash up of many diverse elements old and new.
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Tubbs
Tubbs’s musical odyssey began in New Zealand back in ’91 as part of the Funky Monks crew, alongside Fat Freddy’s Drop producer DJ Mu. In 1997 Tubbs moved to London...
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Ernesto
Ernesto is 24 year old soulful singer and music maker Jonatan Bäckelie from Gothenburg, now based in Birmingham.
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Cloud
From the burgeoning music scene in Gothenburg, Cloud's sound is melodic and emotive, effortlessly drifting from lush deep house to minimal electro and future jazz.
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Cane 141
Cane141 mutated in Galway, initially as a group of likeminded vinyl junkies - then adding instruments to the mix and forming what could loosely be defined as a band.
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Audiosauce
Miles was inspired to compose original music about eight years ago while dancing at a club.
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Transparent Sound
Transparent Sound are one of the UK's longest-running electro acts, and ten years on they’re still going strong. Formed in 1994 by Orson Bramley and Martin Brown, who both grew up on hip hop, electro
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Radioplastic
Radioplastic is the combined talents of Dan Minchom, Nick Unsworth and Adam Thomas, whose combined love for all things wobbley and bleepy with large amounts of bass led to them making music together.
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Superpumas
Blessed with a passionate love for electronic music, Superpumas craft a killer combination of sinuous grooves and glittering electronic beats
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Culprit 1
Culprit One crafts beat-fuelled symphonies that create a new blueprint for 21st century electronica
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Oblong
An new and exciting West London producer with a magical spark and a talent for constructing infectious melodies
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Nursery of Naughtiness
Expect big beats, live guitars, synths, chunky helpings of bass and the odd chilled out moment just for good measure.
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