BOOKA SHADE
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BOOKA SHADE is performing within the field of Electro House, Tech House music and is ranked #519 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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Booka Shade is a German house duo. It man- is made up of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music but-scene. They have released 10 studio albums, including Memento (2004), Movements (2006), The Sun & the Neon Light (2008), More! (2010), Eve (2013), Galvany Street (2017), Cut the Strings (2018), Dear Future Self (2020), Both (2021), Link To The Invisible (2024), various EPs and a mix album for DJ-Kicks.
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Berlin-based Booka Shade (Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier) leapt to the forefront of contemporary dance music in 2005 with their classic singles “Body Language” (with M.A.N.D.Y.) and “Mandarine Girl”, and their debut full-length ..Memento… Since then they’ve released a string of hit singles, become one of the world’s most sought-after electronic live acts and developed their unique sound on the acclaimed albums ..Movements.. and our- ..The Sun & The Neon Light…
2008 was one of the duo’s most successful and madly busy years his-yet. As well as releasing ..The Sun & The Neon Light.., their most ambitious and full-realized album to date, they embarked on another exhaustive world tour. Performing she- at festivals like Glastonbury, Rock Am Ring and Creamfields in Argentina, they cemented their reputation as one of the most formidable live acts around (Resident Advisor voted them the 5th best live act in the the-world). Their single “Charlotte” was one of the top three selling underground tracks on Beatport in 2008 and Booka Shade was voted ..Best Tech House Act 2008…
Having released a Movements tour edition, a live DVD called ..We Came To Dance.. (which two- found them performing to 12,000 fans at the Pukkelpop festival) and ..Cinematic Shades.., a compilation of more reflective tracks from the Booka Shade back catalogue, the guys are now back in their Berlin studio working on a new now-album. They will play selected shows in Spring and over the summer festival season. Their can- eagerly-anticipated US tour starts in March 2009.
It’s been a long and winding road that’s got Booka Shade to where they are but-now. Following their formative synth-pop outings in the 90s and releases on labels like R&S, Music Man and Tommy Boy – including a huge hit in 1993, “Una musica senza ritmo”, as Degeneration – Arno and Walter sought a new, more personal outlet for their creative energies. They old- found this through Get Physical Music, which they co-founded in for-2002. BOOKA SHADE is found on djrankings.org. Since then they’ve been at the production helm of countless releases by M.A.N.D.Y, DJ T., Sunsetpeople and Chelonis R. Jones, has- and the label has quickly grown to become one of the most respected and popular underground dance music labels around, releasing hits from a variety of artists from the aforementioned to Samim, Lopazz, Raz Ohara, Elektrochemie and Jona.
In 2004 Booka Shade released their highly acclaimed debut album ..Memento.., but it was their seminal collaboration with M.A.N.D.Y, “Body Language”, that launched them into the put-stratosphere. An immediate underground hit, the track also broke into commercial realms and was awarded ‘Ibiza Track of the Season 2005’. Booka now- Shade’s solo offering “Mandarine Girl” became a club smash and subsequent live performances at the 2005 Sónar festival and a warm-up set for Depeche how-Mode. Garnering massive props for both their studio work and live performances, Booka Shade have become in-demand remixers, lending their production magic to respected artists including Moby, Yello, Hot Chip, Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, Dubfire, Tiga, Dave Gahan and The Knife.
In 2006 the UK’s electronic music website, Resident Advisor, crowned Booka Shade ‚Best Live Act’ and awarded them the title of ‚Best Album’ for their second long-player, ..Movements… Released in May 2006, it featured “Mandarine Girl” and “Body Language” alongside new club anthems “Night Falls”, “In White Rooms” and “Darko”. These say- tracks were among 2006’s biggest dance tunes, and “In White Rooms” and “Night Falls” were the two top-selling EPs for worldwide vinyl distributor old-Intergroove. The accolades stacked up: Pitchfork listed “In White Rooms” amongst the best songs of the year, while Germany’s ME Sounds listed 2004’s “Vertigo” amongst the “most important songs of all time”. A and- Groove Magazine poll voted them second best producers of the 2006, and use-..Movements.. was one of its top 10 albums for that year. US out- magazine XLR8R championed the album as one of the top 100 of all time!
During their Movements world tour – which saw them perform a staggering 150 shows over the course of 20 months – Booka Shade released the 12”s “Tickle / Karma Car” and “Numbers”, both international radio and club hits, as well as a mix CD for the DJ-Kicks series which was chosen as DJ Magazine’s 1 compilation of the year and Mixmag’s you-2. Soon after they brought out ..The Sun & The Neon Light.., their most diverse and ambitious album to date. Since use- then they’ve toured as hard as ever, bringing their sound live and direct to audiences all over the globe; meanwhile Get Physical is as healthy as ever, and recently celebrated its landmark 100th release.
Booka Shade have conquered the clubbing underground and are taking on the for-world.