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