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Frankfurt, Germany (early '90s – present)

Booka Shade is a German electrohouse duo, made up of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, both described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music scene. They have released three albums, Memento, Movements and The Sun & The Neon Light. Their 2005 singles

Mandarine Girl and

Body Language (with M.A.N.D.Y.) were widely played in clubs and licensed on many mix CDs; Resident Advisor called “Body Language” “one of the biggest releases of the year.” Running their own production company and studio for the past 15 years, they have applied their wide range of talents not only to the realm of electronic music, but also many other media productions. After two early ’90s synthpop album releases and a number of live tours, they switched their attention to club projects for established labels like R&S, Harthouse and Tommy Boy. But it was their early incarnation of Booka Shade on illustrious Dutch label Touché which hit the zeitgeist, triggering excitement and enthusiasm in clubs all across Europe.

2004 saw the release of Booka Shade’s acclaimed debut album, Memento on Get Physical. This LP was met with a great deal of praise, but it was their seminal collaboration with M.A.N.D.Y, Body Language, that launched Booka Shade into the stratosphere.

At the end of 2006 the UK’s leading electronic music website, Resident Advisor crowned Booka Shade Best Live Act as well as awarding them with the title of Best Album for their second long-player, Movements. The band’s most coherent and engaging work yet, Movements was released in May 2006 and featured the massive club hits

Mandarine Girl and

Body Language, alongside new club anthems

Night falls, In white room and

Darko

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Top Tracks

1	Night falls full track	958
2	Charlotte full track	739
3	Darko full track	688
4	Paper moon full track	655
5	In white rooms	560
6	Mandarine Girl full track	536
6	Pong pang full track	536
8	Duke full track	481
9	Outskirts full track	465
10	Wasting time full track	422
11	Hallelujah USA full track	402
12	Dusty Boots full track	396
13	Control Me full track	379
14	Take a ride full track	377
15	Solo City full track	375

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Fat_Dogs wrote:
17 days ago

In white rooms makes me jizz in my pants!

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redhotpatka wrote:
20 days ago

Darko! this is sooo amazing!

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Ant_is_Crazy wrote:
21 days ago

прекрасная неповторимая музыка! спасибо немцам!

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seek0ne wrote:
last month

einfach nur edel !

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juanmatus wrote:
last month

парни делают что-то фантастическое,не похожее ни на что...респект им за это!всем любителям нестандартной электронной музыки посвящается эти невероятно красивые и неоднообразные творения!

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zubix wrote:
last month

:) good

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Tish418 wrote:
September 2009

@lehovitz: It could be the fat chick...

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Taosaga wrote:
September 2009

Waaaaa!! :D

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lehovitz wrote:
September 2009

great music. but what's Booka anyway? I've found a few definitions but none of these makes any sense for me: 1. The act of anal intercourse, often resulting in serious harm or death; 2.a girl who is overweight; 3. The sound of a gunshot as replicated by voice; 4. adjective - a term used to describe a song that is completely horrible by being repetitive, simplistic and utterly cheesy in its lyrical content; 5. too hot, too strong, too sharp . any help?

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Flynn0r wrote:
September 2009

<3

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blindfoley wrote:
August 2009

Music for Blind people now posted. Have a listen!!

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pinepeach wrote:
August 2009

yep, pics need to change. they look just plain silly.

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PatrickAviv wrote:
August 2009

somethings wrong with the pic counter cause those top 4 pics have bad votes but they´re still on top so it´s cheating by whoever did this haha

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infectedmodes wrote:
August 2009

I want the main pic to change! I'm sick of those 3. Let's vote. Get Physical hasn't change the pics, they're been on top for months.

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westy237 wrote:
August 2009

saw you guys at glade, was awsome, my fave set of the weekend!

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pinepeach wrote:
August 2009

http://www.last.fm/music/Booka+Shade/+images/12039397, http://www.last.fm/music/Booka+Shade/+images/18903953 :D

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grecoroman wrote:
July 2009

awesome at Glade

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Dekkul wrote:
July 2009

OMFG Booka Shade Live Act....absolutely amazing @ CokeLive Peninsula

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mathanretik wrote:
July 2009

until I heard them I thought Booka Shade was the name of a dancehall singer

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infinitemilitia wrote:
July 2009

just can't get enough...

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Videos

Featured Tracks

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	Outskirts (Trentemoller Remix) full track	5:42
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Events

Dec 7 Booka Shade - DJ Set Act, Porto, Portugal
1 shout | 2 attendees
Feb 27 Future Music Festival 2010 Doomben Racecourse, Ascot, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2 shouts | 23 attendees
Feb 28 Future Music Festival 2010 Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Australia
3 shouts | 34 attendees

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News

FACT MAGAZINE INTERVIEW 2009

10 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/getbookashade

FACT MAGAZINE ARTICLE AND INTERVIEWIt's been a busy year for Booka Shade - not only have they released their third album to date, The Sun & The Neon Light, and toured it extensively around the globe; . …

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