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Frankfurt, Germany (early '90s – present)

Booka Shade is a German 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 PlayMandarine Girl and PlayBody 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 PlayMandarine Girl and PlayBody Language, alongside new club anthems PlayNight falls, In white room and PlayDarko
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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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