Booka Shade-Darko 1 (Booka Shade Meets Hot Chip Mixes)-(GP
RLS DATE.......: Oct-14-2006
GENRE..........: Electronic
LABEL..........: get physical music
CATNUM.........: GPM056
URL............: http://physical-music.com
SiZE...........: 35,0 MB
TYPE...........: Promo
QUALiTY........: VBR kbps, 44,1kHz, Joint, Lame
SOURCE.........: CDDA
TRACKS.........: 04
TOTAL LENGHT...: 26:38 min
TRACKLIST & NOTES
The studio partnership of producers, remixers and
live act Booka Shade aka Walter Merziger and Arno
Kammermeier has come a very long way since its
incarnation in the early 90s. Back then, Arno and
Walter were a synth pop act signed to a major
label. They released two albums and did a number of
tours, but at the same time they were being seduced
by the emerging trance and techno sounds they heard
in Frankfurt clubs like The Omen.
Subsequently, Arno and Walter changed their focus
to club projects and released trance records on
R&S, Tommy Boy and Sven VathÆs Harthouse imprint.
However, it was on Dutch label that Booka Shade
scored their biggest releases with the progressive
┤Kind of good┤ and ┤Silk┤.
By the end of the 90s, Booka Shade had tired of the
trance-techno scene and again needed a new
direction to focus on. At this stage, they decided
to found their own label. By chance, they met with
Thomas Koch, aka DJ T, one of GermanyÆs most
experienced DJs. Arno and WalterÆs old friends
Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung, aka M.A.N.D.Y.,
whom they knew from the 90s in FrankfurtÆs club
scene, completed the new partnership.
By 2002, the Get Physical label was launched, with
Booka Shade responsible for all of the productions
and remixes by M.A.N.D.Y., DJ T., Sunsetpeople and
Chelonis R. Jones. In just a few years, the label
won supporters from a wide spectrum of DJs because
its releases covered a broad brush stroke of
electronic styles, including trance, electro and
techno, within its club-friendly grooves.
In 2004, with Get Physical established as one of
EuropeÆs most respected new electronic music
labels, Booka Shade decided to step from the
shadows and pursue their own solo career again.
Get Physical was home to Booka ShadeÆs widely
acclaimed and admired 2005 debut album æMementoÆ,
which saw Walter and Arno use the experience that
they had gained working in the pop and trance
spheres during the 90s to stunning effect. Slivers
of pop melody and shiny trance euphoria are
underpinned with twitchy, stripped bare beats. The
end result was an ultra-modern, occasionally
menacing and evocative but always rewarding work.
The label was also the outlet for their huge 2005
club hit, æMandarine GirlÆ and æBody LanguageÆ -
both firm favourites in their live show - with the
latter track, a collaboration with M.A.N.D.Y,
winning the DJ award æIbiza Track of the Season
2005Æ and gaining support from big league DJs as
well as underground house and techno names.
Last year also saw Booka Shade hit the road, and
their rocking live show earned them a reputation as
one of EuropeÆs most exciting live electronic music
acts. This status was confirmed by their electric
performance at the 2005 S≤nar festival in
Barcelona, and dates supporting Royksopp on tour
and Mylo in London.
They also remixed Moby (Mute), The Juan McLean
(DFA) and YelloÆs electro pop classic æOh YeahÆ.
The culmination of a fantastic year was the honour
of Get Physical being voted as ælabel of the yearÆ
in DJ Magazine.
However, Booka Shade didnÆt rest on their laurels:
in between gigs to promote æMementoÆ, the duo
worked on material for the 2006 follow up album,
æMovementsÆ. Released in April, it maintained Arno
and WalterÆs love of soaring basslines, epic
melodies and club-friendly arrangements, but it
also showed that they were not afraid to experiment
with other styles, like slow motion hip-hop,
electro and chilled Balearic house music.
æMovementsÆ is a more varied and possibly more
mature work than æMementoÆ, but the two singles to
date from the album, æNight FallsÆ and æIn White
RoomsÆ, show that Booka Shade still know how to
write emotive, powerful dance tracks. ItÆs not just
club DJs who have picked on their material: Booka
ShadeÆs music features regularly in the top 5 genre
charts on iTunes all over the world.
Since the albumÆs release, Walter and Arno have
been touring continuously around Europe - most
recently, they had the somewhat nerve-wrecking
pleasure of doing the warm up slot for synthpop
legends Depeche Mode on the Berlin date of their
world tour û with performances at festival and club
goers alike won over by their powerful live act,
including the audience at the Montreux Jazz
Festival.
Arno and Walter are now getting ready for their
second US tour, having already visited the States
in March to promote æMovementsÆ. They are also
embarking on a tour of Asia and Australia tour in
early 2007. Now that all of Europe has heard this
unique electronic act, itÆs the time for the rest
of the world to hear the Booka Shade magic.
ENJOY THiS RELEASE AND TURN UP YOUR STEREO!
01 Booka Shade-Darko (Booka's Air Tube Mix) 07:53
02 Booka Shade-Darko (Booka's Funk Da Funk Mix) 06:29
03 Booka Shade-Darko (Hotchip's The Sleepy Karaoke Mi 06:11
04 Booka Shade-Darko (Hotchip's The Dream Of Karaoke 06:05
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TOTAL PLAYTiME: 26:38
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