Volgende week vrijdag en zaterdag vinden alweer de laatste 2 edities van dit jaar in de Gashouder plaats. Beatfreax heeft 1x2 kaarten weg te geven voor een avond naar keuze! Let op: de vrijdag is al uitverkocht!
Loveland presenteerde tijdens het Amsterdam Dance Event de officiële DVD van Loveland Festival 2008. Ruim 40 professionals hebben zich tijdens het festival ingezet om de mooiste momenten vast te leggen.
Booka Shade are Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, the masterminds behind most Get Physical output (eg all releases and remixes of M.A.N.D.Y., DJ T., Sunsetpeople and singles of Chelonis R. Jones). 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.
Together with their old friends Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung, aka M.A.N.D.Y., they decided to found their own label and, after meeting Groove publisher Thomas Koch, aka DJ T, Get Physical was launched in early 2002. By 2004, after intense build up and promotion of M.A.N.D.Y., DJ T, Sunsetpeople and Chelonis R. Jones, it was time for Booka Shade to pursue their own solo career again.
For their first album "Memento" the two producers poured the essence of their joint musical background into contemporary moulds. Observing a healthy balance between pop appeal and experimentation they concocted unusual blends of modern 4/4 sketches and timeless listening titles. As part of a live set Booka Shade present excerpts from the album, alongside new club tracks. Visuals and films exclusively produced for the show help to translate the albums intense and cinematic atmosphere to the stage. In between gigs the duo are already working on tracks for their second album, due to be released in spring 2006 and followed by an extensive tour. The first single release from the new album is expected in January 2006.
I really liked their Memento album. Isn't this M.A.N.D.Y. ? That Vertigo track is cool, don't know the track that was on beatcast though. Should check out the podcast for that. Actually I'll do that now.
MANDY and Booka Shade are on the same label, but I don't think they're the same artist. From the album Memento the track Vertigo is one of my favorites. Can play it over and over again!!
Saw them LIVE yesterday here at Sonar and they were amazing! It´s hard to discribe there style because they mix all styles. It´s a bit like Brikha; no techno, no minimal, no lounge, no breakbeat but a perfect mixture and great performance.
There CD is good, but LIVE they are so much better! You gotta see it to believe it..
Booka Shade are Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, the masterminds behind most Get Physical output (eg all releases and remixes of M.A.N.D.Y., DJ T., Sunsetpeople and singles of Chelonis R. Jones). 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.
