Berlin-based duo Booka Shade, aka Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, have carved out a reputation as one of the most celebrated electronic acts to come out of Europe over the past two decades. With their beginnings in Frankfurt and their sights originally on synth-pop, the duo Booka Shade quickly gained a strong following within electronic music, and in 2002 the pairing formed the now legendary dance label Get Physical Music (together with M.A.N.D.Y., Thomas ‘DJ T.’ Koch and Peter Hayo), where they would have a platform for their own music. Three years later, in 2005, their EP’s ‘Mandarine EP’ and ‘Body Language’ - the latter co-produced with M.A.N.D.Y. - launched Booka Shade into the stratosphere with both EPs becoming international successes, whilst the following years soon welcomed an extensive body
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5 YEARS OF REMIXES - BEST OF FAMILY PIKNIK MUSIC
Joy Kitikonti, Tom Pooks, Hugo Cantarra, Shyam P, Emmanuel Diaz, Several Definitions, Pontias, Cadillac Express, Propellar, Elly Ball, Off Night, Teenage Mutants, Abstraal, Evgeniy Nuzhnov, Sanchä, Convergence System, Emanate, B/O/M, Giza Djs, Sutja Gutierrez, ME & her, Who Else, Time (FR), Delon, Jinadu, Mood Gorning, Ki Yera
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Troels Abrahamsen, Kolsch, Eelke Kleijn, Booka Shade, Yotto, AVIRA, Dan Soleil, Joachim Pastor, Henrik Schwarz, Richard Judge, Auggië, Aname, Jan Blomqvist, Three Drives, Three Drives On A Vinyl, Panama, Nils Hoffmann, Delerium, Sarah McLachlan, Trikk, Icarus, Maxim Lany, Corren Cavini, REBEL YOUTH, Notre Dame, AMEME, Lane 8, Lee Cabrera, Cubicolor, Stereoclip, DIM KELLY, Lou Zweegers, Ivory (IT), Le Youth, Hessian, Able Joseph, Kiko Franco, Wadd, Sazi Cele, Spada, mOat (UK), Nathan Nicholson, Sasson (FR), SOMMA, Joris Delacroix, Glowal, Nico de Andrea, Vanetty, THEMBA (SA), Tasan, Skatman, Estiva, Julia Church, Eli & Fur, Marsh, Artche, Volaris, SØNIN, AunA, Denis Horvat, Jem Cooke, Avoure, Jager, Sassa, Trance Wax, Ferry Corsten, Ilija Djokovic, Scorz, Tommy Farrow, KASIA (ofc), Dense & Pika, Rawfox, Chloé Caillet
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Global Underground: Select #8
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Armada Electronic Elements, 2023 - Extended Versions
Eelke Kleijn, Innellea, Maxim Lany, Agents Of Time, Vicky Who?, Robbie Williams, Lufthaus, Marc Romboy, Stephan Bodzin, Jan Blomqvist, Trikk, XIRA, AVIRA, Denis Horvat, Giorgia Angiuli, Klur, Hildur Ottilia, Jimi Jules, Craig Walker, Stereoclip, DIM KELLY, Kidnap, Nicky Elisabeth, Lane 8, Enamour, Warung, Lights, i_o, Le Youth, Amonita, Makebo, mOat (UK), Pablo Nouvelle, William Orbit, Gaia, Eli & Fur, Leo Stannard, PRAANA, Shina Williams & His African Percussionists, THEMBA (SA), Sultan + Shepard, Shallou, Hessian, Joachim Pastor, Matt Fax, Miss Kittin, Nicolas Masseyeff, Ed Begley, Casper Cole, EMBRZ, Roland Clark, Dean Mickoski, Henry Green, Trey Mirror
20 x Get Physical
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