Berlin-based Booka Shade (Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier) leapt to th… Read Full Bio ↴Berlin-based Booka Shade (Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier) leapt to the forefront of contemporary dance music in 2005 with their classic singles “Body Language” (with M.A.N.D.Y.) and “Mandarine Girl”, and their debut full-length Memento. Since then they’ve released a string of hit singles, become one of the world’s most sought-after electronic live acts and developed their unique sound on the acclaimed albums Movements and The Sun & The Neon Light.
2008 was one of the duo’s most successful and madly busy years yet. As well as releasing The Sun & The Neon Light, their most ambitious and full-realized album to date, they embarked on another exhaustive world tour. Performing at festivals like Glastonbury, Rock Am Ring and Creamfields in Argentina, they cemented their reputation as one of the most formidable live acts around (Resident Advisor voted them the 5th best live act in the world). Their single “Charlotte” was one of the top three selling underground tracks on Beatport in 2008 and Booka Shade was voted ‘Best Tech House Act 2008’.
Having released a Movements tour edition, a live DVD called “We Came To Dance” (which found them performing to 12,000 fans at the Pukkelpop festival) and “Cinematic Shades”, a compilation of more reflective tracks from the Booka Shade back catalogue, the guys are now back in their Berlin studio working on a new album. They will play selected shows in Spring and over the summer festival season. Their eagerly-anticipated US tour starts in March 2009.
It’s been a long and winding road that’s got Booka Shade to where they are now. Following their formative synth-pop outings in the 90s and releases on labels like R&S, Music Man and Tommy Boy – including a huge hit in 1993, “Una musica senza ritmo”, as Degeneration - Arno and Walter sought a new, more personal outlet for their creative energies. They found this through Get Physical Music, which they co-founded in 2002. Since then they’ve been at the production helm of countless releases by M.A.N.D.Y, DJ T., Sunsetpeople and Chelonis R. Jones, and the label has quickly grown to become one of the most respected and popular underground dance music labels around, releasing hits from a variety of artists from the aforementioned to Samim, Lopazz, Raz Ohara, Elektrochemie and Jona.
In 2004 Booka Shade released their highly acclaimed debut album Memento, but it was their seminal collaboration with M.A.N.D.Y, “Body Language”, that launched them into the stratosphere. An immediate underground hit, the track also broke into commercial realms and was awarded ‘Ibiza Track of the Season 2005’. Booka Shade’s solo offering “Mandarine Girl” became a club smash and subsequent live performances at the 2005 Sónar festival and a warm-up set for Depeche Mode. Garnering massive props for both their studio work and live performances, Booka Shade have become in-demand remixers, lending their production magic to respected artists including Moby, Yello, Hot Chip, Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, Dubfire, Tiga, Dave Gahan and The Knife.
In 2006 the UK’s leading electronic music website, Resident Advisor, crowned Booka Shade ‘Best Live Act” and awarded them the title of ‘Best Album’ for their second long-player, Movements. Released in May 2006, it featured “Mandarine Girl” and “Body Language” alongside new club anthems “Night Falls”, “In White Rooms” and “Darko”. These tracks were among 2006’s biggest dance tunes, and “In White Rooms” and “Night Falls” were the two top-selling EPs for worldwide vinyl distributor Intergroove. The accolades stacked up: Pitchfork listed “In White Rooms” amongst the best songs of the year, while Germany’s ME Sounds listed 2004’s “Vertigo” amongst the “most important songs of all time”. A Groove Magazine poll voted them second best producers of the 2006, and Movements was one of its top 10 albums for that year. US magazine XLR8R championed the album as one of the top 100 of all time!
During their Movements world tour – which saw them perform a staggering 150 shows over the course of 20 months – Booka Shade released the 12”s “Tickle / Karma Car” and “Numbers”, both international radio and club hits, as well as a mix CD for the DJ-Kicks series which was chosen as DJ Magazine’s 1 compilation of the year and Mixmag’s 2. Soon after they brought out The Sun & The Neon Light, their most diverse and ambitious album to date. Since then they’ve toured as hard as ever, bringing their sound live and direct to audiences all over the globe; meanwhile Get Physical is as healthy as ever, and recently celebrated its landmark 100th release.
The band have just returned from touring the States and will spend the summer doing European shows and festivals. Visit their facebook or Myspace for more up to date gig info and current news.
There is a “Teenage Spaceman” video making competition in conjunction with Genero TV - more details in the myspace blog or in the events section on the bands Facebook.
and shop link at www.bookashade.com.
www.myspace.com/bookashade
www.facebook.com/bookashade
www.bookashade.com
https://twitter.com/bookashade
https://www.instagram.com/bookashade/
https://soundcloud.com/booka-shade
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DtfEBMqLFb6HUAcCAeHxQ
*New version*
Berlin-based duo Booka Shade (Walter Merziger & Arno Kammermeier) are considered one of the most celebrated electronic acts to come out of Europe over the past two decades.
Originally from Frankfurt, Booka Shade quickly gained a strong following within electronic music. In 2002 they formed the now legendary dance label Get Physical Music (together w/ M.A.N.D.Y., Thomas ‘DJ T.’ Koch and Peter Hayo). In 2005 the band release the international successes ‘Mandarine EP’ & ‘Body Language’ (co-prod. w/ M.A.N.D.Y.) launching them into the stratosphere.
Since their Sónar break-through in 2005 Booka Shade earned huge recognition with their innovative live shows. Opening for legendary acts such as Depeche Mode & Kraftwerk & headlining stages inc. Coachella, Glastonbury, Rock Werchter & Red Rocks. They have been named one of Resident Advisor's Top 5 live acts in the world & DJ Mag’s ’10 Unforgettable Sets From The History Of Exit Festival’. Booka Shade were recently inducted into Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 Hall of Fame
Remix credits include; Depeche Mode, Moby, Hot Chip, Rüfüs Du Sol, The Knife & many more.
Blaufield Music founded in 2013 is the band’s label for releasing their own music & also other artists & emerging talent.
Twenty years, dozens of EP’s & six albums later, Booka Shade have become more than a household name, they have become synonymous with the spirit which drives electronic music & have set a precedent to which electronic music is still held to today.
2008 was one of the duo’s most successful and madly busy years yet. As well as releasing The Sun & The Neon Light, their most ambitious and full-realized album to date, they embarked on another exhaustive world tour. Performing at festivals like Glastonbury, Rock Am Ring and Creamfields in Argentina, they cemented their reputation as one of the most formidable live acts around (Resident Advisor voted them the 5th best live act in the world). Their single “Charlotte” was one of the top three selling underground tracks on Beatport in 2008 and Booka Shade was voted ‘Best Tech House Act 2008’.
Having released a Movements tour edition, a live DVD called “We Came To Dance” (which found them performing to 12,000 fans at the Pukkelpop festival) and “Cinematic Shades”, a compilation of more reflective tracks from the Booka Shade back catalogue, the guys are now back in their Berlin studio working on a new album. They will play selected shows in Spring and over the summer festival season. Their eagerly-anticipated US tour starts in March 2009.
It’s been a long and winding road that’s got Booka Shade to where they are now. Following their formative synth-pop outings in the 90s and releases on labels like R&S, Music Man and Tommy Boy – including a huge hit in 1993, “Una musica senza ritmo”, as Degeneration - Arno and Walter sought a new, more personal outlet for their creative energies. They found this through Get Physical Music, which they co-founded in 2002. Since then they’ve been at the production helm of countless releases by M.A.N.D.Y, DJ T., Sunsetpeople and Chelonis R. Jones, and the label has quickly grown to become one of the most respected and popular underground dance music labels around, releasing hits from a variety of artists from the aforementioned to Samim, Lopazz, Raz Ohara, Elektrochemie and Jona.
In 2004 Booka Shade released their highly acclaimed debut album Memento, but it was their seminal collaboration with M.A.N.D.Y, “Body Language”, that launched them into the stratosphere. An immediate underground hit, the track also broke into commercial realms and was awarded ‘Ibiza Track of the Season 2005’. Booka Shade’s solo offering “Mandarine Girl” became a club smash and subsequent live performances at the 2005 Sónar festival and a warm-up set for Depeche Mode. Garnering massive props for both their studio work and live performances, Booka Shade have become in-demand remixers, lending their production magic to respected artists including Moby, Yello, Hot Chip, Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, Dubfire, Tiga, Dave Gahan and The Knife.
In 2006 the UK’s leading electronic music website, Resident Advisor, crowned Booka Shade ‘Best Live Act” and awarded them the title of ‘Best Album’ for their second long-player, Movements. Released in May 2006, it featured “Mandarine Girl” and “Body Language” alongside new club anthems “Night Falls”, “In White Rooms” and “Darko”. These tracks were among 2006’s biggest dance tunes, and “In White Rooms” and “Night Falls” were the two top-selling EPs for worldwide vinyl distributor Intergroove. The accolades stacked up: Pitchfork listed “In White Rooms” amongst the best songs of the year, while Germany’s ME Sounds listed 2004’s “Vertigo” amongst the “most important songs of all time”. A Groove Magazine poll voted them second best producers of the 2006, and Movements was one of its top 10 albums for that year. US magazine XLR8R championed the album as one of the top 100 of all time!
During their Movements world tour – which saw them perform a staggering 150 shows over the course of 20 months – Booka Shade released the 12”s “Tickle / Karma Car” and “Numbers”, both international radio and club hits, as well as a mix CD for the DJ-Kicks series which was chosen as DJ Magazine’s 1 compilation of the year and Mixmag’s 2. Soon after they brought out The Sun & The Neon Light, their most diverse and ambitious album to date. Since then they’ve toured as hard as ever, bringing their sound live and direct to audiences all over the globe; meanwhile Get Physical is as healthy as ever, and recently celebrated its landmark 100th release.
The band have just returned from touring the States and will spend the summer doing European shows and festivals. Visit their facebook or Myspace for more up to date gig info and current news.
There is a “Teenage Spaceman” video making competition in conjunction with Genero TV - more details in the myspace blog or in the events section on the bands Facebook.
and shop link at www.bookashade.com.
www.myspace.com/bookashade
www.facebook.com/bookashade
www.bookashade.com
https://twitter.com/bookashade
https://www.instagram.com/bookashade/
https://soundcloud.com/booka-shade
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DtfEBMqLFb6HUAcCAeHxQ
*New version*
Berlin-based duo Booka Shade (Walter Merziger & Arno Kammermeier) are considered one of the most celebrated electronic acts to come out of Europe over the past two decades.
Originally from Frankfurt, Booka Shade quickly gained a strong following within electronic music. In 2002 they formed the now legendary dance label Get Physical Music (together w/ M.A.N.D.Y., Thomas ‘DJ T.’ Koch and Peter Hayo). In 2005 the band release the international successes ‘Mandarine EP’ & ‘Body Language’ (co-prod. w/ M.A.N.D.Y.) launching them into the stratosphere.
Since their Sónar break-through in 2005 Booka Shade earned huge recognition with their innovative live shows. Opening for legendary acts such as Depeche Mode & Kraftwerk & headlining stages inc. Coachella, Glastonbury, Rock Werchter & Red Rocks. They have been named one of Resident Advisor's Top 5 live acts in the world & DJ Mag’s ’10 Unforgettable Sets From The History Of Exit Festival’. Booka Shade were recently inducted into Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 Hall of Fame
Remix credits include; Depeche Mode, Moby, Hot Chip, Rüfüs Du Sol, The Knife & many more.
Blaufield Music founded in 2013 is the band’s label for releasing their own music & also other artists & emerging talent.
Twenty years, dozens of EP’s & six albums later, Booka Shade have become more than a household name, they have become synonymous with the spirit which drives electronic music & have set a precedent to which electronic music is still held to today.
Situation
Booka Shade Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Situation' by these artists:
1990s Well the girl from the deli what's she all about? You know…
Aewon Wolf You got me in situation, a real bad situation You got…
Alison Moyet Blue eyed dressed for every situation Moving through the doo…
Alison Moyet (Yazoo) Blue eyed dressed for every situation Moving through the do…
Amy Fairchild Situation Amy Fairchild/Adam Steinberg I'm saving you for a…
Asa There's a situation Everybody is speculating They say what h…
Assassins You were born here, and you've stayed here And you've lived…
B.A. Baracus Mmm (Yeah, yeah, that melody you were just-) I've been wond…
BEAT CRUSADERS This is the problem of my own She's never loved me…
Brotha Lynch Hung & Doomsday Productions [Lynch] The only one who ever saw my face, I must…
China Drum Tryin' hard to weigh up the situation But without my mind's…
Club Nouveau Here I am, stuck in this rut again Ooh, I don't…
Crimpshrine I look at you, you look afraid I'd like to ease…
D.F What's up pretty girl What chu looking for? เธอก็ดูดีแต่ไม่ใ…
Davolee Aye aye If e dey easy na setup Who go dey check…
Deniro Farrar Cameras on the light poles why they watching us Feds in…
Dig It's a fucked up situation That I think we've found ourselv…
Don Toliver I'm in this situation, I'ma hit that boy with the…
Doomsday Productions & Brotha Lynch Hung [Lynch] The only one who ever saw my face, I must…
DUB.B Mmm (Yeah, yeah, that melody you were just-) I've been wond…
Duchess Im on the other side of the room to you…
E.G When I'm with you, it's like I've never cried tears When…
Erasure/Yazoo Blue eyed dressed for every situation Moving through the do…
Ex-Boyfriends Sound the alarm. It's an emergency. You're waving your arms…
Fly chorus: Situation lookin' critical, everybody lookin pittif…
Give me the Light! I think I've got a little situation Just right here inside…
Godsmack Lying in my sweat, drying my tears Waiting for you, I…
Godsmack / Godsmack Lying in my sweat drying my tears, Waiting for you, I…
Great White Maybe baby I'm a man without a soul Or baby maybe…
Hannah Mrozak VERSE Can't you tell were in a bad situation maybe I just…
Infinity Ink Is there any other way for me to say what…
Irving And you said, "Oh, my, how you've let yourself go…
Isaac And The Soul Company Downtown, baby We've done time on the floor Now let's cut to…
Jamal No surprise it's the same every time You got bored…
Jan Hammer Group/Jeff Beck People fight for the basic right to choose To live a…
Jonathan McReynolds I ask for things that I think that I need I…
Joy Enriquez She don't know about, what you You've been doing with me I…
K Camp Fuck with a nigga, why wait? I ain't tryna take you…
Kaaris Des liasses de billets pleuvent La boîte de vitesse est neuv…
Kid Ink Feat. Kyle Christopher I don′t have time to read your mind, girl just…
L.O. Let's make nothing Into something It's just the way you move…
M.H.D. It's cold outside I'm looking for some cozy place Then on…
Margaret Glaspy Take your hands off of me There's nothing wrong with me I…
Mattie & Ben I never travel far But for you Cool things happen When ther…
Mikal Cronin I got my mind on preservation I got my list of…
NateTaylorr She sticks to the main code every situation She’s the type…
Patrice Time waits for no man I fail to understand The news, the…
PIG Everything I feel just turns on me Again and again 'til…
Playa Fly chorus: Situation lookin' critical, everybody lookin pittif…
Push Play Cause every single time I Look into the past I Think of…
Re.Sistance Now for all the times you must go Notice all the…
Ric Ocasek You got a gangly glover But you can breathe now It's just…
Rich Homie Quan I′m gonna tell y'all niggas a true story, man All you…
Rochelle Jordan I looked through your papers I looked through your car I loo…
Rodrigo Costa Essa situação me soa tão familiar Essa situação oh oh me…
ruth b. Mmm (Yeah, yeah, that melody you were just-) I've been wond…
Shawn Chrystopher Uh inglewood gon' stand up Yep, the man tough like Handcuffs…
Skiii I love my situation I can't complain, I can't complain I sit…
Soul Lounge Vol. 1 I won't pretend that I can string together a sentence Or…
Switchblade Symphony ... a lamb widows and humans and pits and demons…
The Jeff Beck Group People fight for the basic right to choose To live a…
The Kid LAROI (Damn, Ryder) Uh, oh, oh, oh Uh I told my mama that we…
the knees I've got a better idea Let's take it to the start…
The Play Cause every single time I Look into the past I Think of…
The Soul Lounge Vol. 1 I won't pretend that I can string together a sentence Or…
Tom Jones Blue I dress for every situation Moving through the doorway …
Tom Jones Feat. Tori Amos Blue I dress for every situation Moving through the doorway…
Trina She body the body (body the body) And she 'bout it,…
V.A. Zat met Capo in een tecky situation Step correct Geef me eer…
Various Artists Blue eyed dressed for every situation Moving through the doo…
Yana Let's make nothing Into something It's just the way you move…
Yaz Blue eyed dressed for every situation Moving through the d…
Yazoo Blue eyed dressed for every situation Moving through the do…
Z.E.N.I.T.H I won't pretend that I can string together a sentence Or…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Booka Shade:
Charlotte I try to sail to the sea Try to Try to I try…
Contact Une météorite m'a transpercé le cœur Vous, sur la terre, vou…
Control Me Make up your mind No wrong or right Ain't got time to…
Crossing Borders To another side To another side To another To another To a…
Drums Drums, drums, drums. Beat, beat, beat. Drum beat, beat dru…
It's Too Late She said 'Meet me at the gates at eight 'Leave now,…
Line Of Fire (feat. Karin Park) [Radio edit] The sound was silent to you But I'm broken in two And…
Love Inc Love is when you feel, like You feel good for someone,…
Numbers [Repeat: 2X] What's your number I really want you I need to …
Numbers (DJ-Kicks) That's you by my abyss it's beautiful today whatcha gonna…
Psychameleon Take me, take me, take me, slowly Make it, make it,…
Regenerate A lifetime waiting for the light to shine Suddenly you were…
Solo City Solo city I'm made of stone Walking down your street I feel …
Sweet Lies You say, it's not so easy You say, this life will…
Sweet Lies (Booka's Bitter Truth Mix) You say it's not so easy* You say this life will…
Sweet Lies (Booka's Easy Way Out Mix) You say it's not so easy* You say this life will…
Sweet Lies (Matthias Tanzmann Remix) You say it's not so easy* You say this life will…
Sweet Lies (Patrice Bäumel Remix) You say it's not so easy* You say this life will…
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Ciro
Damn, already 6 years ago. Time flies. One of my alltime favorites.
Dude Deluxe
just came here to relisten the track,.. saw my last post here was 12 years ago. We had a great time back then <3
Peter Gronfeldt
NEARLY 10 YEARS! WTF! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
R
8 years! Fuck! How did that happen?
Raquel
such a wicked song, absolutely love it
Thomas Homer
pure brilliance. used to love this album glad i decided to listen to it again.
MyDiamondStarCar
i love this song, it makes me wanna climb the highest height and yell I LOVE BOOKA SHADE! :D
leonaleo
i saw them live yesterday!!!!!!! best night of my lifeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the absolute best
M. H.
My Soundtrack from 2008 :) Still get goosebumps when i listen too it!
Daniel E
Such a good feeling song!