Booka Shade

It is made up of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music scene.

(2010), Eve (2013), Galvany Street (2017), Cut the Strings (2018), Dear Future Self (2020), Both (2021), Link To The Invisible (2024), various EPs and a mix album for DJ-Kicks.

[1] In the early 1990s, the duo made music under the name Planet Claire and released an album of the same name, produced by Peter Hayo.

In 2016 Body Language got sampled again, this time in You Don't Know Me by Jax Jones featuring British singer Raye.

Their follow up single, Mandarine Girl, also gave them great success, to this date it is the best selling record at UK vinyl store Phonica.

At the same time, Booka Shade performed dance music live, with shows at Sonar Festival in Barcelona,[13] with Mylo in London and a tour with Röyksopp.

The album featured 14 tracks, including new versions of ‘Karma Car’ and ‘Planetary’ which had previously been released on Get Physical.

[24] Two years later the duo released their next album ‘More!’ which received positive reviews in Resident Advisor,[25] Pitchfork[26] and Clash Magazine.

[31] The same year, Booka Shade played a sold-out show at London's Brixton Academy with Leftfield, Laurent Garnier and M.A.N.D.Y.

The track ‘Haleshop’ was given away for free via the band's website[33] and limited edition white-label vinyl was made available to purchase, each of which were hand-stamped.

[34] As part of Record Store Day in 2013, they released a limited edition 12" vinyl[35] which featured regular vocalist Chelonis R. Jones.

[36] On November 1, 2013, the album Eve was released by Embassy Of Music in collaboration with the band's label ’Blaufield’.

[38] The band featured on BBC 6Music's '6 Mix' as part of their Christmas Special[39] In late 2014, Booka Shade released the EP Line of Fire.