We’re honored to have this intimate up close and personal GALLERY of Booka Shade shot by our good friend Tim Dobrovolny on July 17th as the boys travel to perform live at the excellent Glade Festival in Winchester, UK. Tim, based in Berlin has a long and fruitful history in the music biz and he’s clearly on the way to a fruitful photographic career

Our Friends Booka Shade just arrived last night from their US Tour. We talked to Arno about their impressions and forthcoming Activities.
Q: You just arrived from your US Tour today. How was it? Due to the Comments we saw on your MySpace, it must be very successful…..
Arno: We´re still jetlagged but very happy: The tour [...]

We have the 1st winner of the Limited Edition Booka Shade shoe contest – Congratulations to Jacob Sempler who says : “I shot this (pic above) at the spectacular concert at the Independent in San Francisco last Sunday. My friend actually got one of Arno’s drumsticks when it broke. So that’s her slapping it in [...]

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:
1. send us your email and your myspace name (if you have one) plus what city you are in – this will not be shared with anyone else – together with a PICTURE of yourself/friends at/enjoying one of Booka Shade’s shows around the world and let everyone know where you took [...]

After 9 months of the hugely succesful “The Sun & The Neon Light” World Tour in 2008, you would think that the Booka Shade boys would be taking a break – well almost ! They played their 1st show of 2009 in Berlin this past Saturday at the packed out ‘Distorted People’ event at the [...]

Yet another sold-out London event from Booka Shade on their mighty ‘The Sun & the Neon Light’ Tour and this time with labelmates Heidi and M.A.N.D.Y. in full effect ! and at least 2 of our Kspacers were up in it – here  is the first review with live pics to follow:

I highly recommend a [...]

Booka Shade’s cosmic “The Sun & the Neon Light’ travels continue well into the year end with upcoming South America, Australia forays and for those lucky in London there’s a full on Physical evening at Koko together with M.A.N.D.Y and Heidi. In celebration of the support so far, the Booka boys are happy to offer [...]

Booka Shade’s highly anticipated third album “The Sun and the Neon Light” is due out 
 this Monday, 26 May. What better way to celebrate than with an intimate SOLD-OUT London show at ULU on Thursday 22 May (followed by similar shows coming to your city very soon !). The ‘Sun and the Neon Light’ [...]

We LOVE to Get Physical! and especially if it extends over a 9 month World Tour with Booka Shade – kicks off May 9th ! Since 2002 German dance constructers Booka Shade have created a serious electro house sect with the co-formation of their label and two incandescent albums Memento and Movements. Classic tracks [...]

Fans have been waiting for months, and on February 12th it’s finally there: Booka Shade – Movements The Tour Edition (CD&DVD). If you want to be absolutely sure you get a copy before they’re sold out, go the Get Physical website and pre-order one. This essential Bookumentary features footage taken on their 150 gigs in [...]

Finally! The Booka Shade tour dvd & cd are out on Get Physical, portraying the best parts of their roaring Movements World Tour. Footage from all over the world was gathered to give the owners of this box an idea of what Arno Kammermeier and Walter Merziger have gone through to bring their musical message [...]

Last time we checked in, Walter felt a little lonely in the Booka Shade studio while Arno was on vacation. Now, we find both of them in their music hub in Berlin, filled with all kinds of gear. They are working on new material and preparing for the Movements Tour DVD release. A new single [...]

Yep, it’s that time of the year again. Charts prevail in the music media. The best dj, best label, best club night, best venue, best…whatever; you name it, it’s there. Looking at these charts, 2007 was a great years for the boys and girls at Get Physical Music in Berlin. Resident Advisor rewarded Dixon with [...]

Booka Shade have skyrocketed straight into international stardom. Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier have been producing music since the beginning of the nineties, but only after co-founding the Get Physical label and reinventing themselves as Booka Shade the guys were noticed by the international dance scene. After the smash album Memento, Booka Shade is working [...]

Good news for the Get Physical and Booka Shade fans. Walter and Arno have just delivered an exquisite mix for the highly esteemed DJ-Kicks compilation. It is an interesting mix, because the guys have approached it from a producers point of view. What’s more, Booka Shade explored their singing abilities on the forthcoming single Numbers [...]

Get Physical is on a roll, no doubt about that. Six Germans, one label, and somehow it all adds up. For five years the guys from Berlin have maintained a steady flow of mind-blowing releases and instant classics. As you know, the crew is doing a huge club tour at the moment. No time to [...]