DJ and producer from the UK. Exploring the deeper, melodic side of house and techno.

Contact: jack.lazarus.music@gmail.com

Label owner for @intothemystlabel

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 of work featuring a combination of stand out albums and singles that quickly achieved further global success.

Since their break-through performance at Sónar in 2005, Booka Shade have earned huge recognition with their innovative live shows, even being named one of Resident Advisor's Top 5 live acts in the world in 2010. They have opened for legendary acts such as Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk, whilst headlining stages at the likes of Coachella, Glastonbury, Rock Werchter, and Red Rocks just to name a few. In recent years, the band has appeared amongst the likes of DJ Mag’s ‘Alternative Top 100 DJ List’ (2018), whilst their notable live sets have led to key mentions amongst a host of distinguished festival reviews and round-ups, including placement within DJ Mag’s ’10 Unforgettable Sets From The History Of Exit Festival’.

Booka Shade were also inducted into Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 Hall of Fame, having received strong support from the station throughout their careers, playing at both the ‘40 Years of Radio 1’ celebration with Annie Nightingale and the ‘20 Years of Essential Mix’ party, whilst also mixing Pete Tong’s ‘All Gone Ibiza’ compilation album. 

The duo’s fan base is in no way restricted to electronic music enthusiasts, with great success playing slots at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza, and more by utilising their massive crossover potential, which is as evident in their billings as it is in their remix credits, including acts like Depeche Mode, Moby, Hot Chip, Kings of Leon, Woodkid, The Knife and many more.

Add to the mix their Blaufield Music imprint, founded in 2013, and it’s clear and easy to see the pairing's musical knowledge not only as producers but also adept A&R’s, with releases to date on the imprint from both emerging and established talent alongside their own productions resulting in a string of releases and collaborations that can be regularly found amongst the upper end of Beatport’s Top 100 charts and championed by many of the industry’s biggest names.

Twenty years, dozens of EP’s and six albums later, Booka Shade have become more than a household name, they have become synonymous with the spirit which drives electronic music and have set a precedent to which electronic music is still held to today.

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Tom Nettleton - tom@paramountartists.com
Josh Pollard - josh@paramountartists.com

The Americas North & South America: 
Jon Sax, Liaison Artists - jon@liaisonartists.com

GSA Florian Hauss / Four Artists - florian@fourartists.com

PRESS: 
Dispersion PR 
Jake@dispersionpr.com  Jane@dispersionpr.com

Dave Lee aka Jakatta, Doug Willis, Raven Maize, Sessomatto, formerly Joey Negro as well as being part of The Sunburst Band and many more. 

Bookings: Tim@zrecords.ltd.uk

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mgmt: ryan@nervemanagement.com

bookings: bshprits@teamwass.com (AMERICAS, OZ + ASIA), cecilia.chan@teamwass.com (UK & EU)

Off Planet, an album in four parts, out now

COMPUPHONIC
 
Born in 1983 in Liège, Belgium, Maxime Firket grew up surrounded by music. He studied music theory and classical music at the Academy and did not choose the easy route by opting to study the cello. "A demanding and monodic instrument which forces you to find the right sound and the right note to make yourself heard. My cello background is still useful to me today." As an adolescent, he dreamt of playing in a rock group, but also discovered Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Front 242 and Detroit techno. After having created his own studio and put together a few mixes on a Roland Compuphonic synthesiser (yes, that’s where the name comes from...), Maxime soon found himself behind the decks at Dirty Dancing nights in Brussels and recorded his first tracks for Dirty Dancing Recordings. In 2006, his reputation exploded on the dance floor with the groovy "Emotion", produced in collaboration with Tiga and released on his label ‘Turbo Recordings’.
 
Compuphonic’s dedication and elaborateness delivers spontaneous productions of hedonistic house. Natural, open to large spaces, ambitious but always accessible. Handling music as the art form it is. Alternating complicated with simple pieces, electronic with organic, light with dark, ease with emotional, celebration with pondering. Telling a different, but in its way even more exciting new tale, time and time again.
 
His underground hit “Sunset” ft Marques Toliver reached over 10 000 000 views (and counting) on YouTube and got support on BBC Radio 1 by Annie Mac, Pete Tong, Rob Da Bank and key media / blogs.
 
More recently his releases ’Radio Atlantis’ and ‘The Sun Does Rise’ on Berlin’s  super label Exploited Records  have picked up great support by radio stations and bloggers worldwide and after playing shows at Pukkelpop, Dour Festival, Eurosonic, SXSW, Sonar Festival, Monegros,, he's set to become one of Europe's best known too.
 
His new EP “My Love” is expected mid November on Exploited Records. In the meantime  we invite you to have a listen to his  popular “Tales” (mixtape) episodes on Soundcloud.
 
More info:
https://soundcloud.com/compuphonic-1
https://twitter.com/compuphonicmax
https://www.facebook.com/compuphonicmax
https://www.instagram.com/compuphonicmax
https://www.youtube.com/user/UnionMatchMusic
DISCOGRAPHY

Compuphonic - Les Environs Part One - Dirty Dancing Recordings

Compuphonic - Les Environs Part Two - Dirty Dancing Recordings

Compuphonic - Placid Corporation - Dirty Dancing Recordings

Compuphonic & Kolombo - Emotion EP  - Turbo

Compuphonic - Senses Under Attack ?(12") Play Out!

Compuphonic & Spirit Catcher - Mastermind / Dream Machine - 20:20 Vision

Compuphonic - Analog Sparkles EP - Parquet Recordings

Compuphonic - Spacetime Continuum EP - Parquet Recordings

Compuphonic - Touchwood EP - Klimaks

Compuphonic - Sunset - Get Physical

Compuphonic - Radio Atlantis - Exploited

Compuphonic - O Cypres – Exploited

Compuphonic – My Love EP - Exploited

 

REMIXES

Petula Clark - Cut Me Copy (Compuphonic remix) - white

The Subs - Trapped (Compuphonic remix)

Chrystal Fighters - Plage (Compuphonic remix)

Martin Solveig - Give it to Me (Compuphonic remix)

Freeform Five ft Roisin Murphy - Leviathan (Compuphonic remix)

Joel Compass - Fucked Up (Compuphonic remix)

Him_Self_Her - Gone Too Long (Compuphonic remix)

Arsenal - Melvin (Compuphonic remix)

Defining the true meaning of ‘dance music’ in 2023, Glitterbox’s 21st century disco will move your mind your body and your soul.

http://www.glitterboxibiza.com

More info: www.nilsfrahm.com

Management: 
felix(at)agentur-grimm(dot)com


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