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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<a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/BanditShae' target='_new'>Pete Bandit & Jason Shae's Upcoming Gigs </a>Saturday 27 July, 2013 <a href='https://www.facebook.com/events/349477211826165/?fref=ts' target='_new'>Welcome to the Future festival, 't Twiske, Amsterdam, Netherlands</a> <a href='http://www.gigatools.com' target='_new'>Powered by GigaTools</a> 	
Jason Shae:

Buying his first turntables in 1998, Jason Soesman became interested in playing vinyl after playing at a friend’s house for the first time. It was there and then where his journey began. Getting his hands on Richie Hawtin: Decks, EFX & 909 in the year 2000 there was no turning back.

Summer of ’04: it was time for a change. Jason decided, together with the three afore mentioned friend...s, to combine DJ’ing with live elements. It was the first stage of creating of their very own live-act: Jason & the Argonauts, taking up all available time and a lot of effort.

Within two years since their great investment, they’ve developed themselves into one of the key Minimal acts in the Netherlands. Next to their appearances at stages like Voltt, Mono, Phonocult, Rockit, Less=More the four also acquired a residency at the Magnetronik-nights held at Club Poema.

Although heavily committed to the live-act, Jason is still discovering new ways to expressing himself through playing hisvinyls. Jason Shae’s DJ sets can be described as French Funk, Chicago House with a hint of Berlin stripped down house. Due to the use of Serato he can easily combine material from the boys of Jason & the Argonauts with records from other artists.

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Pete Bandit:

Pete Bandit started DJ'ing fourteen years ago, in 1995 to be exact. Most of the other artists in the SQUZ agency actually learned how to read in that same year, but that's a whole different story. Pete's experience with music, both playing and producing it, is unprecedented.

As a producer Pete Bandit has also been quite succesfull so far; being part of the Le Chien Perdu and Jason & The Argonauts producer teams, Pete has released on several national and international labels, with a lot more to come. Lately Pete has been in the studio with multiple projects, including with Jason & The Argonauts member Jason Shae. This latest project seem to work out great again and we can't wait untill the first release will hit the shelves.

Pete Bandit's fame as a DJ is growing larger gig by gig. Stealing the heart of every partyfreak, bassaddict and musiclover with a great, steady, rocking groove that takes us back to the Chicago, Miami and New York sounds from back in the days. Of course, he isn't just copying, he is reinventing...

Send us your demos for Friends & Family Records! fandfdemos@gmail.com

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