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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Previous releases and appearances:

~ Miserablist - "Miserable Edits I, II & III" (M-Division)

~ "Life is Cheap" 12" (Bordello A Parigi)

~ "Italo City" CD (Mothball Record)

~ "Italo Estate" CD (Mothball Record)

~ "Hot Girls of Italo-disco" remix 12" (Mothball Record / Bordello A Parigi)

~ "Mothball Dance Classics) remix 12" (Mothball Record / Bordello A Parigi)

~ Manuel - "Occhi Occhi Occhi" remix 10" (Mothball Record)

~ Hildegard - "Satanicamente / Gay" remix 12" (Mothball Record)

~ Katia - "Io Senza Di Te" 12" (Mothball Record)

~ Salamanca Issue 4 12" (Salamanca)

~ "Dromedary" EP (Public Possession)

~ "Extra Terrestrial" (Mysidian)

~ "Oasis Room" (Ostra Discos)

~ Giusy Dej - "Walking in the Night" (Mothball Record)

~ "Mappamondo" EP (Public Possession)

~ "Summer in Cairo" EP (Fuego International)

~ "Amour" EP (Violette Szabo)

~ "Pepper DJ" EP (Plaisir Partagé)

~ Banoffee Pies Limited Series 04

~ "Test" edit on Benoit Hutin ‎– "Electronic" LP (Camisole)

~ "Hagámoslo Juntos " edit on Balearic Blah Blah 14

~ H&S - "Sandy Traces" EP (Mothball Record)

~ "Mysteries of the Night" edit on MM Discos 03

~ BAH041 EP (Bahnsteig 23)

~ "In the Moonlight" EP (Violette Szabo)

~ "Letter from the Far East" on BEST003 (La Bestiole Records)

~ "Temple / Tranquil" 7" (Magic Lantern)

~ edit on Ralph River Band - "Strange Vibration" (ZYX Records)

~ Arvo - "So Deep" [Instrumental Remix] (Strangelove Music)

~ Mandy Mancini ‎– "Love Me!"  ['83 Tape Edit] (Fresh Colour)

~ Fancy - "Null Null" [Instrumental Edit] (Mothball Record)

~ "Orient Express (Milan to Tokyo)" CD (Mothball Record)

~ edit on Kel-Air & Band Band ‎– "Tuareg" (ZYX Records)

~ "Hysteric in Shanghai" on Boots & Legs Vol. 1

~ "11PM" on V/A - Fest EP (Filament)

~ R°A - "Alexander" [Edit] (Mothball Record)

~ Quinn Martin - "One More Mission" [Mars edit] (Mothball Record)

~ edit on Cheaps - "Moliendo Café" (ZYX Records)

~ Artisti Vari Italia I & II (Mothball Record)

~ "Tomorrow" on Isolation Therapy comp (Stamp the Wax)

~ "Only We Can Do It" on Dance for Relief comp (Running Hot)

~ "Techno Tandori" on Strange Source Edits Vol 1 (Planet Trip)

~ "Ghost"  remix for Uabos & Hard Ton

~ edit on Helen - "Witch" (ZYX Records)

~ edit on Cover Boys - "Reality"(Glossy Mistakes) 

~ edit on Sensitive - "Don't Stop" (ZYX Records)

~ Illuminati Edits Vol 1 (Centre Neptune)

~ Illuminati Edits Vol 2 (Centre Neptune)

~ B4 edit on Scribble - "Selected Works 1983​-​86" (Strangelove)

~ Kitchen Appliances EP (Pleasure of Love) 

~ Edit on 'Lectric Workers - "Robot is Systematic" (ZYX Records)

~ Forza edit on Orange Tree Edits V/A (OTE008)

~ Pleiades edit on Duca Bianco V/A (DB12 005)

~ "Vinyl Charcuterie" compilation on Stoffige Vingers (WL-005)

~ Edit on A.G.F. - "Loved By You" (ZYX Records)

~ Lombardoni Tool EP (Public Possession)

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Booking North/South America: 
Joel Zimmerman  JZimmerman@wmeentertainment.com

Bookings International: 
Simon Clarkson SClarkson@wmeentertainment.com 


Management/All other inquries: 
myles@goldenharegroup.com

Press INFO:
US Press: myles@goldenharegroup.com
UK/EU Press: matt@getinpr.com

Scand: scandinavia.press@gmail.com

Riccardi played at:
11/06/24 50th Anniversary in Golden Pudel Club (Hamburg)
15/12/23 Space Disco w/ DJ Tiney at Nachtasyl (Hamburg)
23/12/23 Ciao Amore Baci con Frinda di Lanco e Hendrik Stein at Golden Pudel Club
20/09/2023 at Frau Hedi's Tanzkaffee (Hamburg) Battisti Special 
23/06/2023 with GGG LIVE at the Bionda e Lupo's La Deutsche Vita release party, Sameheads (Berlin)
08/06/2023 with GGG at Frau Hedi (Hamburg) Celentano Special !!!
10/02/23 LIVE at Loophole, Berlin
08/13 w/ Peachonfuse (Berlin) Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg
08/20 Aalfest, Hamburg
08/25 LIVE! Schaltzentrale, Hamburg
Club Bert Tina with Eva Geist (04/08/2022), Kampnagel Hamburg
Pudel Produkte 30 Release (12/04) Pudel Club, Hamburg
Urknall (01/01) at Übel&Gefährlich, Hamburg
Cia Amore Baci #2 (11/08) at Crack Bellmer, Berlin
Sundayafternoon (10/13) at Zwei/ Anderswelt, Hamburg
Riccardi Schola plays @ Skandaløs Festival, Niebüll at the 3rd of August 2019  https://www.skandaloes-festival.de/
George Hysteric & Riccardi Schola @ Golden Pudel, Hamburg at the 13th of October 2018

The Riccardi Schola - On my mind EP is out: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/upcoming/riccardi-schola-on-my-mind-12/

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