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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Hailing from provincial Italy, world class DJ & producer Benny Benassi is a name needing little introduction but always deserving of wide admiration and acclaim.  Indulging in a career spanning fifteen plus years, Benassi is renown as a humble, authentic and charming character who has grown from club DJ to festival king to multi-million selling record producer taking success in his stride. Trademarking his unique infusion of house and electro with his global smash “Satisfaction” Benny has continued to create music which is a clear evolution of this signature sound but never deviating too far. 

There is no better place to start delving into the rich history of the Benassi career than with his international blockbuster, “Satisfaction” and its game-changing music video became his launch pad into stardom. Created with his cousin and producer, Alle Benassi, and inspired by the car horns outside an open street facing window, this single catapulted into the charts with a #1 in France, #2 in the UK and Germany. Followed by his debut album Hypnotica, which reached top 20 across nearly all parts of Europe within the first month of release. 

The next few years for Benny were a culmination of successes, whether it be the major festivals he went on the play (Coachella, EDC, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland to name a few) or his next artist album, Rock N Rave in 2008. The same year he won a Grammy Award for his ground breaking remix of Public Enemy “Bring The Noise” further catapulting the Benassi name into stardom. 

In 2011, Benny teamed up with a star-studded album cast for his album Electroman which featured T-Pain, Kelis, Jean-Baptsiste and Apl.de.ap amongst others and most famously Gary Go with his chart-topping single “Cinema”.  The Skrillex remix of “Cinema” not only went Gold in the US and platinum in Australia and Canada but won the Benassi’s another Grammy whilst holding firm in the iTunes top 10 dance chart for over 6 months. 

Still on this exceptional career high, Benny Benassi combined talents with Chris Brown to create one of the biggest cross-over dance records of its time with “Beautiful People”. The following years have been a measure of incredible world tours and releases, most notably his record “Dance The Pain Away” with John Legend, which premiered live on stage at Coachella with John himself. 

2016 saw Benny released his first album in five years Danceaholic, an unexpected, stunning cocktail of already released tracks, two unreleased reworks of older singles and brand new songs, led by the hit summer anthem “Paradise”, once again with Chris Brown. “Paradise” stayed in the Top 50 UK charts for 10 weeks and boasts more than 65 million video views and close to 47 million Spotify streams. 

In recent years, Benny's main releases include “Everybody Needs A Kiss” featured US duo Sofi Tukker racking up over 10 millions streams online and was featured as the sound of gay pride for Musica.ly, "Lonely Nights" featuring Lil Yachty, interspersed with two great house-oriented tracks, "Inside" with Chris Nasty, performing well in clubs and on streaming platforms and "Everybody Hates Monday Mornings" with his own production outfit, BB Team, and featuring the eccentric and charismatic YouTuber, Canguro English.

Beyond his own productions he brought his sound to a wider musical audience with a flurry of high-profile remixes with the likes of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Giorgio Moroder, Madonna, Sean Paul and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few; whilst maintaining a weekly radio show on the US heavy-weight iHeart Radio broadcasting to a staggering quarter of a billion listeners monthly.

BOOKINGS DJ & Live sets: chris@elitemm.co.uk
Slam (aka Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle) are a tour de force on the global techno circuit. Their unique, six deck, back-to-back DJ performances have seen the duo play leading clubs and festivals across the world. They are renowned for both their experience and their powerful, contemporary sound. 

They are co-owners of Glasgow's Riverside Festival, and also host the legendary Maximum Pressure warehouse parties, which showcase the best emerging local talent alongside some of the most established names in international techno.

Their iconic Soma Records label boasts in excess of 600 releases, hosting Mcmillan and Meikle's own productions and many of today's most cutting-edge techno artists.

The last few years have seen some of the duo's most prolific studio output as they continue to innovate and keep things moving forward, most recently with the release of their experimental full length record Athenæum 101. In addition, Slam have also remixed tracks from the likes of Planetary Assault Systems, Clouds, Dax J, Damon Wild, Richie Hawtin, and Truncate, to name just a few. 

Slam also host one of Techno's most respected weekly podcasts, Slam Radio, which has now surpassed over 400 episodes. The show allows the duo to demonstrate their conviction to creating and promoting music and vibes that provide an antidote to the mainstream by inviting fellow artists from the vibrant Techno scene, from obscure names to current trailblazers.

Wie sich erahnen lässt, ist der Name Gang & Gäbe keineswegs sinnbildlich für Ihre Darbietung, sondern die Zurschaustellung von zeitgemäßem Sarkasmus der anderen Art. 

Mit den Werken aus der richtigen Nische und dem Element "Underground" bietet der Regensburger Szeneaktivist zwischen den Genres House und Techno das komplette Spektrum von einzigartiger und sinneserweiternder musikalischer Ganzkörperhypnose, wie man es sich nur schwer vorstellen kann. 
Die verzweifelte Annahme, dass jemand, oder zumindest irgendeine Kraft sich um das Licht am Ende des Tunnels kümmert, kann bestätigt werden.

Gang & Gäbe

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Jay C (Dj/Producer/Remixer) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 

  Being a prominent figure in the dance music scene with over 10 years experience playing many 
  genres of house music from the funky, vocal balearic vibe through to the tougher, more electronic,
  progressive & tech house sounds - Jay C is renowned for getting any dancefloor moving. His 
  energetic sets are heard in clubs and on radio stations worldwide, playing amongst the worlds elite
   - and spending many years on the island of Ibiza has helped shape his imitable Balearic sound. 
  This gained him a 5 year residency for the 'In Bed With Space World Tours' since the summer of 
  2003 after playing the world renowned 'Space Club Ibiza', which has taken him to all corners of the
  globe taking in such places as South America, Asia, Dubai, Phillipines, throughout Eastern Europe,
  Scandinavia, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovenia & Switzerland to name a 
  few.

  Over the years Jay C has also played for, and  also frequently guests at many top clubs & events
  throughout his home country of Great Britain, and 2011 saw one of the highlights of his career,
  supporting David Guetta on some of the UK dates of his 'One Love' album tour. Other clubbing 
  institutions that have played host to one of Jay C's vibrant sets include  Ministry Of Sound, The 
  Cross, Pacha, Sankeys, Mission, various Miss Moneypennys events & tours, Gatecrasher, 
  playing the 'Radio 1 One Big Weekender' and in 2006 supporting 'FatBoy Slim' on his 'Welcome 
  To Palookaville' album tour in Manchester.

  In 2000 Jay C packed up his records and headed out to Ibiza where, for the next 7 years he 
  'worked' the summers where he mainly ran/promoted/played the 'Savannah Funky Lounge' next
  to the world famous 'Cafe Del Mar', booking & playing alongside some of the worlds elite djs. 
  He has also rocked all of the islands top clubs including Space, El Divino, Amnesia, Privilege,
  Pacha, Es Paradis and Eden - for nights like 'In Bed With Space', 'Miss Moneypennys', 'Cream', 
  'Hed Kandi', 'Retro', 'Pukka Up', 'Dave Pearce' and 'Garlands', as well as many of the Islands 
  infamous bars such as 'Mambo', 'Bora Bora', 'Plastik', 'Hush', 'Mezzanine', 'Coastline', 'Kanya',
  and many of the various boat parties & festivals held at the Zoo Project in Benimussa Hills. 

  As a renowned producer, Jay C spends every possible hour in the studio. Drawing from many 
  musical influences sees him covering a variety of house music genres under both his Jay C & 
  Vertigo guises, with his productions gaining support  by many the major players from his 
  collaborations alongside some of dance musics biggest artists including Jocelyn Brown, Peyton, 
  Angie Brown, Marcella Woods, Shena, Abigail Bailey & Richie Dan - with many tracks licensed to 
  compilations and major house labels such as Virgin/EMI, Hed Kandi/Ministry Of Sound, Toolroom 
  Records, Strictly Rhythm, Loaded/Skint Records, Tiger Records, Juicy Music, HaitiGroove, 
  Phonetic Recordings, Oxyd, GFab, Houseworks, Discopolis, Pin-Up Recs, Miss Moneypennys. 

  And with many more releases scheduled over the coming months.............


::::::::::: Discography - listen at http://www.soundcloud.com/jay :::::::::::::: 

   • Jay C & Felix Baumgartner - Who's Baba - (NEW - COMING SOON)
   • Jay C - Fab Freddy Said - (NEW - COMING SOON)
   • Jay C - Descosio - (NEW - COMING SOON)
   • Jay C & Pray For More - Jibaro (inc  remixes from Lauer & Canard, Ray Roc & Gabe Ramos 
     & more) - (NEW - COMING SOON)
   • Jay C & Futuristic Polar Bears ft Marcella Woods - Levitate/Bak 2 Luv - 
   • Jay C & Dj Eako - Take U Higher - (NEW - COMING SOON)
   • Vertigo - Need A Love (NEW - FORTHCOMING) 
   • Jay C & Felix Baumgartner - Follow Up to Souk - (forthcoming) 
   • Jay C - HouseBomb - (forthcoming on) Haiti Groove
   • Jay C & Felix Baumgartner - Drunk In Africa - (inc Chris Montana and Dj Kone & Marc Palacio 
     rmxs) - Haiti Groove
   • Pray For More - Shame (Jay C's Got No Shame remix) - MJUZEEiK
   • Jay C - Makalu - Juicy Music (inc Robbie Rivera rmx)
   • Guernica vs Jay C ft Marcella Woods - Open Your Heart - Tiger Records (rmxs from Manuel De 
     La Mare & Phunk Investigation) 
   • Jay C & Lee John ft Nathan Thomas - Electric Love - Loaded Records 
   • Jay C & Baumgartner - Souk - Toolroom Records (with Thomas Gold & Robbie Rivera rmxs)
   • SUB Booty - Lost Jungle (Jay C & Lee Johns Booty)
   • Vertigo - Mr Sandman (The Bom Bom Song) - Strictly Rhythm 
   • Jay C - Switch (forthcoming)
   • Jay C - ft Marcella Woods - Rollin' - Hed Kandi.
   • Vertigo & Jocelyn Brown - Freedom - Pure Silk Music
   • Vertigo & Richie Dan - Temptation - Pure Silk Music
   • Vertigo Pres. Peyton - All That Matters - Pin-Up Records
   • Jay C ft JLD - Rudeboy Skank
   • MSTRSS - In Danger (Vertigo remix) - Eye Industries
   • Vertigo - Flashback (forthcoming 2011)
   • Jay C ft Shena - The Music - Discopolis Recs 
   • SuperGroove - Taste The Honey - Discopolis Recs
   • Jay C ft Nathan Thomas - Multiply - G Fab Records (inc Thomas Gold rmx)
   • Jay C vs Rock Steady Crew - Hey You - Nebula (inc Martijn Ten Velden & Beatfreakz rmxs) 
   • Jay C & Oliver Lang ft Shena - It Doesn't Matter - Hed Kandi
   • Jay C ft Gemma - So High - Oxyd
   • Jay C - Rockstar DJ - Houseworks
   • Jay C ft Abigail Bailey - Gettin High - Miss Moneypennys





Website        : http://www.jay-c.co.uk
Myspace      : http://www.myspace.com/deejay
Facebook     : http://www.facebook.com/jaycsuperstar
Fanpage       : http://www.facebook.com/jaycmusic
Twitter          : http://www.twitter.com/djjayc




Mixes            : http://www.soundcloud.com/jaycmixes
                     : http://www.mixcloud.com/jayc
Productions  : http://www.soundcloud.com/jayc
                     : http://www.soundcloud.com/vertigomusic




Franky Rizardo 

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We just say Fouk.

For Daniel Leseman & Junktion (Hans Peeman), successful producers on their own merits and friends since childhood, a collaboration was inevitable. Their house sound infused with disco and a lot of funk has been proven to be very infectious.

After the infamous Detroit Swindle signed them to their Heist imprint and released the booming Kill Frenzy EP their name was established firmly to a broad and quickly growing audience. The result was requests for DJ sets across Europe, the America’s & Australia with personal highlights including Glastonbury, LoveBox, Concrete Paris, Output New York, Club Space Miami, Claire and De Marktkantine in Amsterdam.

Their first vinyl release as Fouk, on their own Outplay Records was met with great enthusiasm, the brilliant reactions to ‘Stuff Your Dad Liked’ and ‘Cat Lady’ propelled Fouk and Outplay firmly into the scene as the ‘one to watch’. Since then they’ve released EP’s on Room With A View, The House of Disco and Razor-n-Tape and made a string of strong remixes for the likes of Kraak & Smaak, Smoove & Turrell, Groove Armada, The Brand New Heavies, Luke Million, Joey Negro and Mayer Hawthorne.

After releasing ‘Release The Kraken EP’ featuring Thumpasaurus on The House of Disco, ‘Truffles EP’ on Heist Recordings in 2019 and two EP’s on their own Outplay offshoot ’24 Carrot’ they return again on Heist in 2021 with ‘Blue Steel EP’. Continuing to build on the sound they have evolved throughout the years with a new impulse of creativity.

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