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.

AGENT REPRESENTATION:

ROW
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

Contact: info@basicnyc.com

Sleepy & Boo's undying passion for underground music pervades everything they do. As DJs, producers, and event organizers, the husband-and-wife duo have become fixtures in the dynamic music scene of New York City. They have left their mark on countless dancefloors around the world, mixing together tracks from across the musical spectrum to craft a hypnotic, energetic groove and atmosphere that inspires release and euphoria amongst partygoers.  

From deep, dreamy house to pulsating, hypnotic techno, Sleepy & Boo's musical range has earned them a loyal following and respect throughout the industry. Their diverse taste can be clearly experienced through their original music. Making their production debut in 2015, Sleepy & Boo have steadily released a wide range of tracks, collaborating with international labels including Toolroom, Yoshitoshi, Where the Heart Is, Cenote, 3Bridge Records, Nervous, De-Noize, Nite Grooves and many more.  2020 sees the duo making their debut on Toolroom, Transmit, SLC-6, Colour and Pitch and more labels to come.

"This 45 hoarder made soul music fun again with his Soul Clap & Dance Off parties, where five-hour sets of rare grooves and B-sides provided a fleshy alternative to the club scene’s industrial snarl. Instead of bucking the trends of American pop music for some underground alternative, Toubin has made his name by embracing pop’s connective tissue, tracing the rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll of the nineteen-fifties and sixties. " (The New Yorker)

"The most-liked man in the soul music scene" (Rolling Stone)

"Jonathan is pretty much the only DJ we actually like." (VICE)

"Particularly chic... one of the most popular spinners in Williamsburg and the founder of the New York Night Train dance parties. His fare is already cleaner and more appreciative of American pop music history than much of the rest..." (NY Times)

Awarded "BEST DJ" in "The Village Voice" 60th Anniversary “Best of NYC”: "We might live in an EDM world, but Jonathan Toubin has no truck with today's musical whims. Since 2007, Toubin's Soul Clap and Dance-Off has brought throwback pizzazz and retro cool to New York's late-night underground. Culled from an endless array of long-forgotten Sixties soul singles, Soul Clap is pure musical dynamite, the kind of after-hours party that exposes today's iTunes-bred, press-play DJs for their relative lack of roots and ingenuity. No fist-bumps or atomic bass drops here... You can try to put your moves to better use, but you'll be hard-pressed to find more cathartic, sweatier fun elsewhere in the city." (Village Voice Critics Choice Award, 2015)

"BEST DJ" (Village Voice "Best of NYC" Readers' Choice Award 2014)

"Jonathan Toubin is the reigning king of the sweaty, non-stop super-fun dance party" (Paper Magazine)

"Jonathan Toubin is a multihypenate in every sense of the word... Toubin fuses obscure rhythm and blues from the '50s and '60s, with rock 'n' roll and soul 45s. His ongoing New York Night Train parties easily draw those typically found sulking in corners of bars out onto the dance floor." (Interview Magazine)

"Jonathan Toubin is New York rock and soul DJ who plays his collection of original 45rpm records to packed dance floors all over the world." (BBC World Service)

"Most fun ever!... Jonathan Toubin is one of our all time favorite DJs who spins rare 45s and travels around the world making people happy" (BUST Magazine)

"The long-running Soul Clap remains one of the sweatiest dance parties to be experienced in New York City. Fueled by his rare and raucous 45s collection, DJ Jonathan Toubin draws on raw soul and the most feral strains of rock 'n' roll from the early 1960s to power the nights." (Wall Street Journal)

"Few people recognize the roaring, crackling songs; even fewer can really dance the blues. It doesn’t matter. The evening’s not about proving you know the most obscure records or looking good; it’s about some kind of soul-shaking alchemy. Before you know it, it’s the opening scene of “Dirty Dancing,” all swerving hips and bare shoulders—you would’ve sworn you’d be the last to dance, but there you are, breathless.... Spellbound bodies slip into the song’s shuffling rhythm, and Toubin reaches for the next bit of black magic." (The New Yorker)

"Soul Clap is the most popular soul dance party in the world, playing to more people in more places than any other... Toubin plays all original soul 45s from the 1960s and uncommon upbeat cuts." (SXSW Music News)



"Indeed, Toubin's 45 r.p.m. record-fueled, rock-and-soul heavy dance parties were some of the best, sweatiest nights we've had in this city." (Gothamist)

"Jonathan Toubin is the only person we can call a "professional DJ" without involuntarily making a jack-off motion with our hand... His parties are like what Ancient Stonehenge was like if it was, as archaeologists theorize, filled with people dressed many times better than you completely losing their shit." (VICE)

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

Bookings:
UK / EU - miguel.sanchez@caa.com
ROW - bshprits@teamwass.com

MGMT:  scott@ecce.ltd

The electro/goth/pop duo The Black Soft made their debut in 2011
with the launch of their first and second EP’s under their record
label Terror of the Understood. Since then they have been
heralded as the darlings of the fashion community composing
music for films and runway shows which include designers: Mugler,
Rad Hourani, Patti Wilson, Vogue, MAC and Nicola Formichetti.
The Black Soft seeks to change the topography of today’s musical
caste system, recognizing a tangible movement that is percolating
in the creative bowels of New York City’s East Village. Artists
are collaborating, creation is happening, and a new music is
accompanying the cries of birth ... the cries that announce
the rise of a new dynasty in New York City.

Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and label-owner.

2025
Sep - Munich, Skopje, Ibiza, Milano
Jul - Tokyo, Singapur
Jun - Berlin / Munich
May - Salzburg
May -Vienna 
May - Passau
May -Milano
May - Antalya
Apr - Reykjavík
Apr - Augsburg
Mar - Munich
Feb - Copenhaven
Jan - Milano




2023 / 2024
Coming Up Next: Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Buenos Aires, Rio..... & 4 Sure Vienna. Catch Me If You Can.

2022
Sabbatical

2021 
Audi Dome, BMW World, Corleone, Eklektik, Park Cafe, Bahnwärter Thiel, FM4, BBC, Disco Bizarre Beach, Sugar Mountain, Cassiopeia, Baia, Monte Baldo, Les Catacombes, Gucci, Dior, Kitty , Panne, Kunst Block Balve, Easy Tiger, Lucy's Sky, Ess-Zimmer
 
2020
Sisyphos, 3sat BR, BBC6, Kunst Block Balve, Corleone, la boum FM4, Olympia MCH, Senatore,  Bahnwärter Thiel, Disco Bizarre, BMW World, Audi Dome, Park Cafe, Maroto, Easy Tiger, Krake, Bar Tausend, Kitty, Panne Celeste, Heuer, Tod's, Black Market,

Mr. Turner released on Basspatrol, Ninja Tune, Solaris, Gouranga, Disco In Spa, Hator, Slightly Transformed, World Tribe Records, Astroleads Records, JMJ...

For  booking & edit/remix requests pls contact:
info@basspatrol.com

Who Is Mr Turner?
Deejay, Audio Editor, Remixer & Ghost-Producer
https://linktr.ee/petkoturner
He is known to work and perform under several different aliases




Countries Where He Spinned The Wheels:
Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Catalonia, China, Croatia, Czech, England, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Netherlands , Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam.

A musical vision attempting to encapsulate the power & beauty of the Cosmos within the confines of techno music. This is Cosmic Techno. This is Pleasurekraft.

For bookings: 
Lars@telosartists.com
North/Central/South America : Contact@kraftekmusic.com
Australia: Mike@thickasthieves.com.au

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: 
http://www.pleasurekraft.com

Facebook
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Instagram: 
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YouTube: 
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Spotify: 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ipS3ZbqP46bs124yqp9N4?si=gijSFaABQ1u0AaDr_UBuxw



Resident Advisor Page
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/pleasurekraft

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