Booka Shade ft Fritz Kalkbrenner 'Crossing Borders' (Club Mix) // Out 23rd March 2014

Booka Shade feat Fritz Kalkbrenner 

'Crossing Borders’ (Club Mix)

(Embassy One/Blaufield Music)

Release date: 23rd March 2014

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Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, aka Booka Shade, are one of the most pioneering electronic music acts to come out of the past two decades. Booka Shade are set to release 'Crossing Borders' featuring Fritz Kalkbrenner from their 2013 album 'Eve' on the 23rd March 2014 on Embassy One / Blaufield Music. 

2013 was a phenomenal year for Booka Shade, having returned with their fifth artist album 'EVE' and toured the world with their incredible live shows. Stand out gigs from 2013 included their live set at London's Oval Space and their live performance at the 20th Anniversary of BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix at The Warehouse Project. They were joined by some of dance music's biggest heroes of the past and present including Sasha, Hot Since 82, Pete Tong and Eats Everything. 

'Crossing Borders' was co-written with fellow Berliner and vocalist Fritz Kalkbrenner. Fritz, a DJ and producer is celebrated for his warm soulful sound, championed for marrying hip hop, soul and house together and renowned all over the world for his beautiful voice, most notably for his vocals on his release 'Sky & Sand' with his brother, Paul Kalkbrenner.  Booka Shade first met Fritz when he asked them to remix one of his songs, "as we´re fans of his voice, we thought it would be a great idea if he would sing a vocal for one of our demos for the new album. He came to our studio with the lyrics of ´Crossing Borders´ and within 1 hour, the song was recorded."

'Crossing Borders' provoked a huge reaction with the fans and has resulted in artists lining up to make their mark on the track. In the coming months you can expect to hear remixes from the likes of Kolombo, Chopstick & Johnjon, Mathias Kaden, Pleasurekraft, Chi Thanh as well as Booka Shade themselves. Featuring Andy Cato from Groove Armada on the trombone, 'Crossing Borders' is enriched with acoustic and chilling electronic tones and demonstrates the trials and tribulations of the every day struggle "we've got to go on, even if we stray, crossing borders to another side".

Booka Shade have just announced a series of live tour dates for 2014 across Europe including two of Germany's biggest rock festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. They have also been invited to play their first London show of 2014 for the Noise Of Art’s ‘100 Years Of Electronic Music’ celebration at the Village Underground on the 25^th April. Tickets to Booka Shade live shows can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/1j74qjI

'Crossing Borders' will be released on 7th March 2014 exclusively on Beatport and all platforms from the 23rd March on Embassy One/Blaufield Music. 

Notes To Editor: 

In 2002 Booka Shade formed dance label Get Physical with M.A.N.D.Y, Thomas 'DJ T' Koch and production partner Peter Hayo, and became one of the worlds key dance labels. They released their first three albums on Get Physical, ‘Memento‘ (2004), ‘Movements’ (2006) & ‘The Sun & The Neon Light‘ (2008). Their last album, 'More!' (2010), was released on Cooperative Music. Tracks such as ‘Night Falls’, ‘Mandarine Girl’ and ‘In White Rooms’ became crossover hits and arguably their biggest hit ‘Body Language’ which is sung by festival goers the world over and was also used as a sample by will.i.am in ‘Get Your Money’ in 2007. Their DJ mix ‘Tomorrow Belongs To Us’ also reached #1 on the Beatport charts in 2012.

The Berlin pair went on to become highly sought after remixers, lending their magic touch to artists such as Depeche Mode, Moby, Yello, Hot Chip, Kings Of Leon, Tiga, and The Knife.

Booka Shade have earned a huge live reputation with their substantial and innovative live shows and in 2010 were named by Resident Advisor as one of the world’s Top 5 live acts. In 2012, they were hand picked by BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong to mix his annual ‘All Gone Ibiza’ compilation. 2013 saw them open for Depeche Mode at the first show of their world tour in Tel Aviv and headlined the Gobi Stage at Coachella. DJ appearances of 2013 included the Space Ibiza opening party, and a range of U.S festivals including the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. 2013 also saw Booka Shade return with their fifth studio album, 'Eve' which charted 6th on Beatport which marked an exciting new beginning for them after they had almost split up during the first half of production.  

Booka Shade Tour dates

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13/03  Luxor, Cologne, GER

15/03  Ubel & Gefährlich, Hamburg, GER

21/03  Muffathalle, MunIch, GER

22/03  Posthalle, Wurzburg, GER

14/03 Tempelhof, Berlin GER

26/03  Melkweg Old Hall, Amsterdam, HOL

27/03  Vooruit, Gent, BEL

28/03  Roxy, Prague CZE

29/03 Rondel, Bern, SUI (DJ set)

25/04 Village Underground, London

26/04 Vicar Street, Dublin, EIR