let's talk Booka people!! They are my absolute favorite!!!!!! Yes, I enjoy a variety of genres of electronic beats...from techno to dubstep...from house to breaks....etc...etc. Booka Shade's beats, however, are my fav!!! They are the reason I am soooooo unbelievably passionate about music as well as the reason why I want to learn to spin and produce tracks. I can't really explain why, but I can say that I just 'get' their music. They make me dance like noone else at their live shows and feel crazy emotions.....kinda nuts??? I think so...hah! Here are my questions: What is your take on the Booka freaken Shade duo??? and What dj/producer(s) have influenced u???
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Booka shade!
31 durable postsStarted 2008-07-28Latest 2008-08-04
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saw them do a live pa last week....they absolutely rocked it. crowd was going nuts. my only complaint is they only played an hour...could have been longer.
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Yeah their live show is awesome.
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they just dropped a buncha tunes on beatport, most of them very good.
tiger stripes are right there with booka as well. mikael is amazing at everything from latin influenced house like marimba and consecration to his dirtier, techy stuff as in dont know who are remixes and nothing at all.
booka shade is steller.
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there are playing tonight in Boston, i am hoping that i get off work in time to make it but it doesn't look to promising
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Caught them live at the conference a few years back and they rocked it!
they play here in nyc friday night...hmmm....
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Always liked their production, then saw them a few months back do a live PA and was floored, very much at the forefront of this new wave of tech style music.
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generally, they are quite good. their production is generally good, some of it is terrific - Trespass 06 is a classic. But some of it is just cheap euro-cheese scarf-wearing fodder. I hate that "oh superman" track.
I saw them live in Chicago once. I thought it was good, but nothing particularly amazing. It was just a "top 40" version of all of their hits...just one after the other, sounding just like on the CDs. Of course, everyone loved it bc they were bombed out of their skulls. I got the sense that the guy playing the drums over the tracks was kinda faking it...lol
For me, a live PA has to give me something unexpected and improvised...something new. I was much happier with Dan Berkson and James What's opening set. That was some groovy mixing and live improv.
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I love Booka Shade's production. Some tracks are better than others, obviously. I am getting quite excited about potentially seeing this live P.A. show in Toronto later this week!!
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[quote=Miroslav;630181]generally, they are quite good. their production is generally good, some of it is terrific - Trespass 06 is a classic. But some of it is just cheap euro-cheese scarf-wearing fodder. I hate that "oh superman" track.
I saw them live in Chicago once. I thought it was good, but nothing particularly amazing. It was just a "top 40" version of all of their hits...just one after the other, sounding just like on the CDs. Of course, everyone loved it bc they were bombed out of their skulls. I got the sense that the guy playing the drums over the tracks was kinda faking it...lol
For me, a live PA has to give me something unexpected and improvised...something new. I was much happier with Dan Berkson and James What's opening set. That was some groovy mixing and live improv.[/quote]
i was at that show as well and although i enjoyed booka shade i thought Berkson & What we amazing
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they are awesome live
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[quote=Miroslav;630181]Of course, everyone loved it bc they were bombed out of their skulls.[/quote]
:Who:
That was a fun night.... It was a very intimate venue and we ended up with Arno's drumstick which he signed for us. :D
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[quote=3ibb3;630022]there are playing tonight in Boston, i am hoping that i get off work in time to make it but it doesn't look to promising[/quote]
Call in sick and go dammit!! hah
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that looks like a little psy-trance bar, with all the cheesy decoration .. i thought they play big venue's now =)
Berkson & What are awesome, saw them first at WMC07 and happy that they touring a lot ... they deserve it.
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[quote=Johnson;630524]that looks like a little psy-trance bar, with all the cheesy decoration ..[/quote]
The venue was in Chicago and called The Funky Buddha Lounge. I also saw Booka at DEMF in 07 and had more fun at their show in Chicago.
btw...The DEMF set was almost identical to their set in Chicago... :what
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booka boogie, :) [img]http://www.csoltis.com/photos/avalon080726/slides/avalon080726-062.jpg[/img]
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That was a fun night.... It was a very intimate venue and we ended up with Arno's drumstick which he signed for us. :D
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[IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/mindstatic_pro/booka%20shade/DanJames1.jpg[/IMG][/quote] These pics are sik...thanks!! looks like it was a killer 'intimate' show. i just saw them in Calgary, Canada at a small club and not a ton of peeps were there. It's a whole other vibe in an intimate space hey???
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[quote=Johnson;630524]that looks like a little psy-trance bar, with all the cheesy decoration .. i thought they play big venue's now =)
Berkson & What are awesome, saw them first at WMC07 and happy that they touring a lot ... they deserve it.[/quote]
U don't need a big club or venue for a kick ass vibe...sometimes the best shows are more intimate!!!!
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[quote=|Thrax|;630553]booka boogie, :) [IMG]http://www.csoltis.com/photos/avalon080726/slides/avalon080726-062.jpg[/IMG]
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w00t w00t! i was there!! they were good. also not to mention. who ever was djing in the smaller room kicked ass!! spend most of my time sweating in there 8)
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That's me in that first picture with the German football sweater on taking a picture.
here are a few video's that i took that night
[URL]http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7232885[/URL]
[url]http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7232206[/url]
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[quote=KMS;630521]Call in sick and go dammit!! hah[/quote]
I did skip out on work for a while to go over, it had to be 6000 degrees in that place
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[quote=KMS;630623]These pics are sik...thanks!! It's a whole other vibe in an intimate space hey???[/quote]
Energy was amazing ;)
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[quote=PROG;630734]w00t w00t! i was there!! they were good. also not to mention. who ever was djing in the smaller room kicked ass!! spend most of my time sweating in there 8)[/quote]
Kazell Freddy B
The Honey lounge, the darker smaller room, or upstairs?
Upstairs was: Cameron Van Peebles Sean O'Hara
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Kazell and Freddy B it is :)
there was a camera man there at the time also...that might of been you Chris.. you where all flashing away at the time at the dj. it was a good room.
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[quote=Johnson;630524]that looks like a little psy-trance bar, with all the cheesy decoration .. i thought they play big venue's now =)
Berkson & What are awesome, saw them first at WMC07 and happy that they touring a lot ... they deserve it.[/quote]
They do play bigger venues...in Europe. In America they are not as well know as a Sasha or PVD.
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[quote=PROG;630987]Kazell and Freddy B it is :)
there was a camera man there at the time also...that might of been you Chris.. you where all flashing away at the time at the dj. it was a good room.[/quote]
right on! maybe i'll see you about again soon.
if you prefer techno,tech house jamie jones and simon baker are at the room next friday [URL="http://www.myspace.com/droog_la"]www.myspace.com/droog_la[/URL] for that then sunday hes at the standard. aug 22nd is steve bug. :) holy crap. :)
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[quote=|Thrax|;631034]right on! maybe i'll see you about again soon.
if you prefer techno,tech house jamie jones and simon baker are at the room next friday [URL="http://www.myspace.com/droog_la"]www.myspace.com/droog_la[/URL] for that then sunday hes at the standard. aug 22nd is steve bug. :) holy crap. :)[/quote]
Lee Foss is playing that night too, and that dude is top notch
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[quote=|Thrax|;631034]right on! maybe i'll see you about again soon.
if you prefer techno,tech house jamie jones and simon baker are at the room next friday [URL="http://www.myspace.com/droog_la"]www.myspace.com/droog_la[/URL] for that then sunday hes at the standard. aug 22nd is steve bug. :) holy crap. :)[/quote]
I'll say hello next time :)
thanks for the info.
/add Kazell on myspace :p
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[quote=3ibb3;631046]Lee Foss is playing that night too, and that dude is top notch[/quote]
we hang out with lee and droog quite often. glad we have good music in common.
top la newcomber for sure, chicago/ibiza vet
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[quote=|Thrax|;631829]we hang out with lee and droog quite often. glad we have good music in common.
top la newcomber for sure, chicago/ibiza vet[/quote]
yeah Lee was a tough loss for Chicago, not only did he bring in quality DJ's (he is the man behind Booka shade being in Chicago on the night most of us are speaking about) he would have awesome loft parties last one had both Droog and Jamie Jones playing. he is an excellent DJ himself as well
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oh shit, I hadnt known about that. gawd damn.
i'm happy you guys have a nice scene over there, sorry for stealing lee. ;) (the city) but we're growing and need proper talent, the techno and techhouse is getting a name for itself. wherehouse business too.
funny you say that, yea, jamie is coming back here too, and im so excited! lee just had some shows on the bill with leger @ spybar iirc.
air travel is $$'s now, id love to come visit.