2- Booka's Club Mix
3- Booka's Other Mix
4- Booka's Other No Vox Mix
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.
'Crossing Borders' was co-written with fellow Berliner and vocalist Fritz Kalkbrenner, most notably for his vocals on 'Sky & Sand' with his brother, Paul. 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". Let's celebrate the Booka Sound!
Dimitri Kechagias review: The top German record label Embassy One presents the latest Booka Shade anthem called Crossing Borders featuring Fritz Kalkbrenner on vocal duties. The release includes two great versions from the Berlin duo themselves who give us another hot and very impressive slice of melodic deep house at its finest and highest quality of course. Booka's Club mix is an emotional deep house journey that has awesome percussion with great groove that can easily lock you in its microworld and irresistible rhythm that is upbeat and very danceable as well. Of course the track has certain emotional depth and hypnotic feel that will win your admiration straight away. The vocal is incredible and the most appropriate for the dark and gloomy soundscapes. Booka's Other Mix is an even deeper affair with techier feel, harder basslines, pumping beats and various cinematic strings and old school organ riffs that take you back in the good old days of house music. On this mix Walter & Ano use just some phrases of the vocal and by keeping it at the background of the track allow the melodic elements and the strong grooves to shine and hook you instantly. Crossing Borders is an eclectic futur house anthem and essential track for the deep house part of your set. Booka Shade latest album and single is released on Armada Music as well. Love iT
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