There are new classics in the set like LOVE INC. It´s a privilege.īut at the same time we don´t look back too much, there´s so much music still to be written, we enjoy being in the studio at the moment and constantly releasing music. So many times at concerts people tell us their “Booka Shade story,” some are just funny, some are deep and emotionally touching. It certainly was the one that made everybody in South Africa go ‘who is Booka Shade?’ You guys have produced a lot of great music since, but do you still find that as artists you are measured by this iconic album?īooka Shade: We´re extremely proud of what our music was able to achieve over the years, all the joy it brought to people.
Therefore, it was only logical when we set up Blaufield Music to go the same way.Īlso, I have to say that we enjoy being ´hands on´, we like to know what´s going on with our music and we like being in control. When we founded Get Physical in 2002 there was a big “Let´s Do This” energy and we believe this transcended into the world. What was the main motivating factor behind founding your own label to release music as opposed to looking for an existing one to sign with?īooka Shade: We´ve always been great fans of independent structure, and many of the bands we admired when we were teenagers were on indie labels, such as Depeche Mode on Mute or The Cure on Fiction or New order on Factory. But back in 2002 when CDs were still the format for music distribution, there were fewer labels and they all had big catalogues. It´s a privilege.” In today’s digital age setting up one’s own imprint to release music is quite common.
I got to swing them a few questions ahead of their visit. If Memento was their breakthrough, their follow up – Movements – raised the production bar and took them global.įast forward almost 20 years and we’ll finally get to see and hear these absolute icons of electronic music in Johannesburg and Cape Town this September.
Founders of the iconic Get Physical imprint, together with M.A.N.D.Y., their breakthrough as Booka Shade came in 2004 with the release of Memento, on the label they had founded.