Take for instance the super infectious Babylon, featuring the vocals of Craig Walker. Those who have been following Booka Shade from the beginning, may not be necessarily surprised with this album, as they may have known that the pair formed a new-wave pop band in the early 90s and indeed some of those sensibilities are evident in Galvany Street. It is discernibly more rooted in pop music, but not the bubble gum, dispensable fluff that we hear ubiquitously, it is more mature, contemporary, and exudes a sense of longevity that is reflective of Booka Shade’s talent as innovative music producers. So now that this new Booka Shade album has dropped, it comes as no surprise that it is not what you would have normally expected from a Booka Shade production.

In their own admission Booka Shade indicated that Movements 10 was “the ultimate closure of a chapter, in which everything had been said and done in the realms of a trademark tech house & electro house sound the project had invented and made popular across the globe.” Not only this, they co-founded the Get Physical Music record label (together with M.A.N.D.Y., Thomas ‘DJ T.’ Koch and Peter Hayo) which became a musical platform for a number of big name electronic music maestros including: Trentemøller, Damian Lazarus, and Patrice Bäumel. And why blame them for over 10 years they have been highly influential in the evolution of electronic music, stamping their unique brand of tech and electro house, with tracks like In White Rooms, Body Language, and Mandarin Girl setting dancefloors alight the world over. When Booka Shade released their album Movements 10 (a celebration of the tenth year anniversary of their debut album Movements), you couldn’t help but sense that the pair were contemplating the final days of their illustrious career.

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