Interview Booka Shade Can you introduce yourselves to us? - I’m Walter - I’m Arnold We are Booka Shade and we play electronic music. We just came off stage at the Lucerna Music Hall here in Prague. There was a great atmosphere from the crowd. Is there a special reason you enjoy playing in the Czech Republic? One of the first gigs we did was in Prague. So from the early 2005/6 we started to play here at some really great festivals. We played at The Roxy in Prague and other big venues, we love the drive down and the train back up to Germany. What’s your part in Century of Sound? A: Ben Osborne was actually fundamental in our decision to take part. We’ve known him for about 15 years now. We love the opportunity to perform and transmit our mission to people everywhere in the world and that is ‘love’. We want people to find faith in the music. Our generation feels European, more-so than any single country. W: We love electronic music. We started out with synthesisers in the early 80’s, but it really started in the early 70’s. And it was the last music revolution we had. Groove Armada kicked off the Century of Sound Festival and you’ve finished it. Will we see more of you? If Ben asks, absolutely, we are very up for being a part of future projects. He’s always got some exciting and artsy ideas that we love to do. It’s not all about the banging techno, we also enjoy electronica as well.
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