Moonbootica

It was 20 years ago today, Oliver Kowalski (KoweSix) and Tobias Schmidt (Tobitob) went out to play. It was time for a change. They were young, more than ready to go out, but none of the clubs in their hometown of Hamburg really lit their fuse. It was as if nightclubland adhered to a strictly generic segregation policy – different styles were represented, from hip-hop to house and techno, from funk & soul to electro – but each one was locked inside its own four walls. Clubgoers were similarly set in their ways, listening to one genre and not the others. So these two best mates decided to start their own party and do things a little bit differently: dreaming up the Moonbootica DJ duo, they mixed up the musical styles listed above and a few more besides ... afrohouse, downbeat, easy listening and pop. They crafted an irresistibly danceable concoction, laced with their distinctive sense of humour and rounded off with a healthy dose of love and positivity – “warm, dirty, always melodic and with feeling” as the band themselves say.