ION INDIE MAGAZINE December 2016, Volume 31 | Page 55

BEC CARUANA-CEO/Owner Booshu Records
Photo credit: Albert Ong

BOOSHU RECORDS:

The Australia-based Booshu Records was founded by
singer/songwriter/recording artist BEC CARUANA (AKA BJ Caruana), as a way to collect, create and release
beautiful house music. No stranger to success, Bec has enjoyed a notable career in her own right. In 2000,
Bec moved to Melbourne and signed a deal with Warner Music Australia and Destinova Records and had
huge radio success with her two singles, “Dance all Night” and “Bump”--which also hung in the ARIA top 10
club charts for several weeks. It was followed by the release of her solo album, “Electric Beach”. She has
charted in the top 40 as a songwriter and as an artist in Australia, Europe and Japan. Caruana has toured
with major international acts--including Pink, Bon Jovi, Shaggy, Sugarbabes, Natalie Imbruglia, Liberty X,
DJ Sammy, KLF, Snap, and C&C Music Factory. In recent years, Caruana was a regular performer at Good
Vibrations (Sydney), alongside Johnny Gleeson and Timmy Trumpet.
Regarding the founding of Booshu Records, Bec shares her vision: “Booshu (meaning: Beautiful) was born
out of a need to distribute and release sexy house music that was coming my way and the incredible talent
and tracks that were exciting me. I guess too much EDM flooded my airwaves and I thought there must be
room for hands-in-the-air house music, gospel-inspired vocals or just a sexy deep vocal house track or a
storming disco house track featuring a soulful diva. The pioneers of house music must never be forgotten-and I will always nod my head in respect to those that changed house music forever--Carl Cox, Dimitri From
Paris, The Freemasons and StoneBridge are just a few that gave us that feeling…like you want to make love
to the ceiling! The team at Booshu looks forward to bringing you music that makes you put your hands up
and grin from ear to ear!”
Here is a look at some of the talented individuals that share Bec’s vision and drive Booshu Records--both
creatively and musically—and that are contributing to “getting hands up” around the globe…