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Moon Baker

ABC of Romance

About Me


Born in the Dutch village Steenwijk as the daughter of a popmusician, Moon Baker soon found her way and working-area in Amsterdam. She was a member of the funk-hiphop-soul group U-Gene & O-Jay between 1998 en 2000. The last couple of years she was leadsinger for Candy Dulfers Funky Stuff (as successor of Trijntje Oosterhuis). With Funky Stuff, Moon Baker performed in Europe and even in Japan. At the renowned North Sea Jazz Festival in 2005 she sparkled in shows with Sheila E, Chance Howard and John Blackwell (both Prince bandmembers). She couldn’t have wished for a better environment to experience the professional industry in the Netherlands.
Over the years Moon Baker worked on an excellent live-reputation. She shared the stage with some of the biggest names of both at home and abroad. For example the New Cool Collective Bigband, Tower of Power and Sandra St. Victor. In addition, Moon did a duet with Dave Stewart and she was a guestperformer at the George Clinton gigs in Paradiso (the Netherlands).
But now, the time has come for Monique Bakker to prove her talent as a solo artist. Her first solo-album, called 'ABC of Romance', will be released in May. The music on her debut is a mixture of soul, jazz, rhythm & blues with a hint of hiphop. Ballads, swinging funky tracks and warm soul alternate each other. The mixture of these styles is a result of the close collaboration between Moon Baker and the internationally respected hiphopproducer Nicolay. Other collaborators are Candy Dulfer (with solos on titletrack 'ABC of Romance' and the powerful 'God's Lonely Crusade'), rapper Pete Philly, Alain Clark and Ivar Vermeulen.
Photography: Denise Boomkens, Styling: Sophia Bentoh & Jennifer Schüler, Clothes: Mango.com, Shoes: Angie V, Accessories: accessorize.nl, Hairstyling: Julian Pechler, Hair: Nalina Doerga BV,
Make up: Kim Bakkers & Els van Meenen

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/23/2007
Band Website: moonmusic.nl
Band Members: Lead Vocals
Moon Baker

Keyboards
Frans Heemskerk
Jasper Blokzijl

Guitar
Bas Mulder
Jeffrey Smith

Bass
Gilbert Felix

Drums
Georgio Bletterman
Jonas Filtenborg

Percussion, vocals
Astrid Akse

Vocals
Carla Schaap
Jozien van Dorst
Mavis Acquah

Record Label: Supertracks Records

Bookings: Management & Bookings
Sascha van Esdonk Produkties
Le Tourmalet 50
1060 NX Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Telefoon +31 (0)20 6592 441
Fax +31 (0)20 773 7748
http://www.esdonk.nl

Buying ABC of Romance:

'ABC of Romance' is now available in the Dutch, Belgian and Japanese recordstores.
Want to get the album outside the Benelux? Go to the the Supertracks webshop to order a copy.

The album can also be found on
“The result is a creative and intelligent album, with a voice that sounds extremely confident.” “Nice record." - Jazzism magazine

“Moon Baker has a cristalclear voice with which she touches your entire soul.” “The arrangements created by Moon Baker and Nicolay are tastefull and refined.” - Parool

“Something Sweet promises to be the summer hitsingle of 2007.” “Moon Baker deliveres a delicious soul-cd with this album.” - Viva

Video: MOON BAKER
SHOT DEEP

MOON JOINS GEORGE CLINTON ON STAGE
(1 JULY 2007)

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out my new video!!: Shot Deep - Moon Baker

Check out this video: Shot Deep - Moon Baker Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Moon Baker on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:54:00 PST

Moon Baker goes back to the sixties with Shot Deep.

On Friday February 22th, Moon Baker will surprise with a brand-new single/video clip of 'Shot Deep' from the album 'ABC of Romances'. The video has been directed and shot by Darren Carter. To cel...
Posted by Moon Baker on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST

’Shot Deep’ - Video Stills

Moon Baker is ready to release her music video of 'Shot Deep' this week. 'Shot Deep' is the first video to be released from the album 'ABC of Romance'. The music video has a sixties look and is based ...
Posted by Moon Baker on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:33:00 PST

Aangenaam Jazz

The single 'ABC of Romance' has been chosen for the annual 'Aangenaam Jazz' campaign. Each year a sampler is released which features some of the best jazz music one can buy. The sampler also holds dis...
Posted by Moon Baker on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:32:00 PST

Moon joins George Clinton on stage

Moon Baker frontwoman Moon and P-Funker George Clinton are no strangers. When the icon visited the Netherlands in 2004/2005, he invited Moon as a guestperformer. Last Sunday George Clinton was a headl...
Posted by Moon Baker on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:30:00 PST

Something Sweet ft. Pete Philly

After titletrack ABC of Romance, Something Sweet has been released for radio as the second single of Moon Bakers debut. The song has a delightful vibe and is a combination of Nicolays summerbeats and ...
Posted by Moon Baker on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:28:00 PST

Moon Baker performances, Pure Jazz en Desmet live

On Friday the 7th of September Moon Baker performed at the Pure Jazz Festival in The Hague. The second edition of the festival honours the fact that jazz has been and still is a huge influence on othe...
Posted by Moon Baker on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:23:00 PST

News archive

Worlds Best Producers: Nicolay chosen as 'producer of the moment'Nicolay, the producer of 'ABC of Romance' has been chosen as the POM, producer of the moment by the fine folks at Worlds Best Producers...
Posted by Moon Baker on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:17:00 PST

Iedereen bedankt! Thanks Everyone!

Ik wil iedereen op deze manier nogmaals ontzettend bedanken en credit geven voor zijn of haar enorme inzet voor of tijdens mijn CD-presentatie 9 mei in de Melkweg. We hebben er samen een succes van we...
Posted by Moon Baker on Fri, 18 May 2007 07:08:00 PST

ABC of Romance Releaseparty Live Webcast

Tune in at fabchannel.com for a live webcast, or watch on demandThe ABC of Romance releaseparty will be recorded by FABCHANNEL. The live webcast of the event will start at 10 PM local time (GMT+1), go...
Posted by Moon Baker on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:59:00 PST