'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
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
Buying ABC of Romance
'ABC of Romance' is now available in the Dutch, Belgian, Japanese and American recordstores. Want to get the album outside these areas? Go to the the Supertracks webshop or visit Amazon 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
News
Update from the Moon
Moon Bakers' star keeps on rising! Her debutalbum 'Abc of Romance' has just been released in the USA. An extensive campaign will be launched in the coming months. Is America ready for Moon Baker Live?
Meanwhile Moon Baker is asked to join Candy Dulfer and Band for a small European Tour this winter. Together with Candy's Superfunky Band she will perform at least Shot Deep and Abc of Romance . Check it!!
Moon Baker is not only an exceptional singer, she is a singing teacher and vocal coach as well. Last weeks she accompanied Amsterdam based Cross-medial Theatre Group MC with the, very music-minded, performance GOAL .
Last September Moon Baker was one of the headliners at the Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival . It turned out to be an excellent show. With the financial support of NFPK Moon was able to invite the notorious trumpetplayer Eric Vloeimans as a special soloist. Hot and Steamy!! The entire show was professionally recorded with 5 cameras so a "Live at Caribbean Sea Jazz" DVD will be available soon.
Make sure you keep an eye on the Myspace and official website of Moon Baker for further information!
'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 on the old British series ‘The Avengers’. The Avengers was a series featuring a couple of secret agents in the United Kingdom.
The video stills of ‘Shot Deep’ give you an impression of the video until the full length video hits myspace.com on Friday 22th of February!
The album ‘ABC of Romance’ in stores now!
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 discount coupons for the albums of the featured artist. Moon Baker joins a.o. the Dutch Eric Vloeimans and New Cool Collective and superstars like Gladys Knight and George Duke.
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 headliner at the Hilversum Alive festival. To arrange for a musical meeting proved to be a bit more complicated this time. The offer made by Moon only reached the Grandmaster himself 1 hour before the show. He immediately and enthousiastically gave the go-ahead and after some big hugs and kind words they started jamming. A small video can be found on the Supertracks Youtube channel.
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 the sweet words by Moon and rapper Pete Philly.
Moon Baker and Pete Philly performed the new single live at radio 3FM. Download the live version of 'Body' (right-click, save target as...). Check this website for more audio.
Hey Moon! How you doing, sweetie? I'm doing OK here in Chi. Just trying to get this "World Groove" album project done, so I can let the whole world hear it (wish I could have you on this project..oh well). Keep on groovin' those 'ABC's Of Romance'., 'cause it still sounds good! ;)
Oh yeah, your girl, Candy, just got me on Myspace, too. I love her music.
Waz good? Swingin thru to show some love. Cruz our page and check the two newly released tracks. Hit us up with any feedback. Keep real hip hop alive. Much love.
Salut, après sa sortie vinyle, le maxi "OSK music" est maintenant disponible en mp3 à 5€ via Paypal. Pour ceux qui n'ont pas pu le faire tourner sur platine, sortez vos Ipod! Paix.
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