Shaun Baker
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Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
from the north of England but has for over 20 years been based in Paderborn
Paderborn
Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:...
, Germany. He has been playing the worldwide club scene over 20 years. Together with his friend and partner Sebastian Wolter he also produces music. This musical partnership has over the past few years given the dance scene some great tracks to dance to, for example "Xplode 2" which hit the number 1 position in every German dance chart at the same time.
Other singles are "Push" (also a dance chart & sales hit) and "Bakerman", a co-op with the cult stars Laid Back
Laid Back
Laid Back is a Danish Post-punk group formed in Copenhagen by John Guldberg and Tim Stahl in 1979...
from Denmark.
Laid Back
Laid Back
Laid Back is a Danish Post-punk group formed in Copenhagen by John Guldberg and Tim Stahl in 1979...
were so impressed with the new version of Bakerman they hooked Shaun Baker & Sebastian Wolter up with Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
, the world-famous film director from Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
who has produced the video clip for the original version of Bakerman. He gave permission to use the original video for their version. It was #1 in most German dance charts again and the peak position in the German sale charts was 39.
The next single “V.I.P.” released February 2007 performed well in Germany but received fantastic results in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. ” V.I.P.” hit the #1 position in the dance, radio and sale charts in both countries.
Late summer 2007 he and Sebastian Wolter found their own record label called Uptunes.
The debut release from Uptunes was his next single “Power” which is based on the very popular “Xplode” sound, but this time featuring singing vocals made the peak positions in various dance charts in Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. “Power” also led the German dance download charts.
According to Uptunes the album is being prepared and the expected release date is planned for summer 2008. The next single “Hey Hi Hello” features a remix from Alex Christensen
Alex Christensen
Alex Christensen , Jasper Forks or Alex C. as he is known, is a German dance music composer, producer, and DJ, generally known as the face, and one of the founding members, of U96...
and will be released first in Slovakia and the Czech Republic this spring and later in Germany and elsewhere.
In the 2008 he took main theme song from Czech/East German fairytale movie Three nuts for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku
Tri oríšky pro Popelku
Tři oříšky pro Popelku is a Czechoslovak-German fairy-tale film from 1973.It was directed by Václav Vorlíček in co-production between DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme and Barrandov Studios. The story was based on a fairy tale written by Božena Němcová . Main roles were played by Libuše Šafránková and...
, songwriter Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda was a Czech composer of popular music. He wrote music for many TV series in the 1970s.- Works :...
) and remixed it as song Could You Would You Should You. There are mixed reactions to this, mainly due the great popularity of original song.
Releases
- Shaun Baker The Madman - Saaax!!! (1997)
- DJs Delay - Engage
- Shaun Baker - Japan (0000)
- K.K.System - Fax u.
- Shaun Baker - Pizza!
- Shaun Baker - On a Helium Trip
- Santoshi - The Law
- Shaun Baker - Somebody
- 3 Years 3 Days - Temple of Dance
- Shaun Baker - Back in Town
- Jordan & Baker - Explode (2002)
- Santoshi vs Marco Wong - Excess
- Bubbleheadz - Young
- Boo Selekta - F*ck U Up(Nobody listens to Hip Hop) (2003)
- Shaun Baker & Marc van Linden - Sex on the Streets
- Jordan & Baker - Millions
- Shaun Baker presents A & B Brothers - Music Love & Money
- Shaun Baker - The Works PT 01.(2003)
- Shaun Baker - Be Free
- Black Dildo - Freestyle F*cker
- A&B Brothers feat. Searo - Domo
- Clubbasse & The Baker - Worldwide
- Avilyn - Bango
- Axel Bust vs Locana - Yo Mom
- Shaun Baker - Xplode 2 (2005)
- Shaun Baker - Push! / Deep (2006)
- Shaun Baker - Bakerman (feat. Laid Back) (2006) #22 PL, #23 CZ
- Shaun Baker - V.I.P (feat. MaloyMaloy LozanesMaria Lucia Moreno Lozañes, or simply MaLoY, was the 2nd female singer of the German Eurodance act Captain Jack from 1999 until 2000. After taking a long break from the record music scene, she's now back with the German DJ act Shaun Baker since 2007....
) (2007) #3 PL, #2 CZ, - Shaun Baker - Power (2007)
- Shaun Baker - Hey Hi Hello (feat. Maloy) (2008) #15 PL, #1 CZ
- Shaun Baker - Could You Would You Should You (2008) #10 CZ
- Shaun Baker VS Dance Nation-Sunshine (2009)
- Shaun Baker - Give (feat. Maloy) (2009) #22 CZ
- Shaun Baker - Frontline (2010)
- Shaun Baker - Addiction (feat. Jessia Jean & Discomakers) (2011)