bio
Way back, in the early 2013's, a new and loud sound was born in a little
backyard barn in a far away town called Aarle-Rixtel (the Netherlands).
They were producing what they would call 'Good Music'.
The brothers Gijs and Tom de Jong, and their cousin Timo van Lierop (then aged 13, 18 and 21) were feeling so groovy with their instruments, that they decided to form a new musical collective, called MOOON.
After 6 months of writing songs and practicing, they did their first show. It was in Timo's (parents') living room.
After that gig they started playing a lot of local shows.
In the summer of 2014 they recorded their first EP, which was released in 2015. Early 2016 they recorded their debut album 'MOOON's Brew' at Rock 'n Roll Support studio's with Roel Blommers. That summer they played a lot of shows and also played Popronde. When the video clip for 'Mary You Wanna' was released, it went viral through Reddit. In a short period of time, it reached more than 70.000 + views. After a busy summer, they released their debut album 'MOOON's Brew' on October 6th 2017 via Excelsior Recordings. It features a few of the first songs they wrote when they started playing music. It contains a mix of a lot of genres, such as blues, surf, garage, punk, sixties etc. A good mixture of Rock 'n Roll!
In February 2018 they did a Spain/Portugal tour. In April that year they went in the studio with Frans Hagenaars at SSE Noord, to record their single 'She Makes Me Feel', which was released in June that year via Paradiso Vinyl Club.
By the end of 2018 they went in the studio again, this time to record their second album 'Safari'. Produced and recorded by
Dave von Raven & Marcel Fakkers at PAF! Studio, Rotterdam. With 'Safari' they went a hole step further. It's a concept album about leaving the city and surviving in nature. In the studio they let go off the '3 people set up', and recorded a lot of additional instruments, vocal arrangements and overall widely arranged songs. It was about the music on the album, and not what they could do live on stage! That all resulted in a psychedelic journey put in 12 songs. 'Safari' was released on Animal Day 2019 (October 4th) via the Spanish label Bickerton Records. After a release tour in the Netherlands, it was time for another Europe tour!
In March 2020 they had shows planned in France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Halfway through the tour, our big friend COVID-19 hit.
The last shows were cancelled, and they made it home just in time for the first lockdown.
That was a good moment to start writing on the third album.
In the meantime, Tom was building his own fully analog studio in his backyard. Early 2022 the studio and album were ready for recording. This time they're doing everything by their self: recording, producing, arranging and playing every instrument of course!
Now by the end of 2022 the album is almost finished, and ready to be pressed.
To be continued....
backyard barn in a far away town called Aarle-Rixtel (the Netherlands).
They were producing what they would call 'Good Music'.
The brothers Gijs and Tom de Jong, and their cousin Timo van Lierop (then aged 13, 18 and 21) were feeling so groovy with their instruments, that they decided to form a new musical collective, called MOOON.
After 6 months of writing songs and practicing, they did their first show. It was in Timo's (parents') living room.
After that gig they started playing a lot of local shows.
In the summer of 2014 they recorded their first EP, which was released in 2015. Early 2016 they recorded their debut album 'MOOON's Brew' at Rock 'n Roll Support studio's with Roel Blommers. That summer they played a lot of shows and also played Popronde. When the video clip for 'Mary You Wanna' was released, it went viral through Reddit. In a short period of time, it reached more than 70.000 + views. After a busy summer, they released their debut album 'MOOON's Brew' on October 6th 2017 via Excelsior Recordings. It features a few of the first songs they wrote when they started playing music. It contains a mix of a lot of genres, such as blues, surf, garage, punk, sixties etc. A good mixture of Rock 'n Roll!
In February 2018 they did a Spain/Portugal tour. In April that year they went in the studio with Frans Hagenaars at SSE Noord, to record their single 'She Makes Me Feel', which was released in June that year via Paradiso Vinyl Club.
By the end of 2018 they went in the studio again, this time to record their second album 'Safari'. Produced and recorded by
Dave von Raven & Marcel Fakkers at PAF! Studio, Rotterdam. With 'Safari' they went a hole step further. It's a concept album about leaving the city and surviving in nature. In the studio they let go off the '3 people set up', and recorded a lot of additional instruments, vocal arrangements and overall widely arranged songs. It was about the music on the album, and not what they could do live on stage! That all resulted in a psychedelic journey put in 12 songs. 'Safari' was released on Animal Day 2019 (October 4th) via the Spanish label Bickerton Records. After a release tour in the Netherlands, it was time for another Europe tour!
In March 2020 they had shows planned in France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Halfway through the tour, our big friend COVID-19 hit.
The last shows were cancelled, and they made it home just in time for the first lockdown.
That was a good moment to start writing on the third album.
In the meantime, Tom was building his own fully analog studio in his backyard. Early 2022 the studio and album were ready for recording. This time they're doing everything by their self: recording, producing, arranging and playing every instrument of course!
Now by the end of 2022 the album is almost finished, and ready to be pressed.
To be continued....