Ton Scherpenzeel is most known for his 48 year career as composer, lyricist, keyboardist and a founding member of the world renowned prog rock band, Kayak. He is also known for his years as keyboardist for prog rock band Camel (UK) and Earth and Fire (NL). In addition to his band and solo careers, Ton is known as an avid composer and musician in the theater and film scene as composer and producer of multiple musical productions, including over fifty musical scores for the national youth theatre; and in 1980, he wrote the score for the Dutch movie Spetters, featuring Rutger Hauer. He has also been involved in many record productions in the Netherlands, including producing two albums of Dutch iconic folk band, Flairck. Since 1984 till present, Scherpenzeel is credited with composing almost all music behind songs of Dutch entertainer, Youp van ‘t Hek, and is on tour with Youp  in live theater shows across the Netherlands for De Laatste Ronde tour, (2022-2024). Scherpenzeel’s  musical style is diverse and encompasses a wide range of genres, blending progressive rock, symphonic, ambient, and electronic elements, with classical influences into his compositions. Ton’s seventh solo album, ‘Achter De Schermen’, released via OOB Records 1/May/2024 as an exclusive pressing of 100 factory numbered and signed copies + 100 unsigned copies.

• VARIOUS SINGLES PROJECT – (2024/2025) released via OOB Records, each month Ton will release a new single. This is an experimental project. Some tracks are folk, others Progressive, and others defy genres altogether and involve AI enhanced features. We have plans to release a full album in 2026, but for now, enjoy the singles as they arrive on Bandcamp and YouTube. Unadadance is the first of the various singles and the video can be seen on this page above.
• ACHTER DE SCHERMEN – (2024) released via OOB Records.
• VIRGIN GROUNDS   (2023) released via OOB Records. Album art created exclusively for project by artist, Kerrie Savage (USA).
• VELVET ARMOUR (2021),  and The Lion’s Dream (2023), released via our sister label Friendly Folk Records. Available at OOB Records webshop.
• Extensive discography and biography of Ton Scherpenzeel solo and band career, visit his website at: tonscherpenzeel.com