It all started in 2005. Influenced by the New Orleans funk wizards the Meters as well as the contemporary groups like the New Mastersounds, the Poets of Rhythm and the Soul Investigators five funk enthusiasts including Anton Shustrov, Stas Rybochkin, Ivan Kurzakov, Alexander Shtykov and Sasha Gonzo decided to make a band to play their original stuff concentrating efforts on unsophisticated up-tempo dancers. Since then Wake&Bakers played gigs at different venues both in St. Petersburg and Moscow.

In winter 2007 the band recorded some of their tracks, using old equipment and instruments. For this recording session the group invited the well-known Russian painter, designer and sitar player Alexander Konanchuk as well as Kirill Vetoshkin, a sax player, who later joined the band as the "official" member along with Vladimir Shashkov on trumpet. In September 2007 the group released their first 7" "Funky Blue Beard/Funkie Pie".

Another recording session took place in summer 2008 at Dobrolet studio in Saint-Petersburg, which led to the composition "PartyStarter", their new vinyl-single on Our Label Records. Along with instrumentals Wake&Bake! taped the coververson of the well-known funk masterpiece "Soul Woman", originally by The Charms, with singer Yana Zolotova.