Mocky

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Mocky at a performance in 2006 in the Stadtgarten in Cologne

Mocky (actually Dominic Salole ; born October 7, 1974 in Toronto ) is a Los Angeles- based Canadian pop musician .

life and work

Mocky's father is from Yemen , his mother from England .

He was a member of the groups Puppetmastaz , Son , The Shit, The DOM, The Freeway Band and The Roustabouts. He worked with fellow Canadian Peaches , Feist and Gonzales, and often with Jamie Lidell and Kevin Blechdom .

Mocky released his song Sweet Music in 2003 , which made it into an underground hit in Europe. In 2005 he released the song Catch a Moment in Time with Taylor Savvy , which made it into the top 20 of the Dutch singles charts.

In 2005 he co-produced Jamie Lidell's album Multiply and supported Lidell with the recordings as a songwriter, guitarist and other instruments. In 2008 he supported Lidell on his album JIM . In 2007 he co-produced several pieces on Leslie Feist's album The Reminder , played several instruments on the album and wrote the song So Sorry with Feist . In 2011 he co-produced Feist's album Metals and was again co-author of several songs. He also worked as a producer and writer among others with the artists Matt Corby, Kelela, Rae Morris and Bassekou Kouyate.

Mocky released the solo albums In Mesopotamia (2002), Are + Be (2004) and Navy Brown Blues (2006) on the Gomma , Four Music and V2 Records labels and the Saskamodie album on the Crammed Discs label.

In 2012 Mocky announced his move from Berlin to Los Angeles . Also in 2012 he released the song Little Bird via The Fader and a video for the new song Make You Rich via Vogue.

In February 2013 he released the 7-song EP Graveyard Novelas (The Moxtape Vol. 1) .

Discography

Albums

  • 2003 In Mesopotamia
  • 2004 Are + Be
  • 2006 Navy Brown Blues
  • 2009 Saskamodie
  • 2015 key change

EPs

  • 2013: Graveyard Novelas EP (The Moxtape Vol.1)
  • 2015: Living Time EP (The Moxtape Vol.2)

Singles

  • 2005: Catch a Moment in Time
  • 2006: Fightin 'Away the Tears (featuring Feist )
  • 2006: How Will I Know You? (featuring Jamie Lidell )
  • 2009: Birds of a Feather

Soundtracks

  • 2011: Ufo In Her Eyes

Production and features

Albums / singles

  • 2002: Gonzales - The Entertainist
  • 2002: Puppetmastaz - Zoology
  • 2003: Gonzales - Presidential Suite
  • 2005: Studio R - Clapz
  • 2005: Puppetmastaz - Creature Shock Rock Radio
  • 2005: Kevin Blechdom - Eat My Heart Out
  • 2005: Jamie Lidell - Multiply
  • 2006: Jane Birkin - Fictions
  • 2006: Jamie Lidell - Multiply Additions
  • 2006: Soffy O - The Beauty of It
  • 2007: Micky Green - White T-Shirt
  • 2007: Teki Latex - Party de plaisir
  • 2007: Feist - The Reminder
  • 2008: Jamie Lidell - Jim
  • 2008: Puppetmastaz - The Takeover
  • 2008: Nikka Costa - Pebble to a Pearl
  • 2011: Francisca Valenzuela - Buen Soldado
  • 2011: Feist - Metals
  • 2013: Bassekou Kouyate - Jamako
  • 2013: Rae Morris - Grow (Single)
  • 2013: Matt Corby - Resolution EP
  • 2013: Kelela - Cut 4 Me (Mixtape)
  • 2014: Bok Bok feat. Kelela - Melba's Call
  • 2015: Denai Moore - Elsewhere
  • 2015: Kelela - A Message

Remixes

  • 2003: Isolée - It's About
  • 2003: VA - Cinemix
  • 2004: Husky Rescue - Summertime Cowboy
  • 2004: Feist - Mushaboom
  • 2005: Feist - Inside and Out
  • 2006: Jamie Lidell - What's the Use
  • 2006: Architecture in Helsinki - Need to Shout
  • 2007: Young MC - Bust a Move
  • 2008: Anita O'Day - Tenderly (Verve Remixed)
  • 2011: Lateef The Truthspeaker - Oakland (Mocky Remix) ft. Del The Funky Homosapien & The Grouch

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://top40-charts.com/songs/full.php?sid=12702&sort=chartid
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mb.mercedes-benz.com
  3. ↑ http://www.thefader.com/2012/12/05/stream-mocky-little-bird/
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vogue.com
  5. ↑ http://www.papermag.com/2013/02/mocky_graveyard_novelas_ep.php
personal data
SURNAME Mocky
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salole, Dominic (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian pop musician, based in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH October 7th 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto