Mocky Explained

Mocky
Birth Name:Dominic Salole
Birth Date:7 October 1974
Birth Place:Saskatchewan, Canada
Years Active:2000–present
Label:Heavy Sheet, Crammed Discs,

Mocky (born October 7, 1974) is a Canadian singer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer.[1]

Biography

Mocky was born Dominic Salole in Saskatchewan, Canada. He later moved to Ottawa and Toronto, and then to London, Amsterdam and Berlin. He currently lives in Los Angeles. His father is of Somali descent, but was born in present-day Yemen. His mother is English.

Musical work

Mocky has released eight albums under his own name: In Mesopotamia, Are + Be, Navy Brown Blues, Saskamodie, Key Change, Music Save Me (One More Time), A Day At United and Overtones For The Omniverse . He released them first on his own label Mockyrecordings and the Japanese label Saidera, then on the German labels Gomma and Four Music, as well as on V2 Records in France, and Saskamodie on Crammed Discs. As a producer and songwriter he has worked with artists such as Jamie Lidell, Feist, Kelela, Matt Corby, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Vulfpeck, Joey Dosik, Moses Sumney, Selah Sue, Nikka Costa, GZA, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilly Gonzales, and Peaches. He was also a member of the groups Puppetmastaz, The Shit, Son, The D.O.M, the Freeway Band, and The Roustabouts.

In December 2008, Mocky announced the 2009 release of his mostly instrumental album Saskamodie on the Crammed Discs label. The album was released to wide critical acclaim, Pitchfork Media calling it an "exceptional musical album".[2] In 2012, Mocky announced his move from his longtime home, Berlin, to Los Angeles.[3] In late 2012 he premiered his song "Little Bird" via The Fader[4] and a video for the new song "Make You Rich" via Vogue.[5]

In February 2013, he released the 7 song EP "Graveyard Novelas (The Moxtape Vol. 1)" and premiered it on Paper[6] In February 2015, Mocky released the EP "Living Time (The Moxtape Vol. 2)" and in June Mocky released the album "Key Change" on his own Heavy Sheet label. Mocky released two more editions of his "Moxtapes" in 2016 and 2017 with "The Moxtape Vol. 3" and "How To Hit What And How Hard" and 2018 saw him release a compilation album with the best songs from those Moxtapes and some exclusives as an album entitled "Music Save Me (One More Time). Also in 2018 Mocky started a new series of albums and with "A Day At United" released a collection of 9 instrumentals, recorded at United Recording Studios in Los Angeles.

In 2019, Mocky delved into soundtrack work by collaborating with Anime director Shinichiro Watanabe on the first two seasons of the Netflix show Carole & Tuesday, for which he won Best Score at the Anime Awards 2020. In 2020, he started a new single series with two songs featuring the Portuguese singer Liliana Andrade, and in 2021, he released an orchestral album "Overtones For The Omniverse" and a series of Jazz/Funk instrumentals under the title "Goosebumps Per Minute".

The Canadian Crew

Mocky is considered to be a member of the Canadian Crew, a loose collective of immigrant Canadian musicians mostly living in Europe.

Co-writing and co-producing credits

In September 2009, Mocky had an appearance by the rapper GZA on his tune "Birds of a Feather".

In 2010 and 2011 Mocky co-produced the albums Buen Soldado by Francisca Valenzuela, Modern Day Addiction by Clare Bowditch[7] and Metals by Feist.

Mocky has co-written and co-produced songs for:

In addition, Mocky co-wrote and co-produced the 2008 album Jim by Jamie Lidell. He also collaborates with musicians Chilly Gonzales and Kevin Blechdom.

Some of Mocky's other co-writing credits include:

Soundtrack work

In 2011, Mocky composed the soundtrack to Xiaolu Guo's new full-length feature movie that was filmed in China.[9]

In 2019, he composed the background music for Carole & Tuesday, an anime television series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe[10] for which he was awarded "Best Score" at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020.[11]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Soundtracks

Production credits and appearances

Albums/Singles

Remixes

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://theworldprovider.net/site/uncategorized/checking-in-with-mocky/ The World Provider: Checking In With Mocky (December 12, 2011)
  2. Web site: Mocky: Saskamodie. 2020-10-10. Pitchfork. en.
  3. Web site: Mocky: Musikalisches Multitalent | Mixed Tape Music | mb! By Mercedes-Benz . 2017-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162406/http://mb.mercedes-benz.com/de_DE/article/684/Mocky:+Musikalisches+Multitalent . November 3, 2013 . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: Stream: Mocky, "Little Bird". 2020-10-10. The FADER. en.
  5. Web site: Mocky Debuts His New Video "Make You Rich" - Culture - Vogue. www.vogue.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419053859/http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/mocky-debuts-his-new-video-make-you-rich/ . April 19, 2013.
  6. Web site: 2013-02-19. Listen to Mocky's "Graveyard Novelas" EP. 2020-10-10. PAPER. en.
  7. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/pleasure-and-pain/story-e6frg8n6-1225897418089 Pleasure and pain
  8. https://www.straight.com/article-90220/feist-delights-in-her-massacre-of-bleed Feist delights in her "massacre of bleed"
  9. http://www.guoxiaolu.com/texts/FIL_UFO_TMF_Upcoming_04.pdf UFO In Her Eyes
  10. Web site: Carole & Tuesday Composer Introductions No.1. Takahashi. Osamu. Carole & Tuesday Official Website. 2019-04-07.
  11. Web site: Crunchy Role Official Website. 2021-11-29.
  12. Web site: Les Cyclades (2023) - la BO • Musique de Mocky • Soundtrack • :: Cinezik.fr .

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