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For the actor and director, see Jean-Pierre Mocky. For the New Zealand rugby league footballer, see Mocky Brereton.
Mocky 
Mocky performing in 2006 at the Stadtgarten in Cologne, Germany.Background information Birth name Dominic Salole Born October 7, 1974
Saskatchewan, CanadaGenres pop, jazz, hip hop, electronic Occupations singer, producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer Instruments vocals, drums, guitar, piano, electronics, bass Years active 2000–present Labels Crammed Discs Associated acts Peaches, Feist, Gonzales, Taylor Savvy, Kevin Blechdom, Jamie Lidell Website www.mockyrecordings.com Mocky (born October 7, 1974) is a Somali-Canadian[1][2] singer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer.
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Biography
Mocky was born Dominic Salole in Saskatchewan, Canada. He later moved to Ottawa and Toronto, and then to London, Amsterdam and Berlin. His father is of Somali descent, but was born in present-day Yemen. His mother is English.
Musical work
Mocky grooving with fans at a performance on May 20, 2006 at the Stadtgarten concert hall in Cologne, Germany.
Mocky has released four albums under his own name: In Mesopotamia, Are + Be, Navy Brown Blues, and Saskamodie. 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 as diverse as Jamie Lidell, Feist, Nikka Costa, GZA, Alexandro Jodorowsky , Gonzales, Peaches and more.
His music is notable for its sense of humour, and for combining elements of hip-hop and experimental sounds into memorable tunes. Mocky's song "Sweet Music" from his first album quickly became an underground hit, especially in Europe.
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 new and mostly instrumental album Saskamodie on the Crammed Discs label.
The Canadian Crew
Mocky is considered to be a member of the Canadian Crew, a loose collective of expat Canadian musicians mostly living in Europe that includes Peaches, Gonzales, Feist, Taylor Savvy, and others.
Mocky is also a much sought after live performer, and plays in shows for fellow musicians Gonzales and Jamie Lidell, usually on drums, keyboards, bass or guitar.
In September 2009, Mocky had an appearance by the rapper GZA on his soundtrack-like tune "Birds of a Feather".
In 2010 and 2011 Mocky co-produced the album Buen Soldado by Francisca Valenzuela and the album Metals by Feist
Co-writing and co-producing credits
Mocky has co-written and co-produced songs for:
- Jamie Lidell's 2005 album Multiply and 2008 album JIM.
- Feist's album The Reminder (nominated for four grammys) and Metals .[1]
In addition, Mocky co-wrote and co-produced the 2008 album Jim by Jamie Lidell. He also frequently collaborates with musicians Gonzales and Kevin Blechdom.
Some of Mocky's other co-writing credits include:
- "Bittersweet Melodies", "Graveyard", "Caught A Long Wind" from the album Metals by Feist
- "Multiply", "When I Come Back Around", "What´s the Use", "What is it this Time" and "Game for Fools" from the album Multiply by Jamie Lidell
- "Take me to Broadway" with Gonzales
- "So Sorry" from the album The Reminder by Feist
- "Another Day", "Wait for me", Out of my System", "All I Wanna Do", "Little Bit of Feelgood", "Figured me Out", "Green Light", "Rope of Sand" from the album Jim by Jamie Lidell
- "Without Love" from the Album Pebble to a Pearl by Nikka Costa
Soundtrack work
In 2011, Mocky will complete the soundtrack to Xiaolu Guo's new full-length feature movie UFO In Her Eyes that was filmed in China.[3]
Discography
Albums
- 2002: In Mesopotamia
- 2004: Are + Be
- 2006: Navy Brown Blues
- 2009: Saskamodie
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 credits and appearances
Albums
- 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
Remixes
- 2003: Isolée - "It's About"
- 2003: V.A. - "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
References
External links
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- Canadian electronic musicians
- Canadian expatriates in Germany
- Canadian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Canadian people of English descent
- Canadian people of Somali descent
- Canadian people of Yemeni descent
- Musicians from Ontario
- Musicians from Saskatchewan
- People from Amsterdam
- People from Berlin
- People from London
- People from Ottawa
- People from Toronto
- Canadian Muslims
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