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About||the actor and director|Jean-Pierre Mocky|the New Zealand rugby league footballer|Mocky BreretonInfobox musical artist|name = Mocky|image = Mocky.jpg|caption = Mocky performing in 2006 at the Stadtgarten in Cologne, Germany.|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Dominic Salole|birth_date = birth date and age|1974|10|7|birth_place = Saskatchewan , Canada |origin =|instrument = vocals , drums , guitar , piano , electronics , Bass guitar|bass |genre = Pop music|pop , jazz , Hip hop music|hip hop , Electronic music|electronic |occupation = Singing|singer , Record producer|producer , songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , composer |years_active = 2000–present|label = Crammed Discs |associated_acts = Peaches (musician)|Peaches , Feist (singer)|Feist , Gonzales (musician)|Gonzales , Taylor Savvy, Kevin Blechdom , Jamie Lidell |website = http://www.mockyrecordings.com www.mockyrecordings.com|notable_instruments = Mocky (born October 7, 1974) is a Canada|Canadian Singing|singer , Record producer|music producer , multi-instrumentalist , songwriter and composer . http://theworldprovider.net/site/uncategorized/checking-in-with-mocky/ The World Provider: Checking In With Mocky (December 12, 2011)
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 people|Somali descent, but was born in present-day Yemen . His mother is English people|English .
Musical work
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 (band)|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 (musician)|Peaches , Gonzales (musician)|Gonzales , Feist (singer)|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 albums Buen Soldado by Francisca Valenzuela , Modern Day Addiction by Clare Bowditch http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/pleasure-and-pain/story-e6frg8n6-1225897418089 Pleasure and pain and Metals (album)|Metals by Feist (singer)|Feist .
Co-writing and co-producing credits
Mocky has co-written and co-produced songs for:
Jamie Lidell 's 2005 album Multiply (Jamie Lidell album)|Multiply and 2008 album Jim (album)|JIM .
Feist (singer)|Feist 's albums The Reminder (nominated for four grammys) and Metals (album)|Metals . http://www.straight.com/article-90220/feist-delights-in-her-massacre-of-bleed Feist delights in her "massacre of bleed"
In addition, Mocky co-wrote and co-produced the 2008 album Jim (album)|Jim by Jamie Lidell. He also frequently collaborates with musicians Gonzales (musician)|Gonzales and Kevin Blechdom .
Some of Mocky's other co-writing credits include:
"Bittersweet Melodies", "Graveyard", "Caught A Long Wind" from the album Metals (album)|Metals by Feist (singer)|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
"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 . http://www.guoxiaolu.com/texts/FIL_UFO_TMF_Upcoming_04.pdf UFO In Her Eyes
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 (singer)|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 (musician)|Gonzales - The Entertainist
2011: Lateef The Truthspeaker - "Oakland" (Mocky Remix) ft. Del The Funky Homosapien & The Grouch
References
reflist
External links
http://www.mockyrecordings.com/ Official website
http://www.myspace.com/mockyrecordings MySpace
http://crammed.be.dd5126.kasserver.com/index.php? id=34& art_id=91 Mocky page on the Crammed Discs site
http://www.ruadebaixo.com/mocky.html Interview in Portuguese Webzine
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