Mocky

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.

Mocky has released five albums under his own name: In Mesopotamia, Are + Be, Navy Brown Blues, Saskamodie, and Key Change. 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, Kelela, Matt Corby, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Vulfpeck, Joey Dosik, Moses Sumney, Selah Sue, Nikka Costa, GZA, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilly 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 album was released to wide critical acclaim, Pitchfork Media calling it an "exceptional musical album". In 2012, Mocky publicly announced his move from his longtime home, Berlin, to Los Angeles. In late 2012 he premiered his new song "Little Bird" via The Fader[4] 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)" and premiered it on Paper. 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 which are recorded in a single day with some of the most exciting and idiosyncratic local musicians in a vintage recording studio and with "A Day At United" released a collection of 9 instrumentals, recorded at United Recording Studios (former home of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and others) in Los Angeles and featuring and incedible cast of LA's finest left of center jazz and funk musicians.

- Albums 2002: In Mesopotamia 2004: Are + Be 2006: Navy Brown Blues 2009: Saskamodie 2015: Key Change 2018: Music Save Me (One More Time) 2018: A Day At United - EPs 2017: How To Hit What And How Hard 2016: The Moxtape Vol.3 2015: Living Time EP (The Moxtape Vol.2) 2013: Graveyard Novelas EP (The Moxtape Vol.1) - 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 2019: Carole & Tuesday