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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
Mocky performing in 2006
Background information
Birth nameDominic Salole
Born (1974-10-07) October 7, 1974 (age 50)
Saskatchewan, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • producer
  • songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • composer
Instruments
Years active2000–present
LabelsHeavy Sheet, Stones Throw Records
Websitemockyrecordings.com

Dominic Salole (born October 7, 1974), known professionally as Mocky, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer.[1]

Biography

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Mocky was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. He later moved to Ottawa and Toronto, and then to London, Amsterdam and Berlin. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He is of multiracial descent.[2]

Musical work

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Mocky grooving with fans at a performance on May 20, 2006 at the Stadtgarten concert hall in Cologne, Germany.

Mocky has released ten 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, Goosebumps Per Minute Vol. 1and Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol.1).[3] 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. In 2025 Mocky signed to LA's Stones Throw Records Label.[4] 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[5]He was also a member of the groups Puppetmastaz,[6] 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".[7] In 2012, Mocky announced his move from his longtime home, Berlin, to Los Angeles.[8] In late 2012 he premiered his song "Little Bird" via The Fader[9] and a video for the new song "Make You Rich" via Vogue.[10]

In February 2013, he released the 7 song EP "Graveyard Novelas (The Moxtape Vol. 1)" and premiered it on Paper[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

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 4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards. 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".[14]

In 2025 Mocky released his album "Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1)" on the Los Angeles Label Stones Throw Records.[15]

The Canadian Crew

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Mocky is considered to be a member of the Canadian Crew, a loose collective of immigrant Canadian musicians mostly living in Europe.[16]

Co-writing and co-producing credits

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In September 2009, Mocky had an appearance by the rapper GZA on his tune "Birds of a Feather".[17]

In 2010 and 2011 Mocky co-produced the albums Buen Soldado by Francisca Valenzuela, Modern Day Addiction by Clare Bowditch[18] and Metals by Feist.[19]

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

He also collaborates with musicians Chilly Gonzales[22] and Kevin Blechdom.[23]

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
  • Resolution and "Lay You Down" from the "Resolution EP" by Matt Corby
  • "Trick of the Light" from the "Live on the Resolution Tour EP" by Matt Corby
  • "Not Knowing" from the "Grow" Single by Rae Morris
  • "Floorshow" and "Do It Again" from the "Cut 4 Me" Mixtape by Kelela
  • "Never Gone" from the album Elsewhere by Denai Moore
  • "Worth The Wait" by Nils Wülker feat. Jill Scott
  • "Overthinking" by Romans feat. Mary J. Blige
  • "Young Up", "Pleasure", "Any Party", "Baby Be Simple" from the "Pleasure" album by Feist (singer)
  • "Take Me Apart", "Waitin", "Enough", "Better", "Altadena" from the "Take Me Apart" album by Kelela
  • "Rockets" by Lion Babe feat. Moe Mocks
  • "Inside Voice", "Take Mine", "Don't Want It To Be Over", "Past The Point", "Emergency Landing" by Joey Dosik
  • "Scratch The Surface" by Moses Sumney
  • "Birds Of A Feather" by Vulfpeck
  • "Take Me To A Higher Place" by Vulfmon
  • "Duplicate" and "Beat100" by Benny Sings feat. Marc Rebillet Cola Boyy[24]
  • "No Bad News" by Cordae feat. Kanye West (including a sample of the Mocky Co-Write "Inside Voice (Reprise)" by Joey Dosik[25]
  • "Take Me" by G-Dragon[26]

Soundtrack work

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In 2011, Mocky composed the soundtrack to Xiaolu Guo's new full-length feature movie UFO in Her Eyes [it] that was filmed in China.[27]

In 2019, he composed the background music for Carole & Tuesday, an anime television series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe[28] for which he was awarded "Best Score" at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020.[29]

Discography

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Albums

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  • 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
  • 2021: Overtones For The Omniverse
  • 2022: Goosebumps Per Minute
  • 2025: Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol.1)[30]

EPs

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  • 2013: Graveyard Novelas EP (The Moxtape Vol.1)
  • 2015: Living Time EP (The Moxtape Vol.2)
  • 2016: The Moxtape Vol.3
  • 2017: How To Hit What And How Hard (The Moxtape Vol. IV) [31]

Singles

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  • 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 "
  • 2020: " Feeling Like I Like " (feat. Liliana Andrade)
  • 2020: " Little Push " (feat. Liliana Andrade)
  • 2021: " Wavelengths "
  • 2021: " Refractions "
  • 2022: " Get Down (Before You Lose Control) " (feat. Nia Andrews)[32]

Soundtracks

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Production credits and appearances

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Albums/Singles

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Remixes

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References

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  1. ^ The World Provider: Checking In With Mocky (December 12, 2011)
  2. ^ "Checking in with Mocky". The World Provider. December 12, 2011. I have a very mixed ethnic background including British, Italian, Somalian, Ethiopian and more, but I was born and raised in Canada and only identify myself as Canadian.
  3. ^ [https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky
  4. ^ https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/welcome-to-stones-throw-mocky/
  5. ^ https://credits.muso.ai/profile/af6201c6-e393-46b8-aab5-c4ec41c7fdfd.
  6. ^ https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/08/mocky-feature
  7. ^ "Mocky: Saskamodie". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "Mocky: Musikalisches Multitalent | Mixed Tape Music | mb! By Mercedes-Benz". Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "Stream: Mocky, "Little Bird"". The FADER. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Mocky Debuts His New Video "Make You Rich" - Culture - Vogue". www.vogue.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013.
  11. ^ "Listen to Mocky's "Graveyard Novelas" EP". PAPER. February 19, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  12. ^ https://www.discogs.com/master/887645-Mocky-Key-Change
  13. ^ https://www.discogs.com/master/1451394-Mocky-A-Day-At-United?srsltid=AfmBOoo2lNQEDlEOkQNAfCaxtfGmQXpKrvSPFl98Vr0d8djYGUGSZ_2N
  14. ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/25169374-Mocky-Goosebumps-Per-Minute-Vol-1
  15. ^ https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/mocky-music-will-explain-choir-music-vol-1/
  16. ^ https://www.spacecityrock.com/issue10/feist1.shtml
  17. ^ http://www.crammed.be/index.php?id=37&rel_id=329
  18. ^ Pleasure and pain
  19. ^ a b Feist delights in her "massacre of bleed"
  20. ^ https://credits.muso.ai/track/04cc8ebf-84d6-4383-b526-4b18c8fb9573
  21. ^ https://credits.muso.ai/album/b725a532-11c0-4755-86a1-bb3e09283034
  22. ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/38768-Gonzales-III-Presidential-Suite
  23. ^ https://credits.muso.ai/album/a53b49d3-f98d-4a5e-936e-4837bf86656d
  24. ^ https://credits.muso.ai/track/59ad04a6-5121-4512-b532-46d76d3b7e4d
  25. ^ "Who Sampled Website". WhoSampled. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  26. ^ https://ubermensch.us/pages/lyrics-credits?srsltid=AfmBOoqeszI_3JySUPdYq64I9khn9snpIRGO7JBVqtYyFw8k0sVJK1bv
  27. ^ UFO In Her Eyes
  28. ^ Takahashi, Osamu. "Carole & Tuesday Composer Introductions No.1". Carole & Tuesday Official Website. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  29. ^ "Crunchy Role Official Website". Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  30. ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky?srsltid=AfmBOoobt-63zwJ6qEmC7yrO3O7EgCthncrysFNBRTmt72ZeAtgjzb6T
  31. ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky?srsltid=AfmBOoobt-63zwJ6qEmC7yrO3O7EgCthncrysFNBRTmt72ZeAtgjzb6T
  32. ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky?srsltid=AfmBOoobt-63zwJ6qEmC7yrO3O7EgCthncrysFNBRTmt72ZeAtgjzb6T
  33. ^ "Les Cyclades (2023) - la BO • Musique de Mocky • Soundtrack • :: Cinezik.fr".
  34. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_(Kelela_album)
  35. ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/10330663-Oh-Shu-Moebius?srsltid=AfmBOoqCWcXt3LfXVX1Dd2t6nmyMzKBvy6cJ_en8yD57Eba8_IgbEUeF
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