{{Short description|Canadian musician (born 1974)}} {{About||the actor and director|Jean-Pierre Mocky|the New Zealand rugby league footballer|Mocky Brereton}} {{Use Canadian English|date=November 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Mocky |image = Mocky.jpg |caption = Mocky performing in 2006 |birth_name = Dominic Salole |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|7}} |birth_place = [[Saskatchewan]], Canada |origin = |instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|drums|guitar|piano|[[electronics]]|bass}} |genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[jazz]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]}} |occupation = {{hlist|Singer|producer|songwriter|multi-instrumentalist|composer}} |years_active = 2000–present |label = Heavy Sheet, [[Stones Throw Records]] |associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Feist (singer)|Feist]]|[[Chilly Gonzales]]|[[Kelela]]|[[Matt Corby]]|[[Miguel Atwood-Ferguson]]|[[Vulfpeck]]|Joey Dosik|[[Moses Sumney]]|[[Selah Sue]]|[[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]]|Taylor Savvy|[[Kevin Blechdom]]|[[Jamie Lidell]]}} |website = {{url|mockyrecordings.com}} }}
'''Dominic Salole''' (born October 7, 1974), known professionally as '''Mocky''', is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, [[record producer]], and composer.<ref name="TheWorldProvider">[http://theworldprovider.net/site/uncategorized/checking-in-with-mocky/ The World Provider: Checking In With Mocky ''(December 12, 2011)'']</ref>
==Biography== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2011 |title=Checking in with Mocky |url=http://theworldprovider.net/site/news/checking-in-with-mocky/ |website=The World Provider |quote="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."}}</ref>
==Musical work== [[File:Mocky and fans.jpg|thumb|left|210px|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. 1''and ''Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol.1)''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky | website=[[Discogs]] | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Welcome to Stones Throw, Mocky | date=January 29, 2025 | url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/welcome-to-stones-throw-mocky/ }}</ref> As a producer and songwriter he has worked with artists such as [[Jamie Lidell]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]], [[Kelela]], [[Matt Corby]], [[Miguel Atwood-Ferguson]], [[Vulfpeck]], Joey Dosik, [[Moses Sumney]], [[Selah Sue]], [[Nikka Costa]], [[GZA]], [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]], [[Chilly Gonzales]], and [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky | url=https://credits.muso.ai/profile/af6201c6-e393-46b8-aab5-c4ec41c7fdfd }}</ref> He was also a member of the groups [[Puppetmastaz]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky on Collaboration | url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/08/mocky-feature }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mocky: Saskamodie|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13240-saskamodie/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> In 2012, Mocky announced his move from his longtime home, Berlin, to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mb.mercedes-benz.com/de_DE/article/684/Mocky%3A+Musikalisches+Multitalent |title=Mocky: Musikalisches Multitalent | Mixed Tape Music | mb! By Mercedes-Benz |accessdate=2017-10-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162406/http://mb.mercedes-benz.com/de_DE/article/684/Mocky:+Musikalisches+Multitalent |archivedate=November 3, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In late 2012 he premiered his song "Little Bird" via [[The Fader]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stream: Mocky, "Little Bird"|url=https://www.thefader.com/2012/12/05/stream-mocky-little-bird|access-date=2020-10-10|website=The FADER|language=en}}</ref> and a video for the new song "Make You Rich" via [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]].<ref>{{cite web |last1= Com|first1= www. Codeandtheory|url=http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/mocky-debuts-his-new-video-make-you-rich/#1 |title= Mocky Debuts His New Video "Make You Rich" - Culture - Vogue|website=www.vogue.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419053859/http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/mocky-debuts-his-new-video-make-you-rich/ |archive-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>
In February 2013, he released the 7 song EP "Graveyard Novelas (The Moxtape Vol. 1)" and premiered it on [[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-02-19|title=Listen to Mocky's "Graveyard Novelas" EP|url=https://www.papermag.com/listen-to-mockys-graveyard-novelas-ep-1426822332.html|access-date=2020-10-10|website=PAPER|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky - Key Change | website=[[Discogs]] | date=2015 | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/887645-Mocky-Key-Change }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky - A Day at United | website=[[Discogs]] | date=2018 | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1451394-Mocky-A-Day-At-United?srsltid=AfmBOoo2lNQEDlEOkQNAfCaxtfGmQXpKrvSPFl98Vr0d8djYGUGSZ_2N }}</ref>
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 [[Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score|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".<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky - Goosebumps per Minute Vol. 1 | website=[[Discogs]] | date=November 25, 2022 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/25169374-Mocky-Goosebumps-Per-Minute-Vol-1 }}</ref>
In 2025 Mocky released his album "Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1)" on the Los Angeles Label [[Stones Throw Records]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky - Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1) | date=May 2025 | url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/mocky-music-will-explain-choir-music-vol-1/ }}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web | title=SPACE CITY ROCK: Dying to be Reborn -- Leslie Feist finally grabs the spotlight and stages her own artistic "renewal" | url=https://www.spacecityrock.com/issue10/feist1.shtml }}</ref>
==Co-writing and co-producing credits==
In September 2009, Mocky had an appearance by the rapper [[GZA]] on his tune "Birds of a Feather".<ref>{{cite web | title=CRAMMED DISCS: Mocky - Birds of a Feather (Feat. GZA) | url=http://www.crammed.be/index.php?id=37&rel_id=329 }}</ref>
In 2010 and 2011 Mocky co-produced the albums [[Buen Soldado]] by [[Francisca Valenzuela]], Modern Day Addiction by [[Clare Bowditch]]<ref name="Tauspap">[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/pleasure-and-pain/story-e6frg8n6-1225897418089 Pleasure and pain]</ref> and [[Metals (album)|Metals]] by [[Feist (singer)|Feist]].<ref name="straight.com" />
Mocky has co-written and co-produced songs for: *[[Jamie Lidell]]'s 2005 album ''[[Multiply (Jamie Lidell album)|Multiply]]''<ref>{{cite web | title=Multiply - track | url=https://credits.muso.ai/track/04cc8ebf-84d6-4383-b526-4b18c8fb9573 }}</ref> and 2008 album ''[[Jim (album)|JIM]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Jim - album | url=https://credits.muso.ai/album/b725a532-11c0-4755-86a1-bb3e09283034 }}</ref> *[[Feist (singer)|Feist]]'s albums ''[[The Reminder]]'' (nominated for four grammys) and [[Metals (album)|Metals]].<ref name="straight.com">[https://www.straight.com/article-90220/feist-delights-in-her-massacre-of-bleed Feist delights in her "massacre of bleed"]</ref>
He also collaborates with musicians [[Chilly Gonzales]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Gonzales - III "Presidential Suite" | website=[[Discogs]] | date=April 15, 2002 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/38768-Gonzales-III-Presidential-Suite }}</ref> and [[Kevin Blechdom]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Gentlemania - album | url=https://credits.muso.ai/album/a53b49d3-f98d-4a5e-936e-4837bf86656d }}</ref>
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 *"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 (Matt Corby song)|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 (singer)|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]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Beat 100 - track | url=https://credits.muso.ai/track/59ad04a6-5121-4512-b532-46d76d3b7e4d }}</ref> * "No Bad News" by [[Cordae]] feat. [[Kanye West]] (including a sample of the Mocky Co-Write "Inside Voice (Reprise)" by [[Joey Dosik]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/1233132/Cordae-Kanye-West-No-Bad-News-Joey-Dosik-Inside-Voice-(Reprise)/|title=Who Sampled Website|website=[[WhoSampled]] |access-date=2025-01-23}}</ref> * "Take Me" by [[G-Dragon]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Lyrics & Credits | url=https://ubermensch.us/pages/lyrics-credits?srsltid=AfmBOoqeszI_3JySUPdYq64I9khn9snpIRGO7JBVqtYyFw8k0sVJK1bv }}</ref>
==Soundtrack work== In 2011, Mocky composed the soundtrack to [[Xiaolu Guo]]'s new full-length feature movie ''{{ill|UFO in Her Eyes|it}}'' that was filmed in China.<ref name="UFO">[http://www.guoxiaolu.com/texts/FIL_UFO_TMF_Upcoming_04.pdf UFO In Her Eyes]</ref>
In 2019, he composed the background music for [[Carole & Tuesday]], an anime television series directed by [[Shinichirō Watanabe]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://caroleandtuesday.com/music/introductions/|title=Carole & Tuesday Composer Introductions No.1|last=Takahashi|first=Osamu|website=Carole & Tuesday Official Website|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> for which he was awarded "Best Score" at the [[Crunchyroll Anime Awards]] 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2020/02/15-1/winners-of-the-2020-anime-awards-updated-live|title=Crunchy Role Official Website|access-date=2021-11-29}}</ref>
==Discography==
===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'' *2021: ''Overtones For The Omniverse'' *2022: ''Goosebumps Per Minute'' *2025: ''Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol.1)''<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky | website=[[Discogs]] | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky?srsltid=AfmBOoobt-63zwJ6qEmC7yrO3O7EgCthncrysFNBRTmt72ZeAtgjzb6T }}</ref>
===EPs=== *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)''<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky | website=[[Discogs]] | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky?srsltid=AfmBOoobt-63zwJ6qEmC7yrO3O7EgCthncrysFNBRTmt72ZeAtgjzb6T }}</ref>
===Singles=== *2005: "Catch a Moment in Time" *2006: "Fightin' Away the Tears" <small>(featuring [[Feist (singer)|Feist]])</small> *2006: "How Will I Know You?" <small>(featuring [[Jamie Lidell]])</small> *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)<ref>{{cite web | title=Mocky | website=[[Discogs]] | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/27497-Mocky?srsltid=AfmBOoobt-63zwJ6qEmC7yrO3O7EgCthncrysFNBRTmt72ZeAtgjzb6T }}</ref>
===Soundtracks=== *2011: ''{{ill|UFO in Her Eyes|it}}'' *2019: ''[[Carole & Tuesday]]'' *2023: ''[[Les Cyclades]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cinezik.org/critiques/affcritique.php?titre=cyclades2022080214 | title=Les Cyclades (2023) - la BO • Musique de Mocky • Soundtrack • :: Cinezik.fr }}</ref>
==Production credits and appearances==
===Albums/Singles=== *2002: [[Chilly Gonzales|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 (Jamie Lidell album)|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 (singer)|Feist]] – ''[[The Reminder]]'' *2008: Jamie Lidell – ''[[Jim (album)|Jim]]'' *2008: Puppetmastaz – ''The Takeover'' *2008: [[Nikka Costa]] – ''[[Pebble to a Pearl]]'' *2010 Cibelle – Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel *2011: [[Francisca Valenzuela]] – ''[[Buen Soldado]]'' *2011: Feist – [[Metals (album)|''Metals'']] *2012 [[Y'akoto]] – ''Baby Blues'' *2013 [[Bassekou Kouyate]] – ''Jamako'' *2013: Rae Morris – ''Grow'' (Single) *2013: [[Matt Corby]] – ''Resolution EP'' *2013: [[Kelela]] – ''[[Cut 4 Me]]'' (Mixtape) *2014 [[Y'akoto]] – ''Moody Blues'' *2014: [[Aṣa]] – ''The One That Never Comes'' *2014: [[Bok Bok]] feat. Kelela – ''Melba's Call'' *2014: P. Morris – ''Grace'' *2014: [[Moses Sumney]] – ''Scratch The Surface'' (feat. Mocky) *2015: Nils Wülker feat. [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]] – ''Worth The Wait'' *2015 Jesper Munk – ''Claim'' *2015 Denai Moore – ''Elsewhere'' *2015 Selah Sue – ''Reason'' *2015 Kelela – ''[[Hallucinogen (EP)|Hallucinogen]] EP'' *2015 [[Orgone]] – ''Beyond The Sun'' *2016 Nia Andrews – ''From Here'' *2016 L'Aupaire – ''Flowers'' *2016 Romans feat. [[Mary J. Blige]] – ''Overthinking'' *2016 [[Mr. Oizo]] – ''[[All Wet (album)|All Wet]]'' *2017 [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] – ''Pleasure'' *2017 [[Kelela]] – ''[[Take Me Apart]]'' *2017 Kid Fresino – ''Let Me In (Hair Cut)'' *2018 [[Joey Dosik]] – ''Inside Voice'' *2019 [[Benny Sings]] – ''Duplicate'' *2019 Nia Andrews – ''No Place Is Safe'' *2019 Def Sound – ''Tryin''' *2020 Campanella – ''Amulue'' *2020 Scherazade – ''Asile Exquis'' *2020 [[Son Little]] – ''Aloha'' *2020 [[Austra, Norway|Austra]] – ''Hirodin'' *2021 Blectum From Blechdom – ''DeepBone'' *2021 Nia Andrews – ''Silly Boy Blue'' *2021 Pegasus Warning – ''Inspiration Equation'' *2021 [[Benny Sings]] feat. [[Marc Rebillet]] [[Cola Boyy]] – ''Beat100'' *2022 [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] – ''Multitudes'' *2023 Kelela – ''[[Raven (Kelela album)|Raven]]''<ref>{{cite web | title=Raven (Kelela album) | url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_(Kelela_album) }}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=September 2025}} *2024 [[Vulfmon]] - "It Might Have To Be You" *2025 [[G-Dragon]] "Take Me"
===Remixes=== *2003: [[Isolée]] – "It's About" *2003: V.A. – "Cinemix" *2004: [[Husky Rescue]] – "Summertime Cowboy" *2004: [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] – "[[Mushaboom (song)|Mushaboom]]" *2005: Feist – "[[Inside and Out]]" *2006: [[Jamie Lidell]] – "What's the Use" *2006: [[Architecture in Helsinki (band)|Architecture in Helsinki]] – "Need to Shout" *2007: [[Young MC]] – "[[Bust a Move (Young MC song)|Bust a Move]]" *2008: [[Anita O'Day]] – "Tenderly" ''([[Verve Remixed]])'' *2010: Lagrimas De Soledad (No Existen Palabras) (Mocky Remix) *2011: Lateef The Truthspeaker – "Oakland" (Mocky Remix) ft. Del The Funky Homosapien & The Grouch *2015: [[Matthew Herbert]] – "Middle (Mocky Remix)" *2016: Oh Shu - Moebius (Mocky Remix)<ref>{{cite web | title=Oh Shu - Moebius | website=[[Discogs]] | date=September 30, 2016 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/10330663-Oh-Shu-Moebius?srsltid=AfmBOoqCWcXt3LfXVX1Dd2t6nmyMzKBvy6cJ_en8yD57Eba8_IgbEUeF }}</ref> *2023: [[Benny Sings]] – ''Party (2023 Mocky Rework)''
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.mockyrecordings.com/ Official website] * [http://www.myspace.com/mockyrecordings MySpace] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091215114805/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] * {{Discogs artist|Mocky}} with links to Dominic Salole, Musical Truth, Re-run.
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