1. Mocky was born on October 7,1974 and is a Canadian singer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer.
11 Facts About Mocky
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Mocky later moved to Ottawa and Toronto, and then to London, Amsterdam and Berlin.
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Mocky's father is of Somali descent, but was born in present-day Yemen.
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Mocky has released eight albums under his own name: In Mesopotamia, Are + Be, Navy Brown Blues, Saskamodie, Key Change, Music Save Me, A Day At United and Overtones For The Omniverse.
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In December 2008, Mocky announced the 2009 release of his mostly instrumental album Saskamodie on the Crammed Discs label.
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In 2012, Mocky announced his move from his longtime home, Berlin, to Los Angeles.
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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.
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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.
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In September 2009, Mocky had an appearance by the rapper GZA on his tune "Birds of a Feather".
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In 2010 and 2011 Mocky co-produced the albums Buen Soldado by Francisca Valenzuela, Modern Day Addiction by Clare Bowditch and Metals by Feist.
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In 2011, Mocky composed the soundtrack to Xiaolu Guo's new full-length feature movie UFO in Her Eyes that was filmed in China.