Mocke
BIO
Mocke is an essential guitarist of the french music scene. Formerly a founding member of the group Holden, he composes and writes today within the Midget! duo, with the musician Claire Vailler.
We have seen him gradually free himself from any framework to settle in a territory that belongs only to him. At the crossroads of experimentation, oblique songs, world sound, contemporary music, improvisations, Mocke composes instrumental pieces built around his guitar, like one writes prose poems, with such grace that it is not surprising that his latest album “Parle Grand Canard” (Objet Disque, 2020), was unanimously acclaimed upon its release.
Whether he is alone at the helm of his solo records (3 albums since 2014), composing musical creations for France Culture, film soundtracks or appearing on stage and on records with other musicians (Delphine Dora, Mohamed Lamouri, Arlt, Chevalrex…), Mocke has a harmonic signature recognizable among thousands. The trademark of one of the most singular musicians of the time.
Nicolas Worms, the brilliant arranger of ‘Grand Canard’, accompanies him on stage on piano and various keyboards.
LINE-UP
solo :
Mocke : guitar, effects
duo :
Mocke : guitar, effects
Nicolas Worms : piano, synthesizers (Prophet Rev 8, Crumar Seven)
Co-production : Murailles Music, La Soufflerie (Rezé)
LINKS
PRESS
The Quietus
“Mocke is the most discreet and most ambitious guitarist in France and ‘Parle Grand Canard’ is his most unassumingly grandiose solo project to date.”
News from Neptune
“His music has always been a magical melange of the great Gallic traditions of folk, jazz, pop, chanson and classical, all held together with a distinctively enigmatic melodic sensibility and a rare emotional eloquence and elegance.”
CONTACT
Booking : François Montjosieu
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou
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'Quel est ton parcours ?' (2020)
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'L'ouvrier Flan' (2014)
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'Bol' (2014)
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'Il est où, Droom ?' (2014)
DISCOGRAPHIE
Parle Grand Canard
Objet Disque2020
LP / Digital
& DELPHINE DORA : LE CORPS DÉFENDANT
Okraïna records2017
LP / Digital
St-Homard
Objet Disque2016
LP / CD / Digital
L’anguille
Objet Disque2014
LP / Digital
Past shows
- DateCountryCityVenuewith
- 16/09/2023BelgiqueBruxelles (BE)Live at museum - Le Botanique Boris Thiébaut, à l'occasion des Heritage Daysinfos event
- 24/08/2023FranceAmbialet et Vallée du Tarn (81)Baignade Sauvageinfos event
- 11/08/2023FranceNexon (87)festival MULTi-PiSTES, le Sirqueen duo avec Nicolas Wormsinfos event
- 10/08/2023FranceSégur-le-Château (19)La Ruelle event
- 08/07/2023FranceParis (75)Petit Bain - rooftopClara Le Meurinfos event
- 07/07/2023FranceLabège / Toulouse (31)Maison Salvanen duo avec Nicolas Worms + ciné-concert de Christine Ott infos event
- 02/03/2023FranceLyon (69)'Tournée Générale', Kraspek Myzik (co-orga le Périscope)infos event
- 01/03/2023FranceThiers (63)Concert en maison : chez Eloïse
- 23/10/2022Grande-BretagneLondon (UK)Café Oto (orga. Rockfort, Institut Français)Erwan Keravec, Léonore Boulangerinfos event
- 20/10/2022FranceLa Réole (33)La Petite Populaire event
- 19/10/2022FranceToulouse (31)Les Ogresses event
- 18/10/2022FranceTarbes (65)Le Celtic event
- 16/10/2022FranceSète (34)Internationales de la Guitare, CRAC infos event
- 04/10/2022BelgiqueBruxelles (BE)MIMA, FrancoFauneEmmanuelle Parrenin, Cascade, Isabelle Sainte-Rose event
- 19/09/2022FrancePantin (93)La DynamoYOU 'Winds'infos event
- 09/12/2021FranceMontreuil (93)La Marbrerieinfos event
- 17/11/2021FranceLyon (69)Opéra Underground, dans le cadre de la Carte Blanche à Bertrand Belin & La FélineMademoiselle, Gisèle Papeinfos event
- 17/09/2021BelgiqueBruxelles (BE)Ateliers ClausOsilasi infos
events
-
'Quel est ton parcours ?' (2020)
-
'L'ouvrier Flan' (2014)
-
'Bol' (2014)
-
'Il est où, Droom ?' (2014)
BIO
Mocke is an essential guitarist of the french music scene. Formerly a founding member of the group Holden, he composes and writes today within the Midget! duo, with the musician Claire Vailler.
We have seen him gradually free himself from any framework to settle in a territory that belongs only to him. At the crossroads of experimentation, oblique songs, world sound, contemporary music, improvisations, Mocke composes instrumental pieces built around his guitar, like one writes prose poems, with such grace that it is not surprising that his latest album “Parle Grand Canard” (Objet Disque, 2020), was unanimously acclaimed upon its release.
Whether he is alone at the helm of his solo records (3 albums since 2014), composing musical creations for France Culture, film soundtracks or appearing on stage and on records with other musicians (Delphine Dora, Mohamed Lamouri, Arlt, Chevalrex…), Mocke has a harmonic signature recognizable among thousands. The trademark of one of the most singular musicians of the time.
Nicolas Worms, the brilliant arranger of ‘Grand Canard’, accompanies him on stage on piano and various keyboards.
LINE-UP
solo :
Mocke : guitar, effects
duo :
Mocke : guitar, effects
Nicolas Worms : piano, synthesizers (Prophet Rev 8, Crumar Seven)
Co-production : Murailles Music, La Soufflerie (Rezé)
LINKS
PRESS
The Quietus
“Mocke is the most discreet and most ambitious guitarist in France and ‘Parle Grand Canard’ is his most unassumingly grandiose solo project to date.”
News from Neptune
“His music has always been a magical melange of the great Gallic traditions of folk, jazz, pop, chanson and classical, all held together with a distinctively enigmatic melodic sensibility and a rare emotional eloquence and elegance.”
DISCOGRAPHIE
Parle Grand Canard
Objet Disque2020
LP / Digital
& DELPHINE DORA : LE CORPS DÉFENDANT
Okraïna records2017
LP / Digital
St-Homard
Objet Disque2016
LP / CD / Digital
L’anguille
Objet Disque2014
LP / Digital
CONTACT
Booking : François Montjosieu
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou