Saskamodie

Mocky has a reputation for suprising people with his music. His electro/hip hop/soul releases to date, wildly entertaining live shows and outstanding production and arrangement work (for Jamie Lidell, Feist, Gonzales, Nikka Costa and Jane Birkin) have cast him as an irreverent, chameleon-like cult figure in leftfield music - not to mention a watermark of quality. Yet even for him, Mocky's newest album is a brave step into unchartered waters, the sound of a musician exploring where his talent can take him with rare confidence and authority.

Saskamodie is Mocky's first release for Crammed Discs. He is listed as playing drums, bass, rhodes, piano, guitar, percussion, bells, recorder, vocals, whistle, organ and toys as well as writing string arrangements. Taylor Savvy, Gonzales, Jamie Lidell, and Feist contribute additional instrumental and backing vocal performances that make this record sound more like a live performance than a studio creation.