Feist Producer Mocky Readies Album

03/30/09 5:13pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Feist, Peaches, Gonzales and Jamie Lidell collaborator Mocky will release a new album titled Saskamodie on April 7 through Crammed Discs.

The album was recorded by producer Renaud Letang (Feist, Gonzales) in Paris, France. It takes its name from a song Mocky (real name Dominic Giancarlo Salole) wrote when he was seven years old. Mocky plays drums, bass, keyboards, piano, guitar, percussion, bells, recorder, whistle and organ on the disc, which features guest appearances from Taylor Savvy, Gonzales, Lidell and Feist.

You can hear three songs from Saskamodie on Mocky's MySpace page.

An entry posted on Feist's website on Sunday quotes the Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter as saying, "I would spoon this album if I could."

Mocky co-produced Feist's The Reminder and co-wrote "So Sorry" from the album. He also co-wrote songs on Lidell's Jim and Multiply.

Mocky released this Mockumentary video companion to the forthcoming album, which features appearances from Lidell, Gonzales, Feist and Peaches:

You can see Mocky here:

April 11 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Motel Mozaique
April 12 Hasselt, Germany @ Motives For Jazz at Mod
April 13 Ghent, Belgium @ Vooruit/Balzaal
April 14 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
April 15 Paris, France @ Le Zebre
April 24 Berlin, Germany @ Babylon
April 27 Frankfurt, Germany @ Mousonturm Studio
April 28 Leipzig, Germany @ Werk 2
July 4 Sete, France @ Theatre De La Mer
Aug. 25 Hamburg, Germany @ Kampnagel

Here are the songs on Saskamodie:

"Music To My Ears"
"Little Journey"
"Birds Of A Feather"
"Golden Dream"
"Chubby Cheeks"
"Guiding Light"
"Saskamodie"
"Somehow Someway"
"Jlinti"
"Music To My Ears (Reprise)"
"Sleepy Time"
"For Pepecito"