"Claire Vailler and Mocke made a one-way trip to The Search for Lost Time. They drew and fed shamelessly on this ocean book which appeared to them above all as the most beautiful encouragement to artistic creation. The psychological acuity, the sinuous and labyrinthine poetry, the multiple theories put to the test of words and life, the sensory leitmotivs that decorate and chant the pages of research have forever transformed their vision of the world of art.
Mocke is an essential guitarist of the French scene. Formerly a founding member of the Holden group, he composes and writes today as part of 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 borders between experimentations, oblique songs, world sono, contemporary music, improvisations, Mocke composes instrumental pieces built around his guitar, as we write poems in prose, with such grace that it is not surprising that his latest album «Parle Grand Canard» (Objet Disque, 2020), was unanimously acclaimed at its release. Whether he is alone at the controls of his solo records (3 albums since 2014), whether he composes musical creations for France Culture, soundtracks for films or whether he appears on stage and on record with other musicians (Delphine Dora, Mohamed Lamouri, Arlt, Chevalrex, etc.), Mocke has a recognizable harmonic signature. The mark of one of the most singular musicians of the time.
A composer, singer, guitarist and pianist, Claire Vailler composed and performed her own songs under the name Transbluency in 2006 and founded the duo Midget with musician Mocke! , with which she has released 3 albums since 2012. Both familiar and strange, indefatigably oblique, the songwriting of the musician is a sparse language of voice and guitar, crossed by many subtleties that make the ear vibrate: movement in half-tones, choirs disembarked from another world, guitar of a silver blues. She performs as a singer or keyboard in several groups in France and in Brussels where she resides, she composes as well for the theatre as for choreographic pieces, performances, or radio fiction.