Michael Wookey

Michael Wookey (March 23, 1983) is an English singer-songwriter and composer, born in Southampton and based in Paris.

Michael Wookey
Born (1983-03-23) March 23, 1983
OriginSouthampton, England
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
LabelsWe Are Unique Records
Websitewww.michaelwookey.com

Career

Wookey self-released his first album, Dreams of You, in 2003. His fourth album, Submarine Dreams, was released in 2013 by We Are Unique Records.[1] The album was mastered by Valgeir Sigurðsson at Greenhouse Studios in Iceland, with original album artwork by Gabríela Friðriksdóttir. The disc was recorded in Cantal, France with four members of Angil and the Hiddentracks, with whom Wookey has been playing live since.[2] Sigurðsson also mastered Wild and Weary and Hollywood Hex, Wookey's fifth and sixth albums; Hollywood Hex will be released by We Are Unique Records in 2018.[3]

Wookey is known for using toy instruments in his music, and in 2013 he arranged a 10-person toy orchestra to play his compositions at Paris's Théâtre du Châtelet; a second performance followed in 2014.[4][5] He collaborated with Margaret Leng Tan and wrote a concerto for her named "Coney Island Sous l'Eau." The U.S. premiere of Wookey's concerto was in 2013 at the Washington Square Music Festival in New York City, with The New York Times calling it "the most rewarding of the pieces for toys on the program."[6]

Wookey also composed the music for the film Brochet comme le poisson, directed by Anne Brochet and broadcast by Arte TV in 2013.[7]

Discography
YearAlbum
2003Dreams Of You
2007You Shield Me From Darkness
2010Gun Gala
2013Submarine Dreams
2016 Wild and Weary
2018 Hollywood Hex

References
  1. "Michael Wookey". We Are Unique Records. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. "Michael Wookey – Submarine Dreams". Mowno. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. "Michael Wookey – "Hollywood Hex"". La Centrifugeuse. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. "Michael Wookey en concert au Théâtre du Châtelet". MONSTERK7. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  5. "Michael et son Orchestre des Jouets au Théâtre du Châtelet dimanche". MONSTERK7. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  6. "Big Music, Shrunk to Fit a (Much) Smaller Scale". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  7. "Brochet comme le poisson". Le Monde. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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