Moke is a Dutch band from Amsterdam, which was founded in 2005. They published their debut album Shorland

Shorland (album)

Shorland is the debut album by Dutch rock band Moke.On the 16th of May 2008, Moke released the Limited Festival Edition of Shorland. This is a special edition with a second bonusdisc.-Track listing:# "This Plan" – 3:42# "Last Chance" – 4:06...

 in 2007. Their music is often referred to as Britpop

Britpop

Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...

. The band is most popular in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, where they became commonly known after a performance in the daily television show 'De Wereld Draait Door'. Their single "This Plan" is used by Toyota in the commercial for the Yaris

Yaris

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. They performed at several festivals, like London Calling, Lowlands

A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise

A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, also known as simply Lowlands, is a music festival, held annually in the Netherlands in August. Lowlands has about 55,000 visitors, over 200 acts and more than ten stages every year which are named according to the NATO phonetic alphabet apart from the Grolsch...

 and Pinkpop. They also were the supporting act of Paul Weller, Keane, Razorlight

Razorlight

Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...

 and Amy MacDonald

Amy Macdonald (singer)

Amy Macdonald is a Scottish recording artist. Macdonald rose to fame in 2007 with her debut album, This Is the Life and its fourth single, "This Is the Life". The single charted at number one in six different countries worldwide, and charted inside the top ten in another eleven countries worldwide...

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In 2008 they played the Pinkpop festival, opening the main stage on the main day. The band also toured with Paul Weller on all the dates of his European tour in October 2008.
Moke released their second album "The Long & Dangerous Sea" in 2009's autumn. They toured along several venues, and they were the dayopener of the second day of Pinkpop 2010. They did this together with the Metropole Orchestra, and together with the Metropole Orchestra they held a great gig at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam at the 9th of October 2010.

Biography

Singer Felix Maginn played in the band Supersub before forming Moke. Together with Tröckener Kecks guitarist Phil Tilli and Supersub drummer Rob Klerckx they start Moke, and bass player Marcin Felis and keyboard player Eddy Steeneken are added, and the line-up was completed.

During the recordings for debut album Shorland they meet British star Paul Weller

Paul Weller

Paul Weller is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the band The Jam , Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council...

, who was in Amsterdam for recording his new album at that time. Moke's producer, Joeri Saal, is also the producer of Weller's album As Is Now. Weller is impressed by Moke's debut album, and he invites them as his support act for two of his shows at The Forum, London.

Albums

• Shorland
  Shorland (album)
  Shorland is the debut album by Dutch rock band Moke.On the 16th of May 2008, Moke released the Limited Festival Edition of Shorland. This is a special edition with a second bonusdisc.-Track listing:# "This Plan" – 3:42# "Last Chance" – 4:06...
  
  (2007)
• The Long & Dangerous Sea (2009)
• Till death do us part theatre tour (2011)

Singles

• "Last Chance" (2007)
• "Here Comes The Summer" (2007)
• "This Plan" (2007)
• "Heart Without A Home" (2008)
• "We'll Dance" (Remix) – Moke vs Don Diablo
  Don Diablo
  Don Diablo is a Dutch record producer, songwriter, artist, DJ. His parents named him after Don van Vliet .-Biography:...
  
  (2008)
• "The Long Way" (2008)
• "Switch" (2009)