Miriam Moczko

Miriam Moczko makes music in response to the beauty and pain she experiences in life. With her viola, the loop station and effects, she creates landscapes through which her voice points the way to the listeners.

Her debut album HEIMAT is a melancholy and hopeful indie folk record about family, past and confidence. With HEIMAT, Miriam returns to her roots: What does it mean to feel at home somewhere? The songs are inspired by feelings, memories, objects and places.

“It’s an album about my family history,” the singer says. About our origins, which are in Upper Silesia and about the trauma and the long-term consequences of the Second World War. And about the relationship with my parents, who escaped Communism and came to West Germany.

The album was recorded in the music room of Miriam’s apartment in the Netherlands and mixed in the Ballsaal Studios by Berlin sound master Peter Schmidt (among others). Peter Fox and Wallis Bird.

Miriam plays concerts throughout Europe as well as in Australia. She has performed at the legendary Woodford Folk Festival, the Paradiso in Amsterdam and the Melodica Festival in Paris.

Her music is influenced by artists such as Sharon van Etten, Bon Iver, Aldous Harding and Sophie Hunger.