Mo•Louie

Mo•Louie is the moniker for Melbourne-based artist Monique (Mo) Sesto. Her loud, playful and crazy personality shines through her music. Her latest single, "Signs”, is out on 27th April.

In "Signs," Mo•Louie takes an introspective look at the quirks of reading into ideas and objects, exploring how the mind can attach meaning to them and how it can impact one's life. The track introduces the sonic wonderland that lives within Mo•Louie’s brain, brought to life with pulsing grooves, sporadic synth and sample delights paving a bed for Mo’s lush and sultry vocals to lie in. Drawing on influences from realms of experimental, alt-electronic pop and movie soundtracks, "Signs" features a mesmerising sound design reminiscent of Kimbra's latest work with a Mura Masa-inspired groove.

Reflecting on the track, Mo says, “Signs, for me, represent our brains delving deep into the meanings of inanimate objects & ideas (like horoscopes, myths or superstitions) in order for us to make sense of things, which is beautifully peculiar. Many times in my life, I have attached good or bad things that happened to me with a superstition or ‘sign’, and my mind goes wild trying to make connections. It has gotten a bit sinister at times, and I started believing these things so much that it would affect my life. I look back and reflect and see how powerfully creative your mind can become deciphering these fictions. I wanted to represent this with intricate & interesting synth sounds and samples, nostalgic moments, and a playground for the sounds going wild (like one’s mind). So I was very particular in creating this song's sounds and world down to the last detail.”

Mo released her debut single, “She Said,” in November 2016. The electronic/synth-produced track made the Semi-Finals of ‘The International Songwriting Competition 2016’. Written and produced by Mo•Louie and mastered by Simon Lam, Mo’s debut EP Fire Brick (2017) was celebrated by AAA Backstage as; “a collection of genre-agnostic soul excellence.” The EP was launched at Melbourne Music Week in a show co-produced with electronic artists Youthfire & Abraham Tilbury.

Mo released her mixtape An Odd World last year, her first complete body of work mixed and produced by herself and mastered by Becki Whitton. The mixtape includes “Iso Iso Iso Bored”, which was described by Forté Magazine as; “exciting, intoxicating and all out relatable”. Mo released her second single, “Survivin”, ft to end a solid year. Youthfire’ premiered on JOY FM radio and was featured on Acid Stag’s Friday Favourites and described as; “very cool, unique and interesting.”

The PR Files is excited to work with Mo•Louie as she takes her career to the next level!