Moon King

Toronto-born dream pop/electronic shoegazer Daniel Benjamin (aka Moon King) transitioned to a lo-fi house producer while maintaining the common thread of lush chords and a Motorik vibe. Their debut album, 2013's Obsession, initially pegged the group as Wall of Sound shoegazers, yet the follow-up, 2015's Secret Life, veered more toward the dream pop end of the spectrum. By 2017, the band had split, with Benjamin moving to Detroit and carrying on the Moon King name, albeit with a shift in focus toward dance music that took shape on a mini-album, Hamtramck '16, in 2017. While li...