Moon King is the synthpop project of singer and producer Daniel Benjamin. In the early 2010’s Daniel was part of the flourishing electronic music scene in Montreal and Toronto, touring with other artists as a drummer while beginning to write and produce his own music. A 2016 move to Detroit and immersion in that city’s vibrant dance music and DJ culture began to influence his own recordings, and a collection of new material found its way back to Montreal label Arbutus Records, who offered to release it.

Hamtramck ’16, named for the Detroit-area neighborhood, was released in the summer of 2017, documenting Moon King’s shift towards disco and dance music, followed by 2019’s Voice Of Lovers and The Audition in 2021. He’s toured his innovative, freeform live set extensively in North America and Europe and has appeared as a DJ at numerous clubs & mix shows including Red Light Radio, the Lot Radio and N10.as.

Now based in Toronto, he’ll release a new album Roses on March 22, 2024.