Who is who
Elena Charbila has an established track record as a composer, producer and recording artist under her moniker “Kid Moxie.”
Kid Moxie’s cinematic pop music has been featured in multiple TV commercials including a national Victoria’s Secret ad campaign, several TV shows and numerous indie films.
“I like to call my music ‘cinematic pop’”, she explains. That’s hardly a surprise, coming from someone whose credits include penning songs for the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, as well as the retro-futuristic soundtrack to the 2019 indie film Not To Be Unpleasant But We Need To Have A Serious Talk (Lakeshore Records), and whom CNN recently mentioned as a female composer worthy of Oscar attention.
Speaking of cinematic, Kid Moxie’s new album is sonically meant to evoke the Downtown LA skyline, night rides and retro-futuristic love scenes that are drenched in neon. “I was obsessed with the title ‘Better Than Electric,’ with how it made me feel, and with how it would translate to sound. I still don’t know exactly what it means, but I know how it makes me feel. “This album is as close to my emotional and sonic sensibilities as can possibly be,” she enthuses. “It’s a blending of everything I love to listen to, every song is a cinematic scene, and the lyrics are there to ideally serve the picture.”
Kid Moxie – Better Than Electric
Pasadena Records - #PR-22-02 UPC #805859083422
1. Shine
performed by Kid Moxie
Written by Elena Charbila and Sami Mark Yahya
Produced by Sami Mark Yahya pka Faderhead
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Faderhead Publishing designee (GEMA)
2. Better Than Electric
performed by Kid Moxie and Maps
written by James Chapman pka Maps and Elena Charbila
produced by Maps
Schubert Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS) / Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI)
3. At The End Of The Night
performed by Kid Moxie
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Steve Krolikowski
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Creative Skull Publishing (BMI)
4. Unbroken
performed by Kid Moxie
Written by Elena Charbila and Sami Mark Yahya
Produced by Sami Mark Yahya pka Faderhead
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Faderhead Publishing Designee (GEMA)
5. Thunderstruck
performed by Kid Moxie
Written by Malcolm Young and Angus Young
Produced by Kid Moxie, Dimitris Mann and Dylan Willougby aka Lost In Stars
Sony ATV Music Pty. (APRA)
6. Miss Robot
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Dimitris Mann
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / DMP Downtown Music (ASCAP)
7. Lost In Time
performed by Kid Moxie
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Ivan Iusco
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Ivan Iusco Publishing (SIAE)
8. Odyssey
performed by Kid Moxie
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Ivan Iusco
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Ivan Iusco Publishing (SIAE)
9. Black Flower
performed by Kid Moxie
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Serafim Tsotsonis
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Serafim Tsotsonis
10. On A Sunday Night
performed by Kid Moxie
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Dimitris Mann
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / DMP Downtown Music (ASCAP)
11. Odyssey – Die Arkitekt Remix
performed by Kid Moxie
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Ivan Iusco
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Ivan Iusco Publishing (SIAE)
12. On A Sunday Night – Franklin Remix
performed by Kid Moxie
Written and produced by Elena Charbila and Dimitris Mann
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / DMP Downtown Music (ASCAP)
13. Better Than Electric - Last Chance Remix by Dimitris Papaspyropoulos
performed by Kid Moxie and Maps
written by James Chapman pka Maps and Elena Charbila
produced by Maps
Schubert Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS) / Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI)
14. Shine- Remix by Die Arkitekt
performed by Kid Moxie
Written by Elena Charbila and Sami Mark Yahya
Produced by Sami Mark Yahya pka Faderhead
Music of Schubert / Champagne Pop Musik (BMI) / Faderhead Publishing Designee (GEMA)
This album was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Athens, London and Hamburg.
Mastered by Stevie B – Next Level Mastering
Kid Moxie worldwide management: Michael Pagnotta for Reach. reachmp@me.com
Photographs of KM by — Neil Kryszak
Layout by Steve Stanley
When I came up with the title “Better Than Electric” for the first single, it immediately clicked that this was going to be the title for the whole album. Almost every track has to do with love or sex which makes it my most personal and honest album to this day. All these songs were conceived during late night drives in L.A, which is one of my favourite things to do in my favourite city, so this album is an ode to love as much as it is an ode to the place that inspired it.
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