Moorish Icarus

Moorish Icarus is a Moroccan singer-songwriter, music producer, and music educator, born in 1987 in Larache and raised in Ksar El Kebir. He began his musical journey at a local conservatory before moving to Rabat in 2004 to study Music Education at CPR, graduating in 2006.

For 18 years, he worked as a music teacher across Morocco, founding music clubs, bands, and cultural projects that gave young people spaces to create despite difficult conditions. His intellectual awakening deepened during the 2011 pro-democracy movements, leading him to question authority, religion, and social norms. He became openly atheist in a deeply conservative environment and struggled to live openly as a gay man in Morocco.

He eventually moved to South Korea seeking freedom and self-expression. His journey has also been marked by a long struggle with alcoholism.

Today, he transforms loss, identity, exile, addiction, recovery, and self-acceptance into music, blending his roots with international influences.