M O T E

Mote is an Indie/Post-punk trio from Berlin.
Mote was founded in Nashville TN by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Joe Schneider in 2015.
Mote was busy playing live shows and gaining popularity, opening up for acts such as The Main Squeeze, Cappa, and Magic City Hippies, before a year long illness forced him to take a break in 2018. Mote released an EP, Get The Door, the following year, but was unable to tour the project. Getting through the illness was a rebirth for Mote. He came to the realisation he was determined to get completely healthy and to move to a new city to start fresh with his art. Berlin became that destination.
Mote spent his first year in Berlin writing and also had a successful collaboration with Berlin based producer Lahos with the song “End This Ride.” Mote also spent the year studying film and adding videography to his repertoire. In the fall of 2021 Mote released a string of singles, and his first self-directed music video for the industrial-pop inspired song “Bondage." In 2022 Mote’s single "Industrial Love" was released in partnership with the UK indie label The Animal Farm. "Hello Divine," "Big Drop,"and “Diamond Days” were released subsequently on the same label.
In 2023 Schneider began collaborating with Berlin musicians Josi Lukschy (Guitar) and Lisa Kida (Drums), and formed the trio that makes up Mote's new sound, live and in the studio.