Moby
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Inspired by an underground party in Glasgow, Moby steps behind his synthesizer and creates hard-edged break-beats with arpeggio bass lines for the dance floor. Applying his simple technique, Moby reaches in his palette of sounds to create everything from house and techno to the trance track, "Take It Home." Listeners who picked up Play and 18 might be surprised at the different sound created under the moniker Voodoo Child. For this album, Moby leaves the predominant piano theme behind, along with his knack for chopping up soulful vocals except on "Gotta Be Loose in Your Mind," "Gone," and "Unh Yeah." For hardcore Moby fans, this will be another classic, while dabblers may want to preview the album before purchase. In Moby's own words, this is a "straightforward, underground, electronic dance record."- Shariel Badal
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 Record Label V2 Records Released February 2004 |
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Bio[+]Being born the great great grandnephew of Moby Dick author Herman Melville, it isn’t a far stretch to see where Richard Melville Hall got his nickname. Moby began playing classical guitar at an early age, and as a teenager found himself immersed in the New York punk / noise / new wave scene. After dropping out of college, Moby began DJing in nightclubs, and his 1991 single “Go” was an unprecedented hit in the UK. After signing with Elektra in 1994, he released Everything is Wrong in '95, earning him the first taste of critical praise. Not one to be easily categorized, his next full-length release Animal Rights was an electric guitar-fueled endeavor, and the ’97 follow up I Like To Score focused on re-devising film music. In 1999, Moby released the chart-topping Play, launching him into superstar status.
–Maurice S. Teilmann (August, 2002)Interview
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Bio[+]
Being born the great great grandnephew of Moby Dick author Herman Melville, it isn’t a far stretch to see where Richard Melville Hall got his nickname. Moby began playing classical guitar at an early age, and as a teenager found himself immersed in the New York punk / noise / new wave scene. After dropping out of college, Moby began DJing in nightclubs, and his 1991 single “Go” was an unprecedented hit in the UK. After signing with Elektra in 1994, he released Everything is Wrong in '95, earning him the first taste of critical praise. Not one to be easily categorized, his next full-length release Animal Rights was an electric guitar-fueled endeavor, and the ’97 follow up I Like To Score focused on re-devising film music. In 1999, Moby released the chart-topping Play, launching him into superstar status.
–Maurice S. Teilmann (August, 2002)Interview
Merch
Baby Monkey (current page)