Moby

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Real Name:
Richard Melville Hall
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Born: September 11, 1965, Harlem, New York, NY, United States.

Hall says he is the great-great-great nephew of Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick.

One of electronic music's most visible and talked-about figures, Moby's career comprises many years of work and many musical twists and turns. His career stretches all the way back to early rave and acid-house releases in the late 80s and early 90s as U.H.F. and Voodoo Child, through to his much loved/hated R&B/blues/pop/techno sample cut-ups of today.

His most notable tracks from his early days include "Next Is The E", "Everytime You Touch Me" and "Into The Blue", and the classic "Go", as well as his early albums "Ambient" and "Early Underground". He was managed by Marci Webber.

A brief outing into more rock-oriented territory came with 1996's "Animal Rights", followed by "I Like To Score" in 1997, highlighting his past movie score contributions (most notably a remix of the "James Bond Theme").

In 1999 and 2000, Moby found unprecedented pop success with the album "Play" and the slew of singles and radio tracks that came from it ("Honey", "Run On", "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?", "Natural Blues", "Porcelain", "Southside", and more). Among other things, his appearance as a DJ in the foyer of the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (wearing a gold suit and playing two golden copies of "Play") led many people to decry him as a sellout. Nonetheless, his follow-up album "18" tinkered very little with the "Play" sound and still received a mostly positive reception in 2002.

Besides the many faces of his music, Moby also gathers controversy for his outspoken religious, dietary and animal rights views, as well as persistent rumors that his live shows are mostly pre-recorded. Every Moby release from the mid-90s onward has borne the text "Animals are not ours to eat, wear or experiment on. Thanks to Christ."

In addition to making music, Moby has founded two labels, Little Idiot and Always Centered At Night, and co-founded the restaurants "Teany" (in New York City) and "Little Pine" (in Los Angeles). He also has written the books "Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety" (with Miyun Park), "Teany Book" (with Kelly Tisdale), "The Little Pine Cookbook", the memoirs "Porcelain" and "Then It Fell Apart", as well as a photography book accompanying his album "Destroyed".

Before becoming a DJ worked as a golf caddy.
Sites:
moby.com, because.tv, Bandcamp, Facebook, flickr.com, mixcloud.com, MySpace, songkick.com, SoundCloud, Twitter, vimeo.com, vk.com, Wikipedia, YouTube, YouTube, web.archive.org, imdb.com, mobygratis.com, dailymotion.com, Facebook, blog.mobygratis.com, imdb.com, SoundCloud, Twitter, vimeo.com, YouTube
Aliases:
Barracuda, Brainstorm (3), DJ Cake, Lopez, Mindstorm (2), Richard M. Hall, U.H.F., Voodoo Child
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EX-241-2 Moby — Moby Moby Moby (Album) Instinct Records EX-241-2 US 1992 Sell This Version
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EX-253-2, EX 253 Ambient — Moby Moby Ambient (Album) Instinct Records, Instinct Records EX-253-2, EX 253 US 1993 Sell This Version
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61701-2 Everything Is Wrong — Moby Moby Everything Is Wrong (Album) Mute, Mute 61701-2 US 1995 Sell This Version
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MOBY INT 1 Everything Is Wrong Interview — Moby Moby Everything Is Wrong Interview ‎(CD, Promo) Mute MOBY INT 1 UK 1995 Sell This Version
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7559-61937-2 Animal Rights — Moby Moby Animal Rights (Album) Mute 7559-61937-2 Europe 1996 Sell This Version
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none Demo Tape #2 — Moby Moby Demo Tape #2 ‎(Cass) Not On Label (Moby Self-released) none US 1996 Sell This Version
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62092-2 The End Of Everything — Moby Voodoo Child | Moby Voodoo Child | Moby - The End Of Everything (Album) Elektra 62092-2 US 1997 Sell This Version
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CStumm172 Play — Moby Moby Play (Album, Maxi, Comp) Mute CStumm172 Malaysia 1999 Sell This Version
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IC 0825 In Concert 825 — Moby Moby In Concert 825 ‎(CD, Transcription) BBC Radio International IC 0825 UK 2000 Sell This Version
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CDSTUMM202, 5016025612024 18 — Moby Moby 18 (Album) Mute, Labels, Virgin CDSTUMM202, 5016025612024 Europe 2002 Sell This Version
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none 18 DVD + B Sides — Moby Moby 18 DVD + B Sides (Comp, Album) Mute, Mute none US 2003 Sell This Version
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DVD STUMM 202 DVDStumm202 - Moby DVDStumm202 - "18" Related B Sides ‎(CDr, CD-ROM, Advance, Num, Promo) Mute DVD STUMM 202 Europe 2003 Sell This Version
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none Live 19th May 2005 Carling Academy, Brixton, London — Moby Moby Live 19th May 2005 Carling Academy, Brixton, London Live Here Now none Germany 2005 Sell This Version
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none Hotel Ambient — Moby Moby Hotel Ambient (Album) V2 none US 2005 Sell This Version
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STUMM 240 Hotel — Moby Moby Hotel (Album) Mute, Mute STUMM 240 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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none iTunes Originals — Moby Moby iTunes Originals ‎(31xFile, AAC, Copy Prot., 128) V2 Records none US 2005
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094635488920 Live (Hotel Tour 2005) — Moby Moby Live (Hotel Tour 2005) (Comp) Mute, Mute 094635488920 Argentina 2006 Sell This Version
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CDSTUMM275, 5099951830724 Last Night — Moby Moby Last Night (Album) Mute, Mute CDSTUMM275, 5099951830724 Colombia 2008 Sell This Version
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idiot001 Wait For Me — Moby Moby Wait For Me (Album) Little Idiot idiot001 Europe 2009 Sell This Version
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none Recorded Live In Berlin — Moby Moby Recorded Live In Berlin ‎(File, MP3, 128) National Public Radio none US 2009
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none iTunes Live: From Montreal — Moby Moby iTunes Live: From Montreal (Album) Little Idiot none 2010
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none Live In London — Moby Moby Live In London (Album) Abbey Road Live Here Now none Europe 2011 Sell This Version
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none Destroyed — Moby Moby Destroyed (Album) Little Idiot none Germany 2011 Sell This Version
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none Moby In Concert: Moogfest 2011 — Moby Moby Moby In Concert: Moogfest 2011 ‎(File, MP3, 128) National Public Radio none US 2011
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none Innocents — Moby Moby Innocents (Album, EP) Mute none UK 2013 Sell This Version

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HAUNTEDTREESWITHOWLS

HAUNTEDTREESWITHOWLS

May 2, 2023
edited about 1 month ago
Would just like to make a mention regarding the track.. 'Inside' a phenomenal Ambient piece of superb brilliance!! my CD player on constantly repeat mode for this fabulous adorable beautiful crafted production, simplicity with effect of magnitudes... Awesomely awe-inspiring beauty.. How can you not like yourself or.. get bored!
Brano424111

Brano424111

August 11, 2022
Moby - Idol of Electronic Music & Another of my Favorite Electronic Music Artist. I love his music so much. Really huge thanks to him for great music and other stuff that he made, because it is amazing and fantasticly great to listen to.
crazyaejay

crazyaejay

August 3, 2022
edited 10 months ago
In 2016 after Porcelain: A Memoir debuted, Moby let a bunch of labels release remixes of some of his tracks; namely Go, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, Natural Blues, and Porcelain. Some of the labels and their remixers stepped up to the plate and did an awesome job while others dropped the ball.

One specific egregious example is the release Black Lacquer because not only is it bad, it also stole the name directly from Moby's Black Lacquer label which released 5 solid remixes of its own.

Anyway, I made a 4CD compilation of the best of these remixes that I quite enjoy listening to and maybe you will, too.

CD1 Black Lacquer Remixes +
1 Go (Rex The Dog Remix) 7:33
2 Go (Andrew Claristidge Remix) 11:31
3 Go (System Divine Remix) 6:51
4 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (TC Remix) 6:30
5 Feeling So Real (Wolfram Remix) 5:52
6 Porcelain (Above & Beyond Remix) 6:41
7 Porcelain (Arty Remix) 3:31
8 Natural Blues (Sander Van Doorn Remix) 6:26
9 Porcelain (Timo Maas & James Teej's Broken China Dub) 9:16
10 Porcelain (Sebastian Mullaert's Transformation Mix) 13:27
Tracks 6+7 from Porcelain (The Remixes). Tracks 9+10 from Porcelain (Remixes).

CD2 Drumcode The Remixes
1 Porcelain (Luca Agnelli Remix) 7:51
2 Go (Bart Skils Remix) 9:11
3 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Enrico Sangiuliano Remix) 7:14
4 Porcelain (Alan Fitzpatrick's Late Night Dub) 8:01
5 Go (Tiger Stripes White Tail Remix) 7:08
6 Natural Blues (Dense & Pika Remix) 7:10
7 Go (Manic Brothers Remix) 9:07
8 Natural Blues (Marco Faraone's Whitelandvox Remix) 7:18
9 Go (Tiger Stripes Black Lodge Remix) 7:22

CD3 Suara Remixes
1 Go (Victor Ruiz Remix) 9:19
2 Porcelain (Julian Jeweil Remix) 6:31
3 Natural Blues (Reinier Zonneveld's Homage Remix) 7:17
4 Go (Victor Ruiz Warehouse Mix) 7:43
5 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Oxia Remix) 6:12
6 Natural Blues (Victor Ruiz Remix) 8:13
7 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Oxia Dub Mix) 6:35
8 Natural Blues (Coyu Remix) 9:53
9 Natural Blues (Sidney Charles Remix) 8:17

CD4 2Diy4 Moby Remixes + Shogun Audio The Drum & Bass Remixes +
1 Wait For Me (Adriatique Remix) 5:35
2 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Magdalena Remix) 8:29
3 Natural Blues (Stimming Remix) 10:19
4 Natural Blues (Johannes Brecht Remix) 6:39
5 Porcelain (Pola & Bryson Remix) 5:27
6 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Technimatic Remix) 5:01
7 Go (Fourward Remix) 6:05
8 Natural Blues (Icicle Remix) 4:04
9 Go (HI-LO Remix) 5:48
10 Go (Loco Dice Remix) 8:32
11 Natural Blues (Kidnap Kid Remix) 6:55

Please reply to this if there are any other remixes from the 2016/2017 era that you enjoy.
tobymessy

tobymessy

June 22, 2022
edited 11 months ago
Absolutely love his work from the early/ mid 90’s -and remixes - but got bored post Play album. Saw him play a small acoustic set in Mono years back. Dead nice guy.

I guess Go is a seminal track, just figuring out which EP to get with the subliminal mix. Always had the voodoo and Woodtick mix… Though the other EP with the jam and spoon mixes are decent.

Next is the E etc etc

Check out Into the Blue (buzz boys main room mayhem mix) - Wowser - and Move ( DJ kid Paul mix ) Both featured on John digweeds renaissance two from 1995, to optimal effect

His autobiography supposed to be a good read…didn’t he do a sort of punk album…

Ruben14

Ruben14

December 10, 2021
When you said Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Rolling Stones is the equivalent of grandfathers of Rock, well, this man is similar but in the Electronica.
One of the most important figure in the scene of Electronic Musix.
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happylittletrees

happylittletrees

March 11, 2020
edited over 3 years ago
I saw Moby live in Miami at Ultra Music Festival, back when that festival wasn't sold out, and his set under his tent was epic. He definitely has learned how to play to his crowds over all those years. I always made it a point to pick up his earliest works. His newer stuff, Play and beyond isn't terrible, more poppy and refined for sure, but not nearly as gutsy and raw as his original works. Either way, Moby is definitely in my top 20 DJ's.
ColonelTirpitz

ColonelTirpitz

May 7, 2019
For me Moby is another famous DJ that sadly became greedy and falls to be a victim of todays money money money era where quality doesn't exist anymore .

His earlier works will always be great and excellent during the late 80's and 90's his best times surely for one of the well known track "Thousand" that was used in Europa ( BeNeLux ) on each football ( soccer ) game . And his other great tune "Go" and it's numerous different mixes .

His last great album for me was "Play" after that he lost it completely . Sure some songs were okay-ish and are still to remember ( for example the Jason Bourne trilogy ) . But to me it doesn't give anything new on the table anymore .

Moby has fallen like many other DJ's that was once famous such as Armin Van Buuren , Paul Oakenfold , Marko V , DJ Tiësto ( even though it's more a brand with many peoples behind the name ) , etc....
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lawcamtonmoozik

lawcamtonmoozik

June 7, 2018
His stage name Moby, came about because his parents used it as a nickname in reference to his great, great, great uncle whose is famous as the author of the classic book Moby Dick written by Herman Melville.
No matter what anyone writes negatively about this performer/artist he will be considered a pioneer of the house music scene. I had the enormous pleasure (albeit briefly) to speak with him and found him to be intrinsically artistic and humble, with a greater desire to create a harmonious world through the language of music. He spoke to me through his music of the early 1990's as he probably still does to those new fans who listen to his music in 2018. 'Go', 'I Feel It' and 'Move' are my favorites.
andyman5

andyman5

February 27, 2018
Met Moby once and it was very telling. He played at a rescue farm for animals in upstate New York (shocker, I know). He played most of the hits as acoustic guitar versions by himself. After the gig, which was OK, I went with a friend backstage to meet him. He was open at first and said hello but quickly changed his tune when I joked that an acoustic version of 'Thousand' would have been difficult to pull off. I meant no disrespect and honestly wanted to share how I'd played his records out for years but he never gave me the chance and immediately turned douchey, was unfriendly, and quite deserves all the negative press he gets for his attitude. Too bad because I really loved some of his early stuff. If I could do it again I think I would have made the same joke. Dude needs to grow a sense of humor.
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bishop_siege_alpha

bishop_siege_alpha

September 26, 2016
edited over 7 years ago
The last album i thoroughly enjoyed that came out of this cheat was 'Everything Is wrong'. in fact, i've dug it out from my crate to enjoy my new bought styli and sat down with my tea just like old farts do. from the very first track massive dose of memories and flashbacks, nostalgia and thoughts about how everything is wrong today in the world. the whole back cover is full of moby's facts and essays and quotations of famous men, he writes about how we shouldn't eat animals, pollute earth, go to war, third world countries being squeezed to satisfy the west and what not. small print, lots of facts. everything we eat, wear, drink, breath, use or touch is polluted in one way or another. everything is wrong. and he gets angry. he gets angry because of this consumerist global economy, he 'advocates massive massive change', almost like Jesus Christ himself concludes that 'we need to figure new ways of existing'.
Fast forward 5 years - the guy is already bling bling golden diamond slut on mtv awards like a white version of papa diddy.
everything is wrong indeed.
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