Moby
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New York, United States
1) Moby is an American electronic musician and is also the name of his live band. Born Richard Melville Hall on September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York. Moved to Darien, Connecticut at the age of 2.
He has also released music under the names Voodoo Child, Barracuda, U.H.F., The Brotherhood, DJ Cake, Lopez, On the Rim of the Wheel a Nail, and Brainstorm/Mindstorm.
Moby plays keyboards, guitar and bass guitar, and expresses mild irritation at the assumption that everything on his newer albums are samples. He took his performing name from the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, who is his great-great-granduncle.
Early years
Moby used to be in a punk band called the Vatican Commandos, which was formed in 1980, but abandoned punk in 1989 for electronic music. He realized his music tastes and growth were going in a different direction than his previous band’s.
His first album “The Story So Far (aka Moby)” featured the single “Go”, which gained popularity in many discos, and earned a spot on the UK charts. The song is so popular that Moby still plays “Go” regularly in his sets. “Go” is a progressive track using the string line from “Laura Palmer’s Theme” from the TV drama Twin Peaks.
1994-1998
His first album for the UK based MUTE Records was Everything Is Wrong (which had US distribution via Elektra) , which earned early critical praise and minor commercial success.
Top Albums
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Pale Horses
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Division
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Study War
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Mistake
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Walk With Me
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Stock Radio
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Shoutbox
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mlml77inet3 wrote:
I changed a little my opinion to the new moby album... great one... after listening to it with my girlfriend in bed... :-)))
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TouchMG wrote:
The new album is ten times better than that last disco bullshit... [2]
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firimituri wrote:
moby was great last night in bucharest! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYqKyHRc1Eo
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skorpiklaani wrote:
You rocked in Bucharest on July the 2nd !! THANK YOU!
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officernarc wrote:
shot in the back of the head is a really good song.
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Insanatic wrote:
Wait For Me is great, a lot different than Last Night which was also a great album. "Study War" is my favourite off Wait For Me at the moment.
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ramirezdaniel wrote:
is nice!!!!!!!!!!
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wise_chicken wrote:
I like LAST NIGHT
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waysieee wrote:
The new album is ten times better than that last disco bullshit...
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paulparadiis wrote:
The new album is very-very-VERY good. I mean really-REALLY good.
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yaghma wrote:
glad that he's back to 18/Play era
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Shimik wrote:
disco is for pussies! old moby rulez
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GOTNOTIME4BS wrote:
The new album is very calm...I like it, but was hoping for more disco/dance like "last night"
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Acquiescence wrote:
To be honest I prefer 18 and Last Night over the new one. But anything beats the shit out of Hotel.
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Tenshinhan wrote:
Beautiful
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Kinano wrote:
Like the melancholy in Wait For Me. Thumbs up
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mlml77inet3 wrote:
boah, don't really know what to think of the new record, maybe too calm, I always listen to it as goodnightrecord....
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My-Citrus wrote:
Moby гений
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Nikko999 wrote:
the new album is amazing...
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blackadder213 wrote:
New album is quite nice.
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Events
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Jul
5
Moby - exclusive Chill mix
Chill Radio - www.helpmechill.com, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Jul
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Moby
Villa Contarini, Padova, Italy
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| 21 attendees
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Jul
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Õllesummer 2009
Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, Tallinn, Estonia
12 shouts
| 129 attendees
News
Moby joins Dave Pearce on BBC 6 Music - Sunday
3 Jul 2009 | from www.moby.com/rss
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Recent Activity
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lizbethx23, LemmingThought, CaptJulez and 9 other people added Moby to their libraries. 5 minutes ago
- Moby posted a news item ‘Moby joins Dave Pearce on BBC 6 Music - Sunday’. 3 hours ago
- Moby posted a news item ‘Album Review: Orange’. 3 hours ago
- Moby posted a news item ‘Interview: Music OHM’. 3 hours ago
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daplatto, minol29, darkblue82 and 51 other people added Moby to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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narc0satanicO tagged Moby with ‘chill out’. 12 hours ago
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Ziiion, greyagain, dax_dreams and 27 other people added Moby to their libraries. 12 hours ago
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WeVe created the wiki page for I Like to Score: Music From Films, Volume 1. December 2008
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coolcat77 created the wiki page for Go: The Very Best Of Moby (Disc 1). September 2008
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