Voodoo child: The end of everything (Trophy records CDIdiot1)
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Moby, under the pseudonym Voodoo child, makes his last (?) electronic album
before changing his style to rock once and for all. "The end of everything"
is the result, released on Moby's own label Trophy records, in co-operation
with Mute.
If I didn't like this album I could find lots of criticism to justify my
opinion. It isn't innovative. It has the same string sound in almost every
song. There is no professional production to speak about. It has not one
single human voice on it. In theory, this is the album that anyone with the
equipment and a little skill could have made. Far from the complex sounds
and productions of current IDM artists.
But why make things complicated when they can be kept simple? Ever heard of
the principle of Occam's razor? "Simple" is the word that Moby himself uses
for this kind of music -- "simple electronic music". It is the only term
that fits; you cannot call it IDM because it isn't intelligent, you cannot
call it ambient because it will not take you to the skies, you cannot call
it techno because it will not make you want to dance. But it will make you
happy.
I think that the simplicity of an emotional album like this is a necessity
for the feelings to be transmitted pure, without any cheesy flourishes.
Since the feelings are simple, why make the music complex. Moby doesn't
attempt to cover or complicate the message either; when three of the seven
songs have "love" in their title, the meaning is overexplicit. Simple
goodness and love is what it is all about. Basically the only philosophy
you need.
Naturally, the CD comes with a Moby-ish essay on why you shouldn't eat animals.
Put shortly, "The end of everything" is a great album. You can order it
from mutebank@mutelibtech.com for 10 UKP plus postage.
Johan. ,,,
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