quoted 2 lines Hey, they've done a couple articles on Moby. I hear he's good. Do you>Hey, they've done a couple articles on Moby. I hear he's good. Do you
>have anything by him? Is he a whale?
He's not a whale, but his great grandfather actually wrote "Moby Dick". :-)
Moby makes music of many different styles -- ambient, house, hi-energy
disco, acid, speed metal (!) -- but not real IDM. In fact he has a contempt
for the IDM scene. He thinks it is too boring and esoteric, he wants the
music to be simple, kicking and make you flip out. He has toured with some
IDM artists (Aphex twin, Orbital, the Shamen) and most artists hate him
because he has so energetic live performances, instead of standing behind a
mixer board with a "Generation X" attitude like most techno artists do.
Currently techno doesn't inspire him anymore so his next album will
unfortunately be a rock album. But under the pseudonym Voodoo child, he
will hopefully continue to release underground techno music.
OK, Moby is not IDM, but I like him anyway. I would strongly recommend
these releases:
Moby: Early underground. Album. Compilation with tracks from his earliest
house and techno 12"s on Instinct.
Moby: Ambient. Album. Minimalistic ambient, rhythmic but sometimes beatless.
Moby: Move. EP. The best techno EP ever made. Try to find the Elektra CD.
Voodoo child: Demons/Horses. EP. Two 20-minute long repetitive acid tracks.
Voodoo child: Higher. EP. Two repetitive acid tracks and an "ambient acid"
bonus CD track.
There are several WWW sites with Moby information. Dan Cerman maintains the
"ultimate Moby page". I don't remember the URL but his e-mail address is
hymn@phantom.com if you're interested.
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