I realize this subject has been beaten to death (with many implements)
recently, but I wanted to add that if you have any affinity for Moby's
_Play_ at all (which I do), then you owe it to yourself to check out a
better record from five years earlier.
I am of course referring to the most excellent CD by Little Axe from
1994, entitled _The_Wolf_That_House_Built_. It was primarily the work
of Skip McDonald of On-U Sound fame, with Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc
and Talvin Singh assisting, and Adrian Sherwood at the controls. The
difference between this and _Play_, in my opinion, is that on _Play_,
the older samples mostly drive the songs and little original material is
added to them, whereas on _Wolf_ the songs are already well-formed and
bluesy, and the samples add great texture to the mix.
It was released in the US on a Sony-related label, and it's still in
print, so I hope you take the opportunity to listen to it if you can.
It's at least five years ahead of its time, and only two years later
than Recoil's 1992 song "Electro Blues For Bukka White," which appeared
on an album (_Bloodline_) which also featured Moby on a different
track. :-) Pop will eat itself, indeed.
--
Adam J Weitzman, NewsEdge Corp. (soon RoweCom Inc.)
http://www.newsedge.com -
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"Humor is the best way of dealing with complete and
utter nonsense." - John Lydon
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