Formerly known as Moby Richard Melville Hall (Richard Melville Hall), 1965 年 9 月 11 Born American Harlem. Coincidentally, his birthday is the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that day, when he was also simultaneously suffer music studio located within the World Trade Center, he has probably spent an uncomfortable 36 birthday.
New York by the nation's largest art and cultural center impact, his works always walk in between pop and electronic music course caters for most tastes to listen to young people. He quite achievements in the electronic music industry, he served as producer, creator, DJ, who is a punk musician, or even a vegetarian restaurant owner. Because the family with the "Moby Dick" (Moby Dick), author Herman Melville (Herman Melville) have relatives, so he grew up being called "Moby."
Moby is the real world, children never grow up. When punk teenager obsessed with music, _set_ off his own band, performing in several rock venues. He later played on the electronic music, although initially unknown, but he has been convinced that the people will eventually be appreciated. God's blessing to those who are destined perseverance, in 1992, he launched his debut album, "Moby." Then, in April 1993 published the first two albums, "Early Underground" (Early Underground), the same year in July, "distant story" (The Story So Far) and quickly come out, people are surprised by this burst of inspiration for musical genius Superb speed and works fast. But live music in a decadent world of business is difficult to develop, the American media has been ignoring his music, very few positive response.
After signing Elektra, Moby's 1994 EP "migration" (Move) to pave the way for future success. 1995 album "Everything disorders" (Everything Is Wrong) elected "Spin" Magazine of the Year list, this success has given enough confidence to Moby, his dance music then became a frequent visitor to Britain and other countries in the standings . In the following year produced the album "animal rights" (Animal Rights), he appeared again weird character: deviation from techno music to make the identity of a fierce rock album. The album name is also clearly convey his usual Puritan and vegetarian tendencies. This time, however, to respond to the market fell again. While each album has a different ideology excellent performance, but still not recognized by most people.
Seven-year slump, but he did not give, continue to explore the production of their favorite music. 1999 For him, definitely be proud of the year, his life is an important turning point. This year, he was surrounded by screaming fans and music critics and praise. "Play" to return to the high-tech style rave major success, the highest in the major music charts chief, created the legendary 10 million in sales. "Play" is the low period of his career to achieve a big reversal. Thus Moby reputation finally reached boiling, carnival is about to begin. In the "Play", he opened the door to the kingdom of bliss, found inspiration from black music culture, drawn to a more spiritual depth exploration southern blacks gospel. Using folk historian Alan Lomax (Alan Lomax) field recordings of the early 20th century, the single "Sweetheart" (Honey), received much more praise. From rampant trend, in 2002 the album "18" Sales 4,000,000. 2005 album "Hotel" (Hotel), rekindled craze.
Not only is the album, like "sweetheart", "Body Rhythm" (Bodyrock), "extreme" (Porcelain) also highlight the achievements of these singles, demonstrated his good dazzling magic skill. For the film "The Beach", "Challenge Sunday", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Twin Peaks" and the soundtrack also received good evaluation of all walks of life. As "Twin Peaks" soundtrack clips from the song "performed" (Go), with the release of the film more quickly into the former British music chart 10, due to the large popular song remix versions abound. There are "techno field Iggy Pope (Iggy Pop)" known as Moby, primarily focused on techno and some melodious electronic comedy, hip-hop, rave, music elements in the atmosphere, everything, this workaholic plus electronic genius in his own documentary, said: "If you do not put time into the creation, production, then, can not imagine what life would become the show."
Dream island main uninhibited talent
A musician is a public servant from theory, but in fact, Moby own extraordinary cleverness and musical talent, won a truly independent to some extent. For him, each note is conquered, are skills that are thinking. Was invented, is adventure, surprise.
Moby's music studio is his Neverland also happy with the nature of all advocates of the world. Travel to the mysterious figure of his Neverland is always special and more, every concert or send album, people will always find an old friend Moby groups, invited guests dizzying. Number of stars to record his album and live DJ guests work, "no doubt" (No Doubt) flirtatious female singer Gwen Stefani (Gwen Stefani) In addition to singing in his work, but also sexy modeling starred MV "South" (South Side) song of. "Hotel" is his home studio in New York alone to complete the work, but also ultimately good friends for their help. Due to the superb music production standards, he was invited to Michael Jackson and other popular big build singles.
He has not forgotten favorite rock, in the "hotel" in his cover of the "new order" (New Order) famous "Temptation" (Temptation). He also had his own band, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, everything good, to participate in the electronic music he and King Martin Van Dick and "addiction" frontman Perry Farrell The show, Samsung and Yao, on the same stage performances, but Moby so expressionless holding a guitar, the sound landscape bathed in luxury in any crazy fans screaming audience and quietly.
Painting and writing talent Moby also show up in the form of Web pages. Moby on his website, not only gave him a lot of hand-painted works, it is a good place to promote his personal philosophy. Publicity album "18" when he wrote 18 Flash animation on the official website to promote his new song, hand-painted with graffiti astronauts, aliens, earth and nature, etc., combined with his outlandish ideas , on the websites for fans to browse downloads, talent were revealed. Of course, all this is done in his own music studio.
He even sneak compiled a cookbook, coupled with his own hand drawn illustrations - of course, as a staunch vegetarian, he will not let you find the meat in the recipe directory. Perhaps a child like a thing, is not reason.
Neverland sad warm reconstruction
Moby in the brave forward, no one can stop him. Experienced the "Play" and after "18" eye-crazy, Moby seemed dormant for a long time. In fact, did not shock the world on stage these days, he take care of the mood, stuffy located in the World Trade Center was attacked himself refurbished after a good studio, threw himself into the new album in the pipeline. He called this "hotel" as one of life's most important works. "
Moby specializes in the interpretation and integration of the different types of breakthrough style of music, innovation, the rhythm, melody and sound effects woven into the music enough to trigger a new kind of popular culture, which is the reason for the birth of one song after another dance anthem. "Hotel" melody and harmony, purge a degree, the desire to meet the ears of all the musical elements, reflects his deep music production skills.
His lyrics, especially different from other electronic music players, often full of quirky sensitive topic. Money and fame does not make him get these worldly possessions inner world of peace, he follows the same logic of a dream, even sad is warm. In "Spider-Man" (Spiders), he is still that innocence, curiosity, children need a sense of security. Like fear of reinforced concrete urban jungle, the confusion of reality and future confusion filled in his lyrics, he always want to have an omnipotent saint can save his soul. Perhaps, Spider-Man is coming to rescue them so inconsistent with the real world people: "Many times / We have many questions to ask / what might be beyond heaven Guidelines / that makes us come to earth / We can not stand here / Why do you will leave / Why can not you save us again / Come back Spider-Man / Let love, peace and beauty / again surrounded us / We can not stand here / We have been abandoned long / Why would you leave us / Why do not you come back to save us / pray that you / love back to us again. " He also repeated childish questions: "Why did you leave me?" "Why would you leave here," Perhaps, there are many like him sensitive to vulnerable children in desperate prayer quilt expressionless mediocre people do not drown? .
"Go home Angel" (Homeward Angel) clear, melodious notes like a beautiful chrysanthemum branded in the listener's mind; "Love will" (Love Should) that circulation brisk piano loop, deep voice, with rigorous synth strings, as if a song calls life; whether it is "to distance" (Slipping Away) distant ethereal, "lift me" (Lift Me Up) positively euphoric, or "just" (Very ) intense high-spirited, can feel very strongly, he notes that the risk of challenging and exciting. Perhaps you will find that life be like in front staged a silent: dull, boring, impetuous, pain ...... but, in Moby's songs, all of this is meant to reverse the exaggerated became a sensitive and humorous, cute or even naive .
Against tradition but gentle
Family environment is the biggest factor in creating Moby maverick. His father is both a rock militants, but also the university's chemistry teacher, tragically killed in a car accident, Moby was only 2 years old. Little Moby thanks bohemian mother Betsy (Betsy) he single-handedly bringing up. Versatile mother, a painter and pianist, dress style full of hippie flavor, and often with little Moby attend rock concerts. But when she became addicted to drugs in the world, will be on the small Moby disregarded.
Has been to show people bald Moby itself is a child grow up, never behave, suppress their creation. Image is a key to understanding Moby: Through computer technology, he got rid of the traditional forms of rule, personally led us to explore the expanse of space; He will head Disney-style fantasy presented to the audience through animation, quite wonderful spectacular .
Too many lonely strangled his happy childhood and dreams. Moby this seemingly weird electronic music Peter Pan, always expressed in the song with a childlike frustration and sadness, as he is always vulnerable in the song asks: "Why am I so sad (Why? Does My Heart Feel so Bad?) "
Earth slowly rotating among the people will somehow emptiness, all of a sudden everything was on the dull, Moby into the inner enlightening. "Why am I so sad" about the urban hustle and bustle of boredom, depression and confusion, expressed his desire for purity and freedom, is a song both quiet and gentle and full of dynamism for Depression. MV Lane, Moby himself as the incarnation of the cartoon character dolls, has been living in the war, malignant human food chain and destroyed the planet. He came from outer space, with his pet fox dog going around in circles a large circle through the side mermaid, across glaciers and desert ...... trying to find love. But nothing, they could not find the reason on earth that they can _set_tle down. Mermaid loudly singing "These open doors", which opens the door, which can lead to what they want in the world? Where to turn their fate? Go from here? Eventually, with his fox dog Moby in the top of the ladder to watch the moon, showing a strong sense of desolation, the music is weird colors add a touch of romanticism. He also brought up to reflect the loneliness bond heart.
"In this world" (In this world) MV, Moby is still authentic. He also expressed a strange supernatural things considerably. A variety of cute little animals hiding in the corner of their game, like walking into a magical fairy tale kingdom. Bed, under the table, on the grass, the pool, and even a private station wagon, throughout Moby personally designed by the image of the little monster footprint. They are bright green, with long tentacles, short limbs. Integration of science fiction, interstellar spacecraft and limousine shuttle. Invited singer Jennifer Prius (Jennifer Price) croon, elegant ease, creating a flash of wisdom and feel the warmth of musical temperament. Soothing melody beat off in peace, gentle soothe our hearts. MV create a whole fantasy atmosphere intoxicated people in torrential atmosphere. The same little monster image "Sunday" (Sunday) the MV again, in today's music video productions absolute record belongs to a unique style of writing.
This elusive Variety music maverick, like all the others did not dare to imagine things to do challenges, he added, "thinking roaming meditation" church, attend naked party, and even apply for the space - of course, the tragic American National Aerospace Council refused. Ever since, his own dream of space lies in the album "18" and the corresponding MV. In the song "We are all made of stars" (We Are All Made Of Stars) of the MV, Moby wearing spacesuits, to have a futuristic qualities, like extraterrestrial. Moby played an extraterrestrial alien landing in Los Angeles, his body weighed 35 kg spacesuit, but that he suffered a lot, so he can not help but complain incessantly for his childish thoughts: "This is probably the spacesuit abuse crazy design, I think this is probably the Taliban regime to punish the people of Western imperialism means. "just like in the song with his narcissistic and crazy people who sing" more and more people, faster and faster / people met, people separated ...... nobody can stop now, because we are the stars do, "he contradictions such as anxiety and fearless in the" I do not care "(I'm Not Worried At All) also reflected: "I'm not worried about / at any time / Even those around me haze / all come to me to hit."
Moby has also created through the Guinness Book of World Records. Album "everything is wrong" (Everything Is Wrong) in the singles "Feel So Real" (Feeling So Real), due to shoot at speeds up to 1015 per minute, becoming the fastest song in the history of the Guinness Book of Records, which also seems to imply that His unceasing footsteps.
Peter Pan Neverland is on the naughty children never grow up, but the reality Moby Peter Pan, it will still continue to look tired I do not know his music Neverland.
If Moby is the devil's music or e-urchin, I think no one will object. Not by common sense, can not fathom the type of music the world has always been his insightful work, get Guinness world "in the history of the fastest songs" records can be obtained from a single <Thousand> reflect card. For his work to a single kind of music is relatively rare type of presentation, always try the fusion of a variety of different types of music style, but also the interpretation of the melody so perfect, so they took the new album "PLAY" , the sampling since 1925 historian Alan Lomax's field recordings made, Negro spiritual, gospel and blues, with the Hip-Hop rhythms and poignant strings and piano melodies, coupled with Moby's vocals through effects Light fans singing romantic ballads with guitar, always suspected the source of his conception is so exquisite and strange, after all, still a minority of genius.
Album of the Year Title
1992 Moby
1993 Ambient
1995 Everything Is Wrong
1996 Animal Rights
1996 Everything Is Wrong: DJ Mix Album
1997 I Like to Score
1998 Animal Rights [Japan]
1998 Animal Rights [UK Bonus Disc]
1999 Play
Annual compilations
1993 Early Underground
1995 Mixmag Live!, Vol. 7
1996 Rare: Collected B-Sides
1999 Story So Far
Annual singles
1991 Next Is the E
1991 Drop a Beat [EP]
1992 Go Remixes [EP]
1993 All That I Need Is to Be Loved
1994 Hymn [UK # 1]
1994 Hymn [UK # 2]
1994 Hymn [US]
1994 Feeling So Real
1994 Move EP [EP]
1995 Everytime You Touch Me
1995 Bring Back My Happiness [EP]
1995 Into the Blue (Remixes)
1996 That's When I Reach for My Revolver
1996 Animal Rights
1996 Come on Baby
1997 The James Bond Theme [US]
1997 James Bond Theme: Re-Version
1998 Honey [UK # 1]
1998 Honey [UK # 2]
1998 Honey [US CD # 1]
1998 Honey [US CD # 2]
1998 Honey [US 12 "]
1998 Honey (Remixes)
1999 Run On [UK LP Single]
1999 Run On [Germany LP Single]
1999 Honey
1999 Bodyrock [UK]
1999 Bodyrock [US]
1999 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? [12 "]
1999 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad [CD # 1]
1999 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad [CD # 2]
2000 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad [Australia]
2000 Natural Blues [US CD SIngle]
2000 Natural Blues, Pt. 1 [UK CD Single]
2001 Natural Blues, Pt. 2 [UK CD Single]
2000 Run on, Pt. 2 [Import CD Single]
2000 Run on, Pt. 1 [Import CD Single]
Moby glorious history
Grammy Award nomination for Grammy Nominations
Best Alternative Album "PLAY" for Best Alternative Performance (an album category)
Best Rock Song singles <Bodyrock> <Bodyrock> for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
British Music Awards nominations Brit Award Nomination
Best International Male Artist Best International Male Artist
1999 United States winning score Best of 1999
Village Voice music magazine Village Voice first one album of the year
Solo music magazine Solo Magazine album of the year the first three, "Honey" best single year the first 10 and 90 the first 20 years of the best album
American Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly Album of the Year Section 4
Rolling Stone magazine Rolling Stone Album of the Year Section 5
Male fashion magazine GQ album of the year the first two
Amazon online bookstore Amozon.com album of the year the first four
USA Today USA Today magazine album of the year the first four
U.S. magazine Gear Magazine Album of the Year
People magazine People Magazine Album of the Year
Washington Times Washington Post first album of the year 10
Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune album of the year the first three
Daily Boston Globe Boston Globe first two album of the year
United States Los Angeles Times LA Times 90 Best Album Section 10
American Campus Radio magazine CMJ album of the year the first four
American DJ Mixer Professional magazine album of the year the first three
1999 British achievement award
British Heal magazine album of the year
British magazine The Face album of the year the first four
British DJ magazine Jockey Slut Album of the Year
British music magazine Muzik best singles <Why Does My Heart Feel So Bed? >
British Esquire magazine album of the year
British dance music magazine Ministry Section 8 album of the year
UK Evening Standard magazine album of the year
British Flipside magazine first two album of the year, best single year <Run On>
Molo UK singles <Honey> professional journal of the Year
British Q magazine album of the year
British Sky magazine album of the year Section 8
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