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New York, United States

There are more than one artist using this name:
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’s 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.

1	Porcelain	6,935
2	Natural Blues	4,487
3	Extreme Ways	3,710
4	Lift Me Up	3,310
5	Honey	3,066
6	In This World	3,013
7	Disco Lies	2,723
8	Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?	2,719
9	Bodyrock	2,261
10	South Side	2,175
11	We Are All Made of Stars	2,142
12	Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad	2,098
13	In My Heart	2,097
14	Find My Baby	1,932
15	Run On	1,890

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Jatup wrote:
yesterday evening

"I once listened to Play on a flight and it was the best flight I've ever had!" Did the same not too long ago. Perfect for a flight ;)

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Hypercube60659 wrote:
Friday afternoon

GoVeg!

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HaiZhu wrote:
Friday morning

yes

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EatThiis wrote:
Wednesday morning

the display pic for moby reminds me a lot of anton lavey

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maryleen74 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

I once listened to Play on a flight and it was the best flight I've ever had!

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thedellaroccas wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Have you heard these? http://www.last.fm/music/the+dellas

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borrego_02 wrote:
Monday evening

esto si es musica.....

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blue-leo wrote:
Monday evening

I Love to Move in Here

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3ddream wrote:
Monday afternoon

:)

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xiocyte wrote:
Sunday evening

I luv thiiiiis nerd, really.. Everything!

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Zenith- wrote:
last month

love himmmmmm so great

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gtabro wrote:
last month

He's soooooooooooooo good in making electronic music... Respect for this guy!

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justas300 wrote:
last month

JOIN "Chill Out Music" group: http://www.last.fm/group/Chill+Out+Music

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Rainbow_Sky wrote:
last month

<3

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Cshazy_Chaz wrote:
last month

love it^^

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onlybreath wrote:
last month

that display-picture makes me think of that old vampire flick: Nosferatu. He does look a bit like count Orlok.

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coffeex wrote:
last month

Why don’t you try more here http://groove-bay.com/Search/?wh=Moby

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ben2591 wrote:
last month

best album is 18

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Leafvert wrote:
last month

I love "Spiders"

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Jaked00d wrote:
last month

Amazing music... Find my baby is a masterpiece!

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Aug 31 Moby, Pendulum, Carl Craig live : The Nike+ Human Race 10K London Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom
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