 In these days of fly-by-night musicians, Moby is somewhat of an anomaly. his first solo release, Go (voted one of Rolling Stone's top 200 records of all time), was released in 1991. In the ensuing 14 years he has had what is arguably
the strangest career in contemporary music. He has made dance records and rock records and ambient records and heavy metal records.
He has written classical music for movies and had platinum albums in almost every country in the western world.
He has DJ'd in clubs for 100 people and headlined Glastonbury for 125,000 people. he has played punk rock in tiny bars in Germany
and he has performed at the closing ceremonies of the Olympics for an audience of 2 billion people. he has had albums
that have sold less than 100,000 copies worldwide (1996's Animal Rights'),and albums that have sold in the millions
(1999's play and 2002's '18'). he has remixed and produced everyone from David Bowie to Metallica and the Beastie Boys
to aerosmith to new order, etc.
Yes, Moby has without a doubt had one of the strangest careers in contemporary music.
Moby has, as always, played every instrument on the cd (except for the live drums...his friend scott fassetto did that...)
and done all of the production. Moby also sings on almost every song, although he is joined on four songs by his friend Laura Dawn.
And if you're ever in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, stop by Moby's tea-shop, Teany, and say hello.
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