Genres: House, Alternative Pop/Rock, Techno, Club/Dance, Trance, Ambient Techno, Electronica, Alternative/Indie Rock Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York, NY
Philip Glass, Brian Eno, Joy Division, Angelo Badalamenti, Afrika Bambaataa, Alan Lomax, Visage, Meat Beat Manifesto, Throbbing Gristle, Renegade Soundwave, Prince, Mission of Burma, Kraftwerk, The Clash, Can, David Bowie, Roxy Music The Chemical Brothers, Orbital, CJ Bolland, Propellerheads, Robert Miles, Joey Beltram, Luke Slater, The Orb, Carl Cox, Sasha + John Digweed, Air, Armand Van Helden, Tricky, Meat Beat Manifesto, Underworld, Utah Saints, The Shamen, The Sabres of Paradise, Plastikman Bessie Jones, Porka Miseria, Frenetika, Eden's Crush, The Angry Kids, Mexican Institute of Sound, Mylo, Telefunka, The Fireman, Röyksopp, Sean Lennon, Rjd2, Pendulum, Para One, Boozoo Bajou, Sash!, Dieselboy |  |
Moby was one of the most controversial figures in techno music, alternately praised for bringing a face to the notoriously anonymous electronic genre, as well as being scorned by hordes of techno artists and fans for diluting and trivializing the form. In either case, Moby was one of the most important dance music figures of the early '90s, helping bring the music to a mainstream audience both in England and in America. Moby fused rapid disco beats with heavy distorted guitars, punk rhythms, and detailed productions that drew equally from pop, dance, and movie soundtracks. Not only did his music differ from both the cool surface textures of ambient music and the hedonistic world of house music, but so did his lifestyle; Moby was infamous for his devout, radical Christian beliefs, as well as his environmental and vegan activism. "Go" became a British Top Ten hit in 1991, establishing him as one of the premier techno producers.
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Release: May 18, 2010
Label: Mute
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Release: June 26, 2009
Label: Ministry of Sound, Mute, Sony Music Distribution
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