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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	6,552
2	Natural Blues	4,370
3	Extreme Ways	3,585
4	Lift Me Up	3,183
5	Honey	2,866
6	In This World	2,860
7	Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?	2,601
8	Disco Lies	2,596
9	Bodyrock	2,251
10	South Side	2,124
11	We Are All Made of Stars	2,028
12	Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad	2,021
13	In My Heart	1,999
14	Run On	1,852
15	Find My Baby	1,827

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ben2591 wrote:
6 hours ago

best album is 18

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Leafvert wrote:
yesterday morning

I love "Spiders"

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Jaked00d wrote:
yesterday afternoon

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

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molua wrote:
Tuesday morning

i just love him

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joshlanjaron wrote:
Monday evening

one of dance musics characters

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reynayar wrote:
Monday morning

Hola inlakech hi everybody , check our links of underground music and abstraction paintings, See these links on having done artistically of several travelling warriors: http://www.myspace.com/sentenoliveact (fusion) http://www.myspace.com/prismaticpeaceact http://www.lastfm.es/music/Mr.+Datura/Ceiba or thanks a lot to all ...

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richard_163011 wrote:
Sunday evening

El paraíso gracias a moby

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vanabr wrote:
Sunday morning

*_* Moby Rocks

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raffaellooo wrote:
Saturday evening

uma mente brilhante HAHAHAHAHHAHA

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solid snake wrote:
Saturday afternoon

On s'écoute Veronica Nus avec "du ketchup dans la serviette"

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higginst wrote:
7 days ago

what a lame picture.

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EvermoreRocks wrote:
7 days ago

hes songs are catchy

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higginst wrote:
8 days ago

Play pwns all his other albums

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-Queen-B- wrote:
8 days ago

ooh yeah

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scandaluxo wrote:
9 days ago

<3

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Ant718 wrote:
9 days ago

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2008/04/30/segments/97755

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Streetee wrote:
9 days ago

http://www.last.fm/group/Multi+Instrumentalist the group if you're a multi instrumentalist.

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emiliou wrote:
11 days ago

just perfect!

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LukeMaNity wrote:
11 days ago

The best bald man in the world = Larry David!

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emscob wrote:
11 days ago

Haha Moby is ace. There's a great remix of Disco Lies on myspace by Freemasons! Anyone heard it? The video is interesting.... Emz - Charmfactory X

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