From: mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mike J. Brown)
Subject: FAQ: Moby info and discography [Totally Updated!]
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 01:38:56 GMT

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MOBY FAQ
======== updated July 30, 1992

...containing all you wanted to know about Moby.  
No questions, just answers.  All info gleaned from the net and
from my personal collection.  Please direct corrections, additions,
and appropriate flames to me.  I really would appreciate it if
someone would help me fill in the gaps (there are many, I'm sure).

--> Mike Brown
--> mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

Special thanks to
David Applegate [applegate@bestsd.sdsu.edu]: discog and TW interview
Andrew Bennett [ab907@cleveland.freenet.edu]: discog and misc info
Rob somebody [spray@convex.com]: KDGE interview info
somebody [jvc0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu]: personal background
somebody [ee3401cb@carina.unm.edu]: discog and early tips
Lovegod [lovegod@wam.umd.edu]: Michael Jackson rumor
Lazlo Anonymous [lazlo@triton.unm.edu]: inspiration ;-)

The Moby interview will be appearing in Technology Works and also in
another new dance magazine.  Contact David Applegate for information
on both 'zines.
_______________________________________________________________________

Moby's real name: Richard M. Hall
Address: It's in the NYC phone book.
Age: 25
___

Moby went to high school in Darien, CT.  When he was 17 he played in 
a punk band called The Vatican Commandos for one EP (about 100 copies), 
a new wave band called A.W.O.L., and an industrial band called 
Shopwell (200 copies).
[jvc0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu]    
___

When he was younger he was into DAF, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle.
He recorded most of his hits in his bedroom.  "I recorded and mixed
the single [Go] in my bedroom for five dollars and I only expected
it to sell about 3,000.  When people started liking it, I thought
that they just felt sorry for me."  
[Volume 3 interview]
___

On techno music: "Rave music is both political and hedonistic.  I'm
attracted because I like the music and I'm into the counter culture
side of it."

On the likelyhood of techno crossing over into the mainstream as
'white' dance music: "In America there is so much racial prejudice 
that it seeps through everywhere - but I'm perfectly happy being 
underground.  I would be wary if America suddenly embraced my sort 
of music en masse."  

"The States is so big and conservative.  'Go' was released
here over a year ago and to many people it's still a new record.
Techno could get really big over here but in many ways it's really
compromised by its success.  The Belgian stuff to me is starting to
sound a bit gimmicky.  Hopefully things will move back to a more
rootsy techno feel - more atmospheric, with old synths and stuff."
[Volume 3 interview]
___

He also spent 2 weeks on the road with Flipper.
[Volume 3 interview]
___

He has released music under the following names.  They are all him and
him alone.

     Moby            Barracuda
     UHF             Brainstorm
     Voodoo Child

He probably won't release anything else as Brainstorm or Barracuda.
[Feb 1992 radio interview]

Barracuda stuff is kind of Italo-housey, upbeat techno trance.
Brainstorm stuff is hard yet semi-melodic techno.
Voodoo Child is much like regular Moby stuff, deep ambient techno.
The UHF stuff is hard techno, as hard as the Rainforest mix of Go, 
but more artificial, electro sounding.

"The use of pseudonymic releases was done primarily to make it sem 
like Instinct had a big roster, and it was a way to have a bunch of releases 
out at the same time that weren't competing with each other.  In the 
future I will probably just be Moby, which has been my nickname since I 
was 4 days old, although I might do occasional pseudonymic releases."
[Technology Works interview]

Brainstorm has nothing to do with the techno outfit by the same name 
on Joey Beltram's new label.

Most of his releases have been on Instinct Records.
Instinct, Sonic, and Kickin records are all run by 

"I haven't officially split with Instinct, although both they and I 
recognize that I would probably be better served by a larger label, seeing 
as Instinct is only two and a half people."
[Technology Works interview]
___

MOBY DISCOGRAPHY (nearly the nice neat format you're used to!)
================

Moby: Mobility
  12": US [Instinct EX-226]
     6:15  Mobility
     4:35  Mobility (Aquamix) *
     6:15  Go
     4:10  Time Signature
Moby: Go
  12": US [Instinct EX-<?>]

Moby: Go
  12": ?? [Outer Rhythm <?>]

Moby: Go (Remixes) 
  12": US [Instinct EX-229]
     6:30  Go (Woodtick mix)
     6:08  Go (Low Spirit mix)
     6:10  Go (Analog mix)
     6:10  Go (Night Time mix)

Brainstorm: Brainstorm EP
  12": US [Instinct EX-231]
     6:15  Rock The House
     6:14  Move The Colors
     6:11  Help Me To Believe *

Voodoo Child: Voodoo Child 
  12": US [Instinct EX-232]
  12": UK [R&S <?>]            
     5:38  Voodoo Child (Brainstorm mix)
     6:03  Voodoo Child (Original mix)
     6:17  Voodoo Child (Poor In N.Y. mix)
     1:08  No Buttons To Push

Barracuda: Drug Fits The Face 
  12": US [Instinct EX-233]
     6:02  Drug Fits The Face
     4:21  Drug Fits The Face (Drug Free)
     5:58  Party Time 
     5:48  Barracuda

U.H.F.: U.H.F. EP 
  12": US [Sonic Records SNC 202]
  12": UK [XL Recordings XLT 25]
     5:16  U.H.F.
     5:14  Peacehead
     4:49  Everything
     5:36  Protect Write
  CD5: US [Sonic Records SNC 202 <?>]
           U.H.F. (edit)
     5:36  Protect Write
     5:14  Peacehead
     5:16  U.H.F.

various: Instinct Dance 
   CD: US [Instinct EX-236CD]
     4:12  Party Time                [Barracuda]
     3:48  Drug Fits The Face        [Barracuda]
     3:40  Besame                    [Barracuda]
     6:31  Go                        [Moby]
     6:08  Mobility                  [Moby]
     4:28  Rock The House            [Brainstorm]
     4:02  Move The Colors           [Brainstorm]
     4:20  Drop A Beat               [Brainstorm]
     3:53  Voodoo Child Remix        [Voodoo Child]
     4:08  Have You Seen My Baby?    [Voodoo Child]
     5:49  Permanent Green           [Voodoo Child]

Moby: Go
  12": US [Instinct EX-237]
     3:32  Go (Radio edit)
     5:18  Go (Rainforest mix)
     4:30  Go (Subliminal mix)
     6:33  Go (Woodtick mix)
  CD5: US [Instinct EX-237CDS]      
     3:32  Go (Radio edit)
     5:18  Go (Rainforest mix)
     4:30  Go (Subliminal mix) *
     6:33  Go (Woodtick mix)
     5:21  Go (Soundtrack mix)
     6:15  Go (Original mix)

Moby: Drop A Beat 
  CD5: US [Instinct EX-240-2]
  12": US [Instinct EX-240-1]
     4:21  Drop A Beat                     [12" says Brainstorm mix]
     5:57  Drop A Beat (Deep mix)
     3:27  Electricity
     4:59  UHF 2

various: Instinct/Sonic/Kickin New Music Seminar sampler
  <?>: US [<?> NMS 02: promo]
     includes:
           Drop A Beat
           Smack
           Everything

Moby: Moby 
   LP: US [Instinct EX-241-1]
   CD: US [Instinct EX-241-2]
     4:20  Drop A Beat
     4:51  Everything
     5:47  Yeah
     3:28  Electricity
     4:39  Next Is The E
     5:42  Mercy
     3:35  Go
     6:31  Help Me To Believe
     4:08  Have You Seen My Baby
     3:45  Ah Ah
     4:29  Slight Return
     3:09  Stream
   
   [btw, Moby claims that Next Is The E is not a drug reference.]
   [It is the most acidic track by him I have ever heard...]

Cool World (soundtrack)
   CD: US [<?>]
   CS: US [<?>]
     includes: 
           Ah Ah (mix 1)
           Next Is The E (Long Arms mix)

* = Moby's favorites
___

REMIXES:

"Transforming tracks via remixing is almost an unintentional process 
on my part, although it is a lot more satisfying to write a new track for, 
say, the Pet Shop Boys, than to be locked into their original melodic 
structure and arrangement.  It's also interesting to create juxtapositions 
by using elements of a song in new and unusual contexts."
[Technology Works interview]

All of these are available in the US on CD5 and 12" except where noted.
      
     The B-52's: Good Stuff (<?>)
     Erasure: Chorus (Vegan mix) [on the UK "Am I Right?" remix CD5
           and Japanese maxi-EP]
      Fortran 5: Heart On The Line (Voodoo Child mix) and (Bassline mix)
Michael Jackson: <?> (2 mixes)
    Jam & Spoon: Stella (Barracuda mix) and (Electro mix)
           [on the UK Stella remix 12" and The Complete Stella CD5]
         LFO: Love Is The Message (Beware of Bass remix) and
           Tan Ta Ra (Moby remix) [both on same disc]
       N-joi: Mindflux (Moby's Rush mix) *        
     Orbital: Speed Freak (Moby mutation) [on the UK mutations 12" and
           on the US album _Orbital_]
  Pet Shop Boys: Miserablism (Electro mix) *
    The Prodigy: Everybody In The Place (Dance Hall version)
      Recoil: Faith Healer (Barracuda mix)
     The Shamen: Make It Mine (Manhattan mix), (Moby's Dub mix) *, (Deep 
           mix) [also on a promo CD5 is (Oh-Moby 7" mix)]
        Soho: Ride (<?>)
___

COLLABORATIONS:

He co-wrote "Curse" on the Recoil album _Bloodline_, and even provides
vocals.  IMHO he should stick to instrumentals.  The music is good, but
Moby is no rap artist.

"I like vocals as I find them to have a great ability to communicate 
emotion, as well as their ability to communicate on a literal level.  I 
haven't used vocals much because a.)  I can't sing well, and b.)  my studio 
is a "virtual" studio, in that everything is electronic and generated live by 
a sequencer.  To do vocals you need a tape based setup at some point in the 
production."
[Technology Works interview]
___

Well, that's it.  Feedback, additions, corrections to:
mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
-- 
Mike Brown
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