Moby

Moby

Artist Biography

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Since he has been heavily involved in New York’s club scene since the mid-80s, Moby is well placed to conjure the atmosphere of degenerate excess. Moby first started going to clubs as a teenager in 1980, a time many consider the golden age of New York nightlife. “It seemed like after the 70s there was a disco backlash and no one in the rest of the world wanted to know about dance music, but dance music here was still thriving,” Moby remembers. “The DJs would be playing hip-hop and freestyle and dancehall reggae and house music and weird electronic music. It was just an open, amazing time. I feel really, really grateful to have come of age musically during that time.”

Moby returns to the dance floor with a vengeance on his new album Last Night. Reacting against the downbeat quality of previous albums like Hotel, 18 and the blockbuster Play, Moby “wanted to make an album that was a little more playful, a little more reflective of [his] life as it actually is.” While Moby has garnered a bit of a reputation as a joyless militant as a result of the way he once expressed his beliefs and has been frequently characterised by the British music press as a teetotaling vegan Jesus freak, he says, “That’s just not who I am. I’m more likely than not to stay out until 5am drinking with my friends.”

Degenerates is Moby’s semi-regular DJ residency at Hiro Ballroom in New York City.

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