The bald-headed Moby is pumping out beats and grooves once again with his sixth studio album, Last Night. It seems that Moby is digging up his most artistic and successful album, Play, and bringing the old-school sound back with this new electro/house/trip-hop album.
Moby has been criticized over the years for ditching his upbeat, electronic and eccentric mind. The most publicity he has gotten in recent years resulted from his major beef with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the 2002 Video Music Awards. But with all Moby bashing aside, Last Night is bound to be a hit. This new album is like his old sound with a new twist - the same soul with a different shell.
This concept album is described as a love letter to the New York City dance scene,"" as if Moby wanted the album to feel like a night out in NYC as he moved away from the dance-oriented electronics of his last few albums.
""Alice,"" by far the most successful single on the album, is receiving acclaim from DJs around the world and may soon make its way into the Madison nightlife. This body-moving beat is bound to be stuck on a loop in your head once you get used to the sound.
The songs ""Ooh Yeah"" and ""Disco Lies"" are also destined to be hits for the typical club-goer. Like in Moby's 1999 album Play, songs ""Bodyrock"" and ""Natural Blues"" have a clear connection to his new and improved sound. Differing from his more ambient and more chill laid back sounds of Hotel, the song ""Disco Lies"" brings back the art of disco from the '70s with a more modernized and less corny feel. Moby has blended and merged so many different sounds together to make one unique sound. While this musician plays the keyboard, guitar and bass guitar, he is also a genius at mixing and fusing together weird sounds that reach opposite sides of the spectrum. This includes hundreds of strange samples and loops that seem to work for him. The sound"" is so unique that at this point, it is not so difficult to distinguish it from anything else.
The perfect example is ""Alice,"" which mixes dark techno music with an upbeat hip-hop voice. With Last Night packed with hits, we can be sure that we will be hearing these songs throughout the year.
Nobody really knows what goes on in Moby's head, but whatever it is, he should keep it a secret and ride out the success of his trippy and successful music until the end of his time.
When it comes down to it, a fan of Fatboy Slim or Daft Punk will definitely appreciate the new sounds of Mr. Moby.
