UMoby ungumdlali owaziwayo ngomsindo wakhe we-elekthronikhi ongajwayelekile. Wayengomunye wabaculi ababaluleke kakhulu emculweni womdanso ekuqaleni kwawo-1990.
UMoby waziwa nangokushisekela imvelo kanye ne-vegan.
Ubuntwana nobusha Moby
Wazalwa njengoRichard Melville Hall, uMoby wathola isiteketiso sakhe sobuntwana. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi uHerman Melville (umbhali we-Moby Dick) ungumalume wakhe kakhokho-mkhulu.
UMoby wakhulela eDarien, eConnecticut, lapho ayedlala khona eqenjini le-hardcore punk The Vatican Commandos esemncane.
Wafunda isikhashana ekolishi ngaphambi kokuthuthela eNew York. Lapha waqala ukusebenza njengo-DJ emaqenjini okudansa.
Umsebenzi wokuqala
Ekupheleni kwawo-1980 no-1990 ukhiphe izingoma ezimbalwa kanye ne-EP yelebula ezimele i-Instinct. Ngo-1991, uMoby wabhala enye yezindikimba zochungechunge lwethelevishini lukaDavid Lynch iTwin Peaks futhi ngasikhathi sinye wahlanganisa kabusha ithrekhi yakhe ethi Go.
Ingoma ebuyekeziwe ethi Go kungazelelwe ibe yingoma eshisa izikhotha e-Britain, yashaya izingoma eziyishumi ezihamba phambili. Ngemva kwempumelelo, uMoby wamenywa ukuba axube kabusha abaculi abaningi abadumile (futhi akunjalo), okuhlanganisa: UMichael Jackson, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Erasure, B-52 kanye ne-Orbital.
UMoby waqhubeka nokudlala emakilabhini nasemaphathini e-rave ngo-1991 nango-1992.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala enobude obugcwele, i-Moby, yavela ngo-1992, nakuba yakhululwa ngaphandle kuka-Moby ngokwakhe futhi iqukethe amathrekhi ngaleso sikhathi okungenani ayenonyaka owodwa ubudala.
Ngo-1993 wakhipha ingoma ephindwe kabili ethi I Feel It / Thousand eyaba ngenye ingoma e-UK.
Ngokusho kwe-Guinness Book of World Records, i-Thousand "ingoma esheshayo" eyake yaba khona, ngamabhithi angu-1000 ngomzuzu. Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Moby wasayina no-Mute e-UK kanye nelebula enkulu i-Elektra e-US.
Ukukhishwa kwakhe kokuqala kwawo womabili amalebula kwakuyiculo elinezingoma eziyisithupha i-EP Move. Ilebula yakhe yangaphambilini yase-US i-Instinct yaqhubeka nokukhipha amaqoqo ama-CD omsebenzi wakhe ngokumelene nezifiso zakhe.
Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-Ambient, eyaqoqa izinto ezingakhishiwe ezirekhodwe phakathi kuka-1988 no-1991, kanye ne-Early Underground, eyaqoqa amathrekhi kuma-EPs akhe ambalwa ngaphansi kweziteketiso ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nenguqulo yokuqala ye-Go. Ngo-1994, kwakhululwa iculo elilodwa - enye yezinhlanganisela zokuqala zevangeli, i-techno kanye ne-ambient.
Ingoma iphinde yavela njengengoma ehamba phambili ye-All Is Wrong, i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ngaphansi kwamadili amasha.
Ukuqashelwa komhlaba wonke kweciko
I-albhamu yesihlanu yesitudiyo ethi Play yakhululwa ngo-1999. Idlule kukho konke obekulindelwe, i-albhamu ihambe i-platinum ephindwe kabili e-US futhi yafinyelela kunombolo 1 e-UK. Iqale kuNombolo 4 ku-Billboard yase-US 200 kodwa ayizange ibe yimpumelelo kakhulu ngokwemibandela yokuthengisa.
Umkhuba womsindo ongajwayelekile we-Moby awuzange unyamalale, futhi umculi wakhulula i-albhamu ethi "Hotel" (2005) - inhlanganisela ye-rock yesimanje kanye ne-electronics ecindezelayo.
Ngemuva kokudlala okuningana ekuqaleni kuka-2013, okubandakanya amasethi ka-DJ e-Coachella, uMoby ukhiphe eyodwa yoSuku Lokuqopha Isitolo esibizwa ngeLonely Night, efaka uMark Lanegan kumazwi. Ingoma yafakwa ku-Innocents, i-albhamu engaculwanga kakhulu eyakhululwa ngo-Okthoba walowo nyaka.
Abanye abaculi abaculayo kubalwa u-Damien Jurado, u-Wayne Coyne we-Flaming Lips no-Skylar Grey. I-albhamu yasekelwa imibukiso emithathu, yonke eyenzeke e-Los Angeles 'Fonda Theatre.
Ngo-March 2014, i-Almost Home yakhululwa ngama-CD amabili nama-DVD amabili. Ekupheleni kwalowo nyaka, u-Moby wakhipha uhlelo olunwetshiwe lwe-Hotel Ambient, olwafakwa ekuqaleni njengediski lebhonasi kuhlelo olulinganiselwe lwenguqulo ka-2005 ye-Hotel.
Engxenyeni yesibili ka-2015, u-Moby udlale okokuqala ku-Moby & Void Pacific Choir. Eyokuqala engashadile, ethi, The Light Is Clear in My Eyes, iqoshwe ngendlela endala, egqugquzelwe ngemuva kwe-punk.
NgoMeyi olandelayo, washicilela i-Porcelain: A Memoir, ekhuluma ngempilo yomculi ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Le ncwadi yengezwe ngeqoqo lama-disc amabili.