Year 8, Day 146

Hey guys. Today's song is Flower by Moby.

Photo by: Justin Higuchi

Moby is the stage name for Richard Hall, an American musician active since 1983. The name Moby comes from him being related to the writer of Moby Dick, and from his dad's nickname for him since he was a large baby. He started with guitar and piano at nine, and was in his first band called the Vatican Commandos, releasing an EP with them, then singing vocals and playing bass on and off for a bit with Flipper and found a post punk band called AWHOL. He moved to New York in 1989 and start DJing around town while also playing in Ultra Vivid Scene. He got signed as a solo artist in 1990 to a new label who released his music under many different monikers such as Voodoo Child, Barracuda, Brainstorm, and UHF to make it seem like they had more artists than they did. He did earn some success as Moby with one of his songs which led to him being more recognized and able to swap mixes with other artists and helping them produce their stuff. With his success he wanted to leave the label and withheld new music when the label said no, but the label continued to put out his old stuff without consent leading to the release of his 1992 and 1993 albums. He was finally able to leave the label and signed with someone else, releasing an EP in 1993, then an album under the name Voodoo Child in 1994, and his third album as Moby in 1995. He also did a remix of that third album, which brought him critical acclaim leading to Billboard dubbing him the King of Techno. He continued to release music under different monikers so he could make the music he wanted without pressure. Over his career he's released 19 albums as Moby, along with 4 EPs, 11 remix albums and 12 compilation albums, not to mention all the other stuff he did under different names. His career is so long as is this post and I'm not even through the 90's so I'll cut it off here. If you want to go in depth, and I suggest you do, go look him up.

Peace.