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Moby guest editor of Magnet Magazine this week!
"Moby is the artist who wasn’t there—but only because he’s always in motion. From hardcore punk to techno to film scores to mainstream rock to the sampladelic commercial phenomenon that was 1999’s Play, Moby’s career can appear as a blur of forever-changing sounds, vocalists and moods. His palette has shifted to twilight blue on the home-recorded Wait For Me (out this week on Little Idiot/Mute), with noir, shapeshifting pocket symphonies such as “Shot In The Back Of The Head” and its David Lynch-created video. MAGNET spoke to Moby about Bowie, faith, home renovation and more. Moby will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com this week."
Moby talks to Magnet here: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/06/29/qa-with-moby
You can see the new posts, edited by Moby in the Guest Editors section here: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/category/guest-editor
Album Review: Rolling Stone
"For a guy who made his name driving party people to ecstasy, Moby has always had a thing for the blues. His unlikely 1999 megahit, Play, used them literally, grafting ancient samples into inviting electronic grooves. His latest uses them spiritually, giving his melancholy streak room to brood and blossom. Instrumentals like "Shot in the Back of the Head" (Google the haunting video, directed by David Lynch) billow moodily, lush arrangements glowing with Eno-style analog-synth warmth."
Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/7zV2G
Album Review: Paste Magazine
"Wait for Me weaves a small-scale tapestry that succeeds on the strength of many little things done well: delicately recorded blends of acoustic and electronic instruments, lovely melodies not overburdened by outsized arrangements, voices at once powerful and intimate placed in settings that give them room to breathe. It’s a remarkable work"
Read the full 90% review here: http://bit.ly/LJCbc
BBC 6 Music Album Of The Day
Wait For Me is the album of the day on BBC 6 Music radio, listen out for Moby tracks today! Text in your comments on 64046 [UK]
More info here: http://bit.ly/MiMxh
Album Review: Chicago Sun-Times
"A newly independent Moby reconnected with his roots on the dance floor and the spark of his 1992 breakthrough "Go" on his last release, "Last Night" (2008), and now, with the new "Wait for Me," he's finally made another album that recaptures the unique emotions of "Play," if not the then-startling invention. This is to say that as the languid, echoing, strings- and piano-laden tracks of his newest leisurely unfold in the Sunday-morning chill-out vibe after a sweaty night of ecstasy, he doesn't reveal any new tricks as a songwriter or a producer. But nobody does this sound better."
Read the full review: http://bit.ly/26Cht
