They occasionally stayed with Moby's grandparents in Darien, but the affluence of the New York City suburb made him feel poor and ashamed. His mother struggled to support her son, often relying on food stamps and government welfare. This was followed by a move to Darien, Connecticut, living in a squat with "three or four other drug-addicted hippies, with bands playing in the basement." The two then moved to Stratford, Connecticut, for a brief time. He recalled being sexually abused by a staff member at his daycare during this time. Moby was raised by his mother, first in San Francisco from 1969 for a short period. The name was also a reference to the family's ancestry Hall says he is the great-great-great nephew of Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick. His father gave him the nickname Moby three days after his birth as his parents considered the name Richard too large for a newborn baby. He is an only child of Elizabeth McBride ( née Warner), a medical secretary, and James Frederick Hall, a chemistry professor, who died in a car crash while drunk when Moby was two. Richard Melville Hall was born September 11, 1965, in the neighborhood of Harlem in Manhattan, New York City. He is the author of four books, including a collection of his photography and two memoirs: Porcelain: A Memoir (2016) and Then It Fell Apart (2019). He was the owner of TeaNY, a vegan cafe in Manhattan, and Little Pine, a vegan restaurant in Los Angeles, and organized the vegan music and food festival Circle V. In addition to his music career, Moby is known for his veganism and support for animal rights and humanitarian aid. Moby continues to record and release albums his nineteenth studio album, Reprise, was released in May 2021.
His later albums saw him explore ambient music, including the almost four-hour release Long Ambients 1: Calm. Moby followed Play with albums of varied styles including electronic, dance, rock, and downtempo music, starting with 18 (2002), Hotel (2005), and Last Night (2008). Its seventh single, " South Side", featuring Gwen Stefani, remains his only one to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. It remains his highest selling album with 12 million copies sold. Moby found commercial and critical success with his fifth album Play (1999) which, after receiving little recognition, became an unexpected global hit in 2000 after each track was licensed to films, television shows, and commercials. His punk-oriented album Animal Rights (1996) alienated much of his fan base. Throughout the decade he also produced music under various pseudonyms, released the critically acclaimed Everything Is Wrong (1995), and composed music for films. Between 19 he scored eight top 10 hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart including " Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", " Feeling So Real", and " James Bond Theme (Moby Re-Version)". His 1991 single " Go" was his mainstream breakthrough, especially in Europe, where it peaked within the top ten of the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In 1989, he moved to New York City and became a prolific figure as a DJ, producer and remixer. Īfter taking up guitar and piano at age nine, he played in several underground punk rock bands through the 1980s before turning to electronic dance music. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom". He has sold 20 million records worldwide. Watch the record sale's promo video before the Thursday launch.Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. Moby's move to sell off his wax comes after an April sale on Reverb, also done to support the PCRM non-profit, that featured more than 100 instruments, pieces of gear and other accoutrements. Well, except me, because now I don't have any records." "I would rather you have them than me, because if you have them, you'll play them, you'll love them, and the money will go to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. "These are all the records that I bought and loved and played and carried all around the world," the artist explains in a video promoting the sale.
His collection is said to be heavy on techno, house and hip-hop from the '80s and '90s, with many of the records featuring handwritten markers Moby added to help him during his DJ sets. The sale on online marketplace Reverb LP will include Moby's personal copies of nearly every one of his own records, along with hundreds of 12-inches he used as a DJ early on his career.
Moby will put his record collection up for sale this Thursday and donate all proceeds to an anti-cruelty non-profit group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
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