Artist: Moby
Album: Wait For Me
Worth Buying: I liked it all but one song
You will be interested in this album if you like: Atmospheric and reflective music. Or music from David Lynch films too.
Tell Me More: I am not a Moby fan. I kinda liked that one song called "Stars" but I have never gotten into his music. This changes with "Wait For Me".
I first heard about this album when the Cartoon Brew website posted a video for the song Shot In The Back Of The Head. The video was directed by filmmaker David Lynch (One of the few filmmakers who truly earns the title of genius). By the time the video was over I was awestruck by the song.
Then I read where his creative impetus behind the record was hearing a David Lynch speech at bafta, in the uk about how creativity in and of itself, and without market pressures, is fine and good.
On his blog he wrote "it seems as if too often an artists or musicians or writers creative output is judged by how well it accommodates the marketplace, and how much market share it commands and how much money it generates".
The day "Wait For Me" came out, it was the deal of the day at the Amazon Mp3 store (only $3.99.....why aren't more people using the Amazon mp3 store) I nabbed it, and it's a good thing, because I couldn't find the CD in any store.
There are a lot of words that I could use to describe this album, and I am sure that a lot of them are already being used in other reviews: Atmospheric, Reflective, Somber, Mournful, Tranquil, etc....And it is all these things, but to me a lot of this music feels like it could be in the soundtrack to a David Lynch movie. And no, this album sounds nothing like the music of Angelo Baladamenti. It does not have the dark retro blues sound of a lot of Lynch movie soundtracks.....But starting with the albums opening track "Division" it felt like the opening of a Lynch film.
For me the most startling track is the aforementioned "Shot in the back of the head". This instrumental starts out almost sounding like a record skipping before it coalesces into Pink Floyd like bliss.
A Song like "Pale Horses" is the kind of music that makes time stop, as I drive around listening to it in m car. Moby ignored all commercial considerations as recorded it. He recorded it in his room. He had his friends (mostly female) sing most of the vocals. He even drew the cover himself with a sharpie. In ignoring commercial considerations he created a little piece of very personal and yet accessible art, and I wish him all the best with it.
listen to samples and buy in the mp3 format
buy in CD format
What if I Am not ready to buy the whole album? Try Pale Horses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlqXcqD__2M
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