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Moby
12+ albums
electronicambientchilloutalternativeelectronica
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Richard Melville Hall (born 11 September 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter and animal rights activist. He has sold approximately 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic has described him as among the most significant figures in early 1990s dance music, noting his role in bringing the genre to a wider mainstream audience in both the United States and the United Kingdom. After learning guitar and piano at the age of nine, he performed in several underground punk rock bands during the 1980s, including Vatican Commandos, Flipper, and Ultra Vivid Scene, before transitioning to electronic dance music. In 1989, he moved to New York City, where he became active as a DJ, producer, and remixer. His 1991 single "Go" marked his commercial breakthrough, particularly in Europe, where it reached the top ten in several countries, including the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Between 1992 and 1997, he achieved eight top ten entries on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart with tracks such as "Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", "Feeling So Real", and "James Bond Theme (Moby Re-Version)". During this period, he also released music under various pseudonyms and issued the album "Everything Is Wrong" (1995). His subsequent release, "Animal Rights" (1996), which incorporated a stronger punk influence, received a mixed response from his existing audience. Moby achieved wider commercial and critical success with his fifth studio album "Play" (1999), which gai
