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Gonna Find My Baby: The Stories Behind Ten Songs Moby Has Sampled
From sound collages of spliced tape in the 1940s to the pre-recorded riddim tracks of reggae pioneers King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry in the '60s, sampling has a long, rich history that continues to evolve as technology advances. When Moby released his breakthrough album Play in 1999, sampling was hardly groundbreaking at the time, but what made that release so distinctive was how he combined everything from early blues to African-American folk music to gospel and more into something so aurally enticing. Since then, he's continued to take creative approaches to sampling, while still staying true to his techno roots.
In the liner notes for Play, Moby sends a thank you "to the Lomaxes and all of the archivists and music historians whose field recordings made this record possible." Since the early 1900s, the Lomax family — particularly John Lomax and his son Alan — dedicated their lives to collecting field recordings of music, everything from spirituals to cowboy songs. Together, they recorded thousands of
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Moby
American musician (born 1965)
For other uses, see Moby (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. 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".[1]
After 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. In 1989, he moved to New York City and became a prolific figure as a DJ, producer and remixer. 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. Between 1992 and 1997 he scored eight top 10 hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart including "Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", "Feeling So Real"
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Anexo:Discografía de Moby
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