Richard Melville Hall, Born: September 11, 1965, Harlem, New York, NY, United States. One of
electronic music's most visible and talked-about figures, Moby's career comprises many years of work and many musical twists and turns. His career stretches all the way back to early rave and acid-house releases in the late 80s and early 90s as U.H.F. and Voodoo Child, through to his much loved/hated R&B/blues/pop/techno sample cut-ups of today.
His most notable tracks from his early days include "Next Is The E", "Everytime You Touch Me" and
"Into The Blue", and the classic "Go", as well as his early albums "Ambient" and "Early Underground". He was managed by Marci Webber. A brief outing into more rock-oriented territory came with 1996's "Animal Rights", followed by "I Like To Score" in 1997, highlighting his past movie score contributions (most notably a remix of the "James Bond Theme").
In 1999 and 2000, Moby found unprecedented pop success with the album "Play" and the slew of singles and radio tracks that came from it ("Honey", "Run On", "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?",
"Natural Blues", "Porcelain", "Southside", and more). Among other things, his appearance as a DJ in the foyer of the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (wearing a gold suit and playing two golden copies of "Play") led many people to decry him as a sellout. Nonetheless, his follow-up album "18" tinkered very little with the "Play" sound and still received a mostly positive reception in 2002.
Besides the many faces of his music, Moby also gathers controversy for his outspoken religious, dietary
and animal rights views, as well as persistent rumors that his live shows are mostly pre-recorded. Every Moby release from the mid-90s onward has borne the text "Animals are not ours to eat, wear or experiment on. Thanks to Christ."
"Feeling So Real" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the second single from his third studio album Everything Is Wrong on October 17, 1994. The single peaked at
number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and at number nine on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The song features the phrases "sound system rocking my....." (the full sample saying "sound system rocking my seat") and "set it up DJ!" spoken by Kochie Banton, who also appears in Moby's following single, "Everytime You Touch Me". The guest vocalist for the song is Rozz Morehead.
The single's B-side is Moby's take on the Joy Division song "New Dawn Fades". It would later be included on the Joy Division tribute album A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division, and Moby would go on to perform it live with New Order.
Moby – Feeling So Real
Label: Mute – INT 826.643, Mute – 7243 4 72293 2 9, Mute – (CDMUTE173)
Format: CD, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Breakbeat
TRAXS
01. Feeling So Real (7" Edit) 3:21
Vocals – Kochie Banton, Myim Rose, Nicola Zaray
Written-By, Mixed By – Moby
02. Feeling So Real (Unashamed Ecstatic Piano Mix) 6:00
Vocals – Kochie Banton, Myim Rose, Nicola Zaray
Written-By, Mixed By – Moby
03. New Dawn Fades 5:34
Written-By – Sumner, Curtis, Hook, Morris (Joy Division)
04. Everytime You Touch Me (Parts) 4:41
Recorded By – Moby
Vocals – Rozz Morehead
Written-By – R. Hall