Moby is currently living in a small industrial space (no bathroom, no running water) in Manhattan. However, he is looking for a new place to live and work, so if you know of any nice spaces where you can make loud music at 4:00 in the morning, please let us know.
Moby started studying music when he was 10 years old. When he was 15 he played in a punk band which lasted for two years until he went off to college. At school he studied philosophy and photography until leaving in 1984 and becoming a DJ. He started making his own electronic music in 1984, but didn't release his first record until 1990. Moby is proficient on guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and, of course, a wide variety of electronic instruments. He's a very strict vegetarian (no animal products at all) and an environmentalist, and he tries to live according to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
While Moby currently works with an extensive array of recording equipment and instrumentation, it should be stressed that you don't need a lot of equipment to make good music. Please realize that until very recently Moby had a very small and basic electronic studio. "Go", for example, was recorded on a 16-channel mixer in a living room with an 8-track sequencer.
At present Moby is working on mixes for the next single (including a hardcore punk version of "All That I Need"). He is also working on songs for his first official album, which should be released in the spring of 1994. In October Moby will be touring Germany with Front 242 and in November he will be touring the United States with Orbital and the Aphex Twin.
As a remixer, Moby has workied with Depeche Mode, Brian Eno, Michael Jackson, The Shamen, The B-52s, Pet Shop Boys, Eskimos & Egypt and Erasure, amongst others.
Future Moby releases will be on Mute Records for England and Europe and on Elektra for the United States and the rest of the world.
Moby's only UK show this year will be with Eskimos & Egypt at London's Astoria 2 on October 23rd. Please get there early as he'll be on around 8:30 and the venue closes at 10:30.