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The 90 Greatest Albums of the ’90s
This article originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of SPIN. “You must be high.” We heard that a lot during the time we spent preparing this issue. Which is understandable. Pronouncing the 90 greatest albums of the ’90s is a somewhat presumptuous thing to do. When you’re measuring the music this decade is offering to history—the sounds we partied with, copulated to, fought about, and wept over—everyone has an opinion. That ours should be more valid than yours is debatable. But hey—it’s our magazine. What, then, you ask, constitutes “greatest”? Don’t even start. Suffice it to say that, after much heated discussion and countless veiled insults, it came down to the factors of both remarkable artistry and cultural shock value. Sometimes a record’s knock-you-off-your-Skechers impa...
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Watch Moby Reimagine 2000 Hit “Porcelain” In Stripped-Down Live Performance [Exclusive]
In a new episode of English record producer Nigel Godrich’s From The Basement video series, iconic musician Moby performs a stripped-down version of his hit record “Porcelain,” putting a transformative spin on one of the most celebrated songs of his career. The reimagined version replaces the swelling synth textures and wandering keys of the original with a minimalist acoustic arrangement. The live cello performance sets a melancholic tone with protracted bow strokes as Moby strums along to a modest melody on the acoustic guitar. Moby chimes in with delicate vocals, channeling the authentic, doleful feelings of the fateful lost love that drove him to pen the turn-of-the-century hit in the first place. A group of backup vocalists complement him in the effort, including...
From Super Nerd to Super Star: Our 2002 Moby Cover Story
This article originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of SPIN. It is the end of one of the world’s grandest athletic events. Seventy-eight nations have sent their best to this wintry city, and now just two champions remain, facing each other at last. The hours of practice and the years of work all come down to this one final moment. Bon Jovi vs. Moby. Tonight’s closing ceremony for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games is the sort of all-star, triple-axel extravaganza that makes Super Bowl halftime seem austere. Already here at Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles stadium, a fire-flanked Kiss have rocked (on ice!) with former Olympic figure skaters Katarina Witt and Kristi Yamaguchi; Harry Connick Jr. has sung for skating legend Dorothy Hamill; and Earth Wind & Fire have jammed with what appeared to...
EPROM and G Jones are Going B2B at Upcoming Lighting in a Bottle Stream: See the Full Lineup
As long as EPROM and G Jones keep collaborating, the electronic music community is in good hands. The esteemed producers, who are widely considered to be among the most gifted sound designers in electronic music, are once again set to join forces for a collaborative DJ set after throwing down at Lollapalooza’s 2020 virtual edition. This time around the longtime collaborators will be appearing at Do LaB‘s “DGTL LIB 2″—the second digital installment of Lighting in a Bottle—over Memorial Day Weekend, May 29th to 30th. The 24-hour streaming spectacular will also feature performances by Moby, SOFI TUKKER, Aluna, Purple Disco Machine, and TSHA, among other major dance music artists. They will perform in digitally-rendered fan-favorite LIB stages, ...
Moby Shares New Version of ‘Porcelain’ With My Morning Jacket’s Jim James on Vocals
Reminiscing on a 30-year musical career, the DJ, producer, singer, photographer, activist, you name it known as Moby is reimagining 13 of his songs on Reprise, out May 28. The first track off Reprise takes on an ethereal vibe compared the original 1999 song. Explaining the album’s creation, Moby explains in a press release, “Sorry if this seems self-evident, but for me the main purpose of music is to communicate emotion, to share some aspect of the human condition to whomever might be listening.” Reprise is meant to show how art can adapt over time. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,...
Charity Compilation to Feature Unreleased Music from Iconic Electronic Artists Moby and Jon Hopkins
A new compilation developed by Brooklyn-based record label Mon Amie Records will feature previously unreleased music from iconic electronic artists Moby and Jon Hopkins, among others. Hopkins, who began his career playing keyboard for legendary singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, contributes a cover of Q Lazzarus’ “Goodbye Horses” while Moby unveils a new original titled “In Between Violence.” Mon Amie Records head Mona Dehghan, whose grandmother passed away due to Alzheimer’s disease in 1998 before her father was diagnosed with the condition in 2019, named the album The Longest Day as an ode to the Alzheimer’s Association’s eponymous annual fundraising initiative. Other notable artists to appear on the compilation include Daniel Avery, Anna...
