This is the geezer who is probably best known for the fact that he draws cartoons for his videos, and a long time ago, Ron Dixon from Brookside had a van with the same name.
Moby takes this whole 'I'm going to do everything myself' too far. He wrote, performed, produced, engineered and mixed this album by himself. A tad silly, no? Well yes. He probably had to do a hell of a lot of work, but by cutting out the middlemen he's probably made himself a packet. And he hasn't had to comprimise his musical ideas to suit anyone elses ideals, which is a good thing.
It's a good album. I listen to it loads, and it's surprising just how many of the tracks I instantly liked, and how many I'd heard before. This guy is seriously popular, his music is used everywhere (adverts, The Beach etc.) Listen out for 'Why does my heart feel so bad', 'Porcelain' and 'Bodyrock'. These are my personal favourites.
And also, Natural Blues is fantastic. At least listen out for it.
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