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30 unusual facts about Moby


100% Records

100% initially dealt purely with product management and distribution (both UK and Internationally) working with artists such as Robyn, Placebo, Moby, Sigur Rós and The Gossip.

Ali McMordie

Since 1994 he has been the tour manager for American artist Richard Hall AKA Moby (with whose band he has sometimes played bass).

Ariel Sands

Books that Sands mentions as influencing hers include The Story of O, Venus in Furs, Moby-Dick, The Man of Feeling, and The Emigrants.

Bodyrock

"Bodyrock" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the third single from his 1999 studio album Play.

Come on Baby

"Come on Baby" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released on 4 November 1996 as the second single from his 1996 album Animal Rights.

Corinne Day

She also undertook work photographing musicians, including the image of Moby, used on his 1999 album Play.

Cornelius Mathews

American literary historian Perry Miller, writing in The Raven and the Whale, suggested that Herman Melville was influenced by Mathew's Behemoth when writing Moby-Dick.

Eskimos and Egypt

Cundall left the band as they moved more into production (producing mixes for Moby, Sparks, Rammstein, The Tamperer, and produced and played instruments on 'Cruise control' an Australian and New Zealand number 1 single by New Zealand band The Headless Chickens.

Everytime You Touch Me

"Everytime You Touch Me" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the third single from his album Everything Is Wrong.

Feeling So Real

"Feeling So Real" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released in 1994 as the second single from his renowned studio album Everything Is Wrong.

Giorgio Federico Ghedini

Ghedini's most celebrated concert piece is Concerto dell'Albatro (Albatross Concerto) for violin, cello, piano, narrator and orchestra, which includes fragments from Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick in its final movement.

Goober and the Ghost Chasers

The ghost of Captain Ahab and Moby Dick are haunting the old mansion on the cliff and it's up to Goober and the kids to interview them for their magazine.

Gustavo Charif

"The Reason" includes, in the end credits, an unreleased song by Moby.

Her Brother

Ichikawa had been inspired by the photography for John Huston's 1956 adaptation of Moby-Dick.

Is That You Mo-Dean?

The CD and 12" singles for the song have various remixes of "Is That You Mo-Dean?" by Moby.

Jerry Fuchs

He was a recording and touring member of The Juan MacLean, and also played live and/or on the recordings of other outfits including Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack, Moby, Cloudland Canyon, and MSTRKRFT.

Jodi Leib

Through her Talk It Out! interviews, Jodi has discussed in-depth issues such as the fear of flying with Benjamin Burnley of Breaking Benjamin, organic nutrition with Danielle Evin at Farm Aid, reproductive health with Moby, Janeane Garofalo, and Gloria Steinem at March for Women's Lives, and world love with The Black Eyed Peas.

Macross Dynamite 7

Macross Dynamite 7 contains some allegorical references to Moby-Dick.

Matteo Bernardini

Matteo Bernardini (born April 5, 1983) is a film and music video director and illustrator whose portfolio includes works for the likes of Moby and Microsoft.

He conceived and directed the music video for the single Ooh Yeah (song) by American DJ and musician Moby, which brought him international acclaim.

Moby Duck

Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them, a 2011 book by Donovan Hohn

Myim Rose

She is best known for vocals on the 1994 Moby song "Feeling so Real" and playing Layla in the 1992 film Unlawful Entry.

Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

Herman Melville named his lead ship in his novel Moby-Dick as the Pequod.

ProFe D-8 Moby Dick

The aircraft is named for the great white whale of Herman Melville's novel of the same name and was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Recent examples include Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child and Other Astonishing Works (2009), Chasing Moby-Dick: Selected Works by Tony de los Reyes (2010), and Charles Garabedian: A Retrospective (2011).

Sirenoscincus mobydick

The scientific name Sirenoscincus mobydick consists of the pre-existing parent genus Sirenoscincus, and the name of the white sperm whale from the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling

They go to Las Vegas, and get mixed up with Ahab, who is hunting Moby-Dick, the pirate Captain goes mad, and the Prize ham plays a major part in the whole adventure.

The Waterfront, Norwich

The Waterfront, Norwich has hosted bands including Pulp, Radiohead, Marina and the Diamonds, Nirvana, The Verve, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Amy Winehouse, Stereophonics, Paul Weller, Buzzcocks, Plan B, MGMT, Babyshambles, Travis, Moby, Ellie Goulding, Foals, Inspiral Carpets, The Horrors, The Cribs, The Undertones and Feeder.

Toward the Sea

The work is divided into three sections—The Night, Moby-Dick, and Cape Cod.

Trance Allstars

Trance Allstars was a collaboration of several German producers of Trance music, mainly releasing cover versions of older trance songs, for example "Go" (originally by Moby).


Aaron A. Brooks

-- Please only add associated acts where Aaron has been a full time member; one-offs don't count -->The Little Deaths, The Mars Bonfire, Laura Dawn, Moby, Duff McKagan, Circle Of Soul, Queen V

Beatmasters

They went on to write, produce and remix for many other artists including Marc Almond, The Pet Shop Boys, Blur, Roachford, Betty Boo, Moby, Aswad, Eternal, Tina Turner, David Bowie and Girls Aloud.

BlueBilly Grit

In addition, BlueBilly Grit has performed in numerous radio and television broadcasts, including Nuts and Bolts of Fishing which aired on Turner South and the Moby in the Morning Show which airs on WNGC.

Bring Back My Happiness

"Bring Back My Happiness" is a song by American electronica musician Moby released as the sixth and final single from his 1995 studio album Everything Is Wrong.

Cincinnati Opera

2015 will see the reopening of Music Hall, along with Jake Heggie's Moby Dick.

Closet drama

The genre also influenced other forms of literature and theatre; the portions of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick that are in dialogue form are at least a casual allusion to closet drama.

Designers Against Aids

DAA is mostly known for their collaboration with fashion company H&M, with whom they launched two "Fashion Against Aids" campaigns in which popular artists designed t-shirts for H&M to raise funds for HIV/AIDS prevention projects, including MTV's "Staying Alive." The collections launched in 2008 and 2009 featured celebrities like Rihanna, Dita Von Teese, N.E.R.D, Timbaland, Moby, Estelle, Tokio Hotel, Yoko Ono, and Katharine Hamnett.

Donovan Hohn

Donovan Hohn is the author of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them, the tale of the Friendly Floatees.

Dream About Me

Singer-songwriter and MoveOn cultural director Laura Dawn is featured on lead vocals alongside Moby himself.

Everytime You Touch Me

The vocals of "Everytime You Touch Me" are performed by Rozz Morehead and Kochie Banton, both of whom appear on Moby's previous single, "Feeling So Real".

Extreme Ways

At Sony, Moby worked with a 110 piece orchestra with the help of composer James Newton Howard, who scored the film, and composer Joe Trapanese.

James Wilcox

He was the subject of an article by James B. Stewart in The New Yorker's 1994 summer fiction issue; entitled "Moby Dick in Manhattan", it detailed his struggle to survive as a writer devoted purely to literary fiction.

Kurt Uenala

Kurt Uenala (born 1970), also known as Kap10Kurt, is a Swiss bassist, programmer, sound engineer, mixer, vocalist and producer who has worked with Moby, Sara Bareilles, Depeche Mode, Soulsavers, Black Ryder and others.

Live Grape

At the time, band members were in a protracted legal dispute with former manager Matthew Katz over ownership of the Moby Grape band name.

Louis Zorich

In 1965, Zorich recorded and released an album on Folkways Records, entitled Moby Dick: Selections Read by Louis Zorich. One of Zorich's first major film roles was the Russian Constable in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof.

Mary Morrill

Mary was mentioned by name as a historical figure in Herman Melville's fictional Moby-Dick in chapter 24 which is entitled The Advocate.

Moby Doll

Moby Doll was shown to the public in a pen at Burrard Drydocks but was listless and did not eat for the first two months in captivity.

Moby Doll was harpooned and shot at by Burich but did not die and the aquarium director decided to tow the orca back to Vancouver and put him on display.

MS Moby Otta

Originally it was reported that the Moby Otta would open a new route for Moby Lines, connecting Genoa and Porto Torres.

Later reports indicate she will replace her sister MS Moby Drea on the LivornoOlbia route, and the Moby Drea will be transferred to the Genoa–Porto Torres route instead.

Nick Brandt

He moved to the United States in 1992 and directed many award-winning music videos for the likes of Michael Jackson (Earth Song, Stranger in Moscow, Cry), Moby, Jewel (singer), XTC, Badly Drawn Boy).

Over at the Frankenstein Place

On Nov. 1, 2011, Craig Ferguson, Sid the Bunny, Moby, Stephin Merritt, Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer performed the song to open the Halloween episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation

The book's presents the author's personal experiences with Transcendental Meditation, his analysis and commentary on the Transcendental Meditation research, and interviews with celebrity practitioners such as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Laura Dern, Russell Brand and Moby.

Vera Hall

Moby's 2000 single "Natural Blues" is essentially an extended remix of the song "Trouble So Hard" (1937).