News: Moby to Release Wait for Me Deluxe
Moby is set to release a limited edition deluxe version of his critically acclaimed 2009 album ‘Wait For Me’ on November 24th, 2009 through Mute.
‘Wait For Me Deluxe’ is comprised of three discs, and there will also be a digital deluxe edition available to download. Disc One is the original 16-track album plus two new, previously unreleased bonus tracks (‘One Time We Lived’ and ‘Stay Down’), which Moby recorded especially for the deluxe edition in August 09 in his NYC home studio. One of the tracks, ‘One Time We Lived’, will be the next Moby single released digitally December 8th, 2009.
Disc Two is an ambient version of the original album, 16 brand new interpretations of the original tracks, re-interpreted and re-recorded by Moby. Disc Three is a DVD comprised of live highlights from Moby’s 2009 summer European festival dates, an animated EPK and interview with Moby, plus five videos for songs from Wait For Me, including David Lynch’s animation for ‘Shot in The Back of the Head.’ The DVD also includes 16 ‘blips’ (30 second animation for each of the tracks on the original album).
‘WAIT FOR ME DELUXE’ TRACKLISTING:
CD1: Wait For Me
1. Division
2. Pale Horses
3. Shot In The Back Of The Head
4. Study War
5. Walk With Me
6. Stock Radio
7. Mistake
8. Scream Pilots
9. Jltf 1
10. Jtlf
11. A Seated Night
12. Wait For Me
13. Hope Is Gone
14. Ghost Return
15. Slow Light
16. Isolate
17. One Time We Lived*
18. Stay Down*
* Available on Deluxe album only
CD2: Wait For Me – Ambient
Featuring newly recorded ambient versions of:
1. A Seated Night
2. Study War
3. Pale Horses
4. Stay Down
5. Hope Is Gone
6. Wait For Me
7. Division
8. Mistake
9. Walk With Me
10. Isolate
11. Shot In The Back Of The Head
12. Slow Light 1
13. Ghost Return
14. Scream Pilots
15. Jltf3
16. Slow Light 2
DISC 3: DVD
Live at Hurricane Festival
- Raining Again
- Bodyrock
- Pale Horses
- Shot in the Back of the Head
- Mistake
Live at Sonne Mond Sterne Festival
- We are all Made of Stars (trance version)
- Feeling So Real
Live at Exit Festival
- Go
- Lift Me Up
Live at Main Square Festival
- Walk With Me
Moby Announces US Tour
Moby will tour the US this fall in support of his new album “Wait For Me.” The live show, which sees Moby on guitar, piano, percussion, and occasionally singing lead, is already making waves in Europe. Joining Moby on stage are regularly collaborarating vocalists Joy Malcolm and Kelli Scarr well as an additional percussionist, bassist and violinist. This will be the first time since 2005 that Moby has toured the US with a live band.
MOBY US TOUR DATES:
Sept 17 Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
Sept 18 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Sept 20 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
Sept 21 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Sept 24 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Sept 29 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
Sept 30 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Oct 1 St. Paul, MN @ Myth
Oct 3 Houston, TX @ Warehouse
Oct 4 Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Oct 12 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
Oct 14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Oct 15 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
Oct 18 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Oct 19 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Moby – Wait For Me
A quiet evening watching the sun descend into night —this is how I would describe Moby’s new album Wait for Me. This album is unlike any Moby album I’ve heard before. It’s peaceful, it’s melodic, and it’s just what I wanted to hear on a muggy summer evening. If you were expecting Moby to continue the electronic pace of his last record Last Night you will be highly disappointed. I thought Last Night was an explosive array of dance and electronica, but Moby has blown me away in a completely different sense. Moby said Last Night represented a night in New York City. Wait for Me continues that night; however, this is the subway ride back to your apartment or that silent car ride home as you watch the sun breaking through the night sky. As usual, Moby manages to find unknowns with voices that make you question why they’re still unknown. The album opens with a string arrangement called “Division” and it’s probably on par with the beauty of a piece by Mozart. Moby has a knack for incorporating blues and heartfelt lyrics and this album is chock full of them. “Study War” preaches about the day when we will overcome our desire to kill and “Study war no more.” I find it ironic that the music with the least amount of lyrics can sometimes be the most powerful.
You know how a lot of albums end with that song that makes you reflect on life? Every song on Wait for Me is that song. What makes Moby such a great artist is his diversity. He pushes the limits and never repeats himself. One factor that makes me respect an artist is when he does what he sets out to do and isn’t looking to please anyone. This is the type of album Wait for Me is. Moby set out to make a melodic album and that’s exactly what he did. Many will probably say this is the result of an aging musician past his prime. But to each his own, because I prefer growth and broken boundaries over monotony and closed-mindedness.
Moby – Pale Horses
“Pale Horses” is the second single off of the upcoming Moby record, “Wait for Me,” due out June 26, 2009 on Mute.