Moby

One Time We Lived, via Moby.

Dell’s Motherboard.tv visits Moby’s Manhattan apartment studio, where he talks about his “Noah’s arc” of rarified gadgets, bizarre synthesizers, and vintage drum machines.

If you didn’t hate Moby for having a better birthday than you, the multiple duplicate rare drum machines that line his studio walls may just push you over that edge.

Best line: “A rock band cannot rehearse in the suburbs at 3 o’clock in the morning. You can make electronic music at 3 o’clock in the morning, and your mom doesn’t complain. “

UK based Drum & Bass duo Matrix & Futurebound have remixed the brand new track from Moby (available on the forthcoming Deluxe version of Wait For Me), One Time We Lived.

You can download their remix free at moby.com.

Sunday Synth Jam: This video features an interesting three-way Eigenharp synth jam on Moby’s Extreme Ways.

Is the Eigenharp one bizarre instrument, or what?

It’s actually pretty bad-ass looking. Could the Eigenharp be the cure for the curse of Herbie Hancock? Read more…

Moby has announced that he will donate the proceeds of his three California tour dates to help that state’s struggling domestic violence shelters. Since Governor Schwarzenegger eliminated State funding for shelter services in a July line-item veto, six California shelters have been forced to close, and dozens of others have laid off staff and cut services.

Moby said that he wanted to make his donation in a way that would ensure that the funds had a statewide impact. Read more…