Last Night - the fifteen track album was recorded in Moby's home studio in Manhattan NY and mixed by Dan Grech - Maguerat who has also worked with Radiohead and the Scissor Sisters. The new album features guest vocalists and includes the original 70's MC Grandmaster Caz one of the writers of Rappers Delight, Sylvia from Kudu, the UK's MC Aynzli and S.O. Simple and Smokey from the Nigerian 419 Squad. EMI. 2008.
After three albums that seemed to find Moby in some sort of creative stasis, Last Night sees the once-restless DJ/producer changing the record and returning to one of his first loves: the heaving dancefloors of his native New York. Soulful, uplifting piano rave is the order of the day here, and while some hallmarks of Play remain--Moby still has a fascination for long, tearful synth lines and sampled vocals, which he drops in here and there, seemingly to yield the maximum emotional response--Last Night still feels like a clean slate. "I Like to Move in Here" shimmies along on a languid house beat that doffs a cap to early hip-hop in the shape of a cameo from MC Grandmaster Caz, one of the writers of "Rapper's Delight", while "Everyday It's 1989" is the sort of overdriven, ecstatic piano house that Moby perfected on his 1995 classic Everything Is Wrong. There's more guest spots in the shape of British MC Aynzli, the Nigerian 419 Squad and Sylvia from dark NYC disco band Kudu, but the most impressive thing about Last Night is the peaks that Moby can reach when he's working alone: see the grand, emotive swell of "Sweet Apocalypse", cold synths and driving beats that, were it released by James Murphy, would be hailed as genius--and rightfully, too.--Louis Pattison
Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Review: 3.5 / 5.0
"Moby In The Mix"
"Huh?"
"Truly Forgettable"
"Soulful dervish"
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Moby In The Mix:
Nice mix of musical genres, light vocals, very musical and open-minded and uncentered. If you are looking for something just a little off the beaten path but not too obscure then this album will soot you just fine.
Huh?:
The blurb above says that this is Moby's "return" after three albums where he was in a "creative stasis." What? Moby's last three albums WERE HIS BEST THREE ALBUMS!! This, however, is standard, uncreative, passe, forgettable dance-music CRAP. Nothing to write home about.
Truly Forgettable:
Whenever most audiophiles refer to Moby's crowning career achievement, most will mention his 1999 breakout album, Play. The creativity and originality of Play was a shining moment in the electronica genre, but unfortunately, Moby's creative light has fizzled in his latest offering, Last Night. With his last album (Hotel) being less than stellar, Moby fans were forced to wait three years to see if he could musically reconcile with his loyal following. However, much to the chagrin of this reviewer, Last... more info
Soulful dervish:
I got Moby for the radio-like electronic sounding grooves - and yeah I got 'em on this album. The media of CD is just fine.I don't think I will get it on vinyl to be a superfreak for the real thang 'cause this unreal sounding funkedelic CD does it for me. There are some Donna Summer-ish artists hollering[just like Donna would]on this CD -- so just when you think, as the song begins if all Moby offers is these divas holler something soulful over and over in your hear about you leaving her and not loving... more info
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