Having provided the score for Richard Kelly’s cinematic turd Southland Tales and lived to tell the tale, Moby – everyone’s favourite tea guzzling, vegan flag waving, ad whoring dance guru – returns to his day job.
‘Alice’, which is released on 17th March, is the first single to be taken from his upcoming album Last Night and features the UK based underground rappers Aynzli and the 419 Squad.
“Aynzli’s style is so fast and so dense and fluid, I think that he’s going to have a remarkable career,” Moby says.
“And what makes the 419 Squad so special is that they go back and forth between Yoruban and English (as they’re from Nigeria).”
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Make no bones about it, this is a much needed return to form for Moby after 2005’s oddly unaccommodating Hotel.
Built around a distorted, heavy as a truck bassline and string synths, ‘Alice’ feels progressive, not regressive, a far cry from the dust ridden gospel blues samples that haunted (brilliantly so) every nook and cranny of his mid career output.
Moreover, it feels organic and unique, retaining Moby’s trademark electronica while taking a ride through the urban sprawl of hip hop via the rapid fire vocals of the 419 Squad and Aynzli.
If there’s any justice in pop world, ‘Alice’ will be a monster hit.
Like this? Try these:
Moby – Go
JJC & 419 Squad – Atide
RELEASED
17th March
LABEL
Mute
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Sun 20 Jan at 6:47pm
