Thursday, 28 September 2017
712 Hello Moby - Go
Chart entered : 27 July 1991
Chart peak : 10
Number of hits : 22
Richard Melville Hall got his nickname from a supposed descent from the author Herman Melville. He was born in New York in 1965 and first emerged on the music scene as guitarist in a hardcore punk band the Vatican Commandos in 1983 when they released a six track EP "Hit Squad For God" a bracing blast of noise for nine minutes after which Richard was sacked. In 1989 he re-emerged as a live guitarist for the indie act Ultra Vivid Scene , a nom de plume for Kurt Raiske who did all the playing on the recordings. After that Richard put the guitar down and started turning his attention to electronic techno music. He signed with a small independent label called Instinct.
In 1990 he released a self-titled single as "Voodoo Child", a repetitive instrumental for the clubs with a sampled chant. Though clearly influenced by A Guy Called Gerald's Voodoo Ray , it avoids using any acid house squelches. The following year he released "Drug Fits The Face" a more overtly house record as "Barracuda" which has some decent keyboard work alongside the relentless repetition of the title. Also in 1991 he released "Rock The House" as Brainstorm which sounds pretty similar to Jack Your Body to me.
Richard's first release as Moby was a 12 inch single called "Mobility", a deep house cut with a moody vibe , in November 1990 . There are some listenable moments but over six minutes it's a bore.
The third track on the 12 inch was a propulsive squiggly electronic track called "Go". Shortly afterwards Richard was watching cult soap Twin Peaks and was inspired to re-mix the track incorporating part of Angelo Badalamenti's score entitled Laura Palmer's Theme as a sample. The Adamski-style rave track already had a sampled shout from rap group Tones on Tail's Go and Richard also now added a sung "yeah" from Jocelyn Brown's Love's Gonna Get You . He also flung in a rather odd piano solo. The additions made the track more interesting and, given that the TV series was outstaying its welcome by this point, it was probably a success on its own merits. It took him a while to return to the Top 10.
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