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  Name Moby
  Img Mobyjpg
  Background solo_singer
  Birth Name Richard Melville Hall
  Alias Voodoo Child, Barracuda, UHF, The Brotherhood, DJ Cake, Lopez, and Mindstorm
  Birth Place Harlem , New York
  Hometown Darien , Connecticut
  Instrument Keyboard <br> Guitar <br> Bass <br> Drums
  Genre Techno <br> Downtempo <br/> House <br> Electronica <br> Ambient
  Years Active 1989 &ndash present
  Label V2 Records
  URL mobycom


Moby (born '''Richard Melville Hall''', September 11 , 1965 ), is an American Songwriter , Musician and Singer .

He was born in 2007 . He continues to record and release music today.

His parents nicknamed him Moby soon after birth, "Why Moby matters" interview , USA Weekend, accessed 16 June 2007. partly after the novel '' Moby-Dick '', which was written by Herman Melville , his great-great-great-great uncle. He plays Keyboard , Guitar , Bass Guitar and Drums . He has also released music under the names Voodoo Child, '''Barracuda''', '''UHF''', '''The Brotherhood''', '''DJ Cake''', '''Lopez''', and '''Mindstorm'''. He has received a lot of attention for his political, environmental and religious beliefs.


MUSIC CAREER


Early years

In the early 1980s Moby was in a Hardcore Punk band called the Vatican Commandos , which released an EP called ''Hit Squad for God''. He was a House Disc Jockey at The Beat in Port Chester, New York from 1985 and signed a recording contract with Instinct Records in 1989. His first success was "Go", a Progressive track using the string line from " Laura Palmer's Theme " from the TV drama '' Twin Peaks ''. It reached the UK top ten in October 1991 and earned him an appearance on '' Top Of The Pops '', Official website's biography , accessed 2 January 2006 and features on his first album, ''The Story So Far (aka Moby)''.

In 1993 he toured with The Prodigy , Orbital , and Aphex Twin .


1994–1998


  filename Everytime You Touch Me - Beatmasters 7' Mixogg
  title "Everytime You Touch Me" (1995)
  description Chorus of " Everytime You Touch Me " from '' Everything Is Wrong ''