Wait For Me
If you're expecting the same kind of deal that came with Moby's last album Play you're in for a little bit of a rude awakening. It seems as though the multi-faceted artist has taken a stand for himself with his new release Wait For Me. There's nothing on this album that appears to be money hungry or attention seeking.
Moby has been stated as saying: œI started working on the album about a year ago, and the creative impetus behind the record was hearing David Lynch Speak at Bafta, in the UK. David was talking about creativity, and to paraphrase, about how creativity in and of itself, and without market pressures, is fine. It seems as if too often an artist™s or musician™s or writer™s creative output is judged by how well it accommodates the marketplace, and how much market share it commands and how much money it generates.”
Wait For Me, the 9th album released by the musician is more of a personal journey, one that has been a long time coming. It's a complete turn around from what we have been used to with Moby, there are no features of up and coming musicians he feels need the exposure and there are no fast dance beats. Wait For Me appears to be more of an emotional journey, the tone is dark, the songs are heavy and the melodies are dramatic.
The approach with production this time was a complete turn around from the major label recording studios and sound engineers. Wait For Me, was basically recorded in Moby's apartment, mixed and produced by a friend, with touches of female vocals here and there.It is also the first album to be released on Moby's record label Little Idiots.
It's all really nostalgic and if you don't miss the Moby of the 90s then you probably shouldn't venture out and get this.