moby
Britishnoun
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Richard Melville Hall, aka Moby, dug deep into America’s musical library to create the album “Play,” on which the song “Porcelain” appears.
What it says about America: “Play” incorporates field recordings collected by Moby and was the first album on which every song was licensed for commercial use.
“Moby represents the moment when the music industry recognized the power of licensing to break an artist,” says Fink.
Moby also helped establish electronic dance music, or EDM, in the U.S. market.
“Techno” DJs like Moby could rock a crowd and make a record without performing in the traditional sense; they could mix and sample to create a new sound.
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