a resolutely diy effort, moby recorded the album in his home studio ("although 'studio' always seems like an overly grand word for a bunch of equipment set up in a bedroom."), drew the album artwork with a black sharpie on copy paper, asked his friends to record the vocals ("working with friends is almost always nicer than working with rock stars") and asked another friend, photographer jessica dimmock, to take the press photos.

in addition, friend ken thomas (sigur ros, throbbing gristle, m83) came on board to help mix the record: "mixing the record with him was really nice, as he's creatively open to trying anything - like recording an old broken bakelite radio and running it through some broken old effects pedals to see what it would sound like. it's on the record as a :45 second long track called 'stock radio'". moby and thomas mixed the record using purely analog equipment in true stereo, akin to how records were mixed in the late 60's. as a result, the songs sound pretty amazing on headphones.

the songs also sound best when listened to as a cohesive body of work. while each track stands on its own merit, ‘wait for me’ was recorded and arranged to be listened to from start to finish. in today's single-driven music industry an album that holds together as a collective entity is a rarity. an album that holds itself to standards higher than commercial measures of success is even more rare.


Wait For Me

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Inspired by a David Lynch speech about creativity, Wait For Me was recorded in Moby's studio in the Lower East Side of New York and features a whole host of local singers guesting on the record. A more melodic and personal record than Moby's previous work, the album features the single Pale Horses and Shot In The Back Of The Head (with a video by Lynch himself)

Wait For Me Deluxe Edition Sampler

a few people had mentioned that they wanted a longer, full-length version of 'the broken places'. so, here it is. i hope you like it.

The Broken Places (Extended Version)

Division

Pale Horses

Shot In The Back Of The Head

Study War

Walk With Me

Jltf

Brand new track available on the 'Wait For Me' Deluxe Edition

One Time We Lived

Pale Horses (Ambient)

Stay Down (Ambient)

Hope Is Gone (Ambient)

Isolate (Ambient)

Buy 'Innocents':
Deluxe CD: http://smarturl.it/innocents2cd?IQid=soundcloud.description
iTunes LP: http://smarturl.it/innocentsitunes?IQid=soundcloud.description
Double Gatefold LP + CD: http://smarturl.it/innocentslp?IQid=soundcloud.description

Hear more from 'Innocents':
http://innocents.moby.com

Moby on 'A Case For Shame':

“I had this idea to make a video for ‘A Case For Shame’ which actually ended up informing the entire visual scheme of Innocents. In the video, someone dies – maybe they killed themselves out of a sense of shame – and they enter this other world, populated by these ghost creatures wearing masks. They look scary, but they’re actually covering their face because they’re ashamed. When you see someone wearing a scary mask, the first thought is, “What’s going on? That’s intimidating.” But they’re actually hiding – it’s the most blatant act of concealing oneself. ‘A Case For Shame” is one of two songs I collaborated on with Cold Specks. She’s quite shy, and preferred to be left alone in the studio, so I’d hit ‘record,’ go have some tea, then come back in and press ‘stop.’”


Innocents

A Case For Shame (feat. Cold Specks)

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