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Review: Moby at the Apollo

by Rebecca Camber
19/ 5/2005

THE little bald man has experimented with punk rock, heavy metal, dance and the sort of classical songs that you can drift away to in your own living room.

So, it's no surprise that his gigs are a bit of an anomaly - as is his audience. The crowd, a strange mix of hardened contemporary clubbers and middle-aged ex-ravers, who now reserve Moby for the dinner parties, hardly knew what to make of his fanfare.

Starting with a bit of guitar-crunching rock, Moby then dived into the lacklustre Find My Baby to the nod of the middle-of-the-roaders. But they ground to a halt and were bewildered when he launched into some electro-disco.

You get the feeling that he can't wait to show off his next skill, and it comes as a relief that it's an all-round crowd pleaser, We Are All Made Of Stars. Bodyrock keeps the momentum going and he starts warming to the crowd, charming them with talk of The Hacienda, 24 Hour Party People and Joy Division. By the time he comes to Lift Me Up, from his fifth album, Hotel, the crowd are swaying together to the beautiful haunting voice of Laura Dawn.

By the end, Moby seemed surprisingly at home, pausing the show briefly to nip to the loo, chatting about his tour bus experiences and his failed childhood ambitions to be a scientist.

But, when the lights went up, I was glad that Moby wasn't a great scientist, because his music is a work of art.


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