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DISCOVERING NEW DEPTHS
Moby… The name is often associated with Moby Dick, a book by
the classic of American literature Herman Melville. In fact, he is Richard
Hall’s great-great granduncle.
But for today’s teenager this name is associated mainly with a
spectacled bald guy who creates fantastic electronic music. Moby fuses
different genres: trash, break-beat, ambient, dance-pop. He combines the
simple and complicated and comes to create a masterpiece.
He has phenomenal sense of rhythm. One of his singles (Thousand)
was even put into the Guiness Book as the fastest single ever, clocking in
at 1000 beats a minute. Moby also remixes mainstream and underground
acts, including Michael Jackson, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Erasure,
Orbital.
He is a star but star fever hasn’t spoilt him. Moby is perfectly
modest and touching. For instance, he refuses to complain about doing a
lot of interviews. He says he remembers the time when there were only
two journalists who wanted to interview him. He is also sincere. Moby
openly speaks about his personal convictions.
He is a fervent vegetarian. However he doesn’t eat meat not
because he considers it unhealthy. He believes that a cow or a hen has the
same sacred right for life as we do. He is a member of several
organizations which struggle for the rights of animals, he finances such
organizations and gives concerts contributing to their funds.
Moby’s views on religion are contradictory. On the one hand,
Moby doesn’t go to church, as he doesn’t feel any necessity for it. On the
other hand, he says it is hard to believe that a human being is a result of a
chemical reaction in the ocean millions of years ago. So he may be
considered a Christian as he believes in Christ and tries to follow the
commandments.
Moby works all by himself. His studio is equipped in his house. So
for months he doesn’t see a single soul. His studio is a kind of microcosm
protecting Moby from harmful outer influence.
Moby loves music as such, not just jazz, rock, an electronic music
but Music. In any genre there can be a masterpiece or a commonplace.
For his music he draws inspiration from nature. There is a glass ceiling in
his bathroom and at night he gazes at the stars.
Слова для запоминания:
guy – парень, to create – создавать, complicated – сложный,
masterpiece –шедевр, sense of rhythm – чувство ритма, clocking in at
1000 beats – насчитывающий 1000 тактов, mainstream
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