Ep. 28 - Moby

Moby on Aphex Twin Calling Him a "Buffoon." This week's guest on
Rave Curious is one of the most iconic yet misunderstood musical
minds to come out of the electronic music scene. To many, Moby will
always be the face of electronic music, an avatar for all things
techno. This is, of course, despite the fact that only a portion of
his sizable musical catalog could be considered dance music. Even
his most famous work, 1999's double platinum-selling Play, is more
of a pop album than anything meant for a dark nightclub. Yet when
the backlash against electronic music came in the early '00s (see
the Eminem bullying incident), Moby was already a veteran of the
fickle nature of fame. He tells Rave Curious that as early as 1994,
he had already experienced harsh criticism from his so-called
peers, like Aphex Twin, who he says once called him a "buffoon" in
the press while they were on tour together. "It's hard to continue
to like someone's music when you know they hold you in contempt,"
he tells us of the IDM icon. His latest album, These Systems Are
Failing, just dropped on Mute Records, and as the title suggest, it
focuses on the many challenges facing our current society—as does
much of our conversation. And it's not just Trump that's the
problem. In addition to that wide-ranging conversation, we also
learn what it takes to reassemble a sound system that once lived in
one of Detroit's most storied dance music venues, Club Heaven, from
Dr. Carleton Gholz of the Detroit Sound Conservancy.