Moby

As much as folks like to rag on the Mob-ster, he's still a damn good producer. On Last Night, Mr. Melville Hall tends to his roots with vintage electro, house, garage and ambient techno. Where Play was a mid-career breakthrough that pillaged Lomax-era blues to make cafe-friendly downtempo, this late-career surge sources the New York club scene, circa '89. "I Love to Move in Here" is a piano-driven house throwback that commingles with an emcee freestyle (courtesy of Grandmaster Caz), while "Alice" buzzes with a warm synth as British rapper Aynzil and Nigeria's 419 Squad bring the vox.

Club drugs and rock stars abide by the same rule: What goes up must come down. After
hitting a massive high on 1999's Play, Moby stopped making dance music, opting instead for
the downtempo atmospherics of 2002's 18 and the strummed guitars of 2005's Hotel. So it's
exciting to hear this forty-two-year-old vegan blogger return to form. A concept album
about an all-night bender, Last Night solidifies Moby's link in the chain that binds... More >