Moby

Richard Melville Hall was born September 11, 1965, in the neighborhood of Harlem in Manhattan, New York City. He is an only child of Elizabeth McBride (née Warner), a medical secretary, and James Frederick Hall (Plainfield, 16 August 1941 - Plainfield, 23 September 1967), a chemistry professor, who died in a car crash while drunk when Moby was two.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/moby-i-am-a-messy-human-being-and-i-dont-have-a-problem-admitting-it-4325.html|title=Moby: 'I am a messy human being, and I don't have a problem admitting|date=March 5, 2005|work=The Independent|first=Nick|last=Duerden|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=April 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408151711/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/moby-i-am-a-messy-human-being-and-i-dont-have-a-problem-admitting-it-4325.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://cujamison.home.comcast.net/~cujamison/genhtm/genfrance.htm |title=Genealogy of Claire and Alex Jamison |publisher=Cujamison.home.comcast.net |access-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005015831/http://cujamison.home.comcast.net/~cujamison/genhtm/genfrance.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/21/moby-bags-drugs-having-sex-stranger-miranda-sawyer|title=Moby: 'There were bags of drugs, I was having sex with a stranger'|date=May 21, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 25, 2018|first=Miranda|last=Sawyer|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126180800/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/21/moby-bags-drugs-having-sex-stranger-miranda-sawyer|url-status=live}} His father gave him the nickname Moby three days after his birth as his parents considered the name Richard too large for a newborn baby. The name was also a reference to the ancestry Hall says he was told by his family,{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-03-12-9503100066-story.html|title=Moby: Remixed, repulsed...reborn?|first=Roger|last=Catlin|date=March 12, 1995|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|pages=G1, G4|location=Connecticut|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190522180310/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-03-12-9503100066-story.html|url-status=live}}Moby in {{cite news|first=Mark |last=Scheerer |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/08/moby/ |title=DJ Moby finds inspiration in old Southern music |publisher=CNN |date=February 9, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922161411/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/08/moby/ |archive-date=September 22, 2006|quote=The basis for Richard Melville Hall — and for Moby — is that supposedly Herman Melville was my great-great-great-granduncle.}} though he is not directly related to Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick.{{Cite web |title=The Genealogy Detective: Moby and Herman: Part Three - The Chase |url=https://genealogydetective.libsyn.com/moby-and-herman-part-3-the-chase |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=The Genealogy Detective |language=en-US |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928195602/https://genealogydetective.libsyn.com/moby-and-herman-part-3-the-chase |url-status=live }} Moby is distantly related to David Melville, inventor of the first United States-patented gas light system.{{Cite web |title=Descendants of David Melvill of Boston, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island |url=https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/descendants-of-david-melvill-of-boston-ma |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=AmericanAncestors.org |language=en |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928195603/https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/descendants-of-david-melvill-of-boston-ma |url-status=live }}

Moby was raised by his mother, first in San Francisco from 1969 for a short period. He recalled being sexually abused by a staff member at his daycare during this time.{{cite web|url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13855452/how-it-fell-apart-moby-talks-new-memoir-addiction-and-trauma|title=How It 'Fell Apart': Moby Talks New Memoir, Addiction and Trauma|first=Nastia|last=Voynovskaya|date=April 23, 2019|publisher=KQED|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504130106/https://www.kqed.org/arts/13855452/how-it-fell-apart-moby-talks-new-memoir-addiction-and-trauma|url-status=live}} This was followed by a move to Darien, Connecticut,{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/62744246.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+19%2C+2000&author=Joan+Anderman%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=ACCIDENTAL+ROCK+STAR%3F+MOBY'S+MIX+PLAYS+WELL&pqatl=google |title=Accidental Rock Star? Moby's Mix Plays Well |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=October 19, 2000 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |first=Joan |last=Anderman |archive-date=July 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725101428/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/62744246.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+19%2C+2000&author=Joan+Anderman%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=ACCIDENTAL+ROCK+STAR%3F+MOBY'S+MIX+PLAYS+WELL&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} living in a squat with "three or four other drug-addicted hippies, with bands playing in the basement." The two then moved to Stratford, Connecticut, for a brief time.{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/moby-3|title=Moby|first=David|last=Bennun|work=Hot Air|date=Summer 2000|via=Rock's Backpages|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414182504/https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/moby-3|url-status=live}} His mother struggled to support her son, often relying on food stamps and government welfare. They occasionally stayed with Moby's grandparents in Darien, but the affluence of the Connecticut suburb made him feel poor and ashamed. Shortly before his mother's death in 1997, Moby learned from her that he has a half brother. His first job was a caddy at a golf course.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89237216|title=Is Moby's Music Still Good When Its Free?|publisher=National Public Radio|date=March 31, 2008|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416150659/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89237216|url-status=live}}

Moby took up music at the age of nine. He started on classical guitar and received piano lessons from his mother before studying jazz, music theory, and percussion. In 1983, he became the guitarist in a hardcore punk band, the Vatican Commandos, playing on their debut EP Hit Squad for God.{{cite web|title=Moby reuniting w/ Vatican Commandos for a CT NYC hardcore show + D.I. dates, boat shows, 45 Grave, Jello & more|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/moby-reuniting/|website=Brooklyn Vegan|date=May 12, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=June 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625013639/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/moby-reuniting/|url-status=live}} Around this time he was the lead vocalist for Flipper for two days; Moby played bass for their reunion shows in the 2000s. Moby formed a post-punk group named AWOL around the time of his eighteenth birthday. He is credited on their only release, a self-titled EP, as Moby Hall.{{cite web|last=Marzorati|first=Gerald|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/magazine/all-by-himself.html|title=All by Himself|work=The New York Times|date=March 17, 2002|access-date=January 19, 2019|archive-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174359/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/magazine/all-by-himself.html|url-status=live}}

In 1983, Moby graduated from Darien High School{{cite web|url=https://darienite.com/music-star-moby-a-former-darien-resident-coming-to-stamford-to-talk-about-his-new-memoir-10568|title=Moby, a Former Darien Resident, Coming to Stamford to Talk About His New Memoir|date=May 12, 2016|work=Darienite|first=David|last=Gurliacci|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804023635/https://darienite.com/music-star-moby-a-former-darien-resident-coming-to-stamford-to-talk-about-his-new-memoir-10568|url-status=live}} and started a philosophy degree at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Around this time he had found the instruments he had learned "sonically limiting" and moved to electronic music.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/495628331/|title=Moby there's a better way|first=Katherine|last=Monk|page=C8|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=June 22, 1995|access-date=May 11, 2019|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614045353/https://www.newspapers.com/image/495628331/|url-status=live}} He spun records at the campus radio station WHUS, which led to DJ work in local clubs and bars. Moby grew increasingly unhappy at university, however, and transferred to State University of New York at Purchase, studying philosophy and photography, to try and renew his interest in studying. He dropped out in April 1984 to pursue DJing and music full-time, which started his interest in electronic dance music.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-03-05-9703050028-story.html|title=Moby Returns to Rock After Techno Years|first=Roger|last=Catlin|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=March 5, 1997|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031816/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3ARKeLJRMtxJEJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.courant.com%2Fnews%2Fconnecticut%2Fhc-xpm-1997-03-05-9703050028-story.html+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk|url-status=live}} For two years he lived in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he DJ'd at The Cafe, an under-21 nightclub at the back of a church.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2005-10-18-0510180608-story.html|title=Little idiot makes it big|first=Adrian|last=Brune|work=The Hartford Courant|date=October 18, 2005|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031810/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A6x4c9u5KiQkJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.courant.com%2Fnews%2Fconnecticut%2Fhc-xpm-2005-10-18-0510180608-story.html+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk|url-status=live}} In 1987, he started to send demos of his music to record labels in New York City; he failed to receive an offer, which led to a two-year period of "very fruitless labor". Around 1988, Moby moved into a semi-abandoned factory in Stamford, Connecticut, that had no bathroom or running water, but the free electricity supply allowed him to work on his music, using a 4-track recorder, synthesizer, and drum machine.{{cite web|url=https://believermag.com/an-interview-with-moby/|title=An Interview with Moby|work=The Believer|first=Andy|last=Beta|date=July 1, 2012|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511184202/https://believermag.com/an-interview-with-moby/|url-status=live}}

Moby cites English band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) as "heroes", without whom he would never have begun making electronic music.{{cite book|last=Houghton|first=Richard|date=2019|title=OMD: Pretending to See the Future|edition=expanded paperback|publisher=This Day in Music Books|pages=370–371|isbn=978-1-9161156-2-0}}{{cite web|last=Shey|first=Brittanie|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/march-madness-6587862|title=March Madness|website=Houston Press|date=March 23, 2011|access-date=May 29, 2023|archive-date=May 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523053901/https://www.houstonpress.com/music/march-madness-6587862|url-status=live}} His other formative influences include Nick Drake, Suicide, Silver Apples, Eric B. & Rakim, and Public Enemy.{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Luke|url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/moby-favourite-albums-baker-s-dozen/|title=Corrupting Sonic DNA: Moby's Favourite Albums|website=The Quietus|date=September 24, 2013|access-date=March 6, 2021|archive-date=May 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515191004/https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/moby-favourite-albums-baker-s-dozen/|url-status=live}}

In 1989, Moby relocated to New York City with his close friend, artist Damian Loeb. In addition to performing DJ sets in local bars and clubs, he played guitar in alternative rock group Ultra Vivid Scene and appeared in the video for their 1989 single "Mercy Seat".{{cite web|title=120 REASONS TO LIVE: ULTRA VIVID SCENE|url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2011/01/04/120-reasons-to-live-ultra-vivid-scene/|website=Magnet|date=January 4, 2011|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821002741/http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2011/01/04/120-reasons-to-live-ultra-vivid-scene/|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=Peter|title=The Rough guide to rock : [the definitive guide to more than 1200 artists and bands]|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=978-1843531050|page=683|edition=3rd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=ultra+vivid+scene+moby&pg=PT690|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031832/https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=ultra+vivid+scene+moby&pg=PT690|url-status=live}} In 1990, Moby joined Shopwell and played on their album Peanuts.{{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/Shopwell-Peanuts/release/466530|title=Peanuts|year=1990|id=HF-01|publisher=Not on Label|others=Shopwell|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002204357/https://www.discogs.com/Shopwell-Peanuts/release/466530|url-status=live}} Moby's first live electronic music gig followed in the summer of 1990 at Club MK; he wore a suit for the show.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurywheels.com/Moby.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828100122/http://www.mercurywheels.com/Moby.htm|archive-date=August 28, 2012|title=Moby – In His Words...|publisher=Mercury Wheels|access-date=May 9, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/moby-whale_of_tale|title=Moby: A Whale of a Tale|first=Joshua|last=Ostroff|date=June 1, 2002|work=Exclaim!|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506174205/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/moby-whale_of_tale|url-status=live}} His future manager Eric Härle, who was in attendance, recalled Moby's set: "The music was amazing, but the show was riddled with technical mishaps. It left me very intrigued and impressed in a strange way."{{cite interview |subject=Eric Härle |interviewer=Kimbel Bouwman |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_EricHaerleInt.html |title=Interview with ERIC HÄRLE, manager at DEF for Moby, Sonique, Röyksopp — Mar 25, 2003 |work=HitQuarters |date=March 25, 2003 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609212002/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_EricHaerleInt.html |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

By mid-1990, Moby had signed a deal as the sole artist of Instinct Records, an independent New York City-based dance label then still in its infancy. The three-man operation saw Moby answer incoming calls and make records in a studio he set up in the owner's lounge.{{cite web|url=https://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/features/46894/|title=Read a 2008 interview with Moby & Ryuichi Sakamoto|work=Big Shot|first=Darren|last=Ressler|date=October 16, 2016|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510194544/https://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/features/46894/|url-status=live}} To appear that Instinct had more artists, Moby's early singles were put out under several names such as Voodoo Child, Barracuda, Brainstorm, and UHF. The first, "Time's Up" as The Brotherhood, was co-written by Moby and vocalist Jimmy Mack.{{cite web |url=http://moby.org/reviews/timesup.html |title=The Brotherhood: Time's Up |publisher=Moby.org |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727092349/http://moby.org/reviews/timesup.html |url-status=live }} This was followed by "Mobility", his first single released as Moby, in November 1990, which sold an initial 2,000 copies. He then scored a breakthrough hit with a remix of "Go", originally a B-side to "Mobility" with an added sample of "Laura Palmer's Theme" by Angelo Badalamenti from the television series Twin Peaks. Released in March 1991, it peaked at No. 10 in the UK in October and earned him national exposure there with an appearance on Top of the Pops. Instinct capitalised on Moby's success with the late 1991 compilation Instinct Dance featuring tracks by Moby and his pseudonyms. The following year, Moby revealed that "Go" had earned him just $2,000 in royalties.

The success of "Go" led to increased demand for Moby to produce more music and to remix other artists' songs. He often arranged for the artist and himself to trade remixes as opposed to being paid for his work, which was the case for his mixes for Billy Corgan and Soundgarden. The increased mainstream exposure led Moby to request a release from his contract with Instinct for a bigger label. Instinct refused, so Moby retaliated by holding out on new material. However, Instinct continued to put out records, mostly from demos, without his consent having previously copied many of his tapes and had the master rights. This was the case for Moby's debut album, Moby, released in July 1992 and formed mostly of previously unreleased demos that Moby considered old and unrepresentative of the musical direction he had taken since. Nonetheless, he claimed Instinct had insisted and had the legal right to put it out.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2REEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34|last=Flick|first=Larry|date=October 24, 1992|volume=104|issue=43|title=Moby Sails New Techno Waters; Owens In The Black|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|page=34|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031817/https://books.google.com/books?id=2REEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34|url-status=live}}{{sfn|James|2001|p=70}} It was re-titled The Story So Far and presented with a different track listing for its UK release. Four singles were released: "Go", "Drop a Beat", "Next Is the E", and a double A-side of "I Feel It" with "Thousand". The latter was recognised by Guinness World Records as the fastest tempo in a recorded song at 1,015 beats-per-minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/biography |title=biography |work=moby.com |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227231313/http://www.moby.com/biography |archive-date=December 27, 2010 }}

In 1992, Moby completed his first US tour as the opening act for the Shamen. In mid-1992, Moby estimated that he had earned between $8,000 to $11,000 a year for the past six years.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30422341/|title=Breakfast with Moby, techno's reigning wizard|first=Greg|last=Kot|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 2, 1992|via=Newspapers.com|page=19|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30422341/moby-1992/|url-status=live}} At the 1992 Mixmag awards, he smashed his keyboard after his set. After his second nationwide tour, this time with the Prodigy and Richie Hawtin, in early 1993, a second compilation of Moby's work for Instinct followed named Early Underground. His second and final album on Instinct, Ambient, was released in August 1993. It is a collection of mostly ambient techno instrumentals of a more experimental style. By this time Instinct had agreed to release Moby who then took legal action, claiming that the label demanded "a ridiculous amount of money" that he did not have to leave. He also expressed disagreements over the way Instinct had packaged and handled his music.{{cite web|url=https://www.chaoscontrol.com/moby/|title=Moby|first=Bob|last=Gourley|date=1993|access-date=May 10, 2019|publisher=Chaos Control Digizine|archive-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510210231/https://www.chaoscontrol.com/moby/|url-status=live}} Moby was eventually released after he paid the label $10,000.

In 1993, Moby signed with Elektra Records, which lasted for five years. He secured a deal with Mute Records, a British label, to handle his European distribution.{{cite web|url=https://www.chaoscontrol.com/moby-1999/|title=Moby|first=Bob|last=Gourley|date=1999|publisher=Chaos Control Digizine|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142710/https://www.chaoscontrol.com/moby-1999/|url-status=live}} Moby's output for Elektra/Mute began with Move, a four-track EP released in August 1993. He attempted to make it in a professional studio, but he disliked the results and re-recorded it at home. The song "All That I Need Is to Be Loved (MV)" is his first song to feature his own vocals. The first single, "Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and No. 21 in the UK.{{cite web |url=http://www.lifeandlove.tv/article.cfm/aid/1078 |title=Moby |publisher=LifeAndLove.tv |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131119082643/http://www.lifeandlove.tv/article.cfm/aid/1078 |archive-date=November 19, 2013 }} In 1993, Moby toured as the headlining act with Orbital and Aphex Twin. A rift developed between Aphex Twin and himself, partly due to Moby's refusal to tolerate their cigarette smoke, so he travelled to each gig by plane, leaving the rest on the tour bus. In 1994, Moby put out Demons/Horses, an electronic album of two 20-minute tracks under the name Voodoo Child.{{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/Voodoo-Child-Demons-Horses/release/20506|title=Demons/Horses|year=1994|others=Voodoo Child|publisher=NovaMute|id=12 NoMu 32|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126161431/https://www.discogs.com/Voodoo-Child-Demons-Horses/release/20506|url-status=live}}

Moby's contract with Elektra allowed the opportunity to make his third full-length album, which was underway in 1994. He chose to include a variety of musical styles on the album that he either liked or had been influenced by, including electronic dance, ambient, rock, and industrial music. Everything Is Wrong was released in March 1995 to critical praise; Spin magazine named it Album of the Year and some commentators considered it to be an album ahead of its time as it failed to crack the Billboard 200 or have an impact on the dance charts.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |title=100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005 |work=Spin Magazine |date=June 20, 2005 |access-date=February 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804123605/https://www.spin.com/2005/06/100-greatest-albums-1985-2005/ |archive-date=August 4, 2009 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/154668659/|title=Superstardom remains elusive for Moby|first=Lorraine|last=Ali|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|page=F10|date=July 1, 1995|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614024106/https://www.newspapers.com/image/154668659/|url-status=live}} In the UK, the album reached No. 25 and the singles "Hymn" and "Feeling So Real" went to Nos. 31 and 30, respectively. Elektra took advantage of its diverse sound by distributing tracks of the same style to corresponding radio stations nationwide. Early copies put out in the UK and Germany included a bonus CD of ambient music entitled Underwater. Moby toured the album with some headline spots on the second stage at the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. He followed it with a double remix album, Everything Is Wrong—Mixed and Remixed.

The success of Everything Is Wrong had Moby reach a new peak in critical acclaim. The Los Angeles Times thought the 29-year-old Moby was "poised for greatness [...] to make that big crossover" from a respected underground artist to a mainstream dance and rock musician. Billboard declared him "King of techno" and Spin named him "the closest techno comes to a complete artist."{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-MCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|magazine=New York Magazine|date=March 27, 1995|title=Call Me Moby|first=Chris|last=Norris|page=48|via=Google Books|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031818/https://books.google.com/books?id=l-MCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|url-status=live}} In 1995, Moby was approached by Courtney Love to produce the next Hole album, but he declined. He directed the music video for "Young Man's Stride" by Mercury Rev.{{cite web|url=https://theweeklings.com/joe-daly/2013/08/03/moby-the-interview/|title=Moby: The Interview|first=Joe|last=Daly|date=August 3, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512200721/https://theweeklings.com/joe-daly/2013/08/03/moby-the-interview/|url-status=live}} In 1995 and 1996, Moby put out a number of "self-indulgent dance" singles under the pseudonyms Lopez and DJ Cake on Trophy Records, his own Mute imprint, so he could release material that he was interested in without concern for its commercial impact.{{cite web|url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/moby.html|title=Moby: Interview by Jason Gross (September 1997)|publisher=Perfect Sound Forever|first=Jason|last=Gross|date=September 1997|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106031305/http://www.furious.com/perfect/moby.html|url-status=live}} In 1996, Moby contributed "Republican Party" to the AIDS benefit album Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip produced by the Red Hot Organization and released his second Voodoo Child album, The End of Everything.

While touring Everything Is Wrong, Moby had grown bored with the electronic scene and felt the press had failed to understand his records and take them seriously. This marked a major stylistic change for his next album, Animal Rights, combining guitar-driven rock songs with Moby on lead vocals and softer ambient tracks.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/462302404/|title=Moby gets out of his depth|first=Robert|last=Levine|date=February 9, 1997|page=42|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623182004/https://www.newspapers.com/image/462302404/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/462708652/|title=Pop Quiz: Q&A with Moby|first=Steffan|last=Chirazi|date=August 24, 1997|page=51|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614045315/https://www.newspapers.com/image/462708652/|url-status=live}} Upon completing the album Moby said that it was "weird, long, self-indulgent and difficult".{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156718292/|title=Cut the Beat, Crank Up the Guitar|first=Lorraine|last=Ali|date=January 19, 1997|page=80|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 10, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623162120/https://www.newspapers.com/image/156718292/|url-status=live}} Its lead single is a cover version of "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" by post-punk group Mission of Burma. Animal Rights was released in September 1996 in the UK, where it peaked at No. 38, and in February 1997 in the US. It was poorly received by his dance fan base who felt Moby had abandoned them, creating doubts as to what kind of artist Moby really was. Moby pointed out that he had not abandoned his electronic music completely and had worked on dance and house mixes and film scores while making Animal Rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/moby-tech-inoi-|title=Moby: Tech no!|first=Eric|last=Weisbard|date=March 1997|magazine=Spin|via=Rock's Backpages|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414162842/https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/moby-tech-inoi-|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/157168215/|title=Under the Big Top|first=Sara|last=Scribner|date=September 10, 1997|page=21|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620202143/https://www.newspapers.com/image/157168215/|url-status=live}}

After Animal Rights, Moby's manager recalled: "We found ourselves struggling for even the slightest bit of recognition. He became a has-been in the eyes of a lot of people in the industry". Despite the hit in sales and critical response, Moby promoted the album with a European tour with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden, and headlined the Big Top tour with other dance and electronic DJs. He returned to the genre after liking the house music that a friend and DJ had played at a party. In October 1997, Moby displayed his range of music styles with the release of I Like to Score, a compilation of his film soundtrack work with some re-recorded tracks.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/356872661/|title=Moby scores with mix of soothers and seethers|first=Michael|last=Corcoran|date=October 21, 1997|page=E1|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614034711/https://www.newspapers.com/image/356872661/|url-status=live}} Among them are updated version of the "James Bond Theme" used for Tomorrow Never Dies, music used in Scream, and a cover of "New Dawn Fades" by Joy Division, an instrumental version of which appeared in Heat.{{cite web |last=Eakin |first=Marah |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/moby-emi-like-to-scoreem-21096 |title=Moby: I Like To Score · The A.V. Club |date=March 29, 2002 |publisher=Avclub.com |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206185224/http://www.avclub.com/review/moby-emi-like-to-scoreem-21096 |url-status=live }} Late 1997 saw Moby start his first US tour in two years.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156156870/|title=Multitalented Moby proves he 'Likes to Score'|first=Matt|last=Peiken|date=December 5, 1997|page=B4|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614024107/https://www.newspapers.com/image/156156870/|url-status=live}}

In 1998, Elektra granted Moby's request to be released from his deal on the condition that he paid to leave, which amounted to "quite a lot". He felt Elektra did little to capitalise on the critical success of Everything Is Wrong, and that it was only interested in radio friendly hits.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30660171/|title=Moby's second coming|first=Larry|last=Katz|date=October 22, 1999|newspaper=The Record|page=17|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031849/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30660171/moby-1999/|url-status=live}} Left without an American distributor, his only deal remained with the UK-based Mute Records.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/160490176|title=He sees no borders|first=Robert|last=Hilburn|date=August 10, 1999|page=F1, F12|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620202149/http://www.newspapers.com/image/160490176/|url-status=live}} Moby considered himself an artist that did not belong to a major label as his music did not fit with the genres that they promoted.

Moby's fifth album, Play, was released by Mute and V2 Records in May 1999. The project originated when a music journalist introduced Moby to the field recordings of Alan Lomax from the compilation album Sounds of the South: A Musical Journey From the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta. Moby took an interest in the songs and formed samples from various tracks which he used to base new tracks of his own.{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/06/08/moby/ |work=Salon.com |date=June 8, 1999 |title=Sharps & flats |first=Scott Marc |last=Becker |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625212105/http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/06/08/moby/ |archive-date=June 25, 2009 }} Upon release in May 1999, Play had moderate sales but eventually sold over 10 million copies worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12054910|title=Moby Didn't Feel Pressure To Follow Up 'Play,' '18' Bows At Number Four|last=Armor|first=Jerry|date=May 22, 2002|work=Yahoo! Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213050246/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12054910|archive-date=December 13, 2006|access-date=February 23, 2007}} Moby toured worldwide in support of the album, which lasted 22 months.{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/moby|title=Moby|first=Chris|last=Roberts|work=Bang|date=September 2003|via=Rock's Backpages|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414185532/https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/moby|url-status=live}} Every track on Play was licensed to various films, advertisements, and television shows, as well as independent films and non-profit groups.{{cite news |first=Gareth |last=Grundy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/15/moby-licenses-play |title=Moby licenses every track on Play. Ker-ching! | Music |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=February 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228183902/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/15/moby-licenses-play |url-status=live }} The move was criticised and led to some to consider that Moby had become a sellout, but he later maintained that the licenses were granted mostly to independent films and non-profit projects, and agreed to them due to the difficulty of getting his music heard on the radio and television in the past. In 2007, The Washington Post published an article about a mathematical equation dubbed the "Moby quotient" that determined to what degree had a musical artist sold out. It was named in reference to his decision to license music from Play.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101200496.html?sid=ST2007101201779|title=How to Calculate Musical Sellouts|first=Bill|last=Wyman|date=October 14, 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609203515/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101200496.html?sid=ST2007101201779|url-status=live}}

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In 2000, Moby contributed "Flower" to Gone in 60 Seconds.{{cite web |url=http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M02022/gonein60seconds/ |title=Gone in 60 Seconds Soundtrack (2000) |publisher=Moviemusic.com |date=June 6, 2000 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207010258/http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M02022/gonein60seconds/ |url-status=live }} He co-wrote "Is It Any Wonder" with Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her debut solo album, Read My Lips. Moby: Play - The DVD, released in 2001, features the music videos produced for the album, live performances, and other bonus features. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293515/|title=Moby: Play - The DVD|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=February 2, 2014|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114015856/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293515/|url-status=live}} In 2001, Moby founded the Area:One Festival which toured the US and Canada across 17 shows that summer with a range of artists. The set included Outkast, New Order, Incubus, Nelly Furtado, and Paul Oakenfold, with Moby headlining.

Moby started on the follow-up to Play in late 2000. Prior to working on tracks for 18, he got friends to search for records with vocals that he could use and make samples from and went on to write over 140 songs for the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2002/05/moby/|title=Organization Moby|first=Ethan|last=Smith|date=May 1, 2002|magazine=Wired|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828062724/https://www.wired.com/2002/05/moby/|url-status=live}} At the same time, Moby familiarised himself with the ProTools software and made 18 with it. Released in May 2002, 18 went to No. 1 in the UK and eleven other countries, and No. 4 in the US. It went on to sell over four million copies worldwide. Moby toured extensively for both Play and 18, playing over 500 shows in the next four years.{{cite web |url=http://genero.tv/moby/ |title=Moby – Wait For Me |publisher=Genero.tv |date=April 6, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020120308/http://genero.tv/Moby/ |url-status=live }} The tour included the Area2 Festival in the summer of 2002, featuring a line-up of Moby, David Bowie, Blue Man Group, Busta Rhymes, and Carl Cox.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80036/moby-unveils-plans-for-area-one-festival |title=Moby Unveils Plans For Area: One Festival |magazine=Billboard |date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709044628/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80036/moby-unveils-plans-for-area-one-festival |url-status=live }} In December 2002, during a tour stop at Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Moby was punched in the face and sprayed with mace by two or three assailants while signing autographs outside the venue. The incident left him with multiple bruises and cuts.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73161/moby-attacked-in-boston|title=Moby Attacked In Boston|date=December 12, 2002|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523122742/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73161/moby-attacked-in-boston|url-status=live}}

In February 2002, Moby performed at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics. That month he hosted the half-hour MTV series Señor Moby's House of Music, presenting a selection of electronic and dance music videos.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-12-ca-hilburn12-story.html|title=What Do You See, Moby?|first=Robert|last=Hilburn|date=May 12, 2002|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815051023/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A_xybNlXtcucJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-2002-may-12-ca-hilburn12-story.html+&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk|url-status=live}} His song "Extreme Ways" was used in all five of the Bourne films, from 2002 to 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.moby.com/journal/2012-07-30/ive-recorded-new-version-extreme-ways.html#.Up3vo7FFCUk |title=i've recorded a new version of 'extreme ways' for the bourne legacy |publisher=moby.com |date=July 31, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424034958/http://www.moby.com/journal/2012-07-30/ive-recorded-new-version-extreme-ways.html#.Up3vo7FFCUk |archive-date=April 24, 2013 }} Moby said that after it was used for the first, the producers originally sought a different artist for the second but they had too little time to secure someone, leading them to pick "Extreme Ways" for the entire series.{{cite news|title=Moby records new version of 'Extreme' closing theme for upcoming 'Bourne Legacy'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/gatecrasher/moby-rerecords-song-extreme-new-bourne-production-stays-old-version-article-1.1126164|access-date=September 15, 2014|work=New York Daily News|date=August 1, 2012|archive-date=May 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524062042/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/gatecrasher/moby-rerecords-song-extreme-new-bourne-production-stays-old-version-article-1.1126164|url-status=live}} In 2002, rapper Eminem mocked Moby in his song "Without Me" and its music video, dressing up like him and calling him a "thirty-six-year-old baldheaded fag" and his techno music outdated. Eminem had also shot a mock figure of Moby on stage. Moby put the attack down to Eminem having "this unrequited crush on me."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/466763429/|title=Moby fires back at Eminem: 'He has a crush on me'|first=Kerry|last=Gold|date=August 16, 2002|newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen|page=F7|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804031701/https://www.newspapers.com/image/466763429/|url-status=live}}

In 2003, Moby headlined the Glastonbury Festival on the final day.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3031114.stm |title=Entertainment | Damp end for 2003 Glastonbury |work=BBC News |date=June 30, 2003 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901033742/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3031114.stm |url-status=live }} He co-wrote and produced "Early Mornin'" for Britney Spears' album In the Zone released that year. Moby returned to his dance and rave roots with the release of Baby Monkey, the third album under his Voodoo Child moniker, in 2004.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/192591050/|title=Back to the dance floor for Moby|first=Steve|last=Hochman|date=January 28, 2004|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|page=E6|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 12, 2019|url-access=subscription|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623165300/https://www.newspapers.com/image/192591050/|url-status=live}} Later that year, he collaborated with Public Enemy on "Make Love Fuck War", a protest song against the Iraq War.{{cite web |url=http://www.moby.com/discography/make_love_fuck_war.html |title=make love fuck war |publisher=moby.com |date=July 2, 2004 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927101157/http://www.moby.com/discography/make_love_fuck_war.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}

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Moby's seventh album, Hotel, was released in March 2005. The album contains little use of samples, which Moby reasoned to using different audio recording software which had a sampling function that was too difficult to learn, "so it was me just being lazy". He nonetheless said that Hotel is a more satisfying album as a result.{{cite web|url=http://www.shakenstir.co.uk/interviews/moby_the_very_best_of_interview/|title=Moby: The Very Best of Interview|year=2006|publisher=Shakenstir|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427153212/http://www.shakenstir.co.uk/interviews/moby_the_very_best_of_interview/|url-status=live}} The instruments were recorded live by Moby except for the drums, for which he enlisted his longtime live drummer Scott Frassetto. The album features vocals from six other performers, including Laura Dawn and Shayna Steele.{{cite news |first=David |last=Peschek |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/11/popandrock.shopping?INTCMP=SRCH |title=CD: Moby, Hotel | Music |newspaper=The Guardian |date=March 11, 2005 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207142155/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/11/popandrock.shopping?INTCMP=SRCH |url-status=live }} In 2013, Moby looked back on the album as his least favourite of his career, pointing out that it was the only one not recorded at his home studio.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/moby-interview-innocents/|title=Moby on Moby|first=Jeremy|last=Gordon|date=November 6, 2013|magazine=Vice.com|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426195321/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/6emba6/moby-interview-innocents|url-status=live}} The singles "Lift Me Up" and "Slipping Away" became top-10 hits across Europe.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63227/christies-no-1-on-reconfigured-uk-chart |title=Christie's No. 1 On Reconfigured U.K. Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709034504/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63227/christies-no-1-on-reconfigured-uk-chart |url-status=live }} Early copies of the album included a bonus CD of remixes and ambient music entitled Hotel: Ambient that was released on its own in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/11/24/song-premiere-moby-live-forever/19348453/|title=Song premiere: Moby gives 'Live Forever' new life|first=Patrick|last=Ryan|work=USA Today|date=December 24, 2014|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031834/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/11/24/song-premiere-moby-live-forever/19348453/|url-status=live}}

In 2006, he accepted an offer to score the soundtrack for Richard Kelly's 2007 movie Southland Tales, because he was a fan of Kelly's previous film, Donnie Darko.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/818181?view=credit&page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122191427/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/818181?view=credit&page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2009 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | SOUTHLAND TALES (2005) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=April 16, 2009 |access-date=December 3, 2013}} In 2007, Moby also started a rock band, The Little Death with his friends Laura Dawn, Daron Murphy, and Aaron A. Brooks.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbsides.com/?p=2155 |title=Moby Shows His Natural Blues With New Band The Little Death (review) " Time to play b-sides |publisher=Playbsides.com |date=January 15, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110002235/http://www.playbsides.com/?p=2155 |url-status=live }} Following the dissolution of V2 Records in 2007, Moby signed a new deal with Mute Records to handle his American distribution.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-moby-idUSN1518782920070615|title=Moby signs deal with Mute Records|newspaper=Reuters|date=June 15, 2007|access-date=April 9, 2019|via=www.reuters.com|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415103637/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-moby-idUSN1518782920070615|url-status=live|last1=Cohen|first1=Jonathan}} In 2007 Moby produced and performed on a remake of "The Bulrushes" by The Bongos that appeared on the special anniversary edition of the group's debut album Drums Along the Hudson, on Cooking Vinyl Records. From 2007 to 2008 he ran a series of New York club events titled "Degenerates".{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/news/2007-10-04/moby_announces_new_nyc_club_night.html |title=moby announces new nyc club night |publisher=moby.com |access-date=April 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716045802/http://www.moby.com/news/2007-10-04/moby_announces_new_nyc_club_night.html |archive-date=July 16, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/news/2008-10-06/degenerates-returns-special-cmj-party-ny.html |title=degenerates returns for special cmj party in nyc |publisher=moby.com |access-date=April 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302165733/http://www.moby.com/news/2008-10-06/degenerates-returns-special-cmj-party-ny.html |archive-date=March 2, 2012 }}

In 2008, Moby released Last Night, an electronic dance album inspired by a night out in his New York City neighborhood. The album was recorded in Moby's home studio and features various guest vocalists, including Wendy Starland, MC Grandmaster Caz, Sylvia of Kudu, MC Aynzli, and the Nigerian 419 Squad.{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/news/2007-12-05/new_album_last_night.html |title=new album – last night |work=moby.com |author=Moby |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616023016/http://www.moby.com/news/2007-12-05/new_album_last_night.html |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }} The singles from Last Night include "Alice" and "Disco Lies".

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Moby wished for the follow-up to Last Night to be emotional, personal, and melodic.{{cite web |url = http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Moby%3A+The+Fly+Life/ |title = Moby: The Fly Life |work = SuicideGirls |date = November 3, 2008 |access-date = September 29, 2011 |first = Tamara |last = Palmer |archive-date = May 22, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522040919/http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Moby%3A+The+Fly+Life/ |url-status = live }} He felt creatively inspired by a David Lynch speech at the BAFTA Award ceremony in the UK which prompted him to write new material that he liked with little regard to its mainstream commercial success. He decided against recording in a professional studio as he wanted to record the entire album at home, and chose to have the album mixed using analogue equipment. Wait for Me was released on June 30, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.moby.com/journal/2009-04-14/wait-for-me.html |title=wait for me |author=Moby |work=moby.com |date=April 14, 2009 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316213433/http://www.moby.com/journal/2009-04-14/wait-for-me.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/node/8481 |title=i just finished mixing my next record. as i wrote earlier, hopefully it will be released next june |work=moby.com |date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616023106/http://www.moby.com/node/8481 |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/node/8507 |title=if you're in the music business (and for your sake i hope you're not...) you probably know about bob lefsetz |author=Moby |work=moby.com |date=March 19, 2009 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616023148/http://www.moby.com/node/8507 |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }} Moby and Lynch discussed the recording process of Wait for Me on Lynch's online channel, David Lynch Foundation Television Beta.{{cite AV media | url = http://dlf.tv/2009/david-and-moby/ | title = David Lynch and Moby: Music & Abandoned Factories | publisher = David Lynch Foundation | medium = Video | date = April 15, 2009 | access-date = September 29, 2011 | archive-date = August 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110829222649/http://dlf.tv/2009/david-and-moby/ | url-status = live }} The video to the first single, "Shot in the Back of the Head", offered as a free download, was directed by Lynch.

Moby held a user-generated content competition to have fans create a video for "Wait for Me", the last single from the album, which was to be used as the official video. The winning entry was written and directed by Nimrod Shapira of Israel, and portrays the story of a girl who decides to invite Moby into her life. She attempts to do so by using a book called How to Summon Moby, A Guide for Dummies, putting herself through bizarre and comical steps, each is a tribute to a different Moby video.{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/news/2010-04-19/video-competition-winner-announced.html |title=Video Competition: Winner Announced! |author=Moby |work=moby.com |date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824060011/http://www.moby.com/news/2010-04-19/video-competition-winner-announced.html |archive-date=August 24, 2011 }} The single was released in May 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/107981/moby|title=Moby to release Remix Album "Wait For Me. Remixes"|date=March 23, 2010|access-date=September 29, 2011|work=idiomag|archive-date=March 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327141427/http://www.idiomag.com/peek/107981/moby|url-status=live}}

The Wait for Me tour featured a full band.{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/journal/2009-04-25/thanks-for-coming-issue-project-room-fun.html |title=thanks for coming to the issue project room fundraiser friday |author=Moby |work=moby.com |date=April 25, 2009 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616023221/http://www.moby.com/journal/2009-04-25/thanks-for-coming-issue-project-room-fun.html |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }} Moby raised over $75,000 from three shows in California to help those affected by domestic violence{{cite web | url = http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=43648_0_2_0_C | title = Moby to donate concert profits to domestic violence charity | work = Side-Line | date = October 6, 2009 | access-date = October 7, 2009 | archive-date = October 12, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091012073800/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=43648_0_2_0_C | url-status = live }} after funding for the state's domestic violence program had been cut. The tour also saw Moby headline the Falls Festival in Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/21973/Falls-Festival-Day-4-Lorne-Victoria-31122009 |title=Falls Festival Day 4 @ Lorne, Victoria (31/12/2009) |publisher=Fasterlouder.com.au |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610204701/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/21973/Falls-Festival-Day-4-Lorne-Victoria-31122009 |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }} and various Sunset Sounds festivals.{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/festival/1171917+Sunset+Sounds |title=Sunset Sounds at Riverstage (Brisbane, Queensland) on 6 Jan 2010 – |publisher=Last.fm |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904002317/http://www.last.fm/festival/1171917+Sunset+Sounds |url-status=live }} An ambient version Wait for Me was released in late 2009 as Wait for Me: Ambient, which Moby did not produce.{{cite web|url=https://crperry84.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/interview-moby-singer-songwriter-and-producer/|title=Interview: Moby – Singer, Songwriter and Producer|date=June 2, 2010|first=Clayton|last=Perry|publisher=Clayton Perry's Interview Exclusives|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511184135/https://crperry84.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/interview-moby-singer-songwriter-and-producer/|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Moby enlisted vocalist Phil Costello as a songwriting partner for a new heavy metal band, Diamondsnake. After writing 13 songs, they recruited guitarist Dave Hill and a drummer named Tomato to complete the line-up. They recorded their self-titled debut album in one day and released it for free on their website. It was promoted with a series of gigs in New York City and Los Angeles.{{cite web|title=Moby gets back to his roots with Diamondsnake|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-06-la-et-diamondsnake-20100706-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715075826/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/06/entertainment/la-et-diamondsnake-20100706|date=July 6, 2010|archive-date=July 15, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Drew|last=Tewksbury|url-status=live|access-date=May 11, 2019}} Moby contributed four songs to the soundtrack of The Next Three Days, including the single "Mistake".

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In January 2010, Moby announced that he had started work on a new album.{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/journal/2010-01-20/ive-decided-start-work-next-record.html |title=i've decided to start work on the next record |work=moby.com |date=January 20, 2010 |author=Moby |access-date=February 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310193016/http://www.moby.com/journal/2010-01-20/ive-decided-start-work-next-record.html |archive-date=March 10, 2010 }} He later summarised its style as: "Broken down melodic electronic music for empty cities at 2 a.m."{{r|de1}} The album was promoted with an EP containing three tracks from the album, given free to those who had signed up to Moby's mailing list, entitled Be the One, in February 2011.{{r|de1}}{{r|off1}} The album, Destroyed, was released in May 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.moby.com/discography/2011/destroyed.html |title=destroyed |work=moby.com |access-date=May 8, 2011 |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517172905/http://www.moby.com/discography/2011/destroyed.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.moby.com/journal/2011-02-15/destroyed.html |title=ok, ta-da, official next album announcement update. my next album is called 'destroyed' and it comes out in the middle of may sometime |author=Moby |work=moby.com |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=May 8, 2011 |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517170652/http://www.moby.com/journal/2011-02-15/destroyed.html |url-status=live }} A same-titled book of Moby's photography was released around the time of the album.{{r|de1}} Moby took to an online poll to decide the next single from Destroyed; the fans picked "Lie Down in Darkness".{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/journal/2011-06-24/we-need-another-single-destroyed-what.html |title=We need another single from 'destroyed'. What should it be? |author=Moby |date=June 24, 2011 |work=moby.com |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827045456/http://www.moby.com/journal/2011-06-24/we-need-another-single-destroyed-what.html |archive-date=August 27, 2011 }} This was followed by "After" and "The Right Thing", both influenced by what fans had picked.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/thelittleidiot/status/109361611709485056 |title=So, per your choice(s)-next single(s) will be 'after' and 'the right thing'. Thanks for choosing. Videos and remixes to follow |author=Moby |date=September 2, 2011 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-date=February 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205175955/https://twitter.com/thelittleidiot/status/109361611709485056 |url-status=live }} A limited edition remixed version of Destroyed was released in 2012 as Destroyed Remixed and includes new remixes by David Lynch, Holy Ghost! and System Divine, and a new 30-minute ambient track named "All Sides Gone".

Moby toured worldwide throughout 2013, completing acoustic and DJ sets at various concerts and festivals.{{cite web |url=http://wanderlustfestival.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419214224/http://www.wanderlustfestival.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2009 |title=Find Your True North |publisher=Wanderlust Festival |access-date=October 1, 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://1worldmusicfestival.com |title=1 World Music Festival |publisher=1 World Music Festival |date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928000113/http://1worldmusicfestival.com/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://movement.us/moby/ |title=Movement Electronic Music Festival – May 25,26,27, 2013 – Hart Plaza, Detroit |publisher=Movement.us |access-date=October 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234023/http://movement.us/moby/ |archive-date=October 4, 2013 }} His DJ set at Coachella was produced in collaboration with NASA with various images from space projected onto screens during the performance.{{cite web |url=http://mute.com/mute/djing-the-sahara-tent-at-coachella-2013-413-420 |title=MUTE • Moby • - DJing the Sahara Tent at Coachella 2013: 4/13 & 4/20 |publisher=Mute.com |date=January 25, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232557/http://mute.com/mute/djing-the-sahara-tent-at-coachella-2013-413-420 |url-status=live }} On Record Store Day in 2013, Moby released a 7-inch record, The Lonely Night, featuring Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan.{{cite web |url=http://www.boweryboogie.com/2013/05/moby-and-mark-lanegans-the-lonely-night-video/ |title=Moby and Mark Lanegan's 'The Lonely Night' VIDEO |publisher=Bowery Boogie |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie |date=May 2, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928083816/http://www.boweryboogie.com/2013/05/moby-and-mark-lanegans-the-lonely-night-video/ |url-status=dead }} The track was subsequently released as a download with remixes by Moby, Photek, Gregor Tresher, and Freescha.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-lonely-night-remixes-ep/id635345391 |title=iTunes – Music – The Lonely Night (Remixes) – EP by Moby & Mark Lanegan |publisher=iTunes |date=April 23, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015184519/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-lonely-night-remixes-ep/id635345391 |url-status=dead }}

In October 2013, Moby released Innocents. He had worked on the album for the previous 18 months and hired Spike Stent to produce it. Moby used several guest vocalists on the album, and picked Neil Young and "Broken English" by Marianne Faithfull as the biggest influences to the musical style on the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.popmatters.com/175458-going-wrong-an-interview-with-moby-2495722396.html|title=Going Wrong: An Interview with Moby|first=Sachyn|last=Mital|date=September 29, 2013|magazine=Pop Matters|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427153159/https://www.popmatters.com/175458-going-wrong-an-interview-with-moby-2495722396.html|url-status=live}} As with Destroyed, the photographs used for the artwork were all shot by Moby. The first single from the album was "A Case for Shame",{{cite web |url=http://www.moby.com/innocents |title=innocents – new album from moby |publisher=moby.com |date=April 15, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704221510/http://www.moby.com/innocents |url-status=live }} followed by "The Perfect Life", which featured Wayne Coyne. A casting call for its video asked "for obese Speedo-sporting bikers, nude rollerskating ghosts, and an S&M gimp proficient in rhythmic gymnastics".{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/08/moby-flaming-lips-nude-wayne-coyne-video-bikers/ |title=Moby and Wayne Coyne Issue Casting Call for Nude Skaters, S&M Gimp | SPIN | Newswire |publisher=SPIN |date=August 6, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617125142/http://www.spin.com/2013/08/moby-flaming-lips-nude-wayne-coyne-video-bikers/ |url-status=live }} Moby promoted the album with three shows at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, following his decision to undergo little touring from 2014. He wrote: "Pretty much all I want to do in life is stay home and make music. So, thus: a 3 date world tour."{{cite web |url=http://www.moby.com/journal/2013-08-19/some-people-had-been-asking-why-fonda.html#.uhlu62qy1hw |title=some people had been asking: why the fonda? why only 3 shows? |publisher=moby.com |date=August 19, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927135133/http://www.moby.com/journal/2013-08-19/some-people-had-been-asking-why-fonda.html#.uhlu62qy1hw |archive-date=September 27, 2013 }}

Six of Moby's songs are feature in Charlie Countryman (2013). His music set the tone to Cathedrals of Culture (2014), a 3D documentary film about the soul of buildings, directed by Wim Wenders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cathedrals-culture-berlin-review-678678|title=Cathedrals of Culture: Berlin Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 9, 2014|language=en|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322130319/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cathedrals-culture-berlin-review-678678|url-status=live}} In December 2014, Moby performed three shows of ambient music at the Masonic Lodge in Hollywood Forever Cemetery to support the release of Hotel: Ambient. The performances were accompanied by visuals created by himself and with David Lynch.

After Innocents, Moby proceeded to make a new wave dance album with a choir, but realised the difficulty in recording a full choir in his home studio and resorted to multi-tracking vocals performed by himself and guests. He then decided against the new wave album and opted for one made by himself and seven guest vocalists he named the Void Pacific Choir.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/moby-talks-fast-post-punk-lp-embracing-commercial-irrelevance-114417/|title=Moby Talks 'Fast Post-Punk' LP, Embracing Commercial Irrelevance|first=Steven J.|last=Horowitz|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426194000/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/moby-talks-fast-post-punk-lp-embracing-commercial-irrelevance-114417/|url-status=live}} These Systems Are Failing was announced in September 2016 and coincided with the first single release, "Are You Lost In The World Like Me?". Its video, by animator Steve Cutts, addresses smartphone addiction which won a Webby Award.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/68463-moby-announces-new-album-these-systems-are-failing-shares-new-song-listen/|title=Moby Announces New Album These Systems Are Failing, Shares New Song: Listen {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-date=October 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029125522/http://pitchfork.com/news/68463-moby-announces-new-album-these-systems-are-failing-shares-new-song-listen/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2017/film-video/general-film/animation/are-you-lost-in-the-world-like-me/|title=Winner: Are you lost in the world like me|work=webbyawards.com/|access-date=April 25, 2017|archive-date=April 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428183609/http://webbyawards.com/winners/2017/film-video/general-film/animation/are-you-lost-in-the-world-like-me/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=See Moby's Grim New Video About Smartphone Addiction|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-mobys-grim-new-video-about-smartphone-addiction-w445287|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 18, 2016|date=October 17, 2016|archive-date=November 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119181831/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-mobys-grim-new-video-about-smartphone-addiction-w445287|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://moby.com/news/moby-void-pacific-choir-announce-debut-album-systems-failing/ |title=moby & the void pacific choir announce debut album 'these systems are failing' |publisher=moby.com |date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927011612/http://moby.com/news/moby-void-pacific-choir-announce-debut-album-systems-failing/ |url-status=live }} These Systems Are Failing was released on October 14, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22515-these-systems-are-failing/|title=Moby & the Void Pacific Choir: These Systems Are Failing Album Review|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-date=November 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117110239/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22515-these-systems-are-failing/|url-status=live}} Moby's sole live performance of 2016 was at Circle V, a vegan food and music festival that he founded that took place on October 23 at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=http://moby.com/news/moby-announces-circle-v-festival-shares-new-video-void-pacific-choir/ |title=moby announces circle v festival. shares new video from void pacific choir |publisher=moby.com |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927000329/http://moby.com/news/moby-announces-circle-v-festival-shares-new-video-void-pacific-choir/ |url-status=live }} A second album with the Void Pacific Choir name followed in June 2017, entitled More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse, influenced by the results of the 2016 United States presidential election. Released for free online, it was marketed from a spoof website using elected President Donald Trump's alleged PR alter-ego, John Miller.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/7825916/moby-releases-surprise-album-via-trumps-alleged-pr |title=moby releases surprise album |magazine=Billboard |date=June 14, 2017 |access-date=November 24, 2017 |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204015757/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/7825916/moby-releases-surprise-album-via-trumps-alleged-pr |url-status=live }}

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Moby announced his fifteenth studio album, Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt, in December 2017. The announcement coincided with the release of the first single, "Like a Motherless Child". In contrast to the politically inspired and punk nature of the two Void Pacific Choir records, the album explores themes of spirituality, individuality, and humanity.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8062886/moby-new-album-everything-was-beautiful-and-nothing-hurt-interview |title=Moby Announces Trip-Hop-Inspired New Album Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt |magazine=Billboard |date=December 11, 2017 |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212030954/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8062886/moby-new-album-everything-was-beautiful-and-nothing-hurt-interview |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Brown |first=Eric Renner |url=https://ew.com/music/2018/02/27/moby-new-album-explores-who-we-are-as-a-species/ |title=Moby says new album explores 'who we are as a species' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 27, 2018 |access-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614195349/https://ew.com/music/2018/02/27/moby-new-album-explores-who-we-are-as-a-species/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://mute.com/moby/announces-new-album-everything-was-beautiful-and-nothing-hurt |title=Moby Announces New Album Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt |date=December 11, 2017 |publisher=Mute Records |access-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614195210/http://mute.com/moby/announces-new-album-everything-was-beautiful-and-nothing-hurt |url-status=live }} The album was released on March 2, 2018. The second single, "Mere Anarchy", was described by Moby as "post apocalypse, people are gone, and my friend Julie and I are time traveling aliens visiting the empty Earth."{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-mobys-post-apocalyptic-mere-anarchy-video-w516047 |title=Watch Moby's Post-Apocalyptic 'Mere Anarchy' Video |publisher=rollingstone.com |date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202130602/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-mobys-post-apocalyptic-mere-anarchy-video-w516047 |url-status=live }} "This Wild Darkness" was the third single, released in February 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/02/moby-this-wild-darkness-video/ |title=Video: Moby{{spnd}}"This Wild Darkness" |website=Spin.com |date=February 26, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227031930/https://www.spin.com/2018/02/moby-this-wild-darkness-video/ |url-status=live }} Moby described the song as "an existential dialog between me and the gospel choir: me talking about my confusion, the choir answering with longing and hope." Moby promoted the album with three live shows in March 2018 with a full band, one at The Echo in Los Angeles and two at Rough Trade in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/moby-announces-spring-tour-dates-in-los-angeles-and-new-york-126450|title=Moby announces spring 'tour' dates in Los Angeles and New York|first=Tom|last=Shackleford|date=December 14, 2017|publisher=AXS|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506150229/https://www.axs.com/moby-announces-spring-tour-dates-in-los-angeles-and-new-york-126450|url-status=live}} All profits from the album and gigs were donated to animal rights organizations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-musician-moby-donate-100-profits-animal-rights/|title=Vegan Celeb Moby to Donate 100% of Album Profits to Animal Rights|last=Pointing|first=Charlotte|date=March 2, 2018|website=Livekindly.co|language=en-GB|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322124422/https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-musician-moby-donate-100-profits-animal-rights/|url-status=live}}

Later in 2024, "This Wild Darkness" would go on to be featured in the critically acclaimed True Detective: Night Country.

In 2018, Moby was a guest performer on "A$AP Forever" by American rapper A$AP Rocky which samples "Porcelain". This resulted in Moby's second ever appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, having previously charted for "Southside", 17 years prior.{{cite web|last1=Zellner|first1=Xander|title=Moby Scores First Hot 100 Entry Since 2001, With A$AP Rocky|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8343613/moby-first-hot-100-entry-since-2001-asap-rocky-forever-porcelain|website=Billboard.com|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418025945/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8343613/moby-first-hot-100-entry-since-2001-asap-rocky-forever-porcelain|url-status=live}} Moby contributed several songs to the comedy Half Magic (2018) directed by Heather Graham.{{Cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/02/19/heather-grahams-half-magic-to-feature-new-songs-by-moby/|title=Heather Graham's 'Half Magic' to Feature New Songs by Moby {{!}} Film Music Reporter|language=en-US|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322130319/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/02/19/heather-grahams-half-magic-to-feature-new-songs-by-moby/|url-status=live}}

In March 2019, Moby released a follow-up to his first long ambient album, Long Ambients 2.

In January 2020, Moby announced that his new studio album All Visible Objects will be released on May 15. The first single, "Power is Taken" featuring D. H. Peligro, was released on the same day as the announcement. All profits from the album will be given to charity.{{cite web|url=https://moby.com/journal/new-moby-album-all-visible-objects-announced/|title=New Moby album All Visible Objects announced|publisher=Moby.com|author=Moby|date=January 14, 2020|work=Moby|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114142341/https://moby.com/journal/new-moby-album-all-visible-objects-announced/|url-status=live}}

In December 2020, Moby released another ambient album, Live Ambients – Improvised Recordings Vol. 1. It features tracks recorded under three conditions that he set himself: improvise with nothing written beforehand, no editing of the pieces after recording, and that every part of the process was to be "calming". The album was released on digital streaming platforms, followed by videos of Moby performing each track on December 30 on his YouTube channel.{{cite web|url=https://themusicuniverse.com/moby-releasing-live-ambients-improvised-recordings-vol-1/|title=Moby releasing 'Live Ambients Improvised Recordings Vol 1'|date=December 22, 2020|first=Buddy|last=Iahn|publisher=The Music Universe|access-date=December 22, 2020|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222153710/https://themusicuniverse.com/moby-releasing-live-ambients-improvised-recordings-vol-1/|url-status=live}}

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Moby's next album, Reprise, was also released that month on Deutsche Grammophon. It features orchestral versions of his greatest hits with multiple guest artists.{{cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/moby-reprise-deutsche-grammophon/|title=Moby Announces New Album, 'Reprise', on Deutsche Grammophon|first=Tim|last=Peacock|date=March 26, 2021|publisher=UDiscoverMusic|access-date=March 26, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411134440/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/moby-reprise-deutsche-grammophon/|url-status=live}} The album charted in 16 countries and includes vocals by Gregory Porter, Kris Kristofferson, Jim James and more. In May 2022, Moby released Reprise Remixes, featuring remixes of tracks from the Reprise from various artists, including Topic, Anfisa Letyago, Planningtorock, and Biscuits.

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On June 1, 2022, Moby launched his new record label, Always Centered at Night. He established it to sign "emerging and fascinating variety of singers to join with me in making music they might not have been able to make elsewhere." The first single, "Medusa", features Grammy nominated singer Aynzli Jones.

On January 1, 2023, Moby released a two-and-a-half-hour ambient album Ambient 23. It was made almost exclusively with dated drum machines and synthesizers, with his "early ambient heroes" as sources of inspiration, including Brian Eno and Jean-Michel Jarre.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/moby-to-release-new-two-and-a-half-hour-ambient-album-on-new-years-day-3372731|title=Moby to release new two-and-a-half-hour ambient album on New Year's Day|date=December 31, 2022|first=Will|last=Richards|publisher=NME|access-date=January 1, 2023|archive-date=January 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101030723/https://www.nme.com/news/music/moby-to-release-new-two-and-a-half-hour-ambient-album-on-new-years-day-3372731|url-status=live}}

On June 14, 2024, Moby released Always Centered At Night. Featuring vocals from several artists including Brie O'Banion on the first single released on music platforms, "We're Going Wrong", serpentwithfeet, returning to the album Lady Blackbird on the second single "Dark Days", Benjamin Zephaniah on the third single "Where Is Your Pride?", Gaidaa on "Transit", Danae, J.P. Bimeni, Raquel Rodriguez, Aynzli Jones, Akemi Fox, Choklate on the fourth single "Sweet Moon", India Carney on the fifth and final single, "Precious Mind", and Jose James. Moby released the music videos for both "Transit" and "Where is your Pride?" on YouTube in June shortly after the album released. Rolling Stone praised the album on Moby for his "creativity knows no boundaries". Moby later release a complimentary remix album in mid September titled "always centered at night (quiet home: remixes dj mix)". Fans would go on to say the original album is "like a sequel" to Moby's smash hit "Play" released in 1999 going on to be his most recognized album.

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Moby has collaborated live with many of his heroes while on tour or at fundraisers. He has performed "Walk on the Wild Side" with Lou Reed, "Me and Bobby McGee" with Kris Kristofferson, "Heroes" and "Cactus" with David Bowie, "Helpless" with Bono and Michael Stipe, "New Dawn Fades" with New Order, "Make Love, Fuck War" with Public Enemy, "Whole Lotta Love" with Slash, and "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" with Mission of Burma.

He has performed two duets with the French singer Mylène Farmer ("Slipping Away (Crier la vie)" in 2006 and "Looking for My Name" in 2008) and produced seven songs on her eighth album, Bleu Noir, released on December 6, 2010 and two songs on her twelfth album L'Emprise, released on November 25, 2022 .{{cite web |first=Yannik |last=Provost |url=http://www.innamoramento.net/albums/bleu-noir |title=Bleu Noir |website=Innamoramento.net |access-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612110833/http://www.innamoramento.net/albums/bleu-noir |url-status=live }} She also sang the vocals to the rework of the song "Hyenas" present on the Resound NYC album.

In 1992 he contributed vocals to song "Curse" on Recoil's "Bloodline" (Alan Wilder's solo project, he was Depeche Mode member at time of that recording). Moby arguably later used this inspiration for his breakthrough 1999 album, Play, for which he used several old field recordings by Alan Lomax, much as Wilder had used a 1937 recording of White's "Shake 'Em On Down".

In 2013, Moby was responsible for the soundtrack of the documentary The Crash Reel, who tells the story of snowboarder Kevin Pearce.

On October 16, 2015, Jean Michel Jarre released his compilation album Electronica 1: The Time Machine, which included the track "Suns have gone" co-produced by Jarre and Moby.{{cite web |author=Jean Michel Jarre |url=http://jeanmicheljarre.com/music/electronica |title=ELECTRONICA 1: The Time Machine |access-date=October 29, 2015 |archive-date=November 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101044123/http://jeanmicheljarre.com/music/electronica |url-status=live }}

On September 24, 2016, Moby announced the release of an album titled These Systems Are Failing, released under the name Moby & Void Pacific Choir. The followed the release of two singles from Moby & The Void Pacific Choir in 2015, "Almost Loved" & "The Light Is Clear In My Eyes".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/68463-moby-announces-new-album-these-systems-are-failing-shares-new-song-listen/|title=Moby Announces New Album These Systems Are Failing, Shares New Song: Listen - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork |date=September 22, 2016|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609104229/https://pitchfork.com/news/68463-moby-announces-new-album-these-systems-are-failing-shares-new-song-listen/|url-status=live}}

Starz aired a special episode of Blunt Talk, the Patrick Stewart comedy which involved Moby. He had been friends with Jonathan Ames for a long time, and "when we both lived in NY we did a lot of really strange, cabaret, vaudeville type shows together, and we just sort of stayed friends over the years. I guess when he and the other writers were writing Blunt Talk one of them thought it would be funny to include me as Patrick Stewart's character's ex-wife's current boyfriend."{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/moby-blunt-talk-2015-9|title=Moby on 'Blunt Talk,' His New Restaurant, and His Sixth Sense|last=McClure|first=Kelly|website=Maxim.com|date=September 11, 2015 |language=en-us|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823174900/https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/moby-blunt-talk-2015-9|url-status=live}}

Moby was one of the first musicians to have an episode on Netflix's new music documentary series titled Once In a Lifetime Sessions; where he records, discusses, and performs his music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/07/nile-rodgers-noel-gallagher-once-in-a-lifetime-sessions-netflix-documentary/|title=Nile Rodgers, Noel Gallagher, TLC, More Featured in New Netflix Documentary Series|date=July 28, 2018|website=Spin.com|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322124437/https://www.spin.com/2018/07/nile-rodgers-noel-gallagher-once-in-a-lifetime-sessions-netflix-documentary/|url-status=live}}

Moby Doc, a documentary about the artist's life was released on May 28, 2021.{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Moby Gets Doc Treatment, Greenwich Entertainment Takes U.S. Rights To Rob Bralver-Directed Feature |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/moby-doc-greenwich-entertainment-rob-bralver-director-1234699978/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411114419/https://deadline.com/2021/02/moby-doc-greenwich-entertainment-rob-bralver-director-1234699978/ |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |access-date=March 25, 2021 |publisher=Deadline}}{{Cite web|last1=Tangcay|first1=Jazz|date=April 3, 2021|title='Moby Doc': First Look at Film Based on Musical Pioneer's Life|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/moby-doc-first-look-1234943607/|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505190311/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/moby-doc-first-look-1234943607/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=moby doc resources|url=https://moby.com/moby-doc-resources/|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=Moby|language=en-GB|archive-date=May 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526065421/https://moby.com/moby-doc-resources/|url-status=live}}

His documentary Punk Rock Vegan Movie was released in February 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.punkrockveganmovie.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306041614/https://www.punkrockveganmovie.com/ |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |title=Punk Rock Vegan Movie official site}}

In 2020, Moby established [https://www.littlewalnutproductions.com/ Little Walnut Productions], a full-service production company dedicated to creating compelling stories that shed light on animal and human rights issues and environmental causes. He started the company with his creative partner, producer Lindsay Hicks. Little Walnut's inaugural feature documentary, "[https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/moby-doc-review-1234981000/ Moby Doc]," was released in May 2021. Their subsequent short animated film, "Why I'm a Vegan," directed by Hicks, was showcased at several film festivals and received recognition at The New York Movie Awards, The Global Independent Film Awards, The DOC LA Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival, and The Malibu Film Festival, among others.

In January 2023, Little Walnut released its second documentary feature directed by Moby himself, "[https://www.kerrang.com/mobys-punk-rock-vegan-movie-to-premiere-at-slamdance-this-month Punk Rock Vegan Movie]," which examines the intersection of punk rock music and animal activism. Moby released the film for free on YouTube. "Punk Rock Vegan Movie" premiered as the opening night film at the prestigious Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, ultimately earning awards at the Awareness Festival and Santa Monica Film Festival.

The company has given funding and production assistance to independent documentary features such as “Meat The Future” directed by Liz Marshall, “Slay” directed by Rebecca Capelli, and “[https://variety.com/2023/film/global/moby-hot-docs-rowdy-girl-1235596843/ Rowdy Girl]” directed by Jason Goldman. They also helped produce the short film “[https://vegnews.com/animals-individuals-statistics-super-cow Super Cow]” by director/writer Dustin Brown. Little Walnut recently invested in the scripted feature film “[https://deadline.com/2023/12/kit-harington-naomi-scott-eternal-return-village-roadshow-macro-bk-studios-1235667735/ Eternal Return]” starring Kit Harrington and Naomi Scott and directed by Yaniv Raz.  In addition, Little Walnut has produced several music videos, including “Natural Blues” (featuring Gregory Porter and Amythyst Kiah), "[https://www.billboard.com/music/features/moby-resound-nyc-orchestra-hits-album-interview-1235331097/ Walk with Me]" (featuring Lady Blackbird), and the award-winning animated video "Are You Lost in the World Like Me?" directed by Steve Cutts.

Little Walnut produces Moby's "[https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/moby-interview-play-album-anniversary-trump-1235689936/ Moby Pod]" podcast, which premiered in late 2022. The podcast focuses on several topics: animal rights, climate change, creative expression, and mental health. It has featured guests as diverse as Hunter Biden (in one of his rare interviews), Ed Begley Jr., Lisa Edelstein, Dan Buettner, Peter Kalmus, Steve-O, and Joe Manganiello.

Little Walnut is currently in post-production on their first scripted feature, “[https://variety.com/2024/film/news/moby-mark-webber-tecie-animal-rights-1236016078/ Tecie],” penned by Moby, directed by Mark Webber, and produced by Hicks and Teresa Palmer. The film is based on the activist culture of the Los Angeles animal rights community and is set to star Sarah Jeffery, Mena Massoud, and others.

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Starting around 2001, Moby launched a series of co-owned business ventures, with the two most prominent being the Little Idiot Collective—a New York City bricks-and-mortar clothing store, comics store, and animation studio{{cite web|title=little idiot collective opens|url=https://ebentually.wordpress.com/2004/10/30/little-idiot-collective-opens/|website=Ebentually.wordpress.com|access-date=September 15, 2014|date=October 30, 2004|archive-date=February 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221092846/https://ebentually.wordpress.com/2004/10/30/little-idiot-collective-opens/|url-status=live}} that sold the work of an "illustrators collective". In May 2002, he launched a small raw and vegan restaurant and tea shop called TeaNY in New York City with his then-girlfriend, Kelly Tisdale.{{cite web|author1=Elyssa Lee, Rob Turner|title=Moby, Remixed|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20041201/celebrity-moby.html|website=Inc.com|publisher=Mansueto Ventures|access-date=September 15, 2014|date=December 1, 2004|archive-date=February 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221062243/http://www.inc.com/magazine/20041201/celebrity-moby.html|url-status=live}} In 2006, Moby said he had removed himself from any previous business projects.{{cite web|author1=Sarah van Schagen|title=Moby reflects on his new "best of" album and his not-so-new social activism|url=https://grist.org/article/moby1/|website=Grist.org|access-date=November 29, 2006|date=November 29, 2006|archive-date=December 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215235013/https://www.grist.org/article/moby1|url-status=live}}

In November 2015, Moby opened the vegan restaurant Little Pine in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.{{cite web|first1=Jenn|last1=Harris|title=Moby dishes on Little Pine, his new vegan restaurant in Silver Lake|website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-moby-little-pine-vegan-silver-lake-20151109-story.html|access-date=November 9, 2015|date=November 9, 2015|archive-date=November 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109201310/http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-moby-little-pine-vegan-silver-lake-20151109-story.html|url-status=live}} The restaurant served organic, vegan, Mediterranean-inspired dishes and had a retail section with art and books, curated by Moby himself.{{cite web|first1=Lesley|last1=Balla|title=Moby's Little Pine Vegan Restaurant Debuts in Silver Lake|url=https://www.zagat.com/b/los-angeles/mobys-little-pine-vegan-restaurant-debuts-in-silver-lake|access-date=November 20, 2015|date=November 20, 2015|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912170152/https://www.zagat.com/b/los-angeles/mobys-little-pine-vegan-restaurant-debuts-in-silver-lake|url-status=live}} All profits were donated to animal welfare organizations. In May 2016, Moby estimated the year's donations at $250,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhochman/2016/05/09/talking-to-moby-about-his-new-memoirs-and-giving-money-to-animals/#3860628a698f|title=Talking to Moby About His New Memoirs and Giving Money to Animals|first=David|last=Hochman|date=May 9, 2016|work=Forbes|access-date=April 14, 2019|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804043318/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhochman/2016/05/09/talking-to-moby-about-his-new-memoirs-and-giving-money-to-animals/#3860628a698f|url-status=live}} In December 2019, Moby launched the Little Pine lifestyle range of products and merchandise, with all profits donated to six charities.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/conservation/470969-moby-launches-lifestyle-line-to-support-animal|title=Moby launches lifestyle line to support animal rights|first=Nicole|last=Javorsky|work=The Hill|date=November 18, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218111958/https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/conservation/470969-moby-launches-lifestyle-line-to-support-animal|url-status=live}} Little Pine closed permanently in December 2022.{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Farley |date=2022-12-05 |title=Moby’s Once-Famous LA Vegan Restaurant Little Pine Has Quietly Closed |url=https://la.eater.com/2022/12/5/23494478/am-intel-morning-news-los-angeles-moby-little-pine-restaurant-closed |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Eater LA |language=en}}

On August 23, 2016, Moby announced the inaugural Circle V Festival along with the official video for "Don't Leave Me", by Moby & the Void Pacific Choir.{{cite web|author1=Moby|title=moby announces circle v festival. shares new video from void pacific choir|url=http://moby.com/news/moby-announces-circle-v-festival-shares-new-video-void-pacific-choir/|access-date=August 23, 2016|date=August 23, 2016|archive-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829142315/http://moby.com/news/moby-announces-circle-v-festival-shares-new-video-void-pacific-choir/|url-status=live}} The event took place at LA's Fonda Theatre and featured Blaqk Audio & Cold Cave on the bill, amongs others, as well as talks and vegan food stalls. Moby described Circle V as "the coming together of my life's work, animal rights and music. I couldn't be more excited about this event and am so proud to be head-lining."{{cite web|author1=Vegan Event Hub|title=Circle V Festival Moby USA|url=https://www.veganeventhub.com/event/circle-v-festival-moby/|access-date=August 23, 2016|date=August 23, 2016|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314105947/https://www.veganeventhub.com/event/circle-v-festival-moby/|url-status=live}}

The second Circle V event took place on November 18, this time at the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles. Moby headlined the event for the second year, with artists Waka Flocka Flame, Dreamcar, and Raury featuring on the bill.{{cite web|work=LA Weekly|title=Circle V Vegan and Animal Rights Festival Returns with Moby, Waka Flocka Flame|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/anger-is-an-energy-for-alice-bag-9229079|access-date=September 12, 2017|date=September 12, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308170529/http://www.laweekly.com/music/anger-is-an-energy-for-alice-bag-9229079|url-status=live}}

Moby lived in New York City for 21 years. From 1996 to 2010, he lived in an apartment on Mott Street where he also recorded his albums.{{cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/2014/06/09/moby_sells_tiny_mott_street_apartme.php|title=Inside The "Tiny" Mott Street Apartment Moby Just Sold For $2 Million|date=June 9, 2014|first=Jen|last=Carlson|publisher=Gothamist|access-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609163925/http://gothamist.com/2014/06/09/moby_sells_tiny_mott_street_apartme.php|archive-date=June 9, 2019|url-status=dead}} He then relocated to the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, spending almost $4 million to purchase a castle known as Wolf's Lair (built in 1927 by developer L. Milton Wolf), spending an additional $3.5 million to restore it. He also owns an apartment in Little Italy, Manhattan.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/garden/28moby.html|title=At Home With Moby in a Hollywood Hills Castle|last=Wadler|first=Joyce|date=April 27, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063645/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/garden/28moby.html|url-status=live}} In 2014, Moby sold the castle and downsized to a smaller home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/moby-downsizes-in-los-angeles-1441897463|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912232540/https://www.wsj.com/articles/moby-downsizes-in-los-angeles-1441897463|title=Moby Downsizes in Los Angeles|date=September 10, 2015|archive-date=September 12, 2015|first=Katy|last=McLaughlin|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=May 4, 2019}}

File:Buscemi Moby Reed.jpg, Moby, Arianna Huffington, and Lou Reed at a screening of the film Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, 2006]]

In June 2013, Moby and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning.{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html |title=Celeb video: 'I am Bradley Manning' – Patrick Gavin |work=Politico |date=June 20, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110180932/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc |title=I am Bradley Manning (full HD) |via=YouTube |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=September 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918200559/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc |url-status=live }}

Moby identifies himself as heterosexual and cisgender; in a 2018 interview with The Guardian, he claims to have felt "disappointed" to be straight.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/26/moby-i-was-disappointed-to-be-heterosexual|title=Moby: 'I was disappointed to be heterosexual'|work=The Guardian|last=Pires|first=Candice|date=November 26, 2016|access-date=June 25, 2018|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625103756/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/26/moby-i-was-disappointed-to-be-heterosexual|url-status=live}} He does date, but has stated that he feels more comfortable alone than in a relationship. In 2016 he was in a relationship, his first in ten years, that spanned at least eight months. He has no children.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/31/moby-family-values-only-child-mum|title=Moby: My family values|date=January 31, 2014|first=Nick|last=McGrath|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405211029/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/31/moby-family-values-only-child-mum|url-status=live}}

In 2019, in his book Then It Fell Apart, he claimed to have had a brief relationship with actress Natalie Portman in the late 1990s. In response, Portman denied the story and called Moby's account "disturbing" (she was 18 at the time, while he was 33), with Portman further describing their interactions as "a much older man being creepy with me".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48365294|access-date=May 22, 2019|publisher=BBC|title=Natalie Portman denies Moby's 'creepy' dating claims|date=May 21, 2019|author=Savage, Mark|archive-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522154314/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48365294|url-status=live}} He later apologized to Portman, saying: "I accept that given the dynamic of our almost 14 year age difference I absolutely should've acted more responsibly and respectfully."{{cite web |last1=Heller |first1=Corinne |title=Moby Apologizes to Natalie Portman for "Inconsiderate" Mention in Book |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1044477/moby-apologizes-to-natalie-portman-for-inconsiderate-mention-in-book |website=E! News |date=May 25, 2019 |access-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320055926/https://www.eonline.com/news/1044477/moby-apologizes-to-natalie-portman-for-inconsiderate-mention-in-book |url-status=live }}

Moby practices meditation and has explored different types, including transcendental, Mettā, and Vipassanā.{{cite web|url=https://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/features/30743/|title=Moby interviewed by his remixers|first=Darren|last=Ressler|date=August 11, 2014|work=Big Shot|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153622/https://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/features/30743/|url-status=live}}

In 1984, Moby was inspired to become a vegetarian by a cat named Tucker that he had found at a dump in Darien, Connecticut. "My mom and I, with the help of George the dachshund, took care of Tucker and he grew up to be the happiest, healthiest cat I'd ever known". In November 1987, while playing with Tucker, "I decided that just as I would never do anything to harm Tucker, or any of our rescued animals, I also would never do anything to harm any animal, anywhere", and became a vegan.{{cite web|url=https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/moby-kitten-turned-him-vegan-30-years-ago|title=Moby shares photo of kitten who turned him vegan exactly 30 years ago|first=Maria|date=November 23, 2017|last=Chiorando|work=Plant Based News|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031815/https://plantbasednews.org/news/moby-kitten-turned-him-vegan-30-years-ago/|url-status=live}} He is a strong supporter of animal rights, and described it as his "day job" other than musical projects.{{cite web |first1=Tracey |last1=Pepper |first2=Deirdre |last2=O'Callaghan |url=http://www.vegetariantimes.com/article/one-on-one-with-moby/ |title=One on One with Moby |work=Vegetarian Times |date=February 23, 2011 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207010530/http://www.vegetariantimes.com/article/one-on-one-with-moby/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2016, Moby supported the social media campaign #TurnYourNoseUp to end factory farming in association with the nonprofit organization Farms Not Factories.{{cite news|title=Celebrities back campaign to end 'inhumane' treatment of pigs in 'factory farms'|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/celebrities-back-campaign-to-end-inhumane-treatment-of-pigs-in-factory-farms-34707578.html|work=Independent.ie|language=en|access-date=December 7, 2017|archive-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207191935/https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/celebrities-back-campaign-to-end-inhumane-treatment-of-pigs-in-factory-farms-34707578.html|url-status=live}}.

In 2019, Moby had "Vegan for life" tattooed on his neck by his friend, tattoo artist Kat Von D.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Rachel|date=September 19, 2019|title=Moby proves vegan is for life with a 'Vegan For Life' neck tattoo|url=https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/moby-proves-vegan-is-for-life-with-a-vegan-for-life-neck-tattoo/|access-date=June 17, 2020|website=Vegan Food & Living|publisher=Anthem Publishing|archive-date=June 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617134529/https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/moby-proves-vegan-is-for-life-with-a-vegan-for-life-neck-tattoo/|url-status=live}} That November, he had "Animal rights" tattooed on his arms to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of being a vegan.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/moby-vegan-tattoo-arms-animal-rights-instagram-kat-von-d-peta-a9200721.html|title=Musician Moby has 'Animal Rights' tattooed on his arms to mark 32 years as a vegan|date=November 13, 2019|first=Sabrina|last=Barr|work=The Independent|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113153742/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/moby-vegan-tattoo-arms-animal-rights-instagram-kat-von-d-peta-a9200721.html|url-status=live}} He also had "VX" tattooed next to his right eye, the "V" standing for vegan and the "X" for straight edge, referencing his sobriety.{{cite web|url=https://www.plantbasednews.org/news/-moby-meaning-vegan-face-tattoo|title=Moby Explains Meaning Behind Vegan Face Tattoo|work=Plant Based News|first=Maria|last=Chiorando|date=December 16, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218110332/https://www.plantbasednews.org/news/-moby-meaning-vegan-face-tattoo|url-status=live}}

In February 2023 he released Punk Rock Vegan Movie, his documentary about the relationship between the worlds of punk rock and animal rights. He says every time he visits San Francisco, he stops at Rainbow Grocery given his stance on "ethical eating."{{Cite web |last=Examiner |first=Joshua Rotter {{!}} Special to The |date=February 1, 2023 |title=At last, a film that connects punk rock to veganism |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/at-last-a-film-that-connects-punk-rock-to-veganism/article_5287e1da-a291-11ed-8e60-570df67902c1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202213007/https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/at-last-a-film-that-connects-punk-rock-to-veganism/article_5287e1da-a291-11ed-8e60-570df67902c1.html |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |access-date=May 7, 2024 |website=San Francisco Examiner |language=en}}

In May 2024 he announced collaboration on a new film project with director Mark Webber.{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/moby-teams-with-mark-webber-for-tecie-indie-romance-set-among-gen-z-animal-rights-activists-exclusive/ar-BB1ncVXi |title=Moby Teams With Mark Webber for 'Tecie,' Indie Romance Set Among Gen-Z Animal Rights Activists |work=Variety |last=Dunn |first=Jack |date=May 28, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |via=MSN.com}}

From 1987 to 1995, Moby described his life as a "very clean" one and abstained from drugs, alcohol, and "for the most part", sex. After taking LSD once at nineteen, he started to suffer from panic attacks which he continued to experience, but he learned to deal with them more effectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200409/the-sounds-moby|work=Psychology Today|title=The Sounds of Moby|first=Willow|last=Lawson|date=September 1, 2004|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204031802/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200409/the-sounds-moby|url-status=live}} Moby recalls that shortly after his mother died from lung cancer in 1997, he had "an epiphany" and began to experiment with alcohol, drugs, and sex. This continued for four years after the commercial success of Play.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259647767/|title=Jesus of suburbia|first=Paul|last=Lester|date=June 16, 2000|newspaper=The Guardian|page=54|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804005952/https://www.newspapers.com/image/259647767/|url-status=live}} He became a self-confessed "old-timey alcoholic". During his 18 tour in 2002 he found himself being argumentative and alienating close friends. At the end of the year he wished to make amends and live a healthier lifestyle and promised a girlfriend that he would quit alcohol for one month; he lasted two weeks. Moby continued to drink to excess and would ask audiences at concerts to give him drugs. Matters culminated shortly after he turned 43 when he attempted suicide; he had his last drink on October 18, 2008, and has since attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.{{cite news |last=Lester |first=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/26/moby-aa-chance-see-fellow-musicians |title=Moby: 'Going to AA is the only chance in LA you get to see fellow musicians' | Music |work=theguardian.com |access-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426231557/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/26/moby-aa-chance-see-fellow-musicians |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/moby-interview-destroyed/|title='The Humility That Comes from Being Hated': Moby Interviewed|work=The Quietus|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|date=May 9, 2011|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=May 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515191801/https://thequietus.com/interviews/moby-interview-destroyed/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.menshealth.com/health/a27337138/moby-panic-attacks-suicide-book/|title=How Moby Got Famous, Hit Rock Bottom, and (Ultimately) Found Redemption|first=Josh|last=St. Clair|date=May 10, 2019|magazine=Men's Health|access-date=May 15, 2019|archive-date=May 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513022050/https://www.menshealth.com/health/a27337138/moby-panic-attacks-suicide-book/|url-status=live}} In 2016, he said of his sobriety: "Since I stopped and reoriented myself towards things that have meaning, everything has gotten a million times better".

Moby has adopted different faiths throughout his life. He identified himself as an atheist when he was growing up, followed by agnostic, then "a good eight or ten years of being quite a serious Christian", during which time he taught Bible studies. Around 1985, he read the teachings of Christ, including the New Testament and the Gospels and "was instantly struck by the idea that Christ was somehow divine. When I say I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ, I mean that in the most simple and naïve and subjective way. I'm not saying I'm right, and I certainly wouldn't criticize anyone else's beliefs."{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/04_april/29/moby.shtml |title=BBC – Press Office – Moby World Service interview |date=April 29, 2003 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |publisher=BBC World Service |archive-date=October 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012124706/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/4_april/29/moby.shtml |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/advice/mediaqa/19.36.html |title=Is Moby a Christian? |work=Christianity Today |date=January–February 2003 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109130854/http://www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/advice/mediaqa/19.36.html |archive-date=January 9, 2010 }}{{cite AV media|url=http://archive.sojo.net/special/multimedia/audio/061004_moby/player.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222073256/http://archive.sojo.net/special/multimedia/audio/061004_moby/player.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2013 |title=Moby: Everything is Complicated |work=Sojourners Magazine |medium=Audio interview |date=September 20, 2006 |access-date=September 29, 2011 }}

In the liner notes of Animal Rights (1996), Moby wrote: "I wouldn't necessarily consider myself a Christian in the conventional sense of the word, where I go to church or believe in cultural Christianity, but I really do love Christ and recognize him in whatever capacity as I can understand it as God. One of my problems with the church and conventional Christianity is it seems like their focus doesn't have much to do with the teachings of Christ, but rather with their own social agenda". In 2014, Moby pointed out that if he needed to label himself, it would be as a "Taoist–Christian–agnostic quantum mechanic."{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/08/exclusive-premiere-moby-video-last-day-innocents-interview |title=Exclusive Premiere of Moby's New Video, 'The Last Day' |last=Lee |first=Jaeah |work=Mother Jones |date=September 2, 2014 |access-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045031/http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/08/exclusive-premiere-moby-video-last-day-innocents-interview |url-status=live }} In 2019, Moby said that he is not a Christian, "but my life is geared towards God [...] I have no idea who or what God might be."

Moby is an advocate for a variety of causes, working with MoveOn.org, The Humane Society, and Farm Sanctuary, among others. He created MoveOn Voter Fund's Bush in 30 Seconds contest along with singer and MoveOn Cultural Director Laura Dawn and MoveOn Executive Director Eli Pariser. The music video for the song "Disco Lies" from Last Night has heavy anti-meat industrial themes. He also actively engages in nonpartisan activism and serves on the Board of Directors of Amend.org, a nonprofit organization that implements injury-prevention programs in Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.amend.org/pages/about.html |title=About Amend.org |work=Amend.org |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207062657/http://www.amend.org/pages/about.html |archive-date=February 7, 2006 }}

Moby is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing scientific inquiry into music and the brain and to developing clinical treatments to benefit people of all ages.{{cite web|url=http://www.bethabe.org/About_the_Institute100.html |title=About the Institute |work=Institute for Music and Neurologic Function |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204060517/http://www.bethabe.org/About_the_Institute100.html |archive-date=December 4, 2003 }} He has also performed on various benefit concerts to help increase awareness for music therapy and raise funds for the institute. In 2004, he was honored with the IMNF's Music Has Power Award for his advocacy of music therapy and for his dedication and support to its recording studio program.{{cite web |author=Moby |url=http://www.bornrich.com/moby.html |title=Moby biography, net worth, quotes, wiki, assets, cars, homes and more |publisher=Bornrich.com |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171849/http://www.bornrich.com/moby.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

He is an advocate of net neutrality and testified before a United States House of Representatives committee debating the issue in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.savetheinternet.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618050941/http://www.savetheinternet.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2012|title=Save the Internet | Join the fight for Internet Freedom|date=June 18, 2012|access-date=March 18, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.freepress.net/news/15579 |title=Rep. Markey, Moby Speak Out for Internet Freedom, Against Corporate Web Takeover |work=Free Press |date=May 18, 2006 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718180411/http://www.freepress.net/news/15579 |archive-date=July 18, 2006 }}

In 2007, Moby launched MobyGratis.com, a website of unlicensed music for filmmakers and film students to use in any independent, non-commercial, or non-profit film, video, or short. If a film is commercially successful, all revenue from commercial licence fees granted via Moby Gratis is donated to Humane Society of the United States.{{cite web|last=Dominic |first=Radcliffe |title=MobyGratis Grows to Help Indie Filmmakers |url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/blog/mobygratis-grows-to-help-indie-filmmakers-13963 |publisher=littlewhitelies |access-date=July 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901072000/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/blog/mobygratis-grows-to-help-indie-filmmakers-13963 |archive-date=September 1, 2011 }}

In 2008, he participated in Songs for Tibet, an album to support Tibet and the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. In a 2021 interview, he discussed the experience and called the Dalai Lama "a wonderful inspired and inspiring man".{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=May 27, 2021 |title=Interview with electronic music legend Moby which is way too short but I'm happy anyway |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/interview-with-moby/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527230643/https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/interview-with-moby/ |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |website=the-shortlisted.co.uk |language=en-GB}}

In April 2009, Moby spoke about his personal experiences of Transcendental Meditation at the benefit concert Change Begins Within of the David Lynch Foundation in New York City.{{cite web | url=http://www.bienfaits-meditation.com/en/the_beatles_and_tm/celebrities/press_conference_highlights_2009 | title=The "Change Begins Within" Press Conference for the benefit of the David Lynch Foundation to teach 1 million at risk kids Transcendental Meditation | date=April 3, 2009 | access-date=April 9, 2015 | publisher=Bienfaits Meditation | archive-date=April 15, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415120703/http://www.bienfaits-meditation.com/en/the_beatles_and_tm/celebrities/press_conference_highlights_2009 | url-status=live }} In April 2015, Moby performed "Go" at the evening of a David Lynch tribute event, hosted at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, which highlighted the work of the David Lynch Foundation and raised funds to teach Transcendental Meditation to local youth.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/duran-duran-flaming-lips-play-surreal-music-of-david-lynch-tribute-20150402 | title=Duran Duran, Flaming Lips Play Surreal 'Music of David Lynch' Tribute - Artists from Sky Ferreira to Moby offer electric interpretations of the director's soundtracks | magazine=Rolling Stone magazine | date=April 2, 2015 | access-date=April 9, 2015 | first=Tim | last=Grierson | archive-date=April 7, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407012809/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/duran-duran-flaming-lips-play-surreal-music-of-david-lynch-tribute-20150402 | url-status=live }}

In April 2018, Moby auctioned more than 100 pieces of musical equipment via Reverb.com to raise funds for the nonprofit organization Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, thinking it was better to sell it for a good cause rather than keep it in storage.{{cite web|url=https://reverb.com/news/moby-shop-preview|title=Moby to Sell Synth Collection on Reverb, Donate Proceeds|work=reverb.com|date=April 19, 2018 |access-date=April 10, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514015321/https://reverb.com/news/moby-shop-preview|url-status=live}} Moby held a second sale for the organization in June 2018 consisting of his personal record collection, including records that he used for DJ sets in his early career and his personal copies of his albums.{{Cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/news/moby-record-collection-charity/ |title=Moby Selling Record Collection for Charity |author=Eede, Christian |date=June 13, 2018 |website=The Quietus |access-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515191803/https://thequietus.com/news/moby-record-collection-charity/ |url-status=live }} A third was held in October 2018 that included the sale of almost 200 analog drum machines, 100 instruments, and his entire vinyl collection.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/moby-sale-drum-machine-collection-charity-733016/|title=Moby Selling Massive Drum Machine Collection for Charity|last1=Blistein|first1=Jon|date=October 4, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322124420/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/moby-sale-drum-machine-collection-charity-733016/|url-status=live}}

In 2018, Moby participated in Al Gore's 24-hour broadcast on climate change and other environmental issues.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/27/al-gore-host-24-hour-climate-change-special-featur/|title=Al Gore to host 24-hour climate change special featuring Moby, Goo Goo Dolls|newspaper=The Washington Times|language=en-US|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322124421/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/27/al-gore-host-24-hour-climate-change-special-featur/|url-status=live}}

Moby is an advocate for Best Friends; he was part of the No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) launch celebration and directed a lyric video for his song "Almost Home" that features dogs and cats from the Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Center in Mission Hills, California.{{Cite web|url=https://bestfriends.org/about/our-partners/celebrity-supporters/moby|title=Moby|date=August 28, 2015|website=Best Friends Animal Society|language=en|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322124420/https://bestfriends.org/about/our-partners/celebrity-supporters/moby|url-status=live}}

Moby developed an interest in photography at age ten when his uncle, a photographer for The New York Times, gave him a Nikon F camera. He cites Edward Steichen as a major early influence.{{cite web|url=https://thephotographicjournal.com/interviews/moby/|title=Interviews – Moby|publisher=The Photographic Journal|first=Lou|last=Noble|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501112700/https://thephotographicjournal.com/interviews/moby/|url-status=live}} At 17 he set up a darkroom in his basement and pursued photography while at university. Moby kept his photography private until 2010, when he put some of his work on public display at the Clic Gallery and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. In May 2011, Moby released a photography book called "Destroyed" containing pictures that were taken during the Wait for Me tour in 2010. It was released in conjunction with his same-titled album, and pictures from it were also put on display.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472007/moby-preps-release-of-destroyed-albumphoto-book|title=Moby Preps Release of 'Destroyed' Album/Photo Book|magazine=Billboard|first=Gary|last=Graff|date=April 20, 2011|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503130741/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472007/moby-preps-release-of-destroyed-albumphoto-book|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://artillerymag.com/moby-creates-la-cult-new-photo-series/|title=Moby: Apocalypse Already|date=July 2, 2014|first=Scarlet|last=Cheng|work=Artillery Magazine|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501114929/https://artillerymag.com/moby-creates-la-cult-new-photo-series/|url-status=live}} From October to December 2014, Moby showcased his Innocents collection of large-scale photographs at the Fremin Gallery, featuring a post-apocalyptic theme and a cast of fictitious cult members wearing masks.{{cite magazine|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2014/12/artseen/moby-innocents|title=MOBY Innocents|date=December 18, 2014|first=William|last=Corwin|magazine=The Brooklyn Rail|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501121207/https://brooklynrail.org/2014/12/artseen/moby-innocents|url-status=live}}

In March 2010, Moby and animal activist Miyun Park released Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat), a collection of ten essays by various people in the food industry that they edited to detail "unbiased, factual information about the consequences of animal production" and factory farming.{{cite web|url=http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/04/militant-to-dilettante-vegan-moby-miyun-parks-gristle.html|title=Militant to Dilettante Vegan: Moby & Miyun Park's "Gristle"|publisher=Vegsource|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415095130/http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/04/militant-to-dilettante-vegan-moby-miyun-parks-gristle.html|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Moby began writing an autobiography covering his life and career from his move to New York City in the late 1980s to the recording of Play in 1999.{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/06/11/moby-to-write-memoir-spanning-first-decade-of-his-career/|title=Moby to write memoir spanning first decade of his career|date=June 11, 2014|publisher=Fact Mag|access-date=April 10, 2019|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410164251/https://www.factmag.com/2014/06/11/moby-to-write-memoir-spanning-first-decade-of-his-career/|url-status=live}} He enjoyed the experience, and wrote approximately 300,000 words before cutting it by half to reach a rough edit of the book. Porcelain: A Memoir was released on May 17, 2016, by Penguin Press. Moby put out the compilation album Music from Porcelain to coincide the book's release, featuring his own tracks and a mixtape of tracks by other artists.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7349858/moby-porcelain-memoir-compilation-album-exclusive-dance|title=Moby Talks 'Porcelain' Memoir, Announces New Compilation Album: Exclusive|magazine=Billboard|first=Elias|last=Leight|date=April 28, 2016|access-date=April 10, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411053957/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7349858/moby-porcelain-memoir-compilation-album-exclusive-dance|url-status=live}}

His second memoir, Then It Fell Apart was released on May 2, 2019, and covers his life and career from 1999 to 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/moby-announces-new-memoir-2389886|title=Moby announces new memoir, 'Then It Fell Apart'|date=October 14, 2018|work=NME|first=Rhian|last=Daly|access-date=April 10, 2019|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410164251/https://www.nme.com/news/music/moby-announces-new-memoir-2389886|url-status=live}}

In September 2021, Moby published The Little Pine Cookbook, featuring vegan recipes developed from his time owning his restaurant.{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622021/the-little-pine-cookbook-by-moby/|title=Books - The Little Pine Cookbook by Moby|publisher=Penguin Random House|access-date=January 1, 2023|archive-date=January 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101121754/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622021/the-little-pine-cookbook-by-moby/|url-status=live}}

Moby endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 US Presidential election.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/musicians-endorsing-kamala-harris-president-2024/megan-thee-stallion-kamala-harris/ |title=All the Musicians Supporting Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election |magazine=Billboard |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=September 30, 2024 |access-date=October 3, 2024}}

{{Main|Moby discography}}

Studio albums

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• Moby (1992)
• Ambient (1993)
• Everything Is Wrong (1995)
• Animal Rights (1996)
• Play (1999)
• 18 (2002)
• Hotel (2005)
• Last Night (2008)
• Wait for Me (2009)
• Destroyed (2011)
• Innocents (2013)
• Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (2016)
• These Systems Are Failing (2016)
• More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse (2017)
• Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt (2018)
• Long Ambients 2 (2019)
• All Visible Objects (2020)
• Live Ambients – Improvised Recordings Vol. 1 (2020)
• Reprise (2021)
• Ambient 23 (2023)
• Resound NYC (2023)
• Always Centered at Night (2024){{cite magazine|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/moby-announces-new-album-always-centred-at-night-shares-single|title=Moby Announces New Album always centered at night, Shares Single|magazine=Exclaim!|last=Okazawa|first=Ben|date=March 20, 2024|access-date=March 27, 2024|archive-date=March 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327121034/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/moby-announces-new-album-always-centred-at-night-shares-single|url-status=live}}

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|-

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Nominee(s)

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

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!scope="row"|BDS Certified Spin Awards

| 2003

| "South Side"

| 300,000 Spins

| {{won}}

|-

!scope="row" |BMI Film & TV Awards

| 2002

| Himself

| Certificate of Achievement

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/press/entry/534696 |title=BMI Honors Top Film, Television and Cable Composers and Songwriters at Annual Film & Television|publisher=BMI.com |date=May 15, 2002 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109234224/http://www.bmi.com/press/entry/534696 |url-status=live }}

|-

!scope="row"|BMI Pop Awards

| 2002

| "South Side"

| Award-Winning Song

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2002_bmi_pop_awards_song_list |title=2002 BMI Pop Awards: Song List |publisher=BMI.com |date=May 13, 2002 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114521/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2002_bmi_pop_awards_song_list |url-status=live }}

|-

!scope="row"| Berlin Music Video Awards

| 2021

| "My Only Love"

| Animation

| {{nominated}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.berlinmva.com/nominees/2021-nominees/|title=2021 NOMINEES|website=Berlinmva.com|date=June 30, 2021 |access-date=January 11, 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111122802/https://www.berlinmva.com/nominees/2021-nominees/|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=4 | Billboard Music Awards

| rowspan=2|2002

| 18

| Top Electronic Album

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73191/2002-billboard-music-awards |title=2002 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=May 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520141406/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73191/2002-billboard-music-awards |url-status=live}}

|-

| rowspan=2|Himself

| rowspan=2|Top Electronic Artist

| {{won}}

|-

| rowspan=2|2005

| {{nom}}

|-

| Hotel

| Top Electronic Album

| {{nom}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=2|Billboard Music Video Awards

| rowspan=2|2000

| rowspan="2"|"Bodyrock"

| Maximum Vision Award

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBEEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+music+video+awards&pg=PA101|title=Billboard|date=November 25, 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419033826/https://books.google.com/books?id=jBEEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+music+video+awards&pg=PA101#v=snippet&q=billboard%20music%20video%20awards&f=false|url-status=live}}

|-

| Dance Clip of the Year

| {{won}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=2|Brit Awards

| 2000

| rowspan=2|Himself

| rowspan=2|International Male Solo Artist

| {{nom}}

| {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/brit_awards/625884.stm |title=In Depth | Brit Awards | Brits 2000: The winners |work=BBC News |date=March 3, 2000 |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109053335/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/brit_awards/625884.stm |url-status=live}}

|-

| 2003

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|author=Moby |url=http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/moby |title=Moby | The BRIT Awards 2013 |publisher=Brits.co.uk |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017085656/http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/moby |archive-date=October 17, 2013}}

|-

!scope="row"|Classic Pop Readers' Awards

| 2020

| Then It Fell Apart

| Book of the Year

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/wp-content/uploads/epub_importer/data/clap/clap_20200129_194874/ops/article_70-1.xml|title=2019 Reader Awards|website=ClassicPopMag.com|access-date=July 7, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183549/https://www.classicpopmag.com/wp-content/uploads/epub_importer/data/clap/clap_20200129_194874/ops/article_70-1.xml|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row"|Clio Awards

| 2019

| "ASAP Forever" (with ASAP Rocky)

| Best Visual Effects

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://clios.com/music/winner/film-video-technique/a-ap-rocky/a-ap-rocky-a-ap-forever--60854|title=A$AP Rocky - "A$AP Forever"|website=Clios.com|access-date=May 30, 2021|archive-date=May 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510213647/https://clios.com/music/winner/film-video-technique/a-ap-rocky/a-ap-rocky-a-ap-forever--60854|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=2| D&AD Awards

| 2000

| "Bodyrock"

| Direction

| {{won|place=Bronze|Wood Pencil}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.dandad.org/search/archive/?q=moby&programmes=D&AD+Awards&years=2000&sort_order=newest&page=1&show_result=true|title=Search | D&AD|website=www.dandad.org|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727023013/https://www.dandad.org/search/archive/?q=moby&programmes=D&AD+Awards&years=2000&sort_order=newest&page=1&show_result=true|url-status=live}}

|-

| 2019

| "ASAP Forever" (with ASAP Rocky)

| Best Editing

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.dandad.org/profiles/jury/927862/music-videos-2019/|title=Music Videos Jury {{!}} 2019 D&AD D&AD Awards Winners {{!}} D&AD|website=www.dandad.org|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221103/https://www.dandad.org/profiles/jury/927862/music-videos-2019/|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=5|DanceStar Awards

| rowspan=2|2000

| Himself

| DanceStar of the Year

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/871377/basement-jaxx-moby-chemicals-top-dance-award-nominees/|title=Basement Jaxx, Moby, Chemicals Top Dance Award Nominees|website=MTV News|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193516/http://www.mtv.com/news/871377/basement-jaxx-moby-chemicals-top-dance-award-nominees/|url-status=dead}}

|-

| Play

| Best Album

| {{won}}

|-

| 2003

| rowspan=2|Himself

| Best US Act

| {{won}}

| {{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72508/2003-dancestar-awards-nominees|title=2003 DanceStar Awards Nominees|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929031109/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72508/2003-dancestar-awards-nominees|url-status=live}}

|-

| rowspan=2|2004

| Outstanding Contribution to Dance Music

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=http://www.dancestar.com/usa/2004/nominations.shtml|title=DanceStar USA 2004|date=August 19, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040819024318/http://www.dancestar.com/usa/2004/nominations.shtml|archive-date=August 19, 2004}}

|-

| 18 B Sides + DVD

| Best Music DVD

| {{won}}

|-

!scope="row"|ECHO Awards

| 2006

| rowspan=2|Himself

| Best International Male

| {{nom}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=2|GAFFA-Prisen Awards

| rowspan=2|2019

| Best International Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt

| Best International Album

| {{nom}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=6|Grammy Awards

| rowspan=2 | 2000

| Play

| Best Alternative Music Performance

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=6|{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/moby/14944|title=Moby|date=November 23, 2020|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193516/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/moby/14944|url-status=live}}

|-

| "Bodyrock"

| Best Rock Instrumental Performance

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2001

| "Natural Blues"

| Best Dance Recording

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2000

| Play: The DVD

| Best Music Video, Long Form

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2003

| "18"

| Best Pop Instrumental Performance

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2009

| Last Night

| Best Electronic/Dance Album

| {{nom}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=2|Hungarian Music Awards

| 2003

| 18

| Best Foreign Dance Album

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek-2003|title=Jelöltek 2003|date=August 12, 2016|website=Fonogram|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202231848/http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek-2003|url-status=live}}

|-

| 2011

| Himself

| Electronic Music Production of the Year

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=1|{{Cite web|url=http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek-2011|title=Jelöltek 2011|date=August 11, 2016|website=Fonogram|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210154714/http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek-2011|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan="3" |IFPI Platinum Europe Awards

| 2001

| rowspan=2|Play

| rowspan="3" | Album Title

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2001.html |title=IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002 |publisher=Ifpi.org |date=September 1, 2005 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121011819/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2001.html |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }}

|-

| 2002

| {{won}}

|-

| 2003

| rowspan="1"|18

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2002.html |title=IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002 |publisher=Ifpi.org |date=September 1, 2005 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205070940/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2002.html |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=3|Lunas del Auditorio

| 2004

| rowspan=6|Himself

| Espectaculo Alternativo

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web| url = https://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/esp/lunas-2004/ceremonia?evento=2004&cat=11| title = Lunas del auditorio| access-date = July 23, 2021| archive-date = July 23, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193519/https://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/esp/lunas-2004/ceremonia?evento=2004&cat=11| url-status = live}}

|-

| 2006

| rowspan=2|Musica Electronica

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/esp/lunas-2006/ceremonia?evento=2006&cat=25|title=Lunas del Auditorio|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193521/https://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/esp/lunas-2006/ceremonia?evento=2006&cat=25|url-status=live}}

|-

| 2010

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/esp/lunas-2010/ceremonia?evento=2010&cat=25|title=Lunas del Auditorio|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193519/https://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/esp/lunas-2010/ceremonia?evento=2010&cat=25|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row"|MTV Asia Awards

| 2003

| Best Male

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/news/2006-11-01?page=50 |title=news |publisher=moby.com |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110004151/http://www.moby.com/news/2006-11-01?page=50 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/nov/03/popandrock |title=MTV Europe awards: nominations in full | Culture |work=theguardian.com |date=November 3, 2005 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109235113/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/nov/03/popandrock |url-status=live }}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=8|MTV Europe Music Awards

| 1995

| rowspan=2|Best Dance

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102|title=Billboard|date=October 28, 1995|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-date=November 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119163001/https://books.google.com/books?id=rA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}

|-

| rowspan=3 | 2000

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=3|{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/953286.stm|title=MTV Europe Music Awards: The nominations|work=BBC News|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715133500/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/953286.stm|url-status=live}}

|-

| "Natural Blues"

| Best Video

| {{won}}

|-

| Play

| Best Album

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=2 | 2002

| rowspan=5|Himself

| Web Awards

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74018/mtv-europe-music-awards-2002-nominations |title=MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 Nominations |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709043145/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74018/mtv-europe-music-awards-2002-nominations |url-status=live }}

|-

| rowspan=2|Best Dance

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2003

| {{nom}}

| {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3240653.stm |title=MTV Europe Music Awards: The winners |work=BBC News |date=November 6, 2003 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901023435/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3240653.stm |url-status=live }}

|-

| 2005

| Best Male

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1510512/coldplay-gorillaz-lead-mtv-europe-music-awards-nominations/|title=Coldplay, Gorillaz Lead MTV Europe Music Awards Nominations|website=MTV News|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704181946/http://www.mtv.com/news/1510512/coldplay-gorillaz-lead-mtv-europe-music-awards-nominations/|url-status=dead}}

|-

!scope="row"|MTV Russian Music Awards

|2005

| Best International Act

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://newsmuz.com/news_5_1314.htm|title=MTV RMA 2005 : триумфальная победа Димы Билана|date=September 21, 2005|website=Новости шоу бизнеса и музыки NEWSmuz.com|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209010743/https://newsmuz.com/news_5_1314.htm|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=3|MTV Video Music Awards

| 2000

| "Natural Blues"

| rowspan=2|Best Male Video

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-m/moby.htm |title=Moby |work=Rock On The Net |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922015236/http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-m/moby.htm |url-status=live }}

|-

| 2001

| "South Side"

| {{won}}

|

|-

| 2002

| rowspan=2|"We Are All Made of Stars"

| Best Cinematography

| {{won}}

|

|-

!scope="row"| MTV VMAJ

| 2003

| Best Dance Video

| {{nom}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=9|MVPA Awards

| 2000

| "Run On"

| Electronic Video of the Year

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&q=mvpa+awards&pg=PA102|title=Billboard|date=April 1, 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419033812/https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&q=mvpa+awards&pg=PA102#v=snippet&q=mvpa%20awards&f=false|url-status=live}}

|-

| rowspan=4|2001

| rowspan=3|"South Side"

| Pop Video of the Year

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=4|{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-03-31.pdf#page=79 |title=Black Eyed Peas Lead MVPA Award Nominations |last=Hay |first=Carla |date=March 18, 2001 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 7, 2024 |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301203848/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-03-31.pdf#page=79 |url-status=live }}

|-

| Best Colorist/Telecine

| {{nom}}

|-

| Best Hair in a Video

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Porcelain"

| Alternative Video of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | 2003

| rowspan="2" | "In This World"

| Best Directional Debut

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite magazine|url=http://billboard.com/bb/awards/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1862263|title=BILLBOARD|magazine=Billboard |date=June 21, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030621080426/http://billboard.com/bb/awards/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1862263|archive-date=June 21, 2003}}

|-

| rowspan=2|Best Electronic Video

| {{won}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | 2007

| rowspan="2" | "New York, New York"

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=http://mvpaawards.com/winners/winners.asp?cat=07|title=MVPA Voting System|date=June 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604144219/http://mvpaawards.com/winners/winners.asp?cat=07|archive-date=June 4, 2008}}

|-

| Best Choreography

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=http://mvpaawards.com/winners/winners.asp?cat=12|title=MVPA Voting System|date=June 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604144245/http://mvpaawards.com/winners/winners.asp?cat=12|archive-date=June 4, 2008}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=4|Music Television Awards

| rowspan=3|2000

| rowspan=2|Himself

| Best Male

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=3|{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Q4M0Sgli4iHpxcN0d15k_KPtmYb_KGq|title=Music Television Awards '00 - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193516/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Q4M0Sgli4iHpxcN0d15k_KPtmYb_KGq|url-status=live}}

|-

| Best Dance

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Natural Blues"

| Best Video

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2008

| rowspan=2|Himself

| Best Dance

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Q4M0Sgli4hX4xaB1QSohs1DonJQ11Or|title=Music Television Awards 2008 - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193516/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Q4M0Sgli4hX4xaB1QSohs1DonJQ11Or|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=3 | My VH1 Music Awards

| rowspan=3|2001

| Best Male

| {{nom}}

| {{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1-and-vh1com-announces-mick-jagger-creed-sting-nelly-furtado-lenny-kravitz-destinys-child-and-no-doubt-to-perform-at-my-vh1-music-awards-01-live-december-2nd-at-9pm-etpt-74020967.html |title=VH1 and VH1.com Announces Mick Jagger, Creed, Sting, Nelly Furtado, Lenny Kravitz, Destiny's Child and No Doubt to Perform at 'My VH1 Music Awards '01,' Live December 2nd at 9PM ET/PT |via=PR Newswire |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110000333/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1-and-vh1com-announces-mick-jagger-creed-sting-nelly-furtado-lenny-kravitz-destinys-child-and-no-doubt-to-perform-at-my-vh1-music-awards-01-live-december-2nd-at-9pm-etpt-74020967.html |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |url-status=live }}

|-

| rowspan="2" | "South Side"

| Best Collaboration

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=2|

|-

| Favorite Video

| {{nom}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=4|NME Awards

| rowspan=2|2000

| rowspan=5|Himself

| Best Solo Artist

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2000.html|title=Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 2000...|website=Rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=March 18, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205439/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2000.html|url-status=usurped}}

|-

| rowspan=2|Best Dance Act

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=2|2001

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.html|title=Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 2001...|website=www.rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=November 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118125831/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.html|url-status=usurped}}

|-

| Best Live Act

| {{won}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=3|NRJ Music Awards

| rowspan=2|2001

| International Male Artist of the Year

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |last=Olivier |first=Ellen |url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-moby-whale-party-library-foundation-20130830,0,5372615.story |title=Moby the artist and the whale star at a party to support Library Foundation |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 30, 2013 |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235532/http://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-moby-whale-party-library-foundation-20130830,0,5372615.story |url-status=live }}

|-

| Play

| International Album of the Year

| {{nom}}

|

|-

| 2007

| Himself (with Mylene Farmer)

| Francophone Duo/Group of the Year

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web| url = https://www.nrj.fr/actus/musique/nrj-music-awards-2007-les-nomines-16543| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181002174649/http://www.nrj.fr/actus/musique/nrj-music-awards-2007-les-nomines-16543| archive-date = October 2, 2018| title = NRJ: Hit Music Only. Ecouter la radio en ligne, clips, actus, webradios... - NRJ.fr}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=1|Online Music Awards

| 1999

| rowspan=3|Himself

| Best Electronic Fansite

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.frank-zappa/c/DDcmNdJW_ig|title=Beefheart website nominated in First Annual Online Music Awards|website=groups.google.com|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193518/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.frank-zappa/c/DDcmNdJW_ig|url-status=live}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=2|Q Awards

| 2000

| Best Live Act

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2002

| Best Producer

| {{won}}

| {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2328003.stm |title=Q Awards 2002: Winners |work=BBC News |date=October 14, 2002 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901031918/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2328003.stm |url-status=live }}

|-

!scope="row"|TMF Awards

| 2000

| Play

| Best Album International

| {{won}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=2|Teen Choice Awards

| 2001

| "South Side"

| Choice Dance Track

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/2001-teen-choice-awards-57162725/|title=2001 Teen Choice Awards|work=Hollywood.com|date=October 26, 2001|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616054050/http://www.hollywood.com/general/2001-teen-choice-awards-57162725/|url-status=live}}

|-

| 2002

| rowspan=2|Himself

| Choice Male Artist

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104|title=Error|date=December 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214021745/http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104|archive-date=December 14, 2008}}

|-

!scope="row"|Top of the Pops Awards

| 2002

| Best Dance Act

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/awards/vote_dance.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030417191637/http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/awards/vote_dance.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2003|title=BBC - Top of the Pops - TOTP Awards 2002 - Top Dance Act|date=April 17, 2003|access-date=April 25, 2020}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan="3"|UK Music Video Awards

| rowspan=2|2018

| rowspan="2"| "ASAP Forever" (with ASAP Rocky)

| Best Urban Video - International

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=https://www.promonews.tv/news/2018/09/27/uk-music-video-awards-2018-all-nominations/55245|title=UK Music Video Awards 2018: all the nominations|website=Promonewstv|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717082945/https://www.promonews.tv/news/2018/09/27/uk-music-video-awards-2018-all-nominations/55245|url-status=live}}

|-

| Best Colour Grading in a Video

| {{nom}}

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| 2020

| rowspan=1|"My Only Love"

| rowspan=1|Best Animation

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.promonews.tv/news/2020/09/29/uk-music-video-awards-2020-all-nominations/66913|title=UK Music Video Awards 2020: all the nominations|website=Promonews.tv|access-date=May 30, 2021|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203195155/https://www.promonews.tv/news/2020/09/29/uk-music-video-awards-2020-all-nominations/66913|url-status=live}}

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!scope="row"|VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards

| rowspan=4|2000

| "Natural Blues"

| Visionary Video

| {{Won}}

| {{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/fashion_awards/2001/win_visionary.jhtml |title=VH1 VOGUE FASHION AWARDS 2001 |publisher=Vh1.com |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215717/http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/fashion_awards/2001/win_visionary.jhtml |url-status=dead }}

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! scope="row" rowspan=3|Viva Comet Awards

| "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"

| Best International Video

| {{won}}

| rowspan=3|{{Cite web|url=http://www.viva.tv/Events/ArticleDetail/id/1321460|title=Viva.tv - Events - COMET 2007: History - Die Gewinner|date=June 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601082455/http://www.viva.tv/Events/ArticleDetail/id/1321460|archive-date=June 1, 2009}}

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| rowspan=3|Himself

| Best Live Act

| {{nom}}

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| Viva Zwei Audience Award

| {{nom}}

|-

!scope="row"| Veggie Awards

| 2015

| Person of the Year

| {{won}}

| {{cite journal |title= The 2015 Veggie Awards |journal= VegNews |date= November–December 2015 |page= 26 |url= http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=7064&catId=2 |access-date= November 5, 2015 |archive-date= November 9, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151109014707/http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=7064&catId=2 |url-status= live }}

|-

!scope="row"|Webby Awards

| 2017

| "Are You Lost in the World Like Me?"

| Animation

| {{won}}

| {{cite journal |title= The 2017 Webby Awards |journal= Webby Awards |date= April 25, 2017 |url= http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2017/film-video/general-film/animation/are-you-lost-in-the-world-like-me/ |access-date= April 25, 2017 |archive-date= April 28, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170428183609/http://webbyawards.com/winners/2017/film-video/general-film/animation/are-you-lost-in-the-world-like-me/ |url-status= live }}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=14|Žebřík Music Awards

| rowspan=4|1999

| Himself

| Best International DJ

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=13|{{Cite web|url=https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2003-1997/|title=2003-1997 – Anketa Žebřík|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220418174234/https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2003-1997/|url-status=live}}

|-

| Play

| Best International Album

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"

| Best International Song

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Bodyrock"

| Best International Video

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=4|2000

| "Porcelain"

| Best International Song

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=5|Himself

| Best International Instrumentalist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Best International Personality

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=3|Best International DJ

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2001

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=3|2002

| {{nom}}

|-

| 18

| Best International Album

| {{nom}}

|-

| "In This World"

| Best International Song

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2003

| Himself

| Best International DJ

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2005

| Hotel

| Best International Album

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2010-2004/|title=2010-2004 – Anketa Žebřík|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102054606/https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2010-2004/|url-status=live}}

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