MOBY, Porcelain: A Memoir. London: Faber and Faber. 2016. 8vo. First edition, being one of a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, this numbered 5. Black gloss hardcover boards with titles in slate, in the publisher’s bright yellow slipcase. With numerous illustrations and photographic plates throughout. A fine book, just a few very minor marks to front board, in the slipcase which has a couple of very mild bumps at corners, and some minor marks and scuffs, some of which could be carefully removed. A handsome volume. Scarce.
An excellent pairing of memoir and book production. Moby was born Richard Melville and got the nickname to which he is known by way of his parents—they believe he is related to Moby Dick author, Herman Melville. He is considered “one of the most important, successful, and outspoken figures in electronic music, though his work spans a variety of rock and pop styles as well. His crossover success during the 1990s helped bring techno into the mainstream and established him as a progenitor to the crop of superstar DJs that would define the next wave of popular electronic music. At the peak of his breakthrough visibility, he courted controversy for putting a public face to the notoriously anonymous electronic genre and attracting scorn from techno purists. Not only did his music differ from both the cool surface textures of ambient music and the hedonistic world of house music, so did his lifestyle: Moby was famous for his devout Christian beliefs, as well as his environmental and vegan activism.” [Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Andy Kellman, Rovi, Spotify].
MOBY, Porcelain: A Memoir. London: Faber and Faber. 2016. 8vo. First edition, being one of a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, this numbered 5. Black gloss hardcover boards with titles in slate, in the publisher’s bright yellow slipcase. With numerous illustrations and photographic plates throughout. A fine book, just a few very minor marks to front board, in the slipcase which has a couple of very mild bumps at corners, and some minor marks and scuffs, some of which could be carefully removed. A handsome volume. Scarce.
An excellent pairing of memoir and book production. Moby was born Richard Melville and got the nickname to which he is known by way of his parents—they believe he is related to Moby Dick author, Herman Melville. He is considered “one of the most important, successful, and outspoken figures in electronic music, though his work spans a variety of rock and pop styles as well. His crossover success during the 1990s helped bring techno into the mainstream and established him as a progenitor to the crop of superstar DJs that would define the next wave of popular electronic music. At the peak of his breakthrough visibility, he courted controversy for putting a public face to the notoriously anonymous electronic genre and attracting scorn from techno purists. Not only did his music differ from both the cool surface textures of ambient music and the hedonistic world of house music, so did his lifestyle: Moby was famous for his devout Christian beliefs, as well as his environmental and vegan activism.” [Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Andy Kellman, Rovi, Spotify].
