“Moby, as always, prioritizes meaningful lyricism that is deeply personal and powerfully political” – MXDWN
“Moby and his talented collaborators have created something comfortable, moody, evocative, and, yes, perfectly centered for nighttime listening.” – Pop Matters
Today acclaimed electronic musician, producer and activist Moby shares all-new remixes with a two disc, 58-track album, always centered at night remixes out now via Mute alongside “wild flame (dark1 remix)” featuring Danaé. The whopping LP comes following Quiet Home DJ Mix, a sold out September 2024 EU/UK tour celebrating 25 years of Play, and the release of the album always centered at night last June.
Moby opens up the sheer scope of the acan album project with a meaty 58-track remix album. The latest single, out today, is the cosmic “dark1” remix of “wild flame” which finds Danaé’s delightful vocals shimmering over loose congas, spacey synths and intricate rhythms. The new, re-worked tracks see Moby breathe new life into the originals. Thrilled to share the extensive project, Moby says, “I felt that the collaborations on ‘always centered at night’ were each so special that I wanted to create remixes to give the vocals as many sonic backgrounds as possible.”
Even by Moby’s standards, always centered at night is a bit special. The album features 13 collaborations in all, from names you might recognize to others you undoubtedly will come to recognize. Lead single “dark days” was recorded with acclaimed soul-jazz singer-songwriter Lady Blackbird, a defiant, rhythmic work propelled by her alluring, deep vocals and earnest soul. Other collaborators include serpentwithfeet on the achingly beautiful “on air,” and Benjamin Zephaniah on the propulsive, break- beat driven “where is your pride?,” a spoken word with a powerful message delivered in the late dub poet’s characteristically warm Handsworth burr. “As a vegan activist, and as a wise and compassionate man, Benjamin inspired me for many years,” says Moby. “I hope that ‘where is your pride?’ honors his legacy and also draws people’s attention to his life, work, and principles.”
Other wonderful voices on ‘always centered at night’, include Sudanese, Netherlands-based chanteuse Gaidaa on “transit”, London based Burundian royal refugee J.P. Bimeni, and Kingston raised, London based Aynzli Jones.
always centered at night–the album–is the continuation of the project of the same name that Moby announced in 2022. He saw this project as a similar service to the idiosyncratic New York record shops that he frequented in the late 1980s, where he’d hear something recondite and exciting and it would open up whole new worlds. always centered at night was his way of working with special writers and vocalists to make songs inspired by the spirit of musical discovery.
Moby is a multi-platinum-selling, multi-award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, author, and animal rights activist.
The expansive, fresh remix album, always centered at night remixes–complete with two discs and 58 tracks–is out now via Mute.
always centered at night remixes track listing:
Disc 1:
- Moby & Gaidaa – transit (july 2 remix)
- Moby & Gaidaa – transit (dec 31 remix)
- Moby & gaidaa – transit (oct 1 remix)
- Moby & Benjamin Zephaniah – where is your pride? (remix 3)
- Moby & Benjamin Zephaniah – where is your pride? (act tone remix)
- Moby & Benjamin Zephaniah – where is your pride? (minimal moby remix)
- Moby & Benjamin Zephaniah – where is your pride? (march 29 remix)
- Moby & Danaé – wild flame (dark1 remix)
- Moby & Danaé – wild flame dec 31 remix)
- Moby & Danaé – wild flame (dec 31 shorter remix)
- Moby & Danaé – wild flame (dubbed moby mix)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (intervals remix)
- Moby & India Carney – precious mind (dark remix)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (Nitefreak remix)
- Moby & Benjamin Zephaniah – where is your pride? (Essel remix)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (dub mix)
- Moby & J.P. Bimeni – should sleep (Prins Thomas extended mix)
- Moby & Raquel Rodriguez – feelings come undone (piano remix)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (house remix1)
- Moby & Raquel Rodriguez – feelings come undone (dec 27 remix)
- Moby & Raquel Rodriguez – feelings come undone (remix 2 remix)
- Moby & Raquel Rodriguez – feelings come undone (june1 remix)
- Moby & India Carney – precious mind (april 23 remix)
- Moby & Choklate – sweet moon (remix1)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (breaks remix)
- Moby & Akemi Fox – fall back (july9 dub)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (analog remix)
- Moby & India Carney – precious mind (lo fi remix)
- Moby & Akemi Fox – fall back (quiet version)
- Moby & José James – ache for (quiet version)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (remix 2)
- Moby & Aynzli Jones – medusa (808 remix)
- Moby & J.P. Bimeni – should sleep (two guitars remix)
Disc 2:
- Moby & J.P. Bimeni – should sleep (Prins Thomas diskomix)
- Moby & India Carney – precious mind (cassette remix)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (vanco remix)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (undercatt remix)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (tonic walter remix)
- Moby & Lady Blackbird – dark days (reznik remix)
- Moby & Choklate – sweet moon (jung remix)
- Moby & Brie O’Banion – we’re going wrong (moby remix)
- Moby & Gaidaa – transit (lafayette remix)
- Moby & Gaidaa – transit (west st remix)
- Moby & José James – ache for (915 remix)
- Moby & José James – ache for (breaks remix)
- Moby & José James – ache for (a cappella)
- Moby & Akemi Fox – fall back (coco bryce remix)
- Moby & Akemi Fox – fall back (remix 1)
- Moby & Akemi Fox – fall back (ama remix)
- Moby & Akemi Fox – fall back (a cappella)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (strings version)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (4am version)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (shadows version)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (analog version)
- Moby & serpentwithfeet – on air (a cappella)
- Moby & Aynzli Jones – medusa (innocents remix)
- Moby & Aynzli Jones – medusa (moby mix)
- Moby & Aynzli Jones – medusa (a cappella)
