single // Move
'Move' was Moby's first single for Mute,
and I think could be argued as the best dance track - aside from
'Go', of course - that he has ever released. This was a time when
Richard Hall's focus was entirely on housey, uplifting dance
music, none of the guitars and hip hop beats that have pervaded
his subsequent work.
'Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)' is designated
as the single mix, and is everything you'd want from a Moby dance
track - solid beats (with a bit of a hardcore break feel), atmospheric
/ euphoric strings, melodic piano and soulful vocals. 'All That
I Need Is To Be Loved' was re-recorded as a thrash metal dirge for
'Hymn' and his debut Mute album Everything Is Wrong, but on the
12" we get the seminal original, while the CD includes an edited
mix. It's an aggressive but trancey acid cut, with a central synth
hook and heavy 4/4 beats, an impassioned Moby largely shouting the
lyrics.
'Unloved Symphony' is proper 'ardcore - frantic
beats, headcleaner noises etc, but Moby tempers this aggression
with piano motifs and some queasily moving string sounds. 'The Rain
Falls And The Sky Shudders' points to his soundtrack work - beautiful
piano heard in the middle distance, whilst the sound of a torrential
downpour provides the foreground. Various noises filter through,
and overall this is a seminal treat tucked away on this single.
Over on the 12", 'Morning Dove' is a repetitive percussive
tribal house cut with a riff like a Morroccan snake charmer, and
apparently named after a particularly potent ecstacy tablet.
The second 12" single includes four remixes
- three by Moby himself and one by Mark 'MK' Kinchin. It doesn't
state it on the sleeve, but the first is an extended version of
the single mix. MK's mix is pure '90s house, his layering of the
scant vocals and new sax riffs over a steady house beat echoing
his work with Nightcrawlers. Moby's two mixes on the B-side are
aggressive and fast (Sub) and deep and relaxed (Xtra), the lattering
featuring what sounds like a double bass. Moby's Disco Threat mix
is exclusively available on the cassette single.
12":
A1. Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)
A2. Morning Dove
B1. All That I Need Is To Be Loved
B2. Unloved Symphony
L12":
A1. Move (You Make Me Feel So Good) (Extended Mix)
A2. Move (MK
B1. Move (Sub Version)
B2. Move (Extra)
CD:
1. Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)
2. All That I Need Is To Be Loved (MV)
3. Unloved Symphony
4. The Rain Falls And The Sky Shudders
C:
1. Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)
2. Move (Disco Threat)
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