Baby Monkey

From the Artist
Why have I made this record? Well, see, there was this night in Glasgow in December of 2002...

It was the last night of the European tour for ‘18’, and to celebrate we went to an underground party in some abandoned railway tunnels (outside, mind you, in December in Glasgow...very cold...). And even though the abandoned railway tunnels were cold and damp (and smelly), it ended up being an amazing party, largely because of the music. The DJ’s were playing hard, sexy, straightforward dance music, and it was perfect. I was reminded of just how much I love hard, sexy, straightforward dance music, and when I arrived home the next day I decided to make a simple, straightforward dance record. I wanted to make a record that would somehow remind me of the best underground clubs that I had been to over the last couple of years. Not an experimental record, not an avant-garde record, but a straightforward, underground, electronic dance record. and that’s why I made this record under the name ‘Voodoo Child’. By making it under the name ‘Voodoo Child’ I could just concentrate on the music, and not worry about singles or videos or promotion (or even record sales...I’m under no illusions in making an underground dance record. I’m not expecting it to sell millions of copies...).

I guess that I could’ve avoided writing this little essay and instead have summed it up in one simple sentence: I love electronic dance music, and that’s why I made this record.

And I hope that you like it.

Thanks, Moby

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Average customer rating: Baby Monkey - User Experience Self-log: Like the man said- it's just good, straightforward dance A gem average dance music Smart and Sexy

Baby Monkey Voodoo Child , and Moby Manufacturer: V2 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Early Underground Everything Is Wrong Rare: Collected B-Sides I Like to Score Moby ASIN: B00013NE9A Release Date: 2004-01-27

Tracks:

1. Gotta Be Loose In Your Mind
2. Minors
3. Take It Home
4. Light Is In Your Eyes
5. Electronics
6. Strings
7. Gone
8. Unh Yeah
9. Obscure
10. Last
11. Harpie
12. Synthesisers

Customer Reviews:

Baby Monkey - User Experience Self-log:.......2004-10-21

0:06 into Track #1... Am I loosing my mind, or is this a moby styled loop?

2:15 into Track #1... At this point this point I think we all know its Moby for sure.

Track #4... Ok Im ready to start Dancing now.... Energy building, and... 3:25, nice break... very nice! [in case the person reading this is Moby] ;) YES!!! Starts up again!... 6:43

Track #5 Definitely different... I think I hear some old skool Moby here

Track #7... At first this sounds a bit Icey-ish but more trancy. A fresh sound from Moby.

Track #8 1:58... Ok where is my copy of Early Underground?

"Its Party Time!..."

Like the man said- it's just good, straightforward dance.......2004-09-27

Okay, i like experimental stuff, creativity keeps electronica as a whole alive. But now and again, it's nice to have a good artist who simply comes down to earth and gives us some good music. This is GOOD DANCE. (Except the last track, which is good except it NEVER ENDS...). As such, this is a good, all-around CD for whenever. It's not mood specific, triumphant, melancholy, whatever- it just is. Moby has tremendous capacity for experimentation, but when you get off the hinterlands and come back to the main area- you see that the experimentation is based on, well, good, straightforward music.

A gem .......2004-08-08

Since Moby's carreer began, his musical style has matured and evolved. Especially with the releases of Play and 18. His music has evolved into almost poppish electronica. As Voodoo Child, he gets back to his original roots from the early 90's. This album sounds a lot like "MOBY: RARE B-SIDES" the superb 2-disc set released by Moby a few years ago. The music in this album is earlier Moby mixed with newer Moby. You can tell it's the "newer" Moby 'cause of the drumwork. Every musician has a favorite chord and style of music they like to use in their own productions. Moby is no different. Since the release of Play, I have noticed simularities in all the tracks he's done since then. That's not a bad thing. It's not repetive. And it takes true skill for that. Most artists sound the same each and every track. I do the same. I'm a electronica musician. And you can tell it's me every track because I usually use the same softwares and stuff for my drums and synths. And I have a set chord reference for most of my tracks. It's my brain at work.(...)

So is this a good album? Yes. It's one of the finest. And I hope Moby releases more albums under the name Voodoo Child.

average dance music.......2004-04-05

good stuff but nothing extraordinary (except tracks 4 and 12) if i should try to express what i'm expecting from real dance music i would put down only one group which stands for the best dance maker. in my opinion, guys from "chemical brothers" with their skils really got it (nothing new, of course). and the difference between moby and ChB??? how simple, if you take the ChB's best dance song of all times - for me : "sunshine underground" (Surrender) - from the beginning to the end you can hear the developement, which i would compare to the developement in the built-up of drama works - thesis, synthesis...climax, apocalypse. This is what makes me feel the excitement, the tension which is constantly run up until to the climax of the song...and that's what the majority (moby inclusive) of so called dance-songs lacks. i'm sorry Moby, as you said you did only "simple, straightforward dance music".

Smart and Sexy.......2004-02-17

This is great, classic-sounding electronic music. I don't know much about Moby, but I can tell you that this album is intelligent, funky, and it pulls off being ethereal without even remotely resembling trance.

Moby throws together some House and Techno (but not only that), all overlaid by that beautiful electronic keyboard- very 80's, but I mean that in a good way. My favorite tracks so far are 3, 4, and 5... very hot! Some tracks are more techy than sexy, but nonetheless... this would be lethal on the dance floor. I will dance much to this CD. Yes.

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Walk with Me Jessica Will Manufacturer: Monkey Baby Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007VXX4W Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. Purest Blue
2. Near You
3. Spacey Girl
4. Walk with Me
5. Lonely One
6. That's Alright
7. Inside
8. On Your Mind
9. You Will Know
10. God of Mercy
11. On Your Mind, Remix

Product Description

Jessica is a singer/songwriter from Venice, California and her music has been described as "acoustic-soul-folk-rock."

Average customer rating: best Of The Boston Scene eclectic music Pleasing infection Probably the most unique recording of 1998.

Monkey Puzzle Baby Ray Manufacturer: Thirsty Ear ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Low Rises Do I Love America ASIN: B00000DH0C Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

1. Never Know My Name
2. Buster Pig Man
3. Sugar Mine!
4. Little Red Caboose
5. Snipe Hunter
6. MFG
7. Sorry
8. Curl
9. Big Sun's A-Comin'
10. Trainwreck
11. The Ballad Of Baby Ray
12. Thing Called Springtime
13. Check It Out
14. Porky's Prey

Customer Reviews:

best Of The Boston Scene.......2006-07-08

If you are a fan of the boston music scene then check out these amazing albums:
1) Surfer Rosa by The Pixies
2) Lyres Lyres by The Lyres
3) Low Rises by Baby Ray
4) Vs. by Mission Of Burma
5) Fig. 15 by The Human Sexual Response

eclectic music.......1999-01-20

They have class, but they have no style - no one style, that is. If you have heard one song, you do not know Baby Ray. They have much more in store for you than any other band. They call it pop rock, but they spread out from there. They are best experienced live and rockin' because they are performance artists, but the CD is still a great bang for your buck. These guys are good, they got it goin' on and they're tight. They are accomplished musicians who know words and music and put them together in unexpected shapes and sizes. Baby Ray appeals to a lot of different people because each song takes you on a whole new trip. You don't know where it's going, but you're enjoying the ride. This is the best local band i've seen in a while. Give us more!

Pleasing infection.......1998-11-16

Monkeypuzzle is a sneaky album. The first couple tracks admit Baby Ray's lineage: swirling, insistent vocals delivered with punchy yet blended instrumental twinges. XTC, REM, Jellyfish, and Counting Crows all come to mind (XTC being the most notable flavor). You might feel a twinge of deja vu. The real payoff, however, is buried in the deeper album tracks, most notably "Trainwreck," "The Ballad of Billy Ray," and "Thing Called Springtime." Song structure relates directly to lyrical meaning in these ditties, and now I find myself searching for such connections in the other tracks. If spend most of your time listening to "harder" rock acts, don't be fooled by the sometimes saccharine and overly deliberate blends...there is plenty of savory edge in the very craft of these songs.

Probably the most unique recording of 1998........1998-11-10

Is there something wrong with the speakers of the stereo? As the opening song ping pongs from one side of the room to the other I am quite certain that I am beginning a sensory delight.Favorite Groat ditties (his voice sweeps you away...) Trainwreck, The Ballad of Baby Ray (all bands should write about themselves) The sad Thing Called Springtime and the action packed Porky's Prey. I love this CD. you will play it many times.

Average customer rating: this was free

Drive-thru Records: Drive-thru NFS 2003 Limited Edition Cd: Starting Line / Movielife / Early November / Senses Fail / Steel Train / Home Grown / Allister / Rx Bandits Drive-thru Records Manufacturer: Drive-Thru Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RLCVBS

Product Description

Track List: 1. The Starting Line - "Up and Go"; 2. The Movielife - "Face or Kneecaps"; 3. The Early November - "Every Night's Another Story"; 4. Senses Fail - "Steven"; 5. Steel Train - "Blown Away"; 6. Home Grown - "Tomorrow"; 7. Allister - "Scratch"; 8. Rx Bandits - "Sell You Beautiful (Demo)". Drive-Thru Records DT NFS 2003 Limited Edition Compilation CD. DTNFS41503

Customer Reviews:

this was free.......2007-07-29

this cd was a free compilation given out.. most of the songs can be found on 2 oe 3 other compilation out there.. this is not worth anywehre near 14$

Average customer rating:

Blood Bath (Beyond the Objective Correlative) [RARE] Slippery Midget Manufacturer: Hlwknd Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000M3W0PS

Product Description

1. GhoulDIE Mox 2. Forgotten 3. Nourishment 4. Space Monkey 5. Side Show Freaks 6. Nefarious 7. Memorial Park Panic 8. Tricky Business 9. (2nd Hand) Rosie 10. 6# 11. Out There 12. Hate Letter 13. Care-less-ness 14. Lucky 15. Baby Robbers 16. Torture 17. Monstrance! 18. Booha!

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Dead Baby Vs. Jesus Tub Ring , Dog Fashion Disco , Nuclear Rabbit , Mong Hang , Folly , Duct Tape Mustache , Mod Flanders Conspiracy , Screaming Monkey Boner , Ritual Space Travel Agency , and The Booginz Manufacturer: Dead Baby Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge ASIN: B000U0QEW8

Product Description

A chaotic combination of quirk rock influenced ska, punk and metal... Bands include: 1. Tub Ring - Two Minus Three 2. Hired Geeks - Ghost Ride 3. Nuclear Rabbit - Alone With My Clone 4. Stamp'd - Ojibway Island 5. Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Bill Nye 6. Ritual Space Travel Agency - Schizo Scherzo 7. PupuTupuna - Enlightenment 8. I Voted For Kodos - Not Penis Cream 9. Dog Fashion Disco - The Acid Memoirs 10. Gimme Crack - Jesus is a Zombie 11. Surfits - Ska Noir 12. Conecuh Workshop - Merit Badge 13. Screaming Monkey Boner - ZYQ9 14. Daiquiri - Singer 15. The Rolemodels - Fractured 16. Something to Do - Mandy 17. Folly - Broken 18. Duct Tape Mustache - Camel Sneakers 19. The Jesters - J. Load 20. Mong Hang - Pang Japonica 21. The Booginz - Aftermath of I-79 22. Suburban Legends - Zanzibar

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