Editing Moby (section)

=== 2004–2010: ''Hotel'', ''Last Night'', and ''Wait for Me'' ===
[[File:Moby-RareDJSet.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Moby performing a DJ set in 2004]]
Moby's seventh album, ''[[Hotel (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.<ref name=SR06>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Peschek |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/11/popandrock.shopping?INTCMP=SRCH |title=CD: Moby, Hotel &#124; 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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=V13>{{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}}</ref> The singles "[[Lift Me Up (Moby song)|Lift Me Up]]" and "[[Slipping Away (Moby song)|Slipping Away]]" became top-10 hits across Europe.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=USAT14>{{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}}</ref>

In 2006, he accepted an offer to score the soundtrack for [[Richard Kelly (director)|Richard Kelly]]'s 2007 movie ''[[Southland Tales]]'', because he was a fan of Kelly's previous film, ''[[Donnie Darko]]''.<ref>{{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 &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; SOUTHLAND TALES (2005) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=April 16, 2009 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> In 2007, Moby also started a rock band, The Little Death with his friends [[Laura Dawn]], [[Daron Murphy]], and [[Aaron A. Brooks]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Following the dissolution of V2 Records in 2007, Moby signed a new deal with Mute Records to handle his American distribution.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

In 2008, Moby released ''[[Last Night (Moby album)|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.<ref name=album>{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/news/2007-12-05/new_album_last_night.html |title=new album&nbsp;– 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 }}</ref> The singles from ''Last Night'' include "[[Alice (Moby song)|Alice]]" and "[[Disco Lies]]".

[[File:Moby performing at the David Lynch Weekend, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, Saturday evening, April 26, 08.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Moby performing at the David Lynch Weekend in 2008]]
Moby wished for the follow-up to ''Last Night'' to be emotional, personal, and melodic.<ref name=suicidegirls>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="waitforme" /> 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 (Moby album)|Wait for Me]]'' was released on June 30, 2009.<ref name="waitforme">{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> Moby and Lynch discussed the recording process of ''Wait for Me'' on Lynch's online channel, David Lynch Foundation Television Beta.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The video to the first single, "[[Shot in the Back of the Head]]", offered as a free download, was directed by Lynch.<ref name="waitforme" />

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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The single was released in May 2010.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

The ''Wait for Me'' tour featured a full band.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Moby raised over $75,000 from three shows in California to help those affected by domestic violence<ref>{{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 }}</ref> after funding for the state's domestic violence program had been cut. The tour also saw Moby headline the [[Falls Festival]] in Australia<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and various Sunset Sounds festivals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/festival/1171917+Sunset+Sounds |title=Sunset Sounds at Riverstage (Brisbane, Queensland) on 6 Jan 2010&nbsp;– |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 }}</ref> An ambient version ''Wait for Me'' was released in late 2009 as ''[[Wait for Me: Ambient]]'', which Moby did not produce.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Moby contributed four songs to the soundtrack of ''[[The Next Three Days]]'', including the single "[[Mistake (Moby song)|Mistake]]".