Wait for Me (Moby album)

Concept and style

Moby has stated about the recording of the album:

I recorded the album here in my studio on the lower east side (although 'studio' always seems like an overly grand word for a bunch of equipment set up in a small bedroom). In the past I've worked in large and small studios, but for this record I wanted to record everything at home by myself

He has also discussed about the start of the album's recording:

I started working on the album about a year ago, and the creative impetus behind the record was hearing a David Lynch speech at BAFTA, in the UK. David was talking about creativity, and to paraphrase, about how creativity in and of itself, and without market pressures, is fine and good. It seems as if too often an artists or musicians or writers creative output is judged by how well it accommodates the marketplace, and how much market share it commands and how much money it generates. In making this record I wanted to focus on making something that I loved, without really being concerned about how it might be received by the marketplace. As a result it's a quieter and more melodic and more mournful and more personal record than some of the records I've made in the past.

Moby and David Lynch discussed the recording process of the album on Lynch's online channel, David Lynch Foundation Television Beta. Lynch also directed the music video for "Shot in the Back of the Head", the first single from the album.

Ken Thomas (Sigur Rós) mixed Wait for Me. According to Moby, "mixing the record with him [Thomas] was really nice, as he's creatively open to trying anything". For example, Moby and Ken Thomas recorded an old broken bakelite radio through some broken old effects pedals, an unconventional technique.

Deluxe Edition

A deluxe Edition with two CDs and a DVD was released on 23 November 2009. It featured 2 bonus tracks, "One Time We Lived" and "Stay Down". It also included Moby's download only album, Wait for Me – Ambient, which was released on 2 November 2009. "One Time We Lived" was the single supporting the album.

Wait for Me: Ambient

Wait for Me: Ambient is the album Wait for Me re-recorded by Moby in an ambient manner. It was released as a digital download on 2 November 2009. It was also included in the deluxe edition of Wait for Me.

Wait for Me. Remixes!

Wait for Me. Remixes! is a remix album by American electronica musician Moby, released on May 17, 2010. It accompanies the release of Wait for Me and its companion, Wait for Me: Ambient. The album contains reworked versions of the songs, as well as remixes by Moby himself.

It was announced on his official website on March 23, 2010.

Tour

Moby toured for the album with a full band, something that occurred rarely during Moby's Last Night promotion, except for selected festival performances.

Moby stated in his journal entry on 25 April 2009:

The touring for the upcoming album (barring sporadic dj dates) will be with a full band and multiple vocalists, although i might incorporate some elements of the electronic/ambient show, as it enabled me to perform some songs i'd never been able to perform before (like 'God Moving Over the Face of the Waters', and other instrumental songs from the past).

The Wait for Me tour dates were:

Track listing

1. "Isolate (Mixhell Remix)" - 5:22
2. "Slow Light (Maps Remix)" - 5:55
3. "Wait for Me (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)" - 9:12
4. "Pale Horses (Gui Boratto's Last Window Remix)" - 7:37
5. "Walk with Me (Carl Cox Remix)" - 6:23
6. "Mistake (Yuksek Remix)" - 4:55
7. "One Time We Lived (Laurent Wolf Remix)" - 7:40
8. "Jltf (Chuckie Remix)" - 5:34
9. "Wait for Me (Laidback Luke Remix)" - 6:41
10. "Stay Down (Popof Remix)" - 6:17
11. "Study War (Savage Skulls Remix)" - 5:09
12. "Shot in the Back of the Head (Tiësto Remix)" - 7:15

1. "Walk with Me (Carl Cox Remix)"
2. "Shot in the Back of the Head (Tiësto Remix)"
3. "Wait for Me (Laidback Luke Remix)"
4. "Mistake (Dabruck & Klein Remix)"
5. "Study War (Savage Skulls Remix)"
6. "Jltf (Chuckie Remix)"
7. "Slow Light (Maps Remix)"
8. "One Time We Lived (Sharooz Remix)"
9. "Stay Down (Julian Jeweil Remix)"
10. "Wait for Me (Jean Elan Remix)"
11. "Walk with Me (Jon Rundell Remix)"
12. "Stay Down (Popof Remix)"
13. "Pale Horses (Gui Boratto's Last Window Remix)"