Arguably, he is most famous among his peers for the track "Go," a progressive track using the string line from "Laura Palmer's Theme" from the TV drama Twin Peaks. Moby is also well known for singles like "Porcelain", "South Side" with Gwen Stefani, "We Are All Made of Stars" and "Lift Me Up". Moby has released singles and albums under the names Voodoo Child, Barracuda, UHF, The Brotherhood, DJ Cake, Lopez, and Brainstorm/Mindstorm. Several of his songs have also found their way into major motion pictures and commercials. The ambient piece "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters," was featured in: The 1995 motion picture Heat The 1996 Rover 400 car commercial The trailer for the 2005 movie Syriana The 2006 Apple commercial for the Intel-based line of iMac PC's. "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" was used in: The climax of the documentary film Peaceable Kingdom The trailer for the 2001 movie Black Hawk Down. "Extreme Ways" was featured in: the end of the 2002 movie The Bourne Identity and its sequel, the 2004 movie The Bourne Supremacy. Indeed, in 1997 Moby released a compilation of tracks used in and inspired by the cinema called I Like to Score. His music was also used to great effect in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday. Moby plays keyboard, guitar, and bass guitar, and expresses mild irritation at the assumption that everything on his newer albums is a sample. He used to be in a punk band called the Vatican Commandos, but abandoned punk in 1989 for electronic music. His first album "The Story So Far (aka Moby)" featured the single "Go", which gained popularity in many discos, and earned a spot on the UK charts. The song is so popular that Moby still played "Go" regularly in his sets. His first album for Elektra Records was Everything Is Wrong, which earned early critical praise and minor public awareness. He followed that up with a hard rock/electronic album called Animal Rights in 1996. In 1997, he released I Like to Score, a collection of music included in movies. Among those tracks was an updated version of the James Bond theme. However, both Animal Rights and I Like to Score were commercially unsuccessful and Moby and Elektra parted company. Moby performing a rare DJ set at NASA Rewind, a 2004 rave on Manhattan Island. After a decade's worth of music, Moby's breakthrough album was 1999's Play. Mainstream reviewers raved about his talents on the album (released on V2 Records) though some early fans were let down. The album has 18 tracks and was the first album in history to have all of its tracks commercially licensed: "Porcelain," for instance, appeared on TV commercials for Bailey's Irish Cream, Hong Kong's PCCW and Nordstrom, and Volkswagen's MKIV Jetta; "Find My Baby" was on a commercial for American Express featuring golfer Tiger Woods. The album's tracks eventually were accepted in various radio formats, but because of Play's extensive licensing, the album could have been financially successful even without radio play. In addition to fame garnered through its licensing, Play is also notable for its extensive sampling of old blues recordings collected by Alan Lomax. In a 2005 posting on his web site, Moby theorized that his eagerness to license his music is a result of "growing up in poverty." In 2001, Moby founded the Area:One Festival. It was a popular touring rock festival that featured an eclectic range of musical genres. A second tour was organized for the following year. In 2001 Moby also earned the ire of Eminem after calling his music misogynist and homophobic; Eminem later satirized Moby (among others) in "Without Me," calling him a "fag" and questioning his relevance with the claim, "Nobody listens to techno!" The two were in a confrontation at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, though Moby expresses respect for Eminem's musical talents. In 2002, Moby briefly had a television show on MTV, Señor Moby's House of Music, which focused mostly on more obscure electronic music. Also in 2002, Moby released 18, a techno album that had 18 tracks. The most popular song on the album was "We Are All Made of Stars". Moby says he wrote "We Are All Made of Stars" because of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks, which happened on his birthday (source: album 18-B Sides DVD). Moby, a vegan non-denominational Christian and self-proclaimed simpleton (for his often sincere and idealistic political assessments), lives in New York City's Little Italy, where he's lived for a decade in a small apartment in a five-story building across the street from David Bowie. Despite his religion, he has expressed pro-choice views. He owns a small restaurant and coffee shop called TeaNY, where he occasionally waits tables. He also organized the Little Idiot Collective, a group of artists that also includes cartoonist and musician James Kochalka. In 2005 Moby released "Lift Me Up", a single from his album Hotel, which featured, in addition to numerous remixes, UK company Digimpro's software. The program allows users to remix the song - using any or all of the samples included—and save it as an MP3 file. Thus unlimited, personalized versions of the title track were possible. Digimpro had previously seen exposure with group Erasure's single "Breathe," allowing users the same ability. For certain dates on Moby's 2005 European tour, Liveherenow provided concert goers with CDs of the show 10 minutes after the show finished. Other Mute Records artists like Erasure and Client have previously used this company for similar reasons.

Moby is well known advocate for a variety of liberal causes, working with MoveOn.org, and PETA, among others. He also actively engages in nonpartisan activism. He has performed benefit concerts for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function , promoting music therapy. Moby also serves on the Board of Directors of Amend.org , a nonprofit that implements injury prevention programs in Africa.