Moby Announces New Collaborative Album ‘Always Centered At Night’

Moby detailed a new collaborative album, Always Centered At Night, due out on June 14 via Mute. The New York-based electronic musician also shared the first single, “Dark Days,” featuring soul-jazz singer-songwriter Lady Blackbird.

Each track on Always Centered At Night, some previously released, sees Moby teaming with a different collaborator including Gaidaa (“Transit”), José James (“Ache For”), Akemi Fox (“Fall Back”), serpentwithfeet (“On Air”), Aynzli Jones (“Medusa”) and more. The record also contains a posthumous appearance by late British poet and activist Benjamin Zephaniah on “Where Is Your Pride?”

“For the last 30 years, I’ve worked with amazing singers–everyone from David Bowie to Freddie Mercury, Gregory Porter to Jill Scott,” Moby stated. “Always Centered At Night continues my love of collaborating, but has a focus of working with amazing singers who might not be as well known as David Bowie and Gregory Porter.”

Out today is new single, “Dark Days,” featuring Lady Blackbird.

“I first heard Lady Blackbird sing a few years ago, and I fell in love with her voice,” Moby said. “I moved heaven and earth to try and work with her.”

“It was such a wonderful feeling to get to work with Moby again, this time as a writer on the new song ‘Dark Days,’” Lady Blackbird added. “Moby’s originality is so freeing. We felt the moonlit darkness of the track evoked a feeling of the beginning and ending of future days on Earth.”

Listen to “Dark Days” below:

Moby is also celebrating the 25th anniversary of his landmark 1999 album, Play, the biggest-selling electronic album of all time. The musician will embark on a five-date European tour this fall in honor of the LP. Moby detailed the run.

“It’s been over 10 years since I’ve toured, but someone reminded me that 2024 is the 25th anniversary of the release of Play, so it seemed like it might not be the worst idea to do a short European tour to commemorate and celebrate. The show will feature well known songs from ‘Play,’ but also a bunch of audience favorites, like ‘Extreme Ways,’ ‘We Are All Made Of Stars,’ ‘When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die,’ and even some old rave bangers like ‘Feeling So Real’ and ‘Go.’ What makes the tour most exciting for me is that I won’t be paid anything. 100% of my tour profits will go to European animal rights organizations.”

Following various presales, tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 22 at 10 a.m GMT.

Always Centered At Night Tracklist:

1. on air (feat. serpentwithfeet)
2. dark days (feat. Lady Blackbird)
3. where is your pride? (feat. Benjamin Zephaniah)
4. transit (feat. Gaidaa)
5. wild flame (feat. Danaé Wellington)
6. precious mind (feat. India Carney)
7. should sleep (feat. J.P Bimeni)
8. feelings come undone (feat. Raquel Rodriguez)
9. medusa (feat. Aynzli Jones)
10. we’re going wrong (feat. Brie O’Banion)
11. fall back (feat. Akemi Fox)
12. sweet moon (feat. Choklate)
13. ache for (feat. José James)