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Uploaded by on Aug 11, 2011

Official video for the second single taken from Moby's latest album 'Destroyed'. The video was directed by acclaimed UK filmmakers Institute For Eyes.

More info on 'Lie Down In Darkness' and 'Destroyed' here: http://moby.com
Buy 'Lie Down In Darkness' on iTunes: http://itunes.com/moby
Get the track stems for 'Lie Down In Darkness' and make your own remix here: http://remix.moby.com

Best known for their striking documentary Isolation, about former paratrooper Stuart Griffiths, as well as videos for the likes of British Sea Power and Wild Beasts, Institute For Eyes were invited to visually realise Moby's new single, taken from his most recent studio album Destroyed (self-released on Moby's very own label Little Idiot).

Lie Down In Darkness is a soulful track of sublime melancholy and symphonic grandeur and the video's narrative reflects this sense of epic scale, as it follows an astronaut looking back on his life of space travel, journeying through an architecturally heightened London.

Shot in contemporary London, the locations for Lie Down in Darkness reference 1960's and 1970's periods, recalling modernist and Soviet austerity. The astronaut travels past such iconic London landmarks as the Barbican Centre and Southbank, in a journey of angles and minimalism, tunnels and flashes of dark and light. Visual elements of JG Ballard meet A Clockwork Orange undertones, intercut with sequences depicting outer space.

Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull, aka Institute For Eyes, said about the idea for the video: "The song has a graceful, very cinematic quality, so the idea of weightlessness quickly began to form. An intense otherworldly journey seemed to mirror the atmosphere of the song. Somesuch and Co helped us to put together a great team to make the video happen; we hope you enjoy it." Moby said about the making of the video, "It was great working with video directors Institute for Eyes, and I'm really happy with the final result. Their video really enhances the cinematic qualities in the song."

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  • amazing that moby is the only guy who knows what i need for music <3

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  • MOby..just wanna say that if I ever jump from the space, I'll be listening to your music.

  • paradise of music

  • Beautiful piece of music.moby knows how to touch the soul through notation.hesva big influence on alot of my tracks.hes not afraid to cross boundries in music and thats special.alot of artists try to sell a image.his music sells itself because it touches human emotion.hes one artist im sure who suts and writes not based on how cool it sounds but only what he feels.

  • I used to love and just listen Heavy, Thrash and Death metal, but, I got tired of it, Now, I find interesting artist and bands as Radiohead, Nujabes, Placebo, Pink Floyd, Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Emancipator, Zemfira, Edith Piaf and Moby. Moby is always full of emotion, that's what I love of his music. I feel more human. try this song: /watch?v=gbv-yqqmLH0 I hope you like it.

  • Arno Cost's remix kills this. No offense

  • Thank you Mobystuff for uploading. Heard this on KCRW this morning in the car (thanks Ann Litt) and was totally blown away - like share ecstasy dude.

    Anyone know of tunes similar to this orchestration wise & singing wise too - any artist?

  • If you like this track ,check out all my yesterdays by the bounce collective.

    Same co writer as this track

  • A very beautiful song, the arrangement reminds me of The Legend of Zelda Twilight princess wolves howling.

  • i almost cried ;_;

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