Moby's combination of preachy environmentalism and people-carrier advertising may have been horribly misjudged but the level of hatred he generates in the press could give you impression that he has undertaken a mission to personally run over the dog of every music journalist alive. In truth, his worst crime is having been slightly dull since the early 1990s. Hooking up with Mylene Farmer on the French version of his recent hits package was a masterstroke though. The unexceptional Slipping Away is elevated magnificently by Farmer's inimitable breathy vocals. A massive hit in France, it's a shame it couldn't have been released more widely - it's probably Mylene's best chance of recognition in the Anglophone world in over a decade.


Moby ft Mylene Farmer - Crier La Vie