Ten thousand early CD copies of Moby's 2005 album Hotel were packaged with a bonus disc, Hotel: Ambient -- an assemblage of restrained, atmospheric, and predominantly beatless tracks.
Moby obtained the rights to that extra set and, in late 2014, wisely gave it a separate release as a digital download with three bonus tracks.
A triple-vinyl edition was released a few months after that.
The material, heavily inspired by Brian Eno's early ambient releases -- certain parts of Music for Airports and On Land, for instance -- is among the producer's best and most nuanced work.
It evokes a mix of comfort and slight alienation, and is pleasurable whether placed in the background or heard through total immersion.
The bonus cuts, including the gently swarming "May 4 Two" and a 16-minute version of the weightless and elegiac "Live Forever" are enhancements rather than completist lures.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swear | Moby | Play | 06:41 | 15 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | Snowball | Moby | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 18 MB |
| 3 | Blue Paper | Moby | Play | 06:07 | 14 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Homeward Angel [Long] | Moby | Play | 10:57 | 25 MB | 50 MB |
| 5 | Chord Sounds | Moby | Play | 07:25 | 16 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | Not Sensitive | Moby | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| 7 | Lilly | Moby | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 8 | The Come Down | Moby | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | Overland | Moby | Play | 06:49 | 15 MB | 27 MB |
| 10 | Live Forever | Moby | Play | 07:15 | 16 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | Aerial | Moby | Play | 05:49 | 13 MB | 22 MB |
| 67 mins | 155 MB | |||||
| 67 mins | 287 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moby | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |