Moby / ‘The Perfect Life’ video with Wayne Coyne unveiled

Moby has unveiled the stunning video for ‘The Perfect Life’ – the first single to be taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Innocents’ – and his much-talked about collaboration with Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips.

Featuring Wayne & Moby dressed as mariachis and leading a group of strangers around downtown LA, ‘The Perfect Life’ video can be viewed below.

‘The Perfect Life’ is an epic electronic soul track, which showcases the forthcoming collaborations album ‘Innocents’ to dramatic effect. Wayne Coyne joins Moby to deliver an uplifting and melodic anthem.

A Fuck Buttons remix of ‘The Perfect Life’ has also premiered on Pitchfork over the weekend. Listen here now.

The casting call for ‘The Perfect Life’ video was posted on Moby’s Facebook earlier this summer and included some very specific extras, “S&M gimp rhythmic gymnast”, “eight roller-skating ghosts”, “12 goth choir members”, “2 obese bearded bikers in red speedos”, “a punk rock brass brand” and “a drunk king: guy with beard age 35-50”.

Moby comments on the collaboration with Coyne;  “Wayne Coyne and I ended up doing a duet on ‘The Perfect Life’: we sing the choruses together, and then go back and forth on the verses. Wayne and I first met in 1995, when The Flaming Lips and I were both opening up for a Red Hot Chili Peppers’ European tour. We became friends, shared a dressing room and the same bad craft services, and watched the Chili Peppers from the side of the stage. I thought of Wayne for this song because The Flaming Lips have evolved in this very open, celebratory band when they play live, and that was the perfect vibe for what I was imagining for ‘The Perfect Life.’ I texted Wayne and said, ‘Hey, I have a song – want to sing on it?’ Thirty seconds later, he texted me back: ‘Yes, send it to me, it will be great.”

‘Innocents’ is a record of firsts for Moby. The first time in his career he worked with an outside producer, friend Mark “Spike” Stent, whose résumé includes Madonna, U2, Muse, Björk, and Massive Attack. In addition, this is the first time Moby has concentrated an entire album on collaborations which as well as Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips)  features alt-rock legend Mark Lanegan, Cold Specks, Skylar Grey – best known for co-writing and performing on Eminem and Rihanna’s Love The Way You Lie; indie-folk singer Damien Jurado, and Inyang Bassey who was the vocalist on ‘The Right Thing’ from ‘Destroyed’.

Moby has announced just three live shows in support of Innocents at the Fonda Theatre, L.A on 2nd, 3rd, 4th October. Go here for tickets: http://moby.com/fonda

For more information on ‘Innocents’ visit Stay Loose HQ.