Moped
Pier Sans (2023)
Listen now on Apple Music or Spotify. Moped is back on the lofi scene! The post-pandemic trilogy is now complete with the release of Pier Sans (2023) from Urbanundergrounds. Lying somewhere between MP3-era acid jazz and YouTuber study beats, this 10-track album will satisfy your digital soul and improve your sax life.
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Space Is Tight (2022)
I’m excited to be a part of this hip music label from Germany. As an extension of 2022’s “Remote” album, this debut single on urbanundergrounds features two new tracks. “Space Is Tight” is inspired by ‘90s jazz hop, and “Bass Face” showcases Moped’s looping talents of layering live bass and sax-y melodies.
Remote (2022)
Moped goes remote on his 6th studio release. Recorded in early 2022, these 10 tracks feature a mix of nu-disco and chillout vibes. Listen on the road or at home while you’re livin' the REMOTE life. Listen now on Spotify or Apple Music
Makeup Sax (2021)
Moped returns with the first new release in 12 years! That’s a long time. Hopefully we can get back together for some Makeup Sax… The long-awaited 5th studio album was recorded during the winter of 2021. With a chill-out vibe, the 16 new tracks were built around obscure samples with ambient keys, alto sax, and vintage beats.
Moped Moves On (2009)
The dynamic duo’s fourth album strays away from their blunted instrumental days and further into the indie-electro realm. The single "Elevator" is a dance track about daydreaming at the office, while "Form" expresses a love/hate sentiment towards computers. Their roots in jazzy electronica are found in the vintage piano sounds of "Foot Pleasure" featuring Erik Deutsch. And it wouldn't be a Moped album without some weird samples, heard on Whadfamchalksod, Go Handsome and I Remember 2006. The latter is a remix from Moped's debut album Riding Solo.
SF Weekly review by Ian S. Port 7/13/09 - Looking for light, airy electro to go with this week's summery temps? Give a listen to local boys Moped, who give dancefloors a balmy sheen with cool sax flourishes and spacious synth melodies. The duo of Pete Gavin (vocals, sax, bass and synth) and Scott Eberhardt (beat master) have long boosted Amnesia's patrons off the bar stools and into motion, but you can check out their chill-in-the-sunshine tunes at home too, thanks to Moped Moves On. From the wordless “That Sun” to the gentle vocals of “Form,” these breezy tunes are meant to elevate moods (and heels) with feathery instrumentals and fun samples (kids and distorted steel drums). (RIYL: Windsurf)
Ask Your Doctor (2007)
After three years of performing live without releasing an album, Moped was overdue. Ask Your Doctor features key tracks from their live set, such as Saxual Harassment, as well as studio-only tracks like Gentle Thing and Burn Fat While You Sleep. Pete found his voice with Glowing and began a new direction with vocals, which would later evolve on their 2009 release Moped Moves On. The album also features a piano sample of Erik Deutsch on Fall Back and a remix of the live favorite Pocket. What You Say and Breakfast Makes Perfect were added later as bonus tracks in 2008.
This unreleased track, known as “Casone,” was recorded in the summer of 2008. It has been unearthed and can only be heard here, not on Spotify.
The Early Years (2003)
After producing Bird Kit in Telluride in the spring of 2003, Pete returned to San Francisco full of inspiration. He produced The Early Years in three months in a cramped studio on Polk Street living off Shalimar Indian food. With styles ranging from drum'n'bass to avant-garde jazz to hip-hop, the album shows off a schizophrenic set of influences. The album is co-produced with Scott Eberhardt and features Steve Molitz, John Gray, Mark Wesson, Jorge Jackson, Art Link-Letterz, Ted O'Toole, Martha Pincoffs and Brett Joseph. After the release, Moped started performing live and with Scott on drums and Cripes! on visuals. The trio made their debut in the Fall of 2003.
Riding Solo (2001)
Before Moped ever stepped foot onto a live stage, there was Riding Solo. This debut album isn't just a bedroom recording by style - it was literally recorded in a bedroom. With endearing tape hiss and loose first takes, these songs were inspired by indie electronica and set the groundwork for what was to become of Moped. To recreate the arrangements from the album for shows, Pete used loop technology with layers of live sax and bass over pre-programmed synth. The essential addition of Scott Eberhardt on drums validated them as a real band (rather than a DJ project). The CD manufacturing was handmade and only a few copies remain in print.
