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| Morcheeba | |
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 Morcheeba in concert, 2008
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Electronica, Alternative, Trip-hop, Baltimore Club |
| Years active | 1995 - present |
| Label(s) | Echo, Warner Bros., Sire, Indochina |
| Website | http://www.morcheeba.co.uk/ |
| Members | |
| Paul Godfrey Ross Godfrey |
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| Former members | |
| Skye Edwards Daisy Martey |
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Morcheeba ("Mor" meaning "middle of the road" and "cheeba", taken from the slang term for marijuana1) are a British band that mixes influences from trip hop, rock, rhythm and blues and pop. Their most popular albums include debut Who Can You Trust? and Big Calm. They are primarily known for the single "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" in 2000. The group released their sixth studio album Dive Deep in February 2008.
The group has sold around 6 million copies of their albums worldwide.
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Biography
Sometime in the mid-1990s, the Godfrey brothers (DJ Paul Godfrey and multi-instrumentalist Ross Godfrey) recruited Skye Edwards as vocalist during a chance meeting at a party in which both brothers were introduced to Skye. This led to formation of Morcheeba. Five albums later (2003), Edwards was asked to leave the band by the Godfrey Brothers as the individuals were beginning to go in separate directions musically, as the brothers wanted to try different things and had different musical ambitions.
In 2005 they recorded another album, The Antidote, and recruited Daisy Martey (formerly of the band Noonday Underground) to replace Edwards on vocals. Martey was fired from the band in 2005. Later, the Godfrey brothers replaced Martey with another singer - Jody Sternberg - for their live performances, but their tour in support of Dive Deep was with French singer Manda on lead vocals. Their new studio album Dive Deep was released in February 2008 in Europe & the UK. This album, produced by Paul & Ross Godfrey, features several guest vocalists including Judie Tzuke, Thomas Dybdahl, Cool Calm Pete, and Manda.
Discography
Studio albums
- Who Can You Trust? April 8, 1996 (Indochina) (UK) / (Discovery Records) (US)
- Big Calm 1998 (Sire) #18 (UK)
- Fragments of Freedom August 1, 2000 (Sire) #6 (UK)
- Charango July 2, 2002(Warner Bros.) #7 (UK)
- The Antidote 2005 #17 (UK)
- Dive Deep 2008 (Echo/PIAS) #59 (UK)
Compilation albums and others
- La Boule Noire (1998) (live)
- Back to Mine (2001)
- Parts of the Process (The Very Best Of Morcheeba) (2003) #6 UK
- The Platinum Collection (2005)
Singles
| Year | Song | Album | Charts |
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| 1996 | "Trigger Hippie" | Who Can You Trust? | #40 (UK) |
| 1996 | "Never an Easy Way" | Who Can You Trust | |
| 1996 | "Tape Loop" | Who Can You Trust? | #42 (UK) |
| 1997 | "The Music That We Hear (Moog Island)" | Who Can You Trust? | #47 (UK) |
| 1997 | "Shoulder Holster" | Big Calm | #53 (UK) |
| 1998 | "The Sea" | Big Calm | |
| 1998 | "Blindfold" | Big Calm | #56 (UK) |
| 1998 | "Let Me See" | Big Calm | #46 (UK) |
| 1998 | "Part of the Process" | Big Calm | #38 (UK) |
| 1998 | "Summertime" | Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove | |
| 1999 | "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" | Fragments of Freedom | #34 (UK) |
| 2000 | "Be Yourself" | Fragments of Freedom | |
| 2001 | "World Looking In" | Fragments of Freedom | #48 (UK) |
| 2002 | "Otherwise" | Charango | #64 (UK) |
| 2002 | "Way Beyond" | Charango | |
| 2002 | "Undress Me Now" | Charango | |
| 2003 | "What's Your Name?" | Parts of the Process | |
| 2005 | "Wonders Never Cease" | The Antidote | |
| 2005 | "Lighten Up" | The Antidote | |
| 2005 | "Everybody Loves a Loser" | The Antidote | |
| 2008 | "Enjoy the Ride" | Dive Deep | |
| 2008 | "Gained the World" | Dive Deep |
Other contributions
- Acoustic 05 (2005, Echo) - "Wonders Never Cease"
- Acoustic 07 (2007, V2 Records) - "Lighten Up"
- Chillout Classics (2007, Ministry of Sound) - "The Sea"
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