Anno 2002, I have probably discovered, it must, that in annoying teenage years. At that time I was her video "Sing It Back" very impressed, even though it is technically the total cucumber. An (admittedly) talented singer in a disco-ball dress, could represent a few colored lights, and a few delays, the Drogenkunsum of the beholder ... or simply n nice effects.
Anyway, they got me wiedermal under her spell, and because I know nothing about the people, it's time to change into that. I will not now create a long essay about the band, I Wikipedia participating. Actually I wanted to take the English version, but funny enough, the German broken down better and provides more detail, so, here you are: from
Moloko
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| Moloko | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1994 |
| Genre | Electronica, Trip Hop , Dance |
| site | http:/ / www.moloko.co.uk |
| Current occupation | |
| singing | Róisín Murphy |
| producer Mark Brydon | |
Moloko is a 1994 Sheffield (England ) formed band consisting of singer Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon . The band name is an allusion to Nadsat from the novel A Clockwork Orange of Anthony Burgess , drink in which the protagonists in a bar, "Moloko" (after the Russian word for milk, молоко).
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band history [ Edit ]
founding [edit ]
Róisín Murphy was born in Dublin and had before she met Mark Brydon, no experience as a singer. Brydon himself was against it already widely as DJ and remixer have appeared. The two met at a party in Sheffield where Murphy Brydon with the question "Do you like my tight sweater?" ("Do you like my body!") Spoke of what would later become the title of their debut album. After the two were dating, recorded while a pair.
The first album, Do you like my tight sweater? appeared, 1995. The single Fun for me, which can be found on the Batman & Robin Soundtrack , made it into the charts. With their mix of radio and Dance Moloko met the spirit of the times: Trip Hop .
international breakthrough [edit ]
appeared in 1998 with I am not a doctor the second album. With a mixed by Boris Dlugosch Remix the Single Sing it back, which appeared in summer 1999, Moloko ended their most successful up to that extraction. published yet on the wave of success Moloko in April 2000 their third studio album, Things to Make and Do from which it derives, the internationally successful single The time is now , which is still the most successful Moloko single.
Moloko place for the first time that a lengthy break before they began working on the next studio album. In the meantime, appeared in 2001 All back to the mine a double album with old and new Moloko remixes of well-known DJs (including by Mousse T. , Matthew Herbert and Ashley Beedle ).
Before the recording of the fourth studio album Statues , published in 2003, Murphy and Brydon ended their romantic relationship and went their separate ways from now private. Moloko As they worked, however, continued to meet and toured after the release of Statues 18 months almost continuously in Europe and Australia. Live in the studio had developed since Things to Make and Do in the meantime from the pure Murphy / Moloko Brydon project a real band playing together in a solid cast. Especially keyboardist Eddie Stevens coined the sound of the band significantly. Statues was more successful in the charts than its three predecessors.
From the last concert of the British Statues Tour 22 November 2003 at the Brixton Academy ( London) was published in mid 2004, the live DVD 11 000 Clicks . Directed by Dick Carruthers which has been the for Led Zeppelin had worked , The Who , Oasis and Portishead .
rumors of a resolution [edit ]
had already announced during the Tour Róisín Murphy, next with Matthew Herbert are working on a solo album to do. Ruby Blue finally appeared in 2005 and fed rumors that Moloko have permanently separated. Murphy himself said to the English Q Magazine after publication of her solo album that Moloko place after the separation and the private long tour, first on ice. When asked whether Moloko would ever work together again, they said, "Myself, I do not not want to." ("I will not personally not again [as Moloko occur]")
The next Moloko publication was the greatest-hits collection Catalogue, published in June 2006, while Murphy also a second solo album in spring 2007 announced, which in turn fueled the rumors about the end of the band. Murphy joined the rumors in the forum of their However, contrary to official website: "Why do people long for finite descions [sic]? i worked long and hard in moloko and im not prepared to dig a six foot hole and bury it. a 'best of' was not my idea. its the last record for me on this label and that is for sure! "(" Why do people always final decisions? I have worked long and hard on the project Moloko and I'm not willing to dig a meter-deep hole and [Moloko bury]. A 'Best of' was not my idea. That to me is the last album on that label, that's for sure! "). [1] Similarly, Murphy said on 6 August 2006 BBC Radio 2: "I'm not gonna put a lid on [Moloko]. [...] I'm always gonna say it's not over - how could it ever be over? .. We came together and we created a child now we can not murder that child "(" I will not put a lid on [Moloko] [...] I will always say that it is not over - how could it ever be over ? We have come together and have a child into the world and we can not kill this child now. ")
played surprisingly Róisín Murphy and Mark Brydon, together with David Cooke, 27 July 2006 as part of promotion for Catalogue two pieces ( The time is now and Sing It Back ) live on the BBC radio. Mid-August, played a further, similar appearance. Murphy and Brydon as reluctant to express themselves but further plans for Moloko. Murphy initially continue working on her second solo album while Brydon pursue in his studio, several smaller projects.
Discography [edit ]
albums [edit ]
- 1995 - Do you like my tight sweater?
- 1998 - I am not a doctor
- 2000 - Things to Make and Do
- 2001 - All back to the mine (remix album)
- 2003 - Statues
- 2006 - Catalogue: The Collection (Best of-album)
Singles & EPs [edit ]
The number after D / GB appoint the highest placing of the title in the singles charts in the country
- 1995 - Where is the what if the what is in the why?
- 1995 - Fun for me (GB 36)
- 1995 – The Moloko EP
- 1996 – Dominoid
- 1998 – The flipside
- 1999 – Sing it back (D 47, GB 4)
- 2000 – The time is now (D 49, GB 2)
- 2000 – Pure pleasure seeker (GB 16)
- 2000 – Indigo (GB 51)
- 2002 – Familiar feeling (D 72, GB 10)
- 2003 – Forever more (D 96, GB 17)
- 2003 – Cannot contain this
DVD [ Edit ]
- 2004 - 11 000 Clicks (live recording)
Links [ Edit ]
- Official Website (English)
- Moloko at MusicBrainz (English)
- Moloko at Discogs (English)
sources [edit ]
Unfortunately, I must admit that I like the solo albums of the lady does not quite do as Moloko had more variety, at least to my taste. "Familiar Feeling", "Sing It Back" and "The Time Is Now" but also "Flipside" has strengths.
they know someone or can recommend me something similar?
