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Morcheeba

Morcheeba came up in London in the mid-90s, when brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey met singer Skye Edwards and started folding soul and R&B into the slow, hazy pulse of trip-hop. "Trigger Hippie" and "The Sea" set out their gift early: warm, unhurried grooves with Edwards' voice floating calm and clear over the top. They've kept going through a parting and reunion with Edwards, never losing that unhurried feel.

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Big Calm (1998). Their second album is where everything clicked. "The Sea" drifts by like its title suggests, "Part of the Process" rides one of their warmest grooves, and the whole record holds that relaxed, sunlit mood from start to finish.

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Biography

Morcheeba are an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey who later recruited vocalist Skye Edwards. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced eleven regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten. Edwards left the band in 2003, after which the brothers used a number of guest singers before she rejoined in 2010. They recruit additional members for their live performances and have toured internationally. Paul Godfrey distanced himself from the band in 2014. Edwards and Ross Godfrey later formed Skye & Ross and released a self-titled album in September 2016. Their latest studio album without Paul as Morcheeba, Escape the Chaos, was released in 2025.

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