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Morcheeba
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Electronica, Alternative, Trip-hop
Years active	1995 to Present
Label(s)	Echo
Website	http://www.morcheeba.co.uk/
Members
Paul Godfrey Ross Godfrey Jody Sternberg (vocals)
Former members
Skye Edwards Daisy Martey (both formerly vocals)

Morcheeba are an English 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 achieved moderate international pop crossover success with the single Rome Wasn't Built in a Day in 2000.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Studio Albums 2.2 Compilation albums and others 2.3 Singles 3 External links

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 after the Godfrey brothers numerous attempts at gaining a record deal. Five albums later (2003), Edwards left the band due partly to her not having enough musical direction on the band thus causing a conflict of interest between the members^{[citation needed]}.

In 2005 they recorded another album, The Antidote, and recruited Daisy Martey (formerly of the band Noonday Underground) to replace Edwards on vocals. Edwards' voice had become an integral part of Morcheeba's sound, and the new lead singer faced criticism from both fans and music critics^{[citation needed]}. The band also faced criticism from fans for tampering with their established musical style by mixing psychadelia with Burt Bacharach style pop, rather than sticking to their beloved trip hop. Recently the Godfrey brothers have replaced Martey with another singer - Jody Sternberg - for their live performances.

Dive Deep is their next studio album which is expected to be released in late 2007 and is expected to have several vocalist taking the stage instead of the one vocalist all throughout the album. Confirmed vocalist expected to sing on the album include Siobhan Donaghy.^{[citation needed]}

• Who Can You Trust? (1996)

• Big Calm (1998) #18 UK

• Fragments of Freedom (2000) #6 UK

• Charango (2002) #7 UK

• The Antidote (2005) #17 UK

• La Boule Noire (1998) (live)

• Back to Mine (2001)

• Parts of the Process (The Very Best Of Morcheeba) (2003) #6 UK

Year	Song	Album
1996	Trigger Hippie #40 UK	Who Can You Trust?
1996	Never an Easy Way	Who Can You Trust?
1996	Tape Loop #42 UK	Who Can You Trust?
1997	The Music That We Hear (Moog Island) #47 UK	Who Can You Trust?
1997	Shoulder Holster #53 UK	Big Calm
1998	The Sea	Big Calm
1998	Blindfold #56 UK	Big Calm
1998	Let Me See #46 UK	Big Calm
1998	Part of the Process #38 UK	Big Calm
1998	Summertime	Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove
2000	Rome Wasn't Built in a Day #34 UK	Fragments of Freedom
2000	Be Yourself	Fragments of Freedom
2001	World Looking In #48 UK	Fragments of Freedom
2002	Otherwise #64UK	Charango
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	Everbody Loves a Loser	The Antidote

• Official website
• Morcheeba.net