Trip-Hop Music: Moloko - Sing It Back [Original]

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Profeshian
September 19, 2008

The Cosmic Lounge presents Trip-Hop Music: the original album-version of 'Sing It Back' by Moloko.

"Moloko were an Anglo-Irish electronic/dance duo consisting of Róisín Murphy from Wicklow, Republic of Ireland and Mark Brydon, from Sunderland, England.

The bands name originates from the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, in which it means either milk (the name of a milk drink Alex and his droogs consume, and the Russian word for milk) or method of narcotic ingestion. (Fellow electronic Sheffield band Heaven 17 had also taken their name from the novel when they formed in 1980.)

History of band:

Róisín Murphy was born in Dublin, and had no prior professional experience as a singer. Mark Brydon already had an extensive resumé within the dance music community as a remixer and member of pop/house acts House Arrest and Cloud 9. They met at a party in Sheffield in 1995, when Murphy approached Brydon using the chat-up line, Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body! This line would later become the title of their debut album, recorded while the pair were dating.

The first two albums Do You Like My Tight Sweater? and I Am Not a Doctor gained notice in the underground dance scene. The band broke into the mainstream when Sing It Back, an album track from I Am Not A Doctor, was remixed by house music producer Boris Dlugosch. The track was a massive hit in Ibiza, and this remixed version broke into the top-five of the UK singles chart in 1999, helped by a psychedelic video featuring the attractive Murphy in a very short metallic flapper dress and cap. Sing It Back was eventually featured on 110 music compilations. It was also on one of the faux radio channels in the hit PSP title Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, released in 2005.

In 2000 Moloko started touring as a full band along with percussionist Paul Slowly, keyboardist Eddie Stevens, and guitarist Dave Cook.

The band also had chart success with The Time Is Now, the first single from the third album, Things to Make and Do. This album had relied less on the leftfield beats of the previous albums, and featured more organic instrumentation.

Murphy and Brydon ended their relationship in 2003. After their breakup, they recorded and released their fourth studio album, Statues. Statues continued a segue into more traditional instrumentation, along with electronica elements from their earlier releases. Statues incorporated the theme of the couples split: all of the songs deal with a troubled and/or ending romance.

In 2004 Moloko released a live DVD, 11,000 Clicks, recorded on stage at the Brixton Academy. It contained many of their well known songs including Indigo, Sing It Back, and The Time Is Now.

After concluding the tour supporting Statues, Moloko mutually parted ways, with Róisín Murphy launching a solo career.

A Best of album, Catalogue, was released in 2006."

http://www.last.fm/music/Moloko

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tkbat123 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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who is she singing about

JonnyBoyMach2 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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This will always be my favourite . . . .the first and best one I heard

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search: "The Time Is Now (Bambino Casino Mix)
you won't regret it!

johnnyamorrison (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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yeah, i do regret it.

cdsabino (5 days ago) Show Hide

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me too

DesireG (1 month ago) Show Hide

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I love her voice. Awesome.

asadali1987 (1 month ago) Show Hide

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you should listen to "The Time Is Now (Bambino Casino Mix)"

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Thanks but I don't like Soul! And Sing it back is better at the House version!

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PERHAPS

Mikailnyc (2 months ago) Show Hide

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If I'm not mistaken Moloko heard the remix by Boris or Klaas and liked it so much they then took it on as the way it would be sung from then on.. one of those DJ's

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