Morcheeba

Morcheeba, one of the most famous trip-hop bands of the '90s, was formed in the United Kingdom after the Godfrey brothers met Skye Edwards at a party. DJ Paul and multi-instrumentalist Ross proposed that the girl become the soloist in their project, and she agreed. Soon, China Records paid attention to the band. In 1996, Discovery Records released their debut work Who Can You Trust?, with singles Trigger Hippie and Music That We Hear being the main attractions of the album. The stylish combination of pop music, blues, and funk, along with the extremely melodic vocals of Edwards, quickly surrounded Morcheeba with an army of fans. The next year, the collective headed on their first tour around the USA — together with Fiona Apple. In 1998, Morcheeba supported the success with the Big Calm album.

In 2000, the single called Rome Wasn't Built in a Day from the third album Fragments of Freedom brought Morcheeba international fame. In 2002, the Charango disc amused listeners with the sweet tunes of the singles Otherwise, Way Beyond and Undress Me Now. The Morcheeba trio chose the wonderful trip-hop composition What's Your Name? as the lead single for the best hits collection Parts of the Process. However, after this compilation, the Godfrey brothers and their vocalist parted ways — as they had different views on the future progress of Morcheeba. The Godfrey brothers invited Daisy Martey — a former participant of Noonday Underground — as the new soloist and recorded the acoustic album The Antidote, which featured the whimsical fusion of pop music and psychedelia. This cooperation with Martey ended in a rather sharp way after the album release — and did not benefit the image of the band. Jody Sternberg became the guest singer for the The Antidote support tour by Morcheeba.

Musical critics and fans did not expect discs from Morcheeba in the near future — however, the Godfrey brothers astonished everyone with their band's new creation Dive Deep at the beginning of 2008. They gave Jody Sternberg, who had become the voice of Morcheeba for their last tour, the place of lead vocalist. Moreover, one can hear the voices of other performers on the Dive Deep album — they are French singer Manda, who linked to the musicians through the Internet and told Paul and Ross about her dream of recording with them; English hereditary vocalist with Polish roots Judy Tzuke, along with Thomas Dybdahl and Cool Calm Pete. Dive Deep itself is worked out more in a lounge vein with a pop slant than in the trip-hop direction familiar to the fans.