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January 9, 2003

Morcheeba Hop Across U.S.

North American tour begins in late January
August 5, 2002

New CDs: Morcheeba, Mali Music

Reviews of "Charango," "Mali Music" and more
July 29, 2002

Morcheeba Groovy and Drowsy

Big calm trip-hoppers captivate the Big Apple
June 25, 2002

Morcheeba's "Killer" New Album

Slick Rick adds deadly rap to "Charango"

Charango

Lush, vaguely exotic strings, tasteful electronic beats and a female singer who's so languid she's almost not there -- ooh la la, another Morcheeba record. But just when this tres elegant U.K. trio seems to be drowning in a parody of jet-setter trip-hop on the song "Sao Paulo," frontwoman Skye Edwar...

2002 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Fragments Of Freedom

2000

Big Calm

1998

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Female-fronted electronica in the mid-'90s could often be cold and minimal, however appealingly so. But as envisaged by London's Morcheeba, the medium gained warmth and a decided groove. The key was singer Skye Edwards, whose heated purr breathed life into the mix of ambient and trip-hop cooked up by her bandmates, brothers Ross and Paul Godfrey. She coos her way through the trio's debut, upping t...

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