Moloko is tagged as: electronic, trip-hop, female vocalists, dance, electronica “Moloko” were an Anglo-Irish trip-hop / electro-pop duo consisting of Róisín Murphy from Arklow, Republic of Ireland and Mark Brydon, from Sunderland, England. The band’s 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, молоко [pronounced /məˈloʊkoʊ/]) or “method of narcotic ingestion”. 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... Read More About Moloko Biography... Send Moloko ringtones to your cell |
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