Morcheeba

Morcheeba is a British band that mixes influences from trip hop, rhythm and blues and pop. They were formed in the mid-1990s and consist of Paul Godfrey (DJ), Ross Godfrey on guitar and keyboards with Daisy Martey as the primary vocalist fronting the band.

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Martey (formerly of the band Noonday Underground), who joined the band in 2005, is the successor of Skye Edwards (now pursuing a solo career) as the main vocalist of the band.

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However, as Skye Edwards and her voice had become a very integral part of the Morcheeba sound in the minds of many of the band's fans, the rather abrupt switch to a new lead singer has met with mixed reactions, including criticisms that the "new" Morcheeba is no longer as electrifying in person. Perhaps because of this, the Godfrey brothers have very recently replaced Daisy with yet another singer - Jody Sternberg - for their live performances. Current speculation is that Daisy has been dropped completely as lead singer with the band taking on a direction akin to that of Zero 7, another electronica group that relies not on any single lead person but a rotating and ostensibly more flexible assortment of vocalists.

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Trip hop: Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by British dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes. Characterized by a reliance on breakbeats and a sample-heavy sound p...

Rhythm and blues: Rhythm and blues (or R&B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Jerry Wexler at Billboard magazine, used to designate upbeat popular music performed by African American artists that combined jazz and blues. It replaced the term race music, which was deemed ...