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Moloko ( /məˈloʊkoʊ/) were an Anglo-Irish electronic/pop duo from Sheffield, England consisting of Róisín Murphy from Wicklow, Ireland and Mark Brydon, from Sunderland, England.
The band's name originates from the Nadsat slang in the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, in which it means "milk" (from the Russian word for milk, молоко), actually the name of a milk drink that Alex and his "droogs" consume mixed with "drencrom".
Murphy, born in Arklow, Ireland, had no prior professional experience as a singer when Moloko was formed. Brydon, on the other hand, already had an extensive curriculum vitae within the dance music community as a remixer and member of Chakk, Krush and Cloud 9[disambiguation needed ]. They met at a party in Sheffield, England, 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 in both the Irish Singles Charts, and the UK singles chart in 1999, and also, helped by a psychedelic video featuring Murphy in a very short metallic "flapper" dress and cap. "Sing It Back" has featured on over 100 music compilations.
Moloko - The Time Is Now
Moloko - The Time is Now
Moloko - Sing it Back
Moloko - Sing it back
Moloko - Sing it Back
Moloko - 11,000 Clicks (Full DVD)
Moloko - Sing It Back (Official Video)
Moloko - Live at Pinkpop 2004 - (Full TV Broadcast)
Moloko - Forever More
Moloko - Forever More
Moloko - Familiar Feeling
Moloko - Fun For Me
Moloko - Indigo
Moloko - Indigo
Pins, needles and butterflies
Into deeper pools I dive
To re-emerge
Almost submerged
Ultraviolet
Is it slight of hand
Or the surest touch
You caught me as I fell
And put me on a pedestal
Can you be sure thats right?
My king of hearts
Are we the only two
To feel so powerless
And yet so powerful
And all at once
We are all at one
So take my hand and
Well explore a land of mellow truthfulness
Something deep in you
Touches something
So deep in me
And suddenly destiny
Lays down in front of me
Its what I
Was designed to do
To touch something so deep in you
And suddenly awake sleeping sensitivity
I was a run away
But what was I running too
You stopped me in my tracks
When I turned back
All I could see is you
The wind
telling tales of golden histories
Whispering among the trees
Of heaven and its mysteries
And soon
We two will commune
Like the spheres of sun and moon
The perfume of the rose in bloom
Something deep in you
Touches something
So deep in me
And suddenly destiny
Lays down in front of me
Its what I
Was designed to do
To touch something so deep in you