Morcheeba
Saturday 30 September 2000
When did Morcheeba get to be so popular? Especially outside Essex? Barrowland
was packed and metaphorically shaking its furry dice for a very routine
performance by a group who are, in essence, just a competent jazz funk ensemble.
In their heads, they are Sly & The Family Stone - a bunch of dynamic, crazy
mothers wigging out to the groovy sounds in their heads, man. In reality, they
are pleasant purveyors of lightweight soul pop. The obligatory DJ and decks were
just for show.
Diminutive singer Skye - in a pair of gold lamé trousers she may come to regret
buying - was amiable but hardly a charismatic powerhouse. Her slight voice was
pretty but ordinary, hovering about like a work-in-progress, waiting for a
swooning melody to emerge from her fellow musicians’ laidback jamming.
When she got her chance she did not blow it - former singles Part Of The
Process, Blindfold and The Sea cut through the polite proficiency and provided a
glimpse of where Morcheeba could take their music if they came out from under
their cloud of hash smoke.
Credit to them for somehow arousing such a lively response, but the mystery is
how their fans can be so passionate about passionless music.
Fiona Shepherd
Monday, 2nd October 2000
The Scotsman
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