Editing Morcheeba (section)

{{short description|English electronic band}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name           = Morcheeba
| background     = group_or_band
| image          = Morcheeba - Festival du Bout du Monde 2014 - 020.jpg
| caption        = Skye Edwards in concert, 2014
| alias          =
| origin         = [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], England
| genre          = {{flat list |
* [[Trip hop]]
* [[electronic music|electronic]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[downtempo]]}}
| years_active   = 1995–present
| label          = {{flat list |
* [[China Records|Indochina]]
* [[Echo Records|Echo]]
* [[Sire Records|Sire]]
* [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records]]
* [[Discovery Records|Discovery]]}}
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{URL|http://morcheeba.uk/}}
| current_members =  
* [[Skye Edwards]] 
* Ross Godfrey
| past_members      = 
* Paul Godfrey 
* [[Daisy Martey]]
}}
[[File:Morcheeba (ZMF 2018) jm78917.jpg|thumb|Skye Edwards at the [[Zelt-Musik-Festival]] 2018 in [[Freiburg]], [[Germany]] ]]
'''Morcheeba''' are an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist [[Skye Edwards]] and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from [[trip hop]], [[rock music|rock]], [[folk rock]] and [[downtempo]], and have produced ten regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten.<ref name="UK charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/morcheeba/|title=Morcheeba (singles, albums)|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> Edwards left the band in 2003, after which the brothers used a number of singers before she rejoined in 2009. They recruit additional members for their live performances and have toured internationally. In 2014 original founder Paul Godfrey was bored with being in the band. Edwards and Ross Godfrey later formed '''Skye & Ross''' and released a self-titled album in September 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eonmusic.co.uk/ross-godfrey-skye-ross-morcheeba-eonmusic-interview-september-2016.html|title=Ross Godfrey Skye Ross Morcheeba Eonmusic Interview September 2016|last=O'Neill|first=Eamon|date=September 2016|website=Eonmusic.co.uk|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> Their latest studio album as Morcheeba, ''Blackest Blue'', was released in May 2021 and was preceded by singles "Sounds of Blue", "Oh Oh Yeah" and "The Moon".<ref name="spotify_6WSkGx7rSHge730m48hz0l">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6WSkGx7rSHge730m48hz0l?si=0N_kHMr3Qk6R1nfvgk1h4w|title=Morcheeba – Blackest Blue|work=[[Spotify]]|date=14 May 2021|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="theupcoming_2021-05-12">{{cite web|url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/05/12/morcheeba-blackest-blue-album-review/|title=Morcheeba – Blackest Blue|last=Sanin|first=Jennifer|website=Theupcoming.co.uk|date=12 May 2021|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="mxdwn_2021-01-27">{{Cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2021/01/27/news/morcheeba-announces-new-album-blackest-blue-and-shares-new-song-sounds-of-blue/|title=Morcheeba Announces New Album Blackest Blue and Shares New Song "Sounds of Blue"|website=Music.mxdwn.com|date=27 January 2021|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="blackest-blue">{{Cite web|url=https://www.morcheeba.uk/blackest-blue|title=Morcheeba - Blackest Blue|website=Morcheeba.uk|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127173607/https://www.morcheeba.uk/blackest-blue}}</ref> It features collaborations with [[Brad Barr]] from [[The Barr Brothers]], and [[Duke Garwood]], whom Edwards described as "a diamond geezer".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2020-11-19 |title=From Rome Wasn't Built in a Day to singing lullabies: interview with Morcheeba's Skye Edwards |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/skye-edwards-interview-morcheeba/ |access-date=2021-10-16 |website=the-shortlisted.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2025, the band are due to release their next studio album, ''[[Escape the Chaos]]''.