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===2014β2016: Departure of Paul Godfrey and ''Skye & Ross'' release=== In 2014, Paul Godfrey was "bored of reinventing the wheel and didn't enjoy touring either" so instead of leading, he "left".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/blog/skye-ross-interview-2016|title=Skye {{!}} Ross continues on post-Morcheeba|date=23 August 2016|website=PledgeMusic|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811223808/http://www.pledgemusic.com/blog/skye-ross-interview-2016|archive-date=11 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pacificsandiego.com/things-to-do/pac-back-for-more-cheeba-story.html|title=Back for more (Cheeba) |last=McDonald|first=Scott|date=3 September 2016|website=Pacificsandiego.com|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> Ross Godfrey later explained that: "Paul and I had not been getting on musically, or personally and after the ''Head Up High'' album in 2013, Paul told us he was unhappy. Skye and I thought it best to just release the record we had made under our own names. There will be no more Morcheeba albums".<ref name=":0"/> Paul Godfrey eventually licensed the brand to the Ross, and he has since established a recording studio, Sacrosync, in a great old St Leonards Church near Hastings, after being critically ill in intensive care for a month with Pancreatitis and Sepsis. <ref>https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/skye-and-ross-go-on-without-morcheeba/article_e0b29775-0c75-51e5-86f4-e0cca6a15a02.html</ref> he has since recorded a few tracks with guests, done various soundtracks, made boutique drum breaks to sample and a raw, post-coma dreams album on Bandcamp, ''Cool Your Soul'', with Rachel Cuming, the project's original singer from Sussex who had attracted record companies and publishers on early demos under the new moniker The Measure/Morcheeba Productions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/paul_godfrey_selects_penn_elcom_for_new_studio/recording|title=Paul Godfrey Selects Penn Elcom For New Studio - Pro Sound Web|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lsionline.co.uk/news/story/Penn-Elcom-gets-wired-for-new-studio/-WIJ8DH|title=Penn Elcom gets wired for new studio -|date=22 July 2016|newspaper=LSi Online|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126004156/http://www.lsionline.co.uk/news/story/Penn-Elcom-gets-wired-for-new-studio/-WIJ8DH|archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref> Ross Godfrey and Skye Edwards announced a new project in 2016 named Skye & Ross.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SkyeandRoss/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716042806/https://www.facebook.com/SkyeandRoss/|archive-date=16 July 2023|title=Skye and Ross {{!}} Facebook|website=Facebook.com|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> They have toured, and released an eponymous album on 2 September 2016.<ref>{{Citation|last=van Brugen|first=Sophie|title=Morcheeba's Skye Edwards and Ross Godfrey talk to BBC|work=BBC News |date=26 September 2016|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37476741|language=en-GB|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> The band started as an acoustic duo but soon included Edwards' son Jaega (drums), her husband Steve Gordon (bass) and Godfrey's wife Amanda Zamolo (backing vocals).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-skye-ross/33672|title=Interview: Skye Ross|last=Slater|first=Aaron|date=15 September 2016|newspaper=Songwriting Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aaamusic.co.uk/2015/02/07/a-chat-with-ross-godfrey/|title=A Chat with Ross Godfrey|date=7 February 2015|website=AAA Music|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> Edwards took responsibility for the lyrics while Ross Godfrey noted that the recording process was "a very organic experience".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-meets-morcheeba-147|title=The 405 meets Skye And Ross|last=Grand-Pierre|first=Ken|date=23 September 2016 |newspaper=The 405|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref>
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