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Realizing that trip-hop was a dead-end, Morcheeba expanded their sonic palette on their second album, Big Calm. Trip-hop and dance rhythms remain, but the trio has spent more time writing songs, crafting an album where pop, lounge, film soundtracks, reggae, jazz, and electronica all peacefully coexist. Consequently, Big Calm is a stylistic tour de force, evidence that Morcheeba have turned into a mature, sophisticated group with impeccable taste. Occasionally, the album can sound a little distant, as if the fusions and productions were more important than the actual songs, but the trio is so musically adept, and Skye Edwards' voice is so enchanting, that Big Calm becomes irresistible in its own way.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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David Lee, French Horn - Tim Grant, Cello - Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer, Sitar - Iain McLeod, Violin - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Emlyn Singleton, Violin - David Emanuel, Violin - Steve Wright, Viola - Peter Oxer, Violin - Howard Ball, Violin - Emma Pritchard, Cello - Michael Posner, Viola - Dominic Pipkin, Keyboards - Clive Hughes, Violin - Leigh Gordon, Bass Guitar - Steve Bentley-Klein, Arranger, Violin - Richard Bridgmont, Cello
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - DJ First Rate., Scratch - Trevor Rennie, Backing Vocals - Spikey T, Voices
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Pierre Le Rue, Fiddle - Graeme Kyle, Backing Vocals - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Leigh Gordon, Bass
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
David Lee, French Horn - Tim Grant, Viola - Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Iain McLeod, Violin - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Emlyn Singleton, Violin - David Emanuel, Violin - Steve Wright, Viola - Peter Oxer, Violin - Howard Ball, Violin - Emma Pritchard, Cello - Michael Posner, Viola - Dominic Pipkin, Keyboards - Clive Hughes, Violin - Richard Bridgmont, Cello - Steve Bentley - Klein, Lead Violin
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Jimmy Hastings, Flute - Dominic Pipkin, Keyboards - Leigh Gordon, Bass
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - DJ First Rate., Scratch
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
David Lee, French Horn - Tim Grant, Viola - Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Graeme Kyle, Backing Vocals - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Steve Bentley-Klein., Arranger, Violin - Laura Melhuish, Violin - Richard Bridgmont, Cello
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Chris Petter, Trombone - Spikey T, Voices - Dave Hake, Trumpet
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Paul Godfrey, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Morcheeba, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
David Lee, French Horn - Tim Grant, Viola - Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Iain McLeod, Violin - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Emlyn Singleton, Violin - David Emanuel, Violin - Martin Carling, Drums - Steve Wright, Viola - Peter Oxer, Violin - Howard Ball, Violin - Emma Pritchard, Cello - Michael Posner, Viola - Clive Hughes, Violin - Leigh Gordon, Bass - Richard Bridgmont, Cello - Steve Bentley - Klein, Trumpet, Violin
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Jason Furlow, Rap - Paul Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet, Lap Steel Guitar - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Composer, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - Dj Swamp, Beats and Scratches
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
R. Godfrey, Composer - Paul Godfrey, Drums, Programmer, Scratch - Ross Godfrey, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Sitar, Clavinet - Edwards, Composer - Joe Cooper, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Graeme Kyle, Backing Vocals - Gary Baldwin, Organ - Morcheeba, Producer, MainArtist - Skye Edwards, Vocals - Pete Norris, Producer, Synthesizer - P Godfrey, Composer - Peggi Gayle, Backing Vocals
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
Album review
Realizing that trip-hop was a dead-end, Morcheeba expanded their sonic palette on their second album, Big Calm. Trip-hop and dance rhythms remain, but the trio has spent more time writing songs, crafting an album where pop, lounge, film soundtracks, reggae, jazz, and electronica all peacefully coexist. Consequently, Big Calm is a stylistic tour de force, evidence that Morcheeba have turned into a mature, sophisticated group with impeccable taste. Occasionally, the album can sound a little distant, as if the fusions and productions were more important than the actual songs, but the trio is so musically adept, and Skye Edwards' voice is so enchanting, that Big Calm becomes irresistible in its own way.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:30
- Main artists: Morcheeba
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EastWest U.K.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group ℗ 1998 China Records Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group
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