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Moloko - That's just the way we are

Statues, Moloko’s fourth studio album, is a record of epic emotions and epic musical ambition. Begun late 2000 in Sheffield and completed at the band’s London studio, it follows 2000’s Things To Make And Do - which contained the hit singles ‘The Time Is Now’, ‘Pure Pleasure Seeker, ‘Indigo’ and the Boris Dlugosch mix of ‘Sing It Back’ – and 2001’s All Back To The Mine, a double album remix collection. Moving through glacial disco and frosted latin house to wintry torchsong and bitter soul, Statues lays claim to a lineage of classic Sheffield pop that stretches back through Pulp, WARP Records, ABC, The Human League and Cabaret Voltaire. It seems appropriate that the curious story of Moloko begins – almost a decade ago - with a salacious enquiry. Dublin-born Roisin Murphy’s early heroines were Kim Gordon and Kim Deal, so it was a little off-putting that her parents told her she had a lovely voice – just like Elaine Paige. Mark Brydon was already a veteran of the Sheffield scene and the legendary FON studios, and had produced Krush’s seminal early pop/house hit ‘House Arrest’ among many other projects. They met at a party in Sheffield and, for obvious reasons, called their subsequent debut album “Do You Like My Tight Sweater?”.

Audio part You can listen to the interview with Mark Brydon here, Sorry about the background noise, but it was made backstage before Moloko performed in Copenhagen at the Vega venue in 2003. Length: 17,49 min, mono 32kbps Size: 4179Kb Format: MP3
Interview by: Christian Almind