Morcheeba

Trip hop from Kent

Wikipedia places Morcheeba's origin in Folkestone, Kent, with the Godfrey brothers from Saltwood near Hythe, while MusicBrainz gives London as the begin area and Headliner says the band began in London. Paul and Ross Godfrey met the singer Skye Edwards at a party in Greenwich, where she was singing backup in a funk band. The name comes from MOR, middle of the road, as a joke, plus cheeba, slang for cannabis, used by Paul's idol Schoolly D. The Trigger Hippie EP came out in October 1995 and Who Can You Trust? on April 1, 1996.

Big Calm followed on March 16, 1998 on Indochina and Sire, then Fragments of Freedom (2000) and Charango (2002). The Parts of the Process compilation (June 30, 2003) reached 6 in the UK. Edwards and the Godfreys parted in late 2003, and the brothers continued with The Antidote (2005, with the singer Daisy Martey, who was dismissed mid-tour and briefly replaced by Jody Sternberg) and Dive Deep (2008). Edwards rejoined in 2010 and played the Caprices Festival in Switzerland on April 9, 2010; Blood Like Lemonade followed in July 2010 and Head Up High in October 2013. Paul Godfrey left in 2014, and Ross Godfrey was quoted as saying there would be no more Morcheeba albums, though albums continued: Blaze Away (June 1, 2018), Blackest Blue (May 14, 2021) and Escape the Chaos (May 23, 2025, 100% Records). Edwards and Ross Godfrey also made the album Skye and Ross (September 2, 2016).

Bonedo reported in 2014 that Paul recorded beats in France with a drummer, edited and layered them and sent about 30 ideas, Ross and Paul added chords and synths, Skye wrote melodies and Paul the lyrics. Setlist.fm counts 788 setlists from 1996 to 2026.