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Narcotic -filled milk drink, Moloko Plus
- The name Moloko comes from the narcotic -filled milk drink, Moloko Plus, in the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange, [ 3 ] based on the Russian for milk, " молоко " ("moloko").
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The name Moloko comes from the narcotic-filled milk drink, Moloko Plus, in the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange, [3] based on the Russian for milk, "молоко" ("moloko"). The group signed to Echo Records and released their single "Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?"
They decide to use the name Moloko as a tribute to the narcotic drink Moloko Plus, used by The Droogs in the novel A Clockwork Orange, which in turn was based on the Russian name for milk, молоко.
- Nadsat (‘-надцать’ or ‘-nadtsat’ literally meaning “on ten”) The very name of the Nadsat dialect used by Alex and his friends comes from the Russian suffix that roughly translates to “teen.”
- Droog (‘друг' or ‘droog’ meaning ‘friend’) "There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim” Encountered as early as the first page, “droog” is perhaps the most famous Nadsat word from the book.
- Moloko (‘молоко’ or ‘moloko’ meaning ‘milk’) “…after you'd drunk the old moloko… you got the messel that everything all round you was sort of in the past…”
- Horrorshow (‘хорошо’ or ‘khorosho’ meaning ‘good’) “I gave him one real horrorshow kick on the gulliver and he went ohhhh, then he sort of snorted off to like sleep…”
Moloko was a trip-hop / electropop band from Sheffield, UK, founded by Mark Brydon (b. Sunderland, UK) and Róisín Murphy (b. Arklow, Ireland), in 1995. It debuted with the Moloko EP (May 1995, Echo) and later with Do You Like My Tight Sweater? (Sept 1995, Echo). Their latest and final studio album is Statues, released in 2003.
The band's name is taken from Anthony Burgess' classic novel 'A Clockwork Orange'. In the book Moloko means milk. One thing the band really like about their name is the fact that "people pronounce it differently all the time." In the book, Moloko is also the preferred method of narcotic indigestion.
Moloko's own recording studio, a humble but well‑equipped single room in what is termed the Cultural Industries Quarter of Sheffield, takes its name 'BAM' from the band's surnames, Brydon And Murphy: "It's our little musical potting shed," grins Brydon wryly.
The duo Moloko — comprised of musician and producer Mark Brydon and singer Roisin Murphy — took six years to achieve breakthrough commercial success after its 1993 formation. Along the way, the pair released albums with quirky titles such as Do You Like My Tight Sweater? and I Am Not a Doctor, matched by singles with equally obscure titles ...
