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After Moloko finished the tour, they built a home studio and recorded their second album, titled I Am Not a Doctor, which was released in 1998 in the United Kingdom. [1]
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.
Moloko’s origin story goes back to 1994, when Irish émigré Róisín Murphy – she was born in Arklow, Co. Wicklow and lived there till she was 12 – met electronic producer Mark Brydon at a party in Sheffield.
In the famous opening scene in the Korova Milk Bar, their moloko is mixed with “knives,” a mystery liquid that we can only assume shouldn’t have been served to a character who’s supposedly ...
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.
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 ...
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Moloko +. Founded in December 1984, they started to make a name for themselves (the name comes from Stanley Kubriks classic "Clockwork Orange" and stands for a special drink which was available at the Korova Milkbar. In the russian translation "Moloko +" means "milk with knives").
