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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?" [1] .
No less than four motives for a story on Moloko: the band formed 30 years ago (1994), disbanded 20 years ago (2004), had their first big hit 25 years ago (1999) and within a few days Róisín Murphy, original Moloko singer, comes to Amsterdam for her 2024 solo tour. A perfect occasion for a look back at the career of Moloko.
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.
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Members include Mark Brydon (born c. 1961 in Sheffield, England), bass, production; Roisin Murphy(born in 1973 in Arklow, Ireland), vocals. Group formed, 1993; released first album, Do You Like My Tight Sweater?, 1996; “Sing It Back” from second album, I Am Not a Doctor, became top-five hit in Britain, 1999; “The Time Is Now,” from Things to Make a...
Do You Like My Tight Sweater?,Echo Label, 1996. (Contributor) Batman & Robin: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture(soundtrack), WEA, 1997. I Am Not a Doctor,Echo Label, 1998. Indigo,Echo Label, 2000. Things to Make and Do,Roadrunner, 2000. All Back to the Mine,Echo Label, 2001. Pure Pleasure Seeker,Import, 2001.
Periodicals
Billboard,April 5, 1997, p. 71; April 5, 1997, p. 72; February 8, 1998, p. 11; March 21, 1998, p. 98. Q, December 1995; September 1998; May 2000; September 2000.
Online
“Moloko,”Dot Music, http://www.dotmusic.com/interviews/April2000/interviews13578.asp (February 8, 2002). Moloko Official Website, http://www.moloko.co.uk/biog/biog.php (February 8, 2002). “Their Time is Now: Moloko Interview,”Virgin, http://www.virgin.net/music/features/feature_4514.html (February 8, 2002). “Things to Make and Do: Moloko,”Play Louder, http://www.playlouder.eom/review/1.html (February 8, 2002). —Timothy Borden
Burgess invented the slang language 'Nadsat', itself the Russian suffix for "teen", an argot that consisted of combinations of words from different languages, mainly Russian ("Moloko" is Russian for Milk, "Devotchka" is Russian for "Girl") and English ("clockwork orange" is an oldish Cockney slang English expression), as well as words that are ...
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Profile: 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").
