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Moloko (/ m ə ˈ l oʊ k oʊ /) were an English-Irish electronic music duo formed in Sheffield, England, consisting of vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon. Blending elements of electronica and dance music , they are best known for their UK top 10 singles " The Time Is Now " (2000) and " Familiar Feeling " (2003), as well as the ...
They got on well personally as well and a relationship soon develops. 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.
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 ...
Moloko were an English-Irish music duo, consisting of vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon. Blending elements of trip hop, electronica, and dance, they are best known.
"Do You Like My Tight Sweater?", as well as being the name of Moloko's first album, is the come-on that started it all. Two years ago Roisín, from Arklow, walked up to Mark, from Manchester, and demanded his opinion on her outfit. From these humble beginnings, Moloko were born.
Respectively, 'Moloko' originates from the Nadsat slang word for "milk" (from the Russian, молоко), in Anthony Burgess' novel "A Clockwork Orange". Recorded while the pair were dating, Do You Like My Tight Sweater? gained notice on underground dance and trip-hop scenes, then more so with I Am Not a Doctor (Jul 1998, Echo).
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