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Morcheeba - Dive Deep
| Allmusic |
| Longtime Morcheeba fans that found their sunshine bright album The Antidote a complete disappointment couldn't ask for a better follow-up than Dive Deep. Making that other unloved effort seem like a mislabeled side project, Dive Deep finds multi-instrumentalists the Godfrey brothers returning to the murky, moody kind of downtempo and trip-hop of their early days, just without original vocalist Skye Edwards, or for that matter, Antidote's vocalist Daisy Martey. Instead, they go about it Zero 7 style, utilizing a series of guest vocalists including smooth rapper Cool Calm Pete, alternative singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl, and most surprisingly, pop/rock veteran Judie Tzuke, who brings a welcome, folk-tinged sound that serves to connect the dots here between soft rock and Portishead....full text |
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| Billboard |
| Three years after the bright, acoustic-based "The Antidote," downtempo darling Morcheeba returns with "Dive Deep," a gorgeous collection of folk- and blues-inflected electro-pop ballads. No longer looking for a permanent replacement for original singer Skye Edwards, DJ Paul Godfrey and his brother Ross enlist a variety of guest vocalists, including Norwegian singer/ songwriter Thomas Dybdahl, French chanteuse Manda and British songstress Judie Tzuke, who collaborates on the folksy lead single "Enjoy the Ride....full text |
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Does the world really need a new Morcheeba album? Are the band still relevant, having emerged from something of an identity crisis four years back? Of course fans will affirm without hesitation that there is a place for them, but their last outing, while pushing their own boundaries with moves into more analogue territory, will have tried their patience. Sadly for Daisy Martey, that marked her first and only album as Morcheeba's principal vocalist, the casualty of a mismatch rather than a shortfall in performance, her voice a touch too piercing for the brothers' Godfrey's smooth production. So now the duo are back to basics on their own, with a small handful of unheralded guests in tow, ready to head out on the open road....full text |
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