Moqsha
If justice prevails bright new hopefuls Moqsha could
be the guys and girl to forever break the curse of Bristol
guitar bands that continually drop short of success.
Just four gigs into their beckoning career and they're
already starting to turn heads. A tinge of Massive Attack
and Spiritualized echo through the five-piece's material
but it would be inaccurate to label them as anything
short of a carbon copy.
What they do have are fresh sounding, great songs.
Set highlights include Judas, BS3 and the unforgettable
two parter Inspector Morse. With the icing on the
cake being delivered via the angelic voice of front
woman Vicky Harrington who scales the piercing notes
of Lush to the low raunchy growl of Chrissie Hynde
she has all the makings of a top indie diva. Staring
forever skywards she makes each song sound like the
most crumbliest flakiest milk-chocolaty rhapsody in
the world.
RACHEL
OWEN - Bristol Sound
If you would like further info on Moqsha gigs, news
and future releases please email the band
moqsha@sugarshackrecords.co.uk
Steve Street is currently working with MOQSHA
live:
'the hope and anchor' - 29.09.2000, London, UK
Bristol based five-piece moqsha played a stunning
gig at Islington's famous 'The Hope And Anchor'. What
to expect from a band whose name sounds like a new
fashionable type of coffee or some long forgotten
Arabian king? Well, no oriental belly dancing or snake
charmer flute instrumentals, as maybe expected, but
some very beautiful female crooned pop, somewhere
between Moloko, Dubstar, Catatonia and The Stone Roses'
'I wanna be adored'… I know it's a sacrilege, I'm
so sorry - well, at least let's say, they're aiming
at it!
Starting off with some more 'experimental' sounding
tracks, MOKSHA show that they're also able to write
some bloody good simple and catchy pop numbers, with
their last bunch of songs in the set. Their tunes
are mainly carried by their solid rhythm section,
coloured with some great guitar and keyboard sounds
and enchanted by their singer's fantastic voice which
changes between tired, boozed-up and an angel-like
soprano. Moreover with singer Vicky Harrington, Moqsha
have already a new pop diva. Look out for them and
add 'BS 3' as your next 'must have' single!
Lipgloss Clubzine
Moqsha
Moqsha The Destroyer VS Dubzilla
Something of a mixed bag here, with four songs in
various guises spread across eight tracks, including
three from a gig back in 1999! The legendary Bristol
work ethic strikes again....
At the core of this limited edition CD EP is Moqsha
The Destroyer Vs Dubzilla: a rumbling hunk of electro-dub
that stomps forward like an out-of-control dinosaur
from a parallel universe who hasn't had his tea yet.
Which quite possibly, is exactly the effect Moqsha
are hoping for.
Distant rumblings is a theme that's developed in the
Omnivore mixes of Super Massive Balck Holes - in both
scary-female-vocals and scary-female-takes-a-break
versions - which nudges to steal victory in the last
minute of extra time.
Both tracks will be on the forthcoming album, which
suggests mysterious plans afoot. To top it all there's
Inspector Morse parts one and two, and a ditty by
the name of Judas, none of which sound remotely like
the more recent stuff. As Roy Walker would say, it's
good but it's not right.
Chris Mitchell
Synergie
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