As the voice of Morcheeba she sound-tracked our lives on albums such as Big Calm, sold five million records and graced stages all around the world. We knew her voice, but despite her success, we didn’t really know much about the real Skye – until now. Skye’s first solo album, Mind How You Go, is not so much a leap into the dark as a step into the light. Yet it was also a journey into the unknown and she didn’t know where it would take her.
Mind How You Go is her emphatic answer, a sublime album of vivid songs that present Skye in an entirely new light. Of course, there is much that is familiar. The beguiling quality of her voice. The potent melodies that bury themselves deep inside your brain. The cool elegance of her delivery. But this is also Skye as you have never her before. Mind How You Go finds Skye singing her songs, telling her stories and finding her own way on an album that is both personal credo and a realization of her inner strength.
“I never had any inspiration to be a solo artist,” says Skye. “2002 we recorded the 4th album Charango and other members of the band started talking about taking a long sabbatical. I thought ‘what am I going to do?’ Morcheeba was a huge part of my life. Parts Of The Process, ‘The Best Of’ was released 2003, we finished the tour and the other were doing their own projects, then decided they wanted to split-up the band and work with someone else. It wasn’t planned on my part and I don’t want anyone thinking I abandoned the band because I didn’t. But we all realized it was time for a change and an opportunity to move in new directions.”
2004, Skye found herself in Los Angeles with writer/producer Patrick Leonard. “He was so enthusiastic about writing and working with me” she says “and rather than just doing one or two tracks, he was keen to do an entire album.” Despire the folio of songs she already had, she promptly set about writing a dozen more with Pat. Somewhere in the process, a writing/recording session with Daniel Lonois at his home studio produced three more gems.
Skye returned to London with a near complete record. The final songs were written February 2005 with singer-song writer Gary Clark. “I was at the point where I thought I couldn’t write another song” says Skye. “Gary was laid back, played amazing acoustic guitar and shared my love of fine Scottish whiskey! We wrote three songs together.”
This summer Skye has been touring across Europe with her new material and has been received fantastically. Slovakia, Russia, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are some of the countries where Skye played to fans that attended in the thousands. One particular country where Skye has achieved particular success is Italy, where her first release Love Show maintained a top 20 position for over 8 weeks. Skye is looking forward to bringing Mind How You Go to other territories including the U.S. and through August 2006 Skye will embark on an American tour.
“With Morcheeba I had an input and I’m really proud of what I did. Paul was the lyricist and it was always understood that my role was to join up Paul’s words with Ross’ tunes through melody. I never felt fake singing someone else’s words, but this record is more personal. I haven’t had to learn the emotion behind the songs because it was already there. It’s my own journey.”
The album title has a family connection, “Mind How You Go is something my foster Mum’s been saying to me since I was a little girl. She still says it to this day. ‘Bye, take care mind how you go…’ I knew the album was going to be called that from day one. People ask what this record means to me, but that’s an alien question because I’ve been living and breathing it. It’s not a question of what it means to me. This record is me.”
Check out Skye’s new release:
Mind How You Go
For more info on Skye Edwards visit:
www.skyewebsite.com
myspace.com/myskyesite
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