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Rating: "We're gonna give you one hundred percent, are you gonna give it to us? you give it to them, they give it to me, I give it to them, they give it to you, you give it to them, we'll have it all, we'll have a good time... here it goes!"
I am certain that in a perfect world, adorning the walls and inspiring the erotic fantasies of thousands of pop lovers wouldn't be photos of Britney and co., but those of Roisin Murphy, born in 1973 in Dublin.
In my humble opinion, no other vocalist currently represents such a perfect synthesis of beauty, charm, talent, stage presence, friendliness, and grit as the frontwoman of Moloko. Roisin, with whom I had the fortune to chat last January in Milan at Magazzini Generali during her solo tour, is everything an artist should be.
The dvd, recorded live at the Brixton Academy during the 2003 tour, collects the best of 10 years of career of this extraordinary electro-pop ensemble. The band, all male obviously, performs at a stratospheric level. Curiously, in this tour, we find Mark Brydon, the band's founder with Roisin, as well as the mind behind the music and her ex-partner, in the unusual role of bassist. Roisin, in dazzling form, is a show within the show, after all, from someone who two years later would become Simon Henwood's muse, nothing less was expected. We see her going wild to the beat of "Sing it back", destroying a bunch of red roses in "Forever More", spitting her panties before "The Time Is Now", improvising a Spanish-style dance in "100%", moving us with the very sad "Statues".
Between costume changes, high heels, masks, feathered hats, luminous ropes wrapping around her, body surfing and hip swaying, the concert passes too quickly, giving us moments of wonderful and engaging music. This dvd certainly represents the highest point in Moloko's discography, a must for fans and the perfect starting point for those who want to discover them... and do it, because tracks like the already mentioned "Sing it back" and "The time is now", "Cannot contain this" or "Familiar feeling", to name a few, are shining gems in the landscape of a genre that usually has very little to say, thanks to Britney and co.
"11,000 clicks" is a masterpiece of Pop.
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