Morcheeba want you to submit your own music video/short film for their instrumental track ‘The Great London Traffic Warden Massacre’.

The song is taken from their brand new album ‘Charango’. The winning video will be chosen by a panel of industry judges including Morcheeba themselves and put online at the band’s official website to help mark the launch of ‘Charango’.

In addition the winning filmmaker, along with the runners-up, will be invited to bring their mates down to London for the day to see their video premiered on the big screen at a special Morcheeba night at the ICA in London on Sunday 6th of October.

The winner will receive a JVC GR-DV3000 Digital Camcorder and have the unique opportunity to attend a video shoot for an EastWest label act. This is a once in a lifetime chance to get a behind-the-scenes view of how a music video is put together by one of the world’s most successful record companies.

Runners-up prizes include exclusive Morcheeba goodie-bags containing limited edition screen prints, t-shirts, headphones and much more.

To enter, simply download ‘The Great London Traffic Warden Massacre’ track from their official site http://www.morcheeba.net and create a VHS video to accompany the track.

Send your finished video on VHS with you contact details to:

Morcheeba Video Competition,

WILD, 2B Westpoint, 39-40 Warple Way,

LONDON W3 0RG.

The closing date is 13th September 2002.

All entries MUST include your name, address and phone number. For more information and any other enquiries call 020-8746-0666 or email

morcheeba@wild-uk.com

Good luck!

The South London-based trio of brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey plus vocalist Skye Edwards are one of those bands which, fortunately, don’t need a massive hit single. Morcheeba will always be eternally cool and popular to a large amount of music fans because they’ve got a unique sound and, of course, are good at what they do.

‘Otherwise’, is the trio’s first number from their latest ‘Charango’ album, which the band themselves have pretentiously described as musical cannibalism for the modern era.

To the layman, this basically means a string-laden lament that’s supplemented with a trip-hop beat, all of which is wrapped-up in the Godfreys’ lush and much sought-after production sheen.

“It’s Bollywood inspired a little and it’s all lovely” said Skye who spoke to the press lately.

Skye’s breathy vocals are as seductive as ever, if a little too similar to past glories for comfort, but the touches of Serge Gainsbourg-ish and Bollywood-style instrumentation certainly make ‘Otherwise’ worth investigating and definitely purchasing.