It is 11 on a Sunday morning and Roisin Murphy has just arrived back at her London flat. Another big night out in the city's kinetic clubland?

Hardly. Though Murphy (first name pronounced "Rowsheen") and her trip-hop dance duo Moloko have invigorated dance floors around the world, on this particular weekend, Murphy has opted for something rather less glamorous: a weekend in, watching TV with her boyfriend and his parents.

A newly found settledness is also the hallmark of Murphy's new solo project, "Ruby Blue." Formed with electronica maestro, Matthew Herbert, it has the same sassiness of Moloko, but without the distinctly edgy undertone. "There is no place like home," sings Murphy on the album's opening track, "Leaving the City," and one senses that it took her a long time to reach that conclusion.