Akuwona wonke umthandi womculo okwazi ukuzuza ukuduma ngaphandle kokuba nethalente elisobala. I-Afrojack iyisibonelo esihle sokudala umsebenzi ngendlela ehlukile. Ukuzilibazisa okulula kwensizwa kwaba indaba yokuphila. Yena ngokwakhe wadala umfanekiso wakhe, wafinyelela ukuphakama okuphawulekayo.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukasaziwayo i-Afrojack
U-Nick van de Wall, kamuva owathola ukuduma ngaphansi kwegama-mbumbulu elithi Afrojack, wazalwa ngoSepthemba 9, 1987 edolobheni elincane laseDashi iSpijkenisse.
Umfana wayengehlukile kontanga yakhe, ngaphandle kwesithakazelo sakhe emculweni kusukela ebuntwaneni. Kakade eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala, u-Nick wafunda ukudlala upiyano.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, umfana wayesekwazi kahle uhlelo lwe-Fruity Loops. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ngenxa yothando olushisayo lomculo, amakhono athuthukile. Lo mfana akagcinanga ngokulalela izingoma eziningi ezahlukene, kodwa futhi wazama ukudala imiculo ngomsindo omusha ovela kumahithi akhona.
Ngemva kokuqeda isikole, u-Nick akazange azibone esemsebenzini owawungahlobene nomculo. Umfana kancane kancane wacwila ngokuphelele ekuxubeni izingoma ezilalela izilaleli eziningi. Ukuqala kwaba ukujwayelana nemigoqo kanye namakilabhu Rotterdam, lapho wathuthela eminyakeni yakhe umfundi.
Umfana wasebenza lapha, ngenkathi ezuza ulwazi olubalulekile emsebenzini wakhe wesikhathi esizayo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, uNick wethula izingoma eyedwa okokuqala ngqa ekilabhini yaseLas Palmas. Le nsizwa ayizange icabange ngokuqashelwa kodumo okwamanje, kodwa ngenxa yamakhono atholakele, yathuthukiswa kule ndawo.
Ukuqala kwendlela eya empumelelweni Afrojack
U-Nick van de Wall waya eGreece ngo-2006. Ngohambo lwakhe lokudala, lo mfana wakhetha isiqhingi saseKrethe, esicebile ekuphileni kwasebusuku. Kwaphela izinyanga ezinhlanu uNick esebenza emaqenjini ahlukene, ecija amakhono akhe, efuna eyakhe indlela kulo msebenzi. Kulolu hambo, wethule ingoma eshisa izikhotha eyathakaselwa ngumphakathi. Imiksi yaqanjwa ngokuthi F*ck Detroit.
Ngemva kokubuyela ezweni lakubo, umfana wayefuna ukuzuza udumo. Wakha amathrekhi ngamunye ngamunye, ezama ukunaka. Bekungenzeka ukuqopha ingoma eshisa izikhotha noSidney Samson, uLaidback Luke. Ingoma ethi Ebusweni Bakho ithathe indawo yama-60 kwabangu-100 abaphezulu e-Netherlands, indawo yesi-3 eshadini lomculo womdanso.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-20 ubudala, u-Nick waqala umsebenzi osebenzayo ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi Afrojack. Ngenxa yamathrekhi nemidlalo, umculi waphumelela ngokushesha. Lo mfana udale eyakhe ilebula ethi Wall Recordings. Wasebenza ngokugcwele ukuze aphumelele - waxuba, waqopha, wethula umsebenzi wakhe. Ukusebenza kanzima kwaholela ekuqashelweni hhayi nje komphakathi, kodwa futhi nabantu abaziwayo embonini yomculo: Josh Wink, Fedde Le Grand, Benny Rodrigues.
Unyaka wokusebenza kanzima wathela izithelo ngokushesha. Ngo-2008 i-Afrojack yaqopha iculo elithi Math, Do My Dance. Izingoma zaba yizingoma zangempela.
Bafinyelele isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi omculo wezwe, babesohlwini lwezingoma ngokulingana nezingoma zomculo we-elekthronikhi. Ngemva kwempumelelo enjalo, i-Afrojack yaba umhlanganyeli ovamile emikhosini ebaluleke kakhulu: I-Sensation, Mystery Land, Extrema Outdoor.
Izithelo Zodumo Olukhulayo Lwe-Afrojack
I-Afrojack ayizange iyeke ukumangala ngezinga layo eliphezulu lokusebenza ngo-2009. Uqophe izingoma ezintsha, ejabulisa abalandeli njalo ngokudlala bukhoma. Ngenxa yokwanda kokuduma, umculi usefinyelele izinga elisha. I-Afrojack ihlanganyele noDavid Guetta odumile. Ngenxa yenhlangano yokudala, ama-remix aphambili aqoshwa:
- (Sexy Bitch)Akon);
- Ivolovolo (Madonna);
- Alejandro (u-lady Gaga).
Ukusebenzisana nosaziwayo sekuphenduke ukukhula kwangempela kweciko. Wayevame ukuqashelwa nakakhulu, abeke phambili ukuba ahlanganyele emiqhudelwaneni ehlukahlukene.
Kuze kube manje, i-duet nomculi waseDashi u-Eva Simons ibizwa ngokuthi impumelelo ebaluleke kakhulu ye-Afrojack. Ingoma ethi Take Over Control ingene ezilinganisweni zomculo emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Ingoma ithathe indawo ye-19 yo-DJ MAG abadumile be-TOP 100 DJs ngo-2010. Futhi umbhali uthole isihloko esithi "The Highest Rise - 2010". Ngemva kwale mpumelelo, umculi wanquma ukuqopha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
Ukuvela komphakathi kwe-Afrojack
Ngemva kokuthola impumelelo, i-Afrojack ayizange iyeke ukujabulisa abalandeli ngokudlala bukhoma. Izinga lokuvakashela izikhungo kuphela enyukile. Umculi wenza e-Pacha club e-Ibiza, emcimbini we-Ultra Music e-Miami, e-Electric Daisy carnival e-Los Angeles.
Ngo-2011, nge-remix yengoma kaMadonna ethi Revolver, i-Afrojack yathola indondo ye-Grammy Award. Umsebenzi wawungowokubambisana, kodwa umklomelo wawungenxa yabo bonke ababebambe iqhaza. Ngo-2012, i-Afrojack yaqokwa emklomelweni ofanayo nge-remix yengoma ethi Leona Lewis Collide. Kulokhu akawinanga.
Beka ezingeni lama-DJs
Ngemva kokuduma kwengoma ethi Take Over Control, i-DJ Magazine edumile yanikeza i-Afrojack indawo yesi-6 ekulethweni kwayo kwabantu ababalulekile bomculo we-elekthronikhi. Ngo-2017, wathatha isikhundla sesi-8 kuphela. Ochwepheshe babize lesi simo ngokuduma okuzinzile, okuqinisekiswe yisikhathi.
I-Afrojack ingumnikazi wokukhula okuhlaba umxhwele, ukubukeka okuphawulekayo kohlobo "oluxubile". Indoda ebukekayo ikhetha ukukhanda izinwele ngekama eliluhlaza lezinwele ezigoqene. Baphinde bayakuphawula ukuzinikela kukasaziwayo ezinweleni ezihlanzekile zobuso. Umbala omnyama usuphenduke "ikhadi lokubiza" ezingutsheni zika-DJ. Indoda ihlale ibukeka iqinile futhi icabanga, ingavumeli lutho olungadingekile.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-DJ
U-Afrojack akakaze akhulume ngempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. Ukuxhumana nosaziwayo wase-Italy u-Elettra Lamborghini "kuphose inhlansi" kule ndawo yempilo yomdwebi. Umbhangqwana ubizwe ngokuthi uyamangalisa futhi uyathembisa.
Ngenxa yesitayela sokuqala, ithalente namandla, i-Afrojack ithuthuka ngenkuthalo ize ifinyelele ezingeni eliphakeme lenkazimulo. Lo mculi uqashelwa ngabalandeli nabathandi bomculo wekilabhu, ozakwabo esitolo bamhloniphe. Futhi lezi yizinkomba eziphakeme kakhulu zokubaluleka kobuntu.
