Eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu edlule, abafowethu u-Adam, uJack noRyan bakha iqembu i-AJR. Konke kwaqala ngemidlalo yasemgwaqweni eWashington Square Park, eNew York. Kusukela lapho, i-indie pop trio izuze impumelelo evamile ngamaculo ashisayo afana nethi "Weak". Abafana baqoqa indlu egcwele ohambweni lwabo lwase-United States.
Igama leqembu elithi AJR yizinhlamvu zokuqala zamagama abo. Isifinyezo esinjalo sibonisa ukuxhumana okujulile phakathi kwabo.
Amalungu ebhendi ye-AJR
Uthunjana kubazalwane, uJack Met, ungumculi ohamba yedwa nochungechunge lwezintambo (melodica, guitar, ukulele). UJack uphinde asebenze kumakhibhodi eqembu, amacilongo nama-synthesizer. Usekhiphe izingoma eziningi nabafowabo okubalwa nezwi lakhe kuphela. Ngokuvamile abafowabo basiza ekuvumelaniseni nezinye izingxenye eziphakeme noma eziphansi. Kumavidiyo ezingoma ezithi "Angidumile", "Sober Up" kanye nethi "Dear Winter", nguyena kuphela okhona.
Olandelayo emgqeni ngokweminyaka ngu-Adam, omdala ngeminyaka emi-4 kunomfowabo omncane. U-Adam udlala ibhesi, i-percussion, uhlelo futhi uyisenzo sokuvula. Unezwi eliphansi nelicebile kubazalwane abathathu. Futhi uyena yedwa kubazalwane abangenayo ingoma eyedwa.
Okokugcina, omdala nguRyan. Uphethe izingoma ezisekelayo futhi unesibopho esikhulu sokwenza izinhlelo namakhibhodi. URyan unengoma eyodwa ehlanganisa yena kuphela nezinsimbi zakhe zomculo. Ingoma ibizwa ngokuthi "Call My Dad" ekwi-albhamu yabo ethi The Click. Bobathathu abazalwane bakhona kuvidiyo yomculo, nokho, nguye kuphela “ophapheme” kuvidiyo eminingi.
Ubani i-AJR ethembele kuye
Okuningi kwe-dynamics ne-chemistry yomculo kungenxa yokuthi abazalwane babelana ngezinkomba ezifanayo zesiko. Abazalwane bathole ugqozi kubaculi bama-1960s okuhlanganisa uFrankie Valli, The Beach Boys, uSimon noGarfunkel. Abazalwane bathi baphinde bathonywe yi-contemporary hip-hop, umsindo kaKanye West noKendrick Lamar.
Creative Asylum Brothers
Ibhendi iqopha futhi ikhiqize wonke umculo wayo egumbini lokuhlala e-Chelsea. Lapha kuzalwa izingoma zabo, ezigcwele ubuqotho kubalandeli. Ngemali abayithola ngokudlala emgwaqweni, izelamani zakwa-AJR zathenga isiginci se-bass, ukulele kanye nesampula.
Ngaphandle kwama-pathos
Abafana babengaphumelelanga njalo. Bathi bebelokhu bekhulisa abalandeli babo kancane kancane futhi abaphumeleli njalo.
“Umdlalo wethu wokuqala esiwudlale ehholo, ngicabanga ukuthi wawungabantu aba-3. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi sabadlalela uhlelo, abalaleli baba ngabalandeli impilo yabo yonke... Ngicabanga ukuthi sikhule ngoba sasinaka wonke umuntu owayewukhathalele umsebenzi wethu.” Kusho u-Adamu.
Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wabo, okungenani izikhathi eziyi-100 bafuna ukuyeka. Kodwa abafana bafunda ukuthatha konke ukwehluleka kanye nakho konke ukwehluleka, baguqule babe yithuba lokufunda. Abazalwane bathi yilo mqondo obenze baqhubeka nokudalela abalandeli babo umculo ongcono.
Ngo-2013, abafana bathumela ingoma yabo yokuqala ethi "I'm Read" kosaziwayo, futhi omunye umculi wase-Australia wadlulisela lo msebenzi ku-CEO ye-S-Curve Records. Ngemuva kwenhlolokhono, waba ngumdidiyeli wabafana. Ngawo lowo nyaka, abafana bakhipha i-EP enegama elifanayo lengoma yabo yokuqala. Kamuva, kukhishwe omunye umsebenzi we-EP "Infinity".
Kuphela ngo-2015, abafana bazihlupha ngokukhulula i-albhamu yabo yokuqala ye-studio enesihloko esithulile esithi "Igumbi lokuhlala".
Ingoma ethi "Weak"
Babhale ingoma yabo edume kakhulu ethi "Weak" ngosuku olulodwa. Kuthathe kuphela abafana amahora ambalwa ukuqeda. Futhi le ngoma ingene ku-albhamu ye-EP ethi "What everyone's Thinking". Leli culo lichaza izilingo zomuntu. Ngemva kokuqopha, abafana babengaqondi ukuthi ingoma izoba yimpumelelo kangakanani. Selokhu yakhululwa, isiqoqe imifudlana ye-Spotify engaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-150, futhi yafakwa kuma-30 aphezulu emazweni angaphezu kwama-25.
Ngo-2017, abafana bafaka ingoma edumile ku-albhamu yabo yesibili ethi "The Clic". Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yabo yesithathu ethi Neotheater, iqembu lahamba nohambo. Okuthakazelisa kakhulu, esembozweni se-albhamu, abazalwane bethulwa ngendlela yopopayi bepopayi be-Walt Disney. Le albhamu isikhumbuza umculo wama-20-40s emsindweni wayo.
Abafana bafuna ukwethula i-albhamu yabo yesine ethi "OK Orchestra" entwasahlobo ka-2021.
Umsebenzi womphakathi
Abazalwane basebenza njengamanxusa omkhankaso othi It's On Us wokulwa nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi emakolishi asekolishi. Baphumele obala ngokweseka kwabo lo mkhankaso, owasungulwa okokuqala nguMengameli waseMelika u-Obama kanye nePhini likaMengameli u-Biden ngo-2014. Umgomo wakhe uwukuqeda ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi emakolishi ekolishi.
I-AJR yacula engqungqutheleni yokugcina ethi It's On Us Summit e-White House ngoJanuwari ngengoma ethi "It's On Us" yomkhankaso ngoMashi. Konke okutholwayo kokukodwa kuya ngqo ukuze kuhehwe ezinye izinhlelo zemfundo ezweni lonke.
Ngo-2019, laba bathathu bahlangana nenhlangano esiza abantulayo i-Music Unites ukuze bavakashele i-Centennial High School e-Compton futhi bahlangane nabafundi bohlelo lomculo abathanda umsebenzi embonini yomculo.
I-Music Units inikeza abafundi ithuba lokubheka ngaphakathi embonini futhi bafunde ukuthatha izinyathelo zokufeza izinhloso zabo zesikhathi esizayo. Unsumpa weSifunda saseCompton Unified School uDarin Brawley uthe iseshini ye-AJR "inolwazi kakhulu."
