U-Alex Hepburn ungumculi waseBrithani nombhali wengoma osebenza ezinhlotsheni ze-soul, rock and blues. Indlela yakhe yokudala yaqala ngo-2012 ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-EP yokuqala futhi iyaqhubeka kuze kube yilolu suku.
Intombazane isiqhathaniswe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa no-Amy Winehouse noJanis Joplin. Lo mculi ugxile emsebenzini wakhe womculo, futhi kuze kube manje kuningi okwaziwayo ngomsebenzi wakhe kune-biography yakhe.
Ilungiselela u-Alex Hepburn Umsebenzi Womculo
Intombazane yazalwa ngoDisemba 25, 1986 eLondon. Kusukela eneminyaka engu-8, wayehlala nomkhaya wakhe eningizimu yeFrance. Lokhu kwaphumela othandweni olukhulu lwesiko lesiFulentshi, amaFulentshi kanye nengqondo yawo.
Futhi, ngokusobala, lolu thando seluhlangene - iningi labalandeli baka-Alex bangamaFulentshi, futhi bamamukela ngemfudumalo ngesikhathi samakhonsathi.
U-Alex wayeka isikole eneminyaka engu-15. Ngokuzayo, waphawula ukuthi akelulekanga muntu ukuba alandele isibonelo sakhe. Yize lesi sinqumo samvumela ukuthi agxile emculweni.
Wayezifundisa, wafunda konke ayengakwenza ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphumula. Le ntombazane ithi ekuqaleni yayisaba ukucula phambi kwawo wonke umuntu futhi yakhetha ngokukhethekile izindawo lapho ingezwa khona muntu. Futhi ngemizamo emikhulu kuphela wakwazi ukunqoba ukwesaba kwakhe.
Isimo sengqondo somculi ngomculo sakhiwa. Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, intombazane yayazi ngokuqinile ukuthi uthando lwakhe oluyinhloko kwakuwumculo, futhi kufanele ibe umculi. U-Alex uye waphawula kaningi ukuthi phakathi kwabaculi abamkhuthazayo kwakukhona uJimi Hendrix, uJeff Buckley noBillie Holiday.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zomculo zathathwa ebusheni. Khona-ke umculi wasebenzisana nabashayayo kanye nama-rapper aseLondon.
Khuphuka nodumo lomculi
Kwenye yamakhonsathi "ekhaya", u-Alex wabonwa ngumculi waseMelika uBruno Mars futhi wamnikeza ukubambisana naye. Lo mculi wathola udumo lwakhe lokuqala ngo-2011, lapho enza amakhonsathi “njengesenzo sokuvula” sikaBruno Mars.
Wamukelwa kahle ngabalaleli futhi wakhuluma ngemfudumalo ngendlela aphumelele ukuwenza ngesikhathi evula umcimbi wakhe.
I-albhamu yokuqala encane yomculi yavela ngo-2012. Intombazane inezwi elijulile elinamandla, elinolaka futhi "elishisayo", elithakazelisa abaningi.
Izingoma zenziwa ngesitayela esixubile - i-soul, i-blues ne-rock. Lokhu kukhetha kudonse ukunaka, ukukhetha kwakhe kwaba yisinqumo esifanele.
I-albhamu yokuqala ephelele yakhululwa ngo-2013. UJimmy Hogarth, uSteve Kryzant, uGary Clark - abakhiqizi abaziwayo abaqeqeshiwe babambe iqhaza ekukhululweni kwayo.
I-albhamu yayinesihloko esithi Together Alone futhi yaphakamisa amashadi ase-UK izikhathi eziningana, yaphinde yahamba phambili emashadini eFrance, eBelgium naseSwitzerland.
Ingoma ethi Under ithole izilinganiso eziphakeme kakhulu, kanti ingoma ethi Love to love you ithole okuphansi kakhulu. Ngaphansi kwaba ingoma edume kakhulu kuwo wonke umsebenzi womculi.
Mhlawumbe lokhu kungenxa yokuthi incazelo yengoma ihlobene kakhulu nesimo sempilo intombazane eyayinaso ngesikhathi iqopha ithrekhi. Kwakunzima kuyena ebudlelwaneni, futhi ukuqanjwa Ngaphansi kwaba ukubonakaliswa kobuhlungu bakhe nemizwa enqwabelene.
Ekuqaleni, intombazane yayingafuni ukufaka u-Under ku-albhamu futhi isivele icabanga ukunikeza uRihanna ingoma, kodwa kukhona okwamvimba. Ngenxa yesinqumo ayengasilindele, wazuza udumo.
Nge-albhamu yokuqala yobude obugcwele, umculi waqhubeka nokuvakasha emazweni aseYurophu. Kwabe sekufika ukuqhathanisa no-Amy Winehouse noJanis Joplin. U-Alex uthe amazwi ahlabayo ezwini lakhe avela eneminyaka engu-14, lapho eqala ukubhema.
Amahithi alandelayo bekungamaculo athi Smash nethi Take home to Mama. Umculi uzibhale kanye noCarby Lorien, uMike Karen nabanye.
Izinhlelo zomculi ngekusasa
Lo mculi usayine inkontileka neWarner Music France waqala ukusebenza ngaphansi kwelebuli yakhe. Ngo-2019, wahlela ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu ethi Izinto Engizibonile, nokho, ngezizathu ezingaziwa, ukukhishwa kwabambezeleka.
"Abalandeli" bakulindele ngabomvu - kuyaziwa ukuthi i-albhamu izohlanganisa izingoma eziningana eziqoshwe kanye nabaculi abadumile.
U-Alex usasebenza ngaphansi kwelebuli ye-Warner Music France. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili yomsebenzi wakhe, ukhiphe i-albhamu eyodwa kuphela nezingoma ezimbalwa.
Intombazane ngokwayo yaphawula ukuthi yayingajahi ukuthandwa noma udumo. Ufuna ukujabulela inqubo yokudala, ngakho akagxili enanini lama-albhamu noma izingoma ezingashadile ezibone ukukhanya kosuku, kodwa ekubhaleni izingoma zakhe.
Ukulungiswa kwecwecwe lesibili kuyaqhubeka. Umculi uphawula ukuthi izojula futhi ibe nezingoma. Kuyoba ngomphefumulo, uthando nobuqotho. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-albhamu izoba namabhithi amaningi kanye namazwi.
U-Alex ungumculi osemncane futhi onekhono, okwathi ngosizo lwe-albhamu eyodwa, wathanda "abalandeli". Izwi lakhe nesitayela esingajwayelekile kudonse ukunaka kwabalandeli kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ingoma ethi Ngaphansi kwezwi nezwi "iqhumise" amashadi eNgilandi, eFrance naseSwitzerland.
Naphezu kokuthi lo mculi usedume kakhulu, akajahile ukukhipha i-albhamu entsha. Intombazane igxile enqubweni yokudala futhi izenzela yona.
