Iningi labalaleli lazi iqembu laseJalimane i-Alphaville ngamahithi amabili, ngenxa yokuthi abaculi bathole udumo emhlabeni wonke - Forever Young kanye neBig In Japan. Lawa maculo embozwe amabhendi ahlukahlukene adumile.
Ithimba liqhubeka ngempumelelo nomsebenzi walo wokudala. Abaculi babevame ukuba nengxenye emikhosini ehlukahlukene yomhlaba. Banama-albhamu e-studio amade agcwele angu-12 ngaphezu kweziningi ezikhishwe ngokuhlukana.
Ukuqala komsebenzi ka-Alphaville
Umlando weqembu waqala ngo-1980. UMarian Gold, uBernhard Lloyd kanye noFrank Mertens bahlangana endaweni yephrojekthi kaNelson Community. Yakhiwa maphakathi nawo-1970 njengohlobo lwendawo lapho ababhali abasebasha, abaculi nabaculi babeshintshana ngolwazi futhi bathuthukise amakhono abo.
Kusukela ngo-1981, amalungu eqembu esizayo abesebenza kule ndaba. Baqopha ingoma ethi Forever Young base benquma ukuqamba leli qembu ngalo. Inguqulo yedemo yethrekhi ifinyelele kumalebula omculo amaningana ngesikhathi esisodwa, futhi iqembu lathola impumelelo yezohwebo ngokushesha.
Ukuphakama kwe-Alphaville
Ngo-1983, abaculi banquma ukushintsha igama leqembu laba yi-Alphaville, ukuze bahloniphe elinye lamafilimu abawathandayo ezinganekwane zesayensi. Khona manjalo kwaba nenkontileka nelebula i-WEA Records. Futhi ngo-1984, kwakhululwa ingoma eyodwa ethi, Big In Japan, eyaduma ngaso leso sikhathi nhlangothi zombili ze-Atlantic. Eqhulwini lempumelelo, iqembu laqopha i-albhamu yalo yokuqala yesitudiyo, Forever Young. Uthole ukwazisa komphakathi kanye nezibuyekezo ezinhle ezivela kubagxeki bomculo.
Obekungalindelekile kubaculi kwaba yisinqumo sikaFrank Mertens sokushiya iqembu. Ngaleso sikhathi, ukuvakasha okusebenzayo kwase kuqalile, futhi abaculi kwadingeka bafune ngokushesha omunye ozongena esikhundleni somlingani wabo osewathatha umhlalaphansi. Ngo-1985 uRicky Ecolette wabajoyina.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwerekhodi lesithathu elithi Afternoons In Utopia (1986), abaculi basebenze ezintweni ezintsha futhi benqaba ukuhlanganyela ohambweni.
Umsebenzi wesithathu we-studio othi The Breathtaking Blue wakhululwa kuphela ngo-1989 (eminyakeni emithathu kamuva). Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ithimba laqala ukusebenza ekukhululweni kweziqeshana zevidiyo ezinomqondo we-cinema. Uchungechunge lwevidiyo ngalunye lwalunenjongo futhi luphelele, lumelela indaba emfushane kodwa ejulile. Ngemva kokusebenza kanzima, abaculi banquma ukuyeka ukubambisana okwesikhashana futhi baqala ukusebenzisa amaphrojekthi abodwa. Kwaphela iminyaka emine leli qembu linyamalala endaweni yesigameko.
Njengesethulo sokuhlangana kabusha, u-Alphaville wenze ikhonsathi yabo yokuqala e-Beirut. Khona-ke abaculi baphinde baqala ukusebenza ku-studio ngendaba ye-albhamu entsha. Umphumela wokuzijwayeza isikhathi eside kwaba i-albhamu ethi Isifebe. I-disc ifaka izingoma ngezitayela ezahlukahlukene - ukusuka ku-synth-pop kuye ku-rock ne-reggae.
Eshiya iqembu
Ehlobo lika-1996, iqembu laphinde lalahlekelwa yilungu elilodwa. Ngalesi sikhathi, uRicky Ecolette washiya, owayekhathele ukuhlukana njalo nomndeni wakhe kanye nempilo yokuhlanya yeqembu elidumile. Ngaphandle kokufuna ozongena esikhundleni, abafana ababili abasele baqhubeka nokusebenza izingoma ezintsha. Zivezwe kucwecwe lesihlanu lesitudiyo sosindiso.
Ngemva kohambo olude e-Europe, eJalimane, e-USSR nasePeru, iqembu lenze isipho "kubalandeli" balo ngokukhipha i-Dreamscapes anthology. Yayinamadiski angu-8 aphelele, ahlanganisa izingoma ezingu-125. Ithimba likwazile ukuqopha izinto ezaqoqwa ngesikhathi iqembu likhona.
Ngemva konyaka wokucula, abaculi baqopha i-albhamu ethi Salvation, eyakhululwa eMelika ngo-2000. Ngemva kokukhululwa, iqembu laya eRussia nasePoland, lapho enza khona ikhonsathi enkulu kakhulu. Abalandeli abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-300 beza bezolalela abaculi. Kungosi esemthethweni yeqembu, amarekhodi amasha aqala ukuvela esizindeni somphakathi.
Izinguquko
Ngo-2003, kwakhululwa elinye iqoqo lama-disc amane anezingoma ezingakakhishwa ngaphambilini ku-Crazy Show. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uBernhard Lloyd wamemezela ukuthi wayekhathele uhlobo olufanayo lokuphila futhi walishiya iqembu. Ngakho, kobaba abasunguli, kwakusele i-Marian Gold kuphela ekubunjweni. Kanye naye, uRainer Bloss uqhubekile nokwakha njengomdlali wekhibhodi noMartin Lister.
Ngalolu hlu, iqembu le-Alphaville laqala ukuqopha iphrojekthi ekhethekile. Kwakuyi-opera ethi L'invenzione Degli Angeli / The Invention Of Angels, ngesizathu esithile eyaqoshwa ngesi-Italian. Umsebenzi wekhonsathi weqembu awumi.
Ngokugubha iminyaka engu-20, ibhendi yanquma ukujabulisa abalandeli ngokudlala nge-quartet yeyunithi yezinhlamvu. Ukuhlolwa kwaqashelwa njengempumelelo, futhi iqembu elandisiwe laphindela kolunye uhambo lwaseYurophu.
Omunye umphumela ongajwayelekile wephupho labaculi kwaba wumsebenzi womculo. Likhuthazwe izinganekwane zika-Lewis Carroll, ithimba laqala ukudala inguqulo yalo ye-Alice e-Wonderland.
Ngo-2005, iqembu lamenywa eRussia, lapho i-Avtoradio ibambe khona iphrojekthi yayo evamile ethi "Disco of the 80s". Abalandeli abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-70 babuthana emcimbini weqembu. I-albhamu elandelayo i-Dreamscapes Revisited (ngokuvumelana namathrendi amasha) ikhishwe ezinsizeni ezikhokhelwayo ze-inthanethi.
Isenzakalo esilandelayo esibalulekile emlandweni weqembu kwakuwumkhosi wokugubha iminyaka engu-25 yomsebenzi wokudala. Umkhosi wenziwa ngo-2009 ePrague. Ikhonsathi ibihanjelwe umculi odumile uKarel Gott, owacula izingoma zeqembu ngesiCzech.
Umsebenzi olandelayo wesitudiyo othi Catching Rays On Giant wakhululwa ngo-2010. Iqembu laqhubeka nokunikeza amakhonsathi futhi lijabulisa abalandeli ngemisebenzi emisha. UMartin Lister washona ngoMeyi 21, 2012. Umsebenzi olandelayo wabaculi wakhululwa ngo-2014 ngendlela yeqoqo lama-hits So 80s!. Ngokokuqala ngqá esikhathini eside, i-albhamu ayithengiswanga kuphela ku-inthanethi, kodwa nasemithonjeni yezomzimba. Abaculi bakhiphe i-albhamu yabo yokugcina yesitudiyo i-Strange Attractor ngo-2017.
