I-Antique iyi-duo yaseSweden ecula ngesiGreki. Iqembu lajabulela ukuduma okuncane ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, laze lamela iSweden ku-Eurovision Song Contest. Laba ababili bahlanganisa u-Elena Paparizou noNikos Panagiotidis.
Ingoma ephambili yeqembu ingoma ethi Die for You. Iqembu lahlukana eminyakeni engu-17 edlule. Namuhla i-Antique iphrojekthi eyedwa ye-Panagiotidis.
Umsebenzi wokuqala we-Antique
Ema-disco ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990, u-Elena Paparizou wahlangana nomngane womfowabo owayesebenza njengo-DJ. Akagcinanga ngokufaka izingoma zabaculi abathandayo kuphela, kodwa futhi wabhala umculo wemicimbi yesikhathi esizayo yena. U-DJ ucele u-Elena ukuthi aqophe amazwi engoma ethi Opa Opa. Intombazane yawufunda lo mbhalo yathi kwakungowesilisa, ngakho uNikos Panagiotidis wabizelwa kulo msebenzi. Ngakho-ke i-hit yokuqala ye-Antique band yadalwa.
Ingoma yaduma ngenxa ye-motifs yendabuko yaseScandinavia, ecutshungulwa ngosizo lwezinsimbi ze-elekthronikhi kanye nezinhlamvu zesiGreki. Ingoma ngokushesha yaba yi-hit kuma-disco e-Gothenburg nakwamanye amadolobha amakhulu aseSweden, ngakho abafana banquma ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wabo futhi babheke imibono emisha yokuqaliswa.
Abahlanganyeli bephrojekthi ye-Antique
U-Elena Paparizou wazalelwa edolobheni laseSweden iBuros kubafuduki abangamaGreki. Ubaba wenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo wathuthela eScandinavia ukuze asebenze, kodwa wazinza eSweden. Intombazane nayo inomfowabo nodadewabo. Lo mculi wayenezinkinga zokuphefumula, futhi odokotela beluleka abazali bakhe ukuba bathuthukise ikhono lakhe lokukhuluma. Ukwelashwa okunjalo kwasiza intombazane ukuthi ingaxazululi izinkinga zayo zempilo kuphela, kodwa futhi yamenza waba omunye wabahlabeleli abahamba phambili baseYurophu.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-7, u-Elena waqala ukufunda upiyano, futhi lapho ngineminyaka engu-13 wayeseqaphela ukuthi uzoba umculi. Lapho intombazane ineminyaka engu-14 ubudala, yakhethwa ukuba ihlanganyele eqenjini elithi Soul Funkomatic, lapho iqhubeka khona iminyaka emithathu. Lapho ibhendi ihlukana, u-Elena wanquma ukuthuthela eGothenburg ukuze aqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe.
Kodwa ngaleso sikhathi, abangane bakhe bafa - kwaqubuka umlilo kwelinye lama-disco. Umama akazange amvumele u-Elena ukuba ahambe, esaba ukuphila kwakhe. Intombazane yanquma ukumisa izifundo zayo zomculo futhi yagxila ezifundweni zayo. Kodwa kwelinye lamaphathi ngahlangana no-DJ owacela ukuqopha ingoma ethi Opa Opa. Ngakho u-Elena wangena kuphrojekthi ye-Antique.
UNikos Panagiotidis wazalelwa eGothenburg. Njengo-Elena, abazali bakhe bathuthela eSweden beyofuna impilo entsha. U-Nikos wayekuthanda ukucula kusukela ebuntwaneni futhi ebamba iqhaza kuma-ensembles esikole.
Ngemva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe ezikhungweni zemfundo, i-Panagiotidis yakha iqembu elingenayo impumelelo encane kuma-disco. Wabe eseqala ukucula yedwa. Ngemva kokuhlangana no-Elena Paparizou, abaculi badala i-duet Antique.
Ukuhlonishwa kwempumelelo yeqembu
Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi izingoma zesiGreki zingaduma ezweni elibandayo elisenyakatho, kodwa i-duet Antique yaphumelela. I-albhamu yokuqala ithole ukubuyekezwa kwe-rave hhayi kuphela kubalaleli abajwayelekile, kodwa futhi nabagxeki. Yaklonyeliswa yi-Swedish Music Awards Union.
Abaculi banqume ukubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni omkhulu wokucula waseYurophu. Ngonyaka wesithathu wokuqokwa, bakwazi ukuzuza izinhliziyo zejaji, futhi iqembu laya eDenmark engumakhelwane ukuyocula engxenyeni yokugcina yomncintiswano. Laba ababili bakwazile ukuthatha indawo yesi-3. Amazwe amabili anikeze u-Elena noNikos amaphuzu aphezulu.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuphela kokusebenza, abafana bahamba uhambo olukhulu lwaseYurophu. Amakhonsathi aba yimpumelelo emangalisayo. Wonke ama-disco asuka e-Gothenburg aye e-Athene ahlanganisa izingoma ezishisa izikhotha zeqembu lasendulo emculweni wawo. Futhi ngemuva kokuqopha i-albhamu yeBlue Love, i-duet yahola emashadi amaningi aseYurophu.
Ukuwa kweqembu lasendulo
Ngemva kokuphumelela, ukungezwani kwaqala ukuvela phakathi kuka-Elena noNikos. Leli qembu alizange limemezele ukuhlukana kwalo, kodwa i-paparazzi ehlala yonke indawo yathola ukuthi ngamunye wabaculi ababili basayine izinkontileka namalebula okuqopha ama-albhamu ayedwa.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile u-Elena waqala ukwenza no-Antonis Remos. Kulapho umlando weqembu lase-Antique waphela khona. Yize esikhathini esidlule iqembu laphinde lahlangana lacula izingoma zalo zakuqala esigabeni esikhulu.
Kodwa kuze kube yileso sikhathi, u-Elena wakwazi ukwenza yedwa ku-Eurovision Song Contest futhi awine.
Ngaphambi kokuqala umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa, u-Elena Paparizou usayine inkontileka neSony Music Greece. I-Anapantites Klisis eyodwa yaqoshwa kule lebula. Inguqulo yolimi lwesiNgisi ithole isimo "segolide". Futhi ngemva konyaka, u-Elena wakhulula i-disc egcwele, eyathola isimo se "platinum".
Ngo-2005 u-Elena Paparizou wamenywa ukuba amele iGrisi emncintiswaneni we-Eurovision Song. Eyodwa yezingoma zakhe ezintathu yakhethwa evotini lezwe lonke. Kowamanqamu walo mqhudelwano, iPaparizou ibeke endaweni yokuqala ngamaphuzu angama-1.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, abezindaba babhala ngokufa okudabukisayo komculi engozini yemoto. Kodwa kwaba iphutha, igama lika-Elena lafa. Intombazane iyaphila.
Imisebenzi yokugcina yomculi yizingoma ezimbili ezikhishwe ngo-2018. Izingoma ziqoshwa ngesiGreki futhi zisakazwa njalo eziteshini zomsakazo zase-Athens. Iqembu le-Antique liyaqhubeka nokusebenza, kodwa iphrojekthi ye-Nikos Panagiotidis kuphela.
