I-Apollo 440 yiqembu laseBrithani elivela e-Liverpool. Leli dolobha lomculo linikeze umhlaba amaqembu amaningi athakazelisayo.
Okuyinhloko phakathi kwayo, yiqiniso, i-Beatles. Kodwa uma abane abadumile basebenzisa umculo wesigingci sakudala, khona-ke iqembu le-Apollo 440 lithembele kuzitayela zanamuhla zomculo we-elekthronikhi.
Igama leqembu lalihlonishwa unkulunkulu u-Apollo kanye nenothi la, imvamisa yayo, njengoba wazi, ingu-440 Hz.
Ukuqala kohambo lweqembu le-Apollo 440
Ukwakhiwa kwangempela kweqembu le-Apollo 440 kwadalwa ngo-1990. Iqembu lalihlanganisa: uTrevor noHoward Gray, uNorman Jones noJames Gardner. Ithimba lasebenzisa kakhulu izinsimbi zekhibhodi neziginci eziyisampula emsebenzini walo.
Iqembu lizame umsindo futhi laqopha izingoma zokuqala ezinhlotsheni ezinjengokuthi: i-electronic rock kanye nomdanso ohlukile.
Ukuze uthole inkululeko enkulu yokudala, abafana banquma ukwakha ilebula yabo. Ngemuva konyaka kwasungulwa iqembu, kwasungulwa iStealth Sonic Recordings.
Ilebula elingelabo lisize abaculi ukuthi benqabe abadidiyeli futhi badale uhlobo lomculo abaluthandayo. Isici esivelele sebhendi kwakuwumsindo ohlanganisiwe wezinsimbi zomculo nezinga eliphezulu lokusebenza kahle kwamandla emakhonsathini.
Izingoma zokuqala zika-Apollo 440 zakhululwa ngo-1992: Blackout, Destiny kanye noLolita. Ngokushesha baba amahithi amakhulu ekilabhu.
Ephefumulelwe impumelelo yokuqala, abafana banquma ukuvikela isihloko sezithombe ze-elekthronikhi futhi benze ama-remixes okuqala ezingoma ze-U2 ne-EMF. Basize ukwandisa ukuthandwa kweqembu.
Impumelelo yokuqala yeqembu le-Apollo 440
Kodwa impumelelo enkulu yeqembu yafika ngo-1993, lapho abafana bekhulula enye eyodwa, i-Astral America. Lapho bedala lokhu kuqanjwa, abaculi basebenzisa iculo elidumile lango-1970s elithi Lake And Palmer ka-Emerson.
Ezungeza isampula yalokhu kuqamba ngamarifi esimanje kagesi, abafana baphefumula umsindo wesimanje engomeni. Enye ingoma yama-disco ekilabhu isilungile.
Abaculi beqembu le-Apollo 440 bahlanganise ngobuchule izinhlobo ezifana ne-rock ne-roll, i-ambient ne-techno. Izingoma zoqobo zasheshe zazuza uthando lomphakathi futhi zafika phezulu kumashadi.
Ngo-1995, iqembu lanquma ukusuka eLiverpool lakubo liye enhloko-dolobha yaseNgilandi. Ukuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala ethi Millennium Fever kwenzeka eLondon. Ngokushesha ngemva komsebenzi, uJames Gardner walishiya iqembu.
Ngo-1996, ibhendi yanquma ukushintsha igama layo. Ingxenye yokuqala eyasala u-Apollo, nezinombolo ezingu-440 zashintshwa zaba igama lezinhlamvu ezingamashumi amane. Ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yokugcina (okwamanje), ibhendi yanquma ukushintsha igama elihlehlayo.
I-albhamu yesibili enenombolo yeqembu, i-Electro Glide in Blue, yakhululwa ngo-1997. Enye yezingoma ze-disc ifinyelele ku-10 ephezulu ye-British hit parade.
Ingoma ephambili ye-disc ithi Ain't Talkin' About Dub. Lapho bedala lokhu kuqamba, abafana basebenzisa i-riff edumile evela engomeni kaVan Halen.
Bakhuphule i-tonality nesivinini sokudlala. Umphumela waba ukuqanjwa "okwaqhuma" izitezi zokudansa zamakilabhu adumile aseLondon.
Ngo-1998, i-Apollo Four Forty yaqopha ingoma yetimu yefilimu ethi Lost in Space. Ukwakhiwa ngokushesha "kwaqhuma" e-US hit parade futhi yagxila endaweni yesi-4.
Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, iqembu lakha umculo womdlalo we-PlayStation, okwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukubiza i-Apollo 440 iqembu lokuqala ukurekhoda iculo eligcwele lomdlalo wekhompyutha.
Abaculi basebenzise ithalente labo kakhulu ukucubungula izingoma ezidumile futhi bazinikeze umsindo we-elekthronikhi. Ngo-1999, kwakhululwa enye i-albhamu.
Ngalesi sikhathi, amaqembu i-Prodigy kanye nethi The Chemical Brothers ayesezindebeni zawo wonke umuntu. Kodwa uma kuqhathaniswa nesizinda sabo, iqembu le-Apollo 440 lakhunjulwa ngomculo omnandi kakhulu. Ukudlala ohlotsheni lwe-electronic rock, abafana bakwazi ukuzivikela ezitayela zesikhathi esisha futhi benza abakuthandayo.
Ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu, iqembu lavakasha kakhulu. Abaculi baye banikeza amakhonsathi kaningi e-Ukraine naseRussia. I-albhamu yesine yakhululwa ngo-2003.
Iqembu le-Apollo 440 laqhubeka nokuzama umsindo. Kudiski elilandelayo, abafana bahlanganisa ngobuchule i-breakbeat, ihlathi, iblues ne-jazz. Ingxenye yomculo yediski isicebile futhi yahlukahluka kakhulu.
Abaculi babevame ukwenza imidlalo ebukhoma, bamema abaculi abahlukahlukene, okwandisa amandla eqembu.
Iqembu le-Apollo 440 namuhla
Namuhla, iqembu le-Apollo 440 lizinze eLondon Borough yase-Islington. Isitudiyo seqembu sitholakala lapha. Iqembu linezingoma ezingaphezu kuka-50, eziningi zazo ezisetshenziswa njengezingoma zamafilimu nemidlalo yekhompyutha. Umculo we-"Apholo" uzwakala ezimakethe.
I-albhamu yesihlanu ye-Liverpool ethi Dude Descending a Staircase yakhululwa ngo-2003. Kuyo, abaculi babehlonipha isitayela esifana ne-disco. Izingoma eziningi ezivela kule diski zingasetshenziswa njengesizinda somsebenzi. Isici sediski ukuthi iphindwe kabili. Kunamathrekhi angu-18 esewonke.
Eyakamuva (okwamanje) i-Apollo 440 CD yaphuma ngo-2013. Ukuhlolwa kwengxenye yomculo nomsindo kuyaqhubeka. Amathrekhi enziwe ngohlobo lwe-Drum'n'Bass ne-Big Beat. Abaculi bamatasa bajikeleza futhi abaphumuli.
