U-Barrington Levy ungumculi owaziwayo we-reggae ne-dancehall e-Jamaica nangale kwayo. Esiteji iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25. Umbhali wama-albhamu angaphezu kuka-40 ashicilelwe phakathi kuka-1979 no-2021.
Ngenxa yezwi lakhe eliqinile futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo elimnene, wathola isiteketiso esithi "Sweet Canary". Waba yingqalabutho ekwakhiweni kokuqondisa kwe-dancehall emculweni wesimanje. Kuseyiyona nto ehamba phambili ekuthuthukisweni kwesigcawu se-dancehall yesimanje.
I-Dancehall yasungulwa ngesisekelo se-reggae. Inokusebenza okuhamba ngokushesha. Isitayela sathuthukiswa eJamaica kuma-80s wekhulu leminyaka elidlule.
Intsha yomculi. Ukuqala komsebenzi kaBarrington Levy
Umculi wazalwa ngo-April 30, 1964 e-Jamaica (Kingston). Inezimpande zase-Afrika. Kamuva, umndeni womdwebi wathuthela eningizimu yesiqhingi. Izivivinyo zokuqala zokudala ze-Barrington Levy zenzeka lapha, esifundeni saseClaredon. Umculi wazama izitayela ezihlukahlukene zomculo, wazama ukudala into yakhe.
Ithonya elikhulu emsebenzini kaBarrington Levy lenziwa abadlali bomdabu wase-Afrika waseMelika kanye ne-Afro-Jamaican. Okokuqala, kwakunguDennis Brown noMichael Jackson nge-"Jackson 5" yabo. Ngokuvamile, ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe, umculi wayethanda kakhulu i-American blues futhi lokhu kwaba nethonya elibonakalayo kumahithi akhe okuqala.
Isipiliyoni sika-Levy sesiteji sokuqala sasingaphambi kwesikhathi. Lapho eneminyaka engu-14, lo mculi wangena esiteji njengengxenye yeqembu likamalume wakhe i-Everton Dacres. Eyokuqala yamaculo akhe ethi "My Black Girl", kanye nelinye iciko laseJamaican uMighty Multitude, umculi owaqoshwa ngo-1975. Eminye yemibhalo yokuqala kaLevy yathola indlela eya e-United States naseNgilandi. Ingoma eyodwa enjalo, "Collie Weed", yasheshe yaduma.
Imisebenzi edumile yaleyo minyaka ihlotshaniswa nokusebenzisana phakathi kweciko nesitudiyo se-Jah Guidance. UJunjo Laws wabe esesebenza njengomdidiyeli womculi. Izibonelo zemisebenzi yalesi sikhathi zifaka okuthi "Mind Your Mouth" kanye "Ne-Twenty-One Girls Salute".
Umdidiyeli ngokushesha wabona amandla kaBarrington Levy. IJunjo Laws yasiza ngokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo (1979): Bounty Hunter. Le ngoma eyingoma iqoshwe esitudiyo esidumile se-Channel One.
Usuku oluhle lomsebenzi kaBarrington Levy
Inguquko emsebenzini kaBarrington Levy yawela ngesikhathi sokubambisana nesitudiyo seChannel One kanye neqembu leRoots Radics. Isithelo sokuqala sale symbiosis kwakuyi-"A Yah We Deh", efakwe ku-albhamu yokuqala yombhali. Lawa mahithi asevele akhululiwe ngokugxila emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika. I-albhamu eyalandela ethi "Englishman" (ngokusekelwa isitudiyo saseGreensleeves) yenza uLevy waba inkanyezi ye-reggae yama-80s.
Lo mculi akahlalanga ngaphandle kokusekelwa ngumdidiyeli wakhe uJunjo Laws. Ngakho kwafika i-mega-hit entsha ethi "Robin Hood" (1980).
Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, umculi uya emkhosini omkhulu womculo e-UK. Ingoma yakhe ethi Under Mi Sensi yacula khona wahlala phezulu ezilinganisweni zesiteshi somculo wesiNgisi isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga ezintathu. Ngokuzayo, i-hit ithole ukuqashelwa e-United States. Kwaba yisisekelo sobuciko bomculi lapho edala isitayela se-dancehall.
Iculo elisha elithi "Under Mi Sleng Teng", ebhalwe nguLevy, eyenziwa nguWayne Smith, yakhululwa ngo-1985. Izithelo zokudala okuhlangene zazithandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabalandeli besiqondiso somculo.
Ngama-80s, u-Barrington akazange aqophe ama-albhamu akhe e-States kuphela, kodwa futhi wavakashela kakhulu. Ukusebenza kwakhe e-London elite 100 Club kwajabulisa umphakathi. Akekho owayeke wezwa izwi elinjalo ngaphambili.
Iqiniso elithakazelisayo elivela ku-biography yomculi: ngokukaLevy, ukweleta izwi lakhe eliyingqayizivele ukuhlola imilolozelo ezindaweni eziphakeme eningizimu yeJamaica.
Ngo-1984, kanye nomdidiyeli wakhe, umculi wabhala ingoma edumile ethi "Money Move" - enye yama-albhamu amahle kakhulu e-dancehall. Umuzwa wokukhiqiza we-Levy ube yimpumelelo. Isibonelo ingoma ethi "Deep In The Dark", esivele inyuswe ngaphansi kwelebula yomculi.
Sekukonke, kusukela ngo-1980 kuya ku-1990, ama-albhamu angu-16 ombhali akhululwa futhi ngamunye wabo wayelindele impumelelo.
Umsebenzi kaBarrington Levy ngeminyaka yawo-90 kanye nempumelelo ngawo-XNUMX
Ingoma ethi "Divine", eyakhululwa ngo-1991, yabonisa impumelelo kaLevy kule minyaka eyishumi entsha. Kamuva, i-albhamu enegama elifanayo yakhululwa (1994). Sekukonke, kusukela ngo-1990 kuya ku-2000 u-Barrington udale ama-albhamu e-studio ayi-12.
Ehlobo lika-1994, kwaba khona ukushisa okungavamile kanye nokuqhuma ekudumeni kwendawo efana ne-reggae njenge-Jungle. Izigqi zalesi sitayela zazizwakala yonke indawo, kusukela eJamaica kuya e-United States naseLatin America.
Ngalesi sikhathi, kukhishwe ingoma entsha evela kuLevy: "Under Mi Sensi" (ingoma ngokwayo yadalwa ngaphambili, sikhuluma ngenguqulo yayo yeJung, remix). Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe omude, uBarrington Levy usebenze nedlanzana labaculi abaziwayo, okuhlanganisa uPapa San, uSnoop Doggy Dogg nabanye abaningi.
Izinsuku zethu
U-Levy usaqhubeka nokugibela inkundla, eyinkosi ye-dancehall futhi eyisibonelo kubadlali abancane. Mhlawumbe lo muntu angabekwa ezingeni nezingcweti ze-reggae ezinjengoBob Marley. NgoFebhuwari 2021, kwamenyezelwa ingoma entsha yomculi ethi "Hey Girl".
U-Barrington Levy ungowabadlali bezinga eliphezulu, igama lakhe lilotshwe phakade emlandweni womculo womhlaba.
