Ekuqaleni iphrojekthi eyedwa yomculi-umbhali wengoma u-Dan Smith, i-London quartet Bastille ehlanganise izici zomculo wama-1980 kanye nekwaya.
Lezi kwakuyizingoma ezimangalisayo, ezibucayi, ezicabangelayo, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo izingoma ezinesigqi. Njengengoma ethi Pompeii. Ngenxa yakhe, abaculi baqoqe izigidi nge-albhamu yabo yokuqala ethi Bad Blood (2013).
Iqembu kamuva lanweba futhi lalungisa indlela yalo. Ku-Wild World (2016), bengeze amacebo e-R&B, umdanso ne-rock. Futhi kwavela imibono yezombangazwe engomeni.
Babe sebethatha indlela yomqondo neyokuvuma izono nge-albhamu yabo entsha ethi Doom Days (2019), ethonywe umculo wevangeli nowe-house.
Ukuvela kweqembu le-Bastille
USmith wazalelwa eLeeds, eNgilandi, kubazali baseNingizimu Afrika. Waqala ukubhala izingoma eneminyaka engu-15.
Kodwa-ke, akafunanga ukwabelana nabanye ngomculo wakhe kwaze kwaba yilapho umngane wakhe emeluleka ngokuthi abambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni weLeeds Bright Young Things (2007).
Ngemuva kokuba ngumdlali wamanqamu, uqhubeke nokusebenza emculweni futhi engumdlali wefilimu iKilling King Ralph Pellimateer ngenkathi efunda eNyuvesi yaseLeeds.
USmith wabe esethuthela eLondon futhi wathatha umculo ngokungathi sína. Ngo-2010, waxhuma nesigubhu uChris Wood, isigingci/ibhesi uWilliam Farquharson kanye nomculi wekhibhodi uKyle Simmons.
Ukuthatha igama labo ku-Bastille Day, leli qembu laziwa ngokuthi i-Bastille.
Bakhiphe amathrekhi amaningana ku-inthanethi futhi basayina isivumelwano nelebula ye-indie ethi I-Young and Lost Club. Ukhiphe ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi Flaws/Icarus ngoJulayi 2011.
Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, ibhendi yazikhulula iLaura Palmer EP. Kubonise uthando lukaSmith ngochungechunge lwehlelo lwe-TV i-Twin Peaks.
Ukuqala ukuthandwa iqembu Bastille
Ekupheleni kuka-2011, u-Bastille wasayina inkontileka ne-EMI futhi wenza i-debut yabo kulebula nge-April 2012 single Overjoyed. I-Bad Blood imake ukubonakala kokuqala kwebhendi kumashadi ase-UK, yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-90.
Ngo-Okthoba 2012, ukukhishwa kabusha kwe-EMI kwe-Flaws kwaba eyokuqala ngqa ukuphuma kwabangama-40 abaphambili.
Ukuphumelela kweqembu kwaqala nge-Pompeii, eyafinyelela kunombolo-2 kumashadi ase-UK ngoFebhuwari 2013 kanye no-No. 5 eshadini lezingoma ze-Billboard's Hot 100.
Ngo-March 2013, inguqulo yokuqala yobude obugcwele ye-albhamu ye-Bad Blood yakhululwa. Ikhishwe phezulu eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK futhi yafaka namathrekhi ayi-12.
“Iculo ngalinye ngilisebenzisa ngendlela ehlukile. Bengifuna ngayinye kube indaba yayo, enesimo sengqondo esifanele, umsindo ohlukile, onezici zezinhlobo nezitayela ezahlukene - i-hip-hop, i-indie, i-pop ne-folk.
Izingoma ze-movie zingahlukahluka kakhulu, kodwa zonke zihlanganiswe yi-movie. Bengifuna irekhodi lami lihluke kodwa lihlanganiswe yizwi lami nendlela yokubhala. Zonke izingcezu ziyingxenye yesithombe esikhulu,” kusho uDan Smith we-Bad Blood.
Ngenxa ye-albhamu (ithengiswe amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili), iqembu lithole i-Brit Award for Best Breakthrough Act ngo-2. Kanye nemiklomelo emikhakheni: "I-albhamu YaseBrithani Yonyaka", "I-British Single of the Year" kanye "neqembu laseBrithani".
NgoNovemba, i-All This Bad Blood yakhululwa, inguqulo yedeluxe ye-albhamu eneculo elisha elithi Of the Night - inhlanganisela emangalisayo yamahithi okudansa amabili aphambili ngawo-1990s - Rhythm is a Dancer kanye ne-Rhythm of the Night.
Ngo-2014, iqembu lakhipha uchungechunge lwesithathu lwama-mixtapes VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt. III), ehlanganisa ukusebenzisana ne-HAIM, MNEK kanye no-Angel Haze.
Iqembu liphinde laqokelwa i-Best New Artist kuma-Grammy Awards angama-57, lagcina lihlulwe nguSam Smith.
I-albhamu yesibili nezingoma ezingazodwana
U-Bastille waqala ukusebenza ku-albhamu yabo yesibili ngenkathi eqhubeka nokuvakasha futhi eqala izinto ezintsha kumakhonsathi abo. Enye yalezi zingoma, i-Hangin, ikhishwe njengeyodwa ngoSepthemba 2015.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, uSmith wavela ku-albhamu yomdidiyeli waseFrance uMadeon ethi Adventure and Foxes Better Love. NgoSepthemba 2016, leli qembu labuya ne-albhamu yalo yesibili, i-Wild World. Idlulele kuNombolo 1 e-UK futhi yakhishwa okokuqala kumashadi ayi-10 aphezulu emhlabeni jikelele.
I-albhamu iholwa yingoma ethi Good Grief, eklanywe ngesitayela esiyingqayizivele se-Bastille. Kwakuyinjabulo kanye ne-melancholic. Ukurekhoda kusebenzisa amasampula efilimu yehlelo i-Weird Science no-Kelly Le Brocq.
I-albhamu iqoshwe esitudiyo esincane esingaphansi esiseningizimu yeLondon lapho kwaqoshwa khona i-albhamu yokuqala ye-Bad Blood yeplatinamu. “I-albhamu yethu yokuqala ibikhuluma ngokukhula. Okwesibili umzamo wokuqonda izwe elisizungezile. Besifuna kube nokudida kancane—okungasho lutho futhi kucace, kukhanye futhi kumnyama,” kusho uDan Smith ngeWild World. I-albhamu inamaculo angu-14 akhuluma ngesimo somuntu wesimanje kanye nobudlelwano bempilo obuyinkimbinkimbi.
Ngonyaka olandelayo ibhendi yaba nesandla kumaculo amaningana, yaqala yaqopha ikhava ye-Green Day's Basket Case ochungechungeni lwethelevishini i-Tick. Ube esebhala iWorld Gone Mad yefilimu kaWill Smith ethi Bright.
Abaculi baphinde bakhipha ingoma ethi Comfort of Strangers ngo-Ephreli 18, 2017. Futhi ngenkathi ukusebenzisana noCraig David, I Know You, kukhishwe ngoNovemba 2017. Ifinyelele kunombolo 5 ku-UK Singles Chart ngoFebhuwari 2018.
Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, leli qembu labambisana no-Marshmello (ongashadile "Happier") kanye ne-EDM duo Seeb (ingoma "Grip"). Abaculi baqede umnyaka nge-mixtape yabo yesine ethi Other People's Heartache, uPt. IV.
I-albhamu ye-Doom Days
Ngo-2019, uBastille wakhipha amathrekhi amaningi (Ikota Edlule Phakathi Kwamabili, Izinsuku Zenhlekelele, Injabulo Nalezo Zobusuku) elindele i-albhamu yabo yesithathu ethi Doom Days.
NgoJuni 14, inguqulo ephelele yakhululwa, ehlanganisa izingoma eziyi-11. Ngemva kokubhekana nenkohlakalo yomhlaba wonke ku-Wild Word (2016), bekungokwemvelo ukuthi iqembu lizizwe lidinga ukuphunyula, elikuvezile nge-Doom Days.
I-albhamu ichazwe njenge-albhamu yomqondo mayelana nobusuku "obunemibala" ephathini. Kanye “nokubaluleka kokweqa, ithemba nokubaluleka kobungani obuseduze.” Iphathi iphinde yachazwa ngokuthi inomoya "wesiphithiphithi esishubile esingokomzwelo" kanye "nenjabulo, ukunganaki kanye nesilinganiso esincane somsangano."
Ngenxa yomqondo wayo, i-Doom Days iyi-albhamu yeqembu ehlangene kakhulu. Kodwa njengoba abaculi bandisa incazelo yezingoma, bakhulisa nomsindo. Kanye nezingoma ezisuka enhliziyweni njengethi Enye Indawo amathrekhi afana no-4 AM (asuka ku-acoustic crooning athokomele kuya kusigqi sethusi nokugeleza okushelelayo kwama-mixtape awo) kanye nama-Million Pieces (okuvusa i-nostalgia yawo-1990).
Ku-“Joy,” ibhendi isebenzisa amandla ekhwaya yevangeli ukunikeza i-albhamu isiphetho esihle.
