I-Belako iyiqembu laseSpain elinamandla le-post-punk. Livela e-Munguia e-Basque Country, leli qembu lasungulwa ngoMeyi 2011. Ngaphezu kwalokho, igama lalo libhekisela esifundeni sase-Munguia, lapho kukhona amakamelo okuzijwayeza eqembu. Amalungu alo amabili nawo ahlala lapho.
UBelako unabaculi abane abanamakhono. UJosu Shimun Bilyelabeitia (isiginci, ama-vocal), kulandele uLore Nekane Bilyelabeitia (ibhesi, ama-vocal), uChris Lizarraga (ama-vocal, ama-keyboard), noLander Zalacain (ama-drum, ama-vocal). Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi uJosu noLore bangabafowethu nodadewethu.
Indlela yokudala kanye nezinyathelo ezibalulekile zomsebenzi
Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wabo, uBelako wadlala izingoma eziqoshwe nge-albhamu. Ngemva kwalokho baqala ukukhiqiza izingoma zabo. Ibhendi yakhipha ama-demo amabili, i-"Inuit Block" ngo-2011 kanye ne-"Winter" ngo-2012. Ngenxa yalokho, bathola ukuthandwa ngokushesha. Ngo-2012, uBelako wawina umncintiswano weMaketa Lehiaketa, owawuphethwe yi-Eitb Gaztea. Ibhendi iphinde yahlala endaweni yesithathu ohlelweni lwe-RNE3 lweDisco Grande.
Ngemva kwalezi mpumelelo, uBelako wacula emcimbini we-BBK Live. Bavule no-Elvis Costello odumile emcimbini we-Heineken Jazzaldia. NgoMashi 2013, kwakhishwa i-albhamu yabo yokuqala egcwele, ethi "Eurie" (okusho ukuthi "Rain" ngesiBasque). Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iqembu laqala uhambo olukhulu eSpain, olwaluhlanganisa amakhonsathi angaphezu kwama-50.
Intuthuko kaBelako kanye nokuqashelwa emhlabeni jikelele
Ngemva kwalokho, ehlobo lika-2013, uBelako wakhethwa njenge-TALENTO FNAC. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, uhambo lwabo lwandiswa. NgoJuni 2014, ibhendi yakhipha ama-EP amabili: "BELE BELTZAK BAINO EZ" kanye ne-"AAAA!!!!." Basungula nelebula labo, iBelako Records, ngaleyo ndlela baba ngabazimele kakhulu. Ibhendi yadlala ngenkuthalo emikhosini emikhulu yaseSpain, okuhlanganisa i-BBK Live kanye ne-Primavera Sound. UBelako wawina imiklomelo eminingana, okuhlanganisa nesihloko esithi "Discovery of the Year" esivela kumagazini iRolling Stone. Baphinde baqanjwa ngokuthi "i-Best New Band" kuma-Independent Music Prizes.
Ngo-2016, kwakhishwa i-albhamu yabo yesibili, ethi "Hamen" ("Here"). Lokhu kwaholela ohambweni lwamazwe ngamazwe. Iqembu lavakashela iPortugal, iNgilandi, iScotland, iMexico, neJalimane. Ngo-2017, uBelako wakhipha i-albhamu ethi "Render Me Numb, Trivial Violence." Lokhu kwaholela ohambweni lwamazwe ngamazwe. Lwahlanganisa iRussia, iJapan, iSouth Korea, iMexico, i-United States, iJalimane, namanye amazwe. Ngo-2018, uBelako wathola imiklomelo ethi "Best Artist," "Best Live Performance," kanye nethi "Best Music Video."
Impilo yomuntu siqu kanye nemibono
UBelako akayona nje ibhendi, ungumndeni. Amalungu ebhendi akhulele eBasque Country. Umculo wabo ugxile kakhulu emasikweni endawo. Bacula kakhulu ngesiNgisi, kodwa isiBasque sikhona nasemsebenzini wabo. UChris Lizarraga uphinde acule ngesiFulentshi nangeSpanishi.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi umculo wabo wawuthonywe umlando wesifunda. Ikakhulukazi, ithonya lamaNgisi eZweni laseBasque lalinamandla, ngenxa yokusebenza ezimayini zensimbi ngekhulu le-19. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngesikhathi sobushiqela bukaFranco, kwakulula ukuthola amarekhodi olimi lwakwamanye amazwe. Lokhu kwabumba ukunambitheka kwabo komculo. Ngenxa yalokho, ukuqina kwamaBasque kubonakala emculweni wabo.
Isikhundla senhlalo kanye nezinkolelo zomuntu siqu
UBelako uveza ngentshiseko isimo sakhe senhlalo. Amagama abo avame ukuthinta izihloko ezibalulekile, okuhlanganisa udlame lobulili kanye nenkinga yababaleki. Baphinde bagxeke inkohlakalo yezepolitiki. Kusobala ukuthi iqembu alisabi ukukhuluma. I-albhamu ethi "Hamen" yayiwumbhikisho omelene nalezi zinkinga.
I-albhamu ka-2020 ethi "Plastic Drama" yayiyiyona eyayibaluleke kakhulu kuze kube manje. Yayiphinde ibe yindlela abacabanga ngayo futhi eveza ngayo izinto, ikhuluma ngezinkinga zokukhathazeka komphakathi. Isibonelo, ingoma ethi "Profile Anxiety" igxeka impilo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ngale ndlela, uBelako usebenzisa umculo njengesikhulumi, eveza umbono wakhe womhlaba. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, umsebenzi wabo uthinta kakhulu izilaleli.
Ukukhishwa kwakamuva kanye nezinselele zobhubhane
Ngo-2019, uBelako wavakashela iYurophu, edlala ne-DMAS kanye ne-Crystal Fighters. Ibhendi idlalele abantu abangu-45,000. NgoFebhuwari 2020, kwakhishwa i-albhamu yabo yesine, i-Plastic Drama. Yathola ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu, okuhlanganisa nokukhulunywa yi-NME kanye ne-The Line of Best Fit. Kwakuyi-debut yabo kwilebula enkulu, i-BMG International.
Kodwa-ke, u-2020 ulethe izinselele ezinkulu. Uhambo lomhlaba wonke lweqembu lwakhanselwa ngenxa ye-COVID-19. Naphezu kwalokhu, uBelako wabonisa ubuhlakani. Bakha uhambo oluhlukile "lwamafilimu omgwaqo", behamba beya ezinkundleni zemidlalo besebenzisa amaveni. Lokhu kwamangaza abezindaba baseYurophu. Ngakho-ke, iqembu labonisa ukuzivumelanisa nezimo. Baqhubeka nokudala ezimweni ezinzima.
Ukuvela kwethonya lomsindo namasiko likaBelako
Isitayela somculo sikaBelako sishintsha njalo, sihlanganisa imisindo yesikhathi esizayo. Ibhendi ihlanganisa i-punk rock engavuthiwe ne-symphonic electronics. Bathola ugqozi ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zezingoma, okuhlanganisa i-indie rock, i-new wave, kanye ne-post-punk. Bakhuluma ngokukhethekile nge-The Strokes kanye ne-Arctic Monkeys njengethonya. I-Gorillaz kanye ne-Talking Heads nabo baphakathi kwethonya labo.
Akungabazeki ukuthi uBelako useyingxenye ebalulekile yesigaba sokuzimela. I-albhamu yabo yesihlanu yesitudiyo, ethi "Sigo Regando," yakhishwa ngo-2023. Iyaqhubeka nokukhombisa ukuvuthwa kwabo emculweni. UBelako uyiqembu elingesabi ukuzama. Bahlala bethembekile ezimpandeni zabo zaseBasque, kuyilapho beqhubeka nokwandisa imingcele yomsindo wabo. Ukudlala kwabo bukhoma okunamandla kwaziwa ngamandla abo.
