U-Ben Howard ungumculi waseBrithani nombhali wengoma owaduma kakhulu ngokukhishwa kwe-LP Every Kingdom (2011).
Umsebenzi wakhe othokozisayo ekuqaleni wathola ugqozi endaweni yendabuko yaseBrithani yama-1970s. Kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi isebenza njengokuthi I Forget Where Were (2014) kanye Noon day Dream (2018) yasebenzisa izici ze-pop zesimanje.
Ubuntwana nentsha UBen Howard
UHoward wazalelwa eLondon ngo-1987. Wakhulela eSouth Devon. Lapho, iqoqo likanina lamarekhodi omculo wesintu lakhuthaza uthando lukaJoni Mitchell, uDonovan, noRichie Havens. Eseyingane, wayedlala isiginci nezinye izinsimbi, futhi waqala ukubhala izingoma eneminyaka engu-11.
U-Ben wathola isiginci sakhe sokuqala se-acoustic lapho eneminyaka engu-8 kuphela. Nogesi lapho eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala. Nokho, wayekhetha ama-acoustics. Manje usedlala isiginci sesandla sobunxele futhi waziwa ngendlela ehlukile yokushaya izigubhu.
UBen Howard ungumculi ongenalwazi ozama ukugcina impilo yakhe yomuntu siqu ngaphansi kweso. Izingoma zakhe eziningi zijulile, zinomphefumulo futhi ziqondene nomuntu. Nakuba aqala njengomculi wendawo, ukuthandwa kwakhe kwasakazeka ngokushesha emhlabeni wonke.
U-Ben Howard: izinyathelo zokuqala zomculo
U-Howard uphinde waba nentshisekelo yokuntweza, wathuthela kafushane eNewquay, inhloko-dolobha yase-UK yokuntweza. Lapho, wathola amaphuzu aphezulu kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe emkhakheni wokuntweza. Imisebenzi yakhe yayihlanganisa ukusebenza nomagazini namaphephandaba, kanye nokubhala izindaba.
UJohn Howard wafunda ekolishi lomphakathi. I-King Edward VI kanye ne-Torquay Boys Grammar School. Wabe eseqala ukufundela ubuntatheli eFalmouth University College (Cornwall).
UHoward wawuyeka umsebenzi wakhe ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ethweswe iziqu. Wahlatshwa umxhwele ukusabela komphakathi wokuntweza emanzini ngomculo wakhe, okuthi, naphezu komsindo we-acoustic folk kanye ne-beach vibe, uzwakale njengoJohn Martin kunoJack Johnson. Ngakho-ke, ngokuncoma kwabasebenzi, kwadingeka ashiye umnyango wezindaba futhi agxile ekubhaleni izingoma.
Umphakathi wokuntweza emanzini ubonakale uyimpumelelo enkulu kaHoward. Uzithole edlalela izethameli ebeziminyene kudala ngaphambi kokuthi umculo usabalele ngaphesheya kwamabhishi ase-UK. Ngohambo lwaseYurophu no-Xavier Rudd, waqoqa izethameli eziningi ngasekupheleni kuka-2008. Kanye nokukhipha ama-EP afana nalawa Amanzi kanye ne-Old Pine.
Lapho uHoward eqeda ukuqopha i-All Kingdom (2011), wasayina ne-Island Records. Ithole isikhundla esiphambili ngenxa yokwanda kwabalandeli eNgilandi, eJalimane, eFrance naseHolland.
Wonke uMbuso ubonakale "uyimpumelelo" ekhishwa e-UK. Ngenxa yakhe, waqokelwa iMercury Award kanye nezindondo ezimbili ze-BRIT emkhakheni weBritish Breakthrough. Ngenxa yalokho, i-albhamu yahamba nge-platinum.
Ngiyakhohlwa Lapho Sasikhona nempumelelo enkulu yokuqala
Nge-LP yesibili ekade ilindelwe, I Forget Where Were, wathatha indlela "ye-elekthronikhi". Lo mculi uklonyeliswe ngezindondo ezivela kubagxeki bomculo, ukubuyekezwa kwabo kanye nokudayiswa okuhle. I-albhamu ifinyelele inombolo 1 kumashadi ase-UK.
Ngo-2017, uHoward wabamba iqhaza kuphrojekthi enabaculi okuhlanganisa uMickey Smith no-India Bourne. I-sextet eyindida ethi A Blaze of Feather yavela emikhosini esezingeni eliphezulu yase-UK unyaka wonke. Kamuva, abaculi bakhipha ifilimu yobude obugcwele enegama elifanayo.
U-2018 waqala ngokumenyezelwa kwe-LP yesithathu ka-Howard. Umdwebi uyinikeze ingoma emnandi yemizuzu eyisikhombisa ethi A Boat to an Island on the Wall. Ufake uhlu lwezingoma ze-albhamu entsha ye-Noonday Dream kuwebhusayithi yakhe. Uhlu lwamaculo lwaluhlanganisa izingoma: Nica Libres At Dusk, There's Your Man, Someone in the Doorway. Futhi: Ukudonsa Umugqa, Ukukhononda, Isikebhe Esiya Esiqhingini, Ingxenye II' kanye Nokunqotshwa.
U-Ben Howard: Izimpumelelo Eziyinhloko
U-Ben Howard uqokwe kuma-BRIT Awards 2013. Uwine kokubili iBritish Male Solo Artist kanye neBritish Breakthrough.
Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakuncane okwakwaziwa ngalo mculi. Iqokwe njenge-albhamu Yonyaka kumaMercury Awards ngo-2012. Iphinde yaqokelwa indondo ye-Ivor Novello ka-2013 emkhakheni we-Albhamu Yonyaka.
