I-Blur iyiqembu labaculi abanekhono nabaphumelelayo abavela e-UK. Iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 bebelokhu benikeza umhlaba umculo onomdlandla, othokozisayo onokunambitheka kwaseBrithani, ngaphandle kokuphindaphinda wona noma omunye umuntu.
Iqembu linomsebenzi omningi. Okokuqala, laba bafana bangabasunguli besitayela se-Britpop, futhi okwesibili, bathuthukise kahle izinkomba ezifana ne-indie rock, enye umdanso, i-lo-fi.
Kwaqala kanjani konke?
Abafana abancane nabanesifiso sokuvelela - Umkhandi wegolide u-Damon Albarn (amazwi, amakhibhodi) kanye no-Graham Coxon (isiginci), abafundi bekolishi lobuciko obukhululekile ababedlala ndawonye eqenjini le-Circus, banquma ukudala ibhendi yabo. Ngo-1988, kwavela iqembu lomculo elithi Seymour. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abaculi ababili bajoyina iqembu - umculi we-bassist u-Alex James kanye nesigubhu uDave Rowntree.
Leli gama alizange lihlale isikhathi eside. Ngesikhathi sokudlalwa bukhoma, abaculi babonwa ngumkhiqizi onethalente u-Andy Ross. Kusukela kulokhu kwazana umlando womculo okhokhelwayo. Iqembu lamenywa ukuba lizosebenza endaweni yokuqopha futhi lanconywa ukuba lishintshe igama.
Kusukela manje kuqhubeke, leli qembu libizwa ngokuthi Ukufiphala ( "Blob"). Kakade ngo-1990, leli qembu lahambela emadolobheni aseGreat Britain. Ngo-1991, i-albhamu yokuqala ye-Leisure yakhululwa.
Impumelelo yokuqala "gcina" yehlulekile
Ngokushesha iqembu laqala ukubambisana nomdidiyeli wemibono uStephen Street, owasiza abafana ukuba bathole ukuthandwa. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho kwavela khona ingoma yokuqala yeqembu elincane elithi Blur - ingoma ethi Ayikho Enye Indlela. Izincwadi ezidumile zabhala ngabaculi, zabamemela emikhosini ebalulekile - baba izinkanyezi zangempela.
Iqembu le-Blur lathuthukiswa - lazama izitayela, lalandela isimiso sokuhlukahluka kwemisindo.
Isikhathi esinzima 1992-1994
Iqembu le-Blur, lingenaso isikhathi sokujabulela impumelelo, libe nezinkinga. Kwatholakala isikweletu - cishe amakhilogremu ayizinkulungwane ezingu-60. Leli qembu lavakashela eMelika, linethemba lokuthola imali.
Bakhiphe i-Popscene entsha entsha - enamandla kakhulu, egcwele ukushaya kwesigingci okumangalisayo. Ingoma yahlangatshezwa nempendulo epholile evela ezilalelini. Abaculi baphithene - kulo msebenzi benza yonke imizamo, kodwa abatholanga ngisho nengxenye yomdlandla ababewulindele.
Ukukhishwa kwengoma entsha, ebisemisebenzini, kuhoxisiwe, futhi i-albhamu yesibili yadinga ukucatshangelwa kabusha.
Ukungaboni ngaso linye eqenjini
Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwedolobha lase-US, amalungu ebhendi azizwa ekhathele futhi engajabule. Ukucasuka kube nomthelela omubi ebudlelwaneni eqenjini.
Kwaqala izingxabano. Lapho iqembu le-Blur libuyela ezweni lakubo, lathola ukuthi iqembu eliyizimbangi iSuede lalijabulela udumo. Lokhu kwenza isikhundla seqembu le-Blur saba bucayi, njengoba bengase balahlekelwe yinkontileka yabo yokuqopha.
Lapho udala okuqukethwe okusha, inkinga yokukhetha umbono waphakama. Besuka embonweni wesiNgisi, ogcwele i-grunge yaseMelika, abaculi baqaphela ukuthi babehamba ngendlela engafanele. Banquma ukubuyela emasikweni amaNgisi futhi.
I-albhamu yesibili ethi Modern Life is Rubbish ikhishwe. Ingoma yakhe ayikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi ihlakaniphile, kodwa uqinise kakhulu isikhundla sabaculi. Ingoma ethi For Tomorrow ithathe indawo ka-28, nokuyinto ebingembi neze.
Igagasi lempumelelo
Ngo-1995, ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu ye-Parklife, izinto zaba yimpumelelo. Eyodwa ephuma kule albhamu iwine isikhundla sokuqala sokunqoba kumashadi aseBrithani futhi ibidume ngokungavamile cishe iminyaka emibili.
Izingoma ezimbili ezilandelayo (To the End kanye neParklife) zavumela ibhendi ukuthi iphume emthunzini wezimbangi futhi ibe nomuzwa womculo. I-Blur ithole imiklomelo emine evelele evela kuma-BRIT Awards.
Ngalesi sikhathi, ukuncintisana neqembu le-Oasis kwakushube kakhulu. Laba baculi baphathana ngobutha obungafihlwa.
Lokhu kungqubuzana kwaze kwaziwa ngokuthi "umncintiswano we-British Heavyweight Contest", owaholela ekunqobeni kweqembu le-Oasis, i-albhamu yalo eyahamba nge-platinum izikhathi ezingu-11 ngonyaka wokuqala (uma kuqhathaniswa: i-albhamu ye-Blur - izikhathi ezintathu kuphela ngesikhathi esifanayo).
Isifo senkanyezi notshwala
Abaculi baqhubeka nokusebenza ngendlela ephumelelayo, kodwa ubudlelwano eqenjini baba muncu. Kuthiwa ngomholi waleli qembu unesifo esinzima sezinkanyezi. Futhi umculi akakwazanga ukugcina umlutha wotshwala ngasese, okwaba isihloko sokuxoxa emphakathini.
Kodwa lezi zimo azizange zivimbele ukwakhiwa kwe-albhamu ephumelelayo ngo-1996, Live at the Budokan. Ngemva konyaka, i-albhamu yakhululwa, ephinda igama leqembu. Akazange abonise ukuthengiswa kwamarekhodi, kodwa wamvumela ukuthi awine impumelelo yamazwe ngamazwe.
I-albhamu ethi Blur yaqoshwa ngemuva kohambo olupholile oluya e-Iceland, olube nomthelela kumsindo wayo. Kwakungajwayelekile futhi kuwukulinga. Ngaleso sikhathi, uGraham Coxon wayeyekile utshwala, ethi phakathi nalesi sikhathi sokudala, iqembu laliyeke "ukuxosha" ukuthandwa nokuvunyelwa umphakathi. Manje abaculi babenza abakuthandayo.
Futhi izingoma ezintsha, njengoba bekulindelekile, zadumaza "abalandeli" abaningi ababefuna umsindo ojwayelekile waseBrithani. Kodwa i-albhamu yazuza impumelelo eMelika, eyathambisa izinhliziyo zabaseBrithani. Isiqeshana sevidiyo sengoma edume kakhulu iNgoma yesi-2 sasivame ukuboniswa ku-MTV. Le vidiyo ishuthwe ngokuphelele ngokwemibono yabaculi.
Iqembu laqhubeka limangele
Ngo-1998, uCoxon udale ilebula yakhe, kwase kuba i-albhamu. Akazange athole ukuqashelwa okubalulekile eNgilandi noma emhlabeni. Ngo-1999, iqembu lethule izingoma ezintsha ezibhalwe ngendlela engalindelekile neze. I-albhamu ethi "13" ibe nemizwa futhi isuka enhliziyweni. Kwakuyinhlanganisela eyinkimbinkimbi yomculo we-rock nomculo wevangeli.
Ngeminyaka eyi-10, iqembu le-Blur lihlele umbukiso onikezelwe emsebenzini walo, futhi kwakhululwa incwadi ngomlando weqembu. Abaculi basacula kakhulu, bathola imiklomelo ngokuqokwa "Best Single", "Best Video Clip", njll.
Amaphrojekthi aseceleni angena endleleni yeqembu le-Blur
Ngawo-2000, uDamon Albarn wasebenza njengomqambi wefilimu futhi wabamba iqhaza kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene. UGraham Coxon ukhiphe ama-albhamu ambalwa eyedwa. Abasunguli beqembu basebenze ndawonye kancane.
Kube nebhendi egqwayizayo ethi Gorillas edalwe ngu-Damon. Iqembu le-Blur liqhubekile nokuba khona, kodwa ubudlelwano phakathi kwabahlanganyeli babungelula. Ngo-2002, uCoxon ekugcineni walishiya iqembu.
Ngo-2003 u-Blur wakhipha i-albhamu ethi Think Tank ngaphandle komshayi wesigingci uCoxon. Izingxenye zesiginci zazizwakala zilula, kwakukhona ama-electronics amaningi. Kodwa izinguquko zomsindo zamukelwa kahle, isihloko esithi "I-albhamu Engcono Kakhulu Yonyaka" yamukelwa, futhi izingoma nazo zafakwa ohlwini oluhlonishwayo lwama-albhamu amahle kakhulu weshumi leminyaka.
Ukuhlangana kabusha kwebhendi no-Coxon
Ngo-2009, u-Albarn noCoxon banquma ukwenza ndawonye, umcimbi wawuhlelwe eHyde Park. Kodwa izethameli zalamukela ngesasasa lesi sinyathelo kangangokuthi abaculi baqhubeka nokusebenza ndawonye. Ukuqoshwa kwezingoma ezihamba phambili, ukusebenza emikhosini kwenzeka. Iqembu le-Blur linconywe njengabaculi asebengcono eminyakeni edlule.
Ngo-2015, i-albhamu entsha ethi The Magic Whip yakhululwa ngemuva kwekhefu elide (iminyaka engu-12). Namuhla iwumkhiqizo wokugcina womculo weqembu le-Blur.
