UDamien Rice ungumculi wase-Ireland, umbhali wamaculo, umculi kanye nomkhiqizi wokuqopha. URice waqala umsebenzi wakhe womculo njengelungu leqembu le-rock Juniper lango-1990, elasayinwa kuPolyGram Records ngo-1997.
Ibhendi yazuza impumelelo elinganiselwe ngamaculo ambalwa, kodwa i-albhamu ehleliwe yayisekelwe kunqubomgomo yenkampani yokuqopha futhi akukho lutho oluphuma kuyo ekugcineni.
Ngemuva kokushiya iqembu wasebenza njengomlimi eTuscany futhi wenza ibhizinisi kulo lonke elaseYurophu ngaphambi kokubuyela e-Ireland ngo-2001 futhi waqala umsebenzi womculo eyedwa neqembu lonke laba yiBell X1.
Ngo-2002, i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi O yafinyelela kunombolo 8 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK, yawina uMklomelo Wohlu Olufushane Lomculo futhi yakhiqiza izingoma ezintathu eziphambili ezingu-30 e-UK.
URice ukhiphe icwecwe lakhe lesibili elithi 9 ngo-2006 kanti izingoma zakhe sezivele emafilimini amaningi naseziqeshini zethelevishini.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili bendawonye, uRice wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu yesitudiyo ethi My Favorite Faded Fantasy ngo-Okthoba 31, 2014.
Imisebenzi ka-Rice yomuntu siqu ihlanganisa iminikelo yomculo ekusizeni abantulayo njenge-Songs for Tibet, Umkhankaso Wenkululeko kanye Nomklamo Okwanele.
Impilo yokuqala ka-DAMIEN RICE kanye neJuniper
UDamien Rice wazalwa ngoDisemba 7, 1973 eCelbridge (Ireland). Abazali bakhe nguGeorge noMaureen Rice. Wakha ibhendi ye-rock Juniper noPaul Noonan, uDominic Philips, uDavid Geraghty noBrian Crosby e1991.
Iqembu lahlangana ngenkathi lisafunda eSalesian College High School eCelbridge, County Kildare. Ngemuva kokujikeleza i-Ireland yonke, ibhendi yakhipha i-EP Manna yabo yokuqala ngo-1995.
Ibhendi (ezinze eStraffan, County Kildare) yaqhubeka nokuvakasha futhi yasayina isivumelwano sama-albhamu ayisithupha ne-PolyGram. Amaphrojekthi abo okuqopha akhiqize izingoma ezingashadile i-Weatherman nethi The World Is Dead ezithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle. Baphinde baqopha kodwa abakaze bakhiphe uLimi.
Ngemuva kokufeza izinhloso zakhe zomculo noJuniper, uRice wakhungatheka ngokuyekethisa kwezobuciko okwakudingwa ilebula yokuqopha, futhi walishiya iqembu ku-1998.
Ilayisi lathuthela eTuscany (e-Italy) futhi lalima isikhashana ngaphambi kokuba libuyele e-Ireland. Ebuya okwesibili, uRice unikeze umzala wakhe, umdidiyeli womculo uDavid Arnold idemo, owabe esenikeza uRice isitudiyo seselula.
Umsebenzi we-solo kaDamien Rice
Ngo-2001, i-Rice's The Blower Daughter yafika kwabangu-40 abaphezulu eshadini. Ngonyaka olandelayo, waqhubeka nokuqopha i-albhamu yakhe nomshayi wesigingci uMark Kelly, isigubhu saseNew York uTom Osander (Tomo), umdlali wopiyano waseParis uGene Meunier, umdidiyeli ozinze eLondon uDavid Arnold, umculi we-County Meath uLisa Hannigan, kanye nomdlali weselula uVivienne Long.
URice wabe esehamba e-Ireland noHannigan, uTomo, uVivienne, uMark kanye nomculi webhesi waseDublin uShane Fitzsimons.
Ngo-2002, i-albhamu yokuqala yomculi ethi O yakhululwa e-Ireland, e-UK nase-US. I-albhamu ifinyelele kunombolo-8 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK futhi yahlala eshadini amasonto angu-97, yadayisa amakhophi angu-650 e-US.
I-albhamu iwine i-Shortlist Music Award, kwathi i-Cannonball ne-Volcano yashaya i-UK Top 30.
Ngo-2006, uDamien Rice wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesibili, 9, eyaqoshwa eminyakeni emibili ngaphambili. Ngo-2007, lo mculi wacula e-Glastonbury Festival e-England nase-Rock Werchter Festival e-Belgium.
Ngo-2008, wakhipha ingoma ethi Making Noise ye-albhamu ethi Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace esekela i-14th Dalai Lama ne-Tibet.
Ngo-2010, uRice wadlala ingoma ethi "Lone soldier" kuphrojekthi ye-Enough nasekhonsathini ye-Iceland Inspires eyayise-Hlömskalagardurinn, eduze kwedolobha i-Reykjavik.
Ilayisi limboze ingoma yeJuniper Crossyed Bear ye-albhamu ehlanganisiwe ethi Help: A day in life. Ama-albhamu kaRice akhululwa ngaphansi kwelebula yakhe ye-Heffa (ekuqaleni i-DRM) e-Ireland naseVector Records eNyakatho Melika. Ukuqoshwa okukhishwe e-UK, eYurophu nakwezinye izindawo kushicilelwe yi-14th Floor Records nge-Warner Music.
Entwasahlobo ka-2011, i-albhamu yokuqala yomdlali waseFrance nomculi uMelanie Laurent yakhululwa. Ubonakale kumathrekhi amabili ku-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi En t'attendant, esebenza ngamaculo amahlanu afakwe ku-albhamu.
NgoMeyi 2013, uRice wazisa izethameli ku-2013 Seoul Jazz Festival ukuthi wayesebenzela i-albhamu entsha.
NgoSepthemba 4, 2014, i-akhawunti esemthethweni ye-Rice ye-Twitter yamemezela i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu, I-My Favorite Faded Fantasy, okumele ikhishwe ngo-Okthoba 31. Kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni ka-Damien Rice, idethi esemthethweni yokukhululwa bekunguNovemba 3, 2014.
I-albhamu ethi My Favorite Faded Fantasy enengoma yokuqala ethi "Angifuni Ukukushintsha" ikhishwe emhlabeni wonke ngoNovemba 10, 2014 ukuze ithole udumo olubucayi oluvela ku-NPR.
URobin Hilton uthe "i-albhamu ezayo kaDamien Rice iyamangalisa..." futhi iLondon Evening Standard yathi "UDamien Rice... ubuyile neyodwa yama-albhamu onyaka."
Ukuphila komuntu siqu
Amahemuhemu okuthi uDamien Rice uthandana noMelanie Laurent (umlingisi waseFrance) awaqinisekisiwe. Nokho kube nemibiko yokuthi usebenzisana nalo mlingisi kwi-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
