Abagxeki bakhuluma ngaye ngokuthi "umculi wosuku olulodwa", kodwa akazange akwazi ukugcina impumelelo kuphela, kodwa futhi wandise. U-Danzel ubafanele emakethe yomculo yamazwe ngamazwe.
Manje lo mculi uneminyaka engu-43 ubudala. Igama lakhe langempela nguJohan Waem. Wazalelwa edolobheni laseBeveren eBeveren ngo-1976 futhi wayefisa ukuba umculi kusukela ebuntwaneni.
Ukuze afeze iphupho lakhe, umfana wafunda ukudlala upiyano, isiginci kanye bass guitar. Esikhathini esidlule, umculi odumile wakusasa wasebenza njengo-DJ eklabhu ye-karaoke.
Isiqalo somculo sikaDanzel kusukela esigabeni esihlangene
Ngo-1991, uJohan nabangane bakhe basungula iqembu lomculo iScherp Op Snee (SOS). Lapho, lo mfana wayengumculi oyedwa futhi wadlala isiginci se-bass iminyaka engu-12. Iqembu lenze ohlotsheni lwe-pop-rock.
Njengengxenye yeqembu laseBelgium i-LA Band, le nsizwa ibicula njengomculi osekelayo ezindaweni zamakhonsathi kuleli. Ukuba umculi kwakunganele, futhi Johan waqala ukubhala umculo kanye isosha esihlatshelelwayo.
Umculi osemncane waziqopha futhi wenza le misebenzi ngokwakhe. Kodwa kwakusekude nokuduma komhlaba.
Lwaqala kanjani uhambo lukaDanzel lomculo?
Lapho eneminyaka engu-27 ubudala, lo mculi osemncane waba owokugcina embukisweni wethalente wethelevishini odumile emhlabeni wonke i-Idol (inguqulo yaseBelgium). Kungaleso sikhathi lapho baqala khona ukukhuluma ngaye njengomculi odumile. Emncintiswaneni uDanzel ubonakale emphakathini.
Livelaphi leli gama lesiteji elingajwayelekile? Iqiniso liwukuthi uJohan ungumlandeli womlingisi nomqondisi odumile waseMelika uDenzel Hayes Washington. Ngakho-ke, lapho ukhetha igama, kwakungekho mcabango.
Ngo-2003, umculi wakhulula ingoma yokuqala ethi You Are All Of That, eyaduma kakhulu ezweni lakubo. Le ngoma ithathe indawo yesi-9 emqhudelwaneni oshisa izikhotha kazwelonke. Lokhu kukodwa kwavusa isithakazelo emazweni aseYurophu anjenge-Austria, France, Britain, Netherlands.
I-Hit Danzel Edume Kakhulu: Pump It Up
Ihithi edume kakhulu yomculi ithi Pump It Up! ikhishwe ngo-2004. Ukukhishwa kokuqala kwengoma kwakungamakhophi angu-300 kuphela. Nokho, izilaleli zalithanda leli culo. Ividiyo yale ngoma iqoshwe ekilabhini yase-Belgian strip enegama elithakazelisayo elithi Culture Club. Izivakashi ezijwayelekile zesikhungo zibe nengxenye ekuqoshweni kwevidiyo.
Inkontileka yokukhishwa kwengoma yaqedwa ngo-2004 eCannes, ngesikhathi sombukiso womculo iMidem. Ukwanda kodumo lwengoma entsha kufakazelwa ngokusobala ukuthi ngesikhathi kuvalwa umbukiso womculo ingoma ethi Pump It Up! ibekwe kabili. Kamuva, kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kwesigamu sesigidi ale single emhlabeni wonke.
Izwe lokuqala elanqotshwa uDanzel kwaba yiFrance. Lapho wayenandisa emakilabhini nasemaphathini. Izinyanga ezingu-2,5, "usebenze" amakhonsathi angu-65. EJalimane, ukuqamba kwakhe kuthathe indawo yesi-4 yombukiso wokudansa. Lo mculi wayemenywe emikhosini nasemakhonsathini.
E-Austria, ingoma eqhumayo yathatha indawo yesi-3 ye-hit parade futhi yangena kwabayi-10 abaphambili bamashadi omculo womhlaba. Ezweni lomculi, lo msebenzi wathola "isitifiketi segolide". Ingoma bekuyinguqulo yekhava esekwe kabusha yengoma edumile ka-1998 eyashaywa i-Black & White Brothers.
Umsebenzi wokuqala
I-albhamu yokuqala kaDanzel yakhululwa ngo-2004. Igama leJam! kuhlanganisa zombili izingoma ezidumile, eziqinisekisa impumelelo yakhe. Ngalesi sikhathi, umculi wayeseqophelweni eliphezulu lokuthandwa futhi wayedingeka kakhulu. Wavakashela izindawo eziningi, wabamba iqhaza emikhosini ehlukahlukene nemibukiso. Amakhonsathi nawo ahlukile.
Ngo-2005, umculi wajabulisa izilaleli nge hit entsha. Akazange aphumelele, kodwa wazuza uzwela izilaleli emazweni aseYurophu. Kodwa-ke, le ngoma iphinde yaba ingoma ye-Black & White Brothers.
Futhi ingoma ethi My Arms Keep Missing You yanqoba iSpain ngo-2006. Lena inguqulo yekhava yengoma edumile ka-Rick Astley waseBrithani. E-UK, ikhaya loqobo, umsebenzi kaDanzel wafinyelela kunombolo 9 kumashadi omdanso kazwelonke.
Enye inguqulo yekhava yengoma yeqembu laseBrithani i-Deador Alive ikhishwe nguDanzel ngo-2007. Lo mculi unikeze impilo entsha engomeni ethi You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), eyaduma ngo-1984. U-Danzel akagcinanga ngokubuyisela izingoma zeminyaka edlule, kodwa nezingoma zakhe. Ngawo lowo nyaka ka-2007, wakhipha ingoma ethi Jump.
I-albhamu elandelayo ethi Unlocked Danzel yethulwa emphakathini ngo-2008. Ihlanganisa zonke izingoma ezisohlwini.
Ngesicelo senkampani yokurekhoda yasePoland, umculi wethula i-Undercover ePoland ukuze abambe iqhaza ku-Eurovision Song Contest. Nokho, isimo sengqondo somculi kulo mncintiswano wezingoma wamazwe ngamazwe sasingaqondakali.
Ukholelwa ukuthi lo mcimbi usanda kuba nemibono yezepolitiki. Ngokusho kukaDanzel, isitayela sezingoma zakhe sesiphenduke umzuliswano omusha emculweni. Izingoma zakhe zimnandi futhi zinomfutho.
Wadlala eYurophu, eRussia nase-Ukraine, e-Azerbaijan naseKazakhstan, e-USA. Lo mculi waklonyeliswa ngezindondo zomculo we-MTV eRussia.
Okuncane mayelana nempilo yomuntu siqu
Umculi unikela ngani isikhathi sakhe samahhala? Lo mculi ushadile futhi unezingane ezimbili. Uthanda ukuya kumamuvi nokuhlangana nabangani ukuze nidlale i-pool.
