I-Depeche Mode yiqembu lomculo elasungulwa ngo-1980 e-Basildon, e-Essex.
Umsebenzi webhendi uyinhlanganisela ye-rock ne-electronica, futhi kamuva i-synth-pop yengezwa lapho. Akumangalisi ukuthi umculo ohlukahlukene kangaka uye wadonsa ukunaka kwezigidi zabantu.
Phakathi naso sonke isikhathi sokuba khona kwalo, leli qembu liye lathola isimo sehlelo. Amashadi ahlukahlukene awalethe ngokuphindaphindiwe ezikhundleni eziholayo, ama-single nama-albhamu athengiswe ngesivinini esikhulu, futhi umagazini waseBrithani u-Q wafaka iqembu ohlwini "lwamaqembu angu-50 aguqule umhlaba."
Umlando wokwakhiwa kweqembu le-Depeche Mode
Izimpande ze-Depeche Mode zisukela ngo-1976, lapho umbhali wekhibhodi u-Vince Clarke nomngane wakhe u-Andrew Fletcher beqala ukwakha i-duo No Romancein China. Kamuva, u-Clarke wenza i-duo entsha, wamema uMartin Gore. Kamuva u-Andrew wabajoyina.
Ekuqaleni kohambo lwabo, izingxenye zezwi zazikuVince Clarke. Ngo-1980, umculi uDavid Gahan wamenywa eqenjini. Amathrekhi amaningana aqoshwa, ayesekelwe ku-synthesizer, futhi igama lashintshwa laba yiqembu le-Depeche Mode (elihunyushwe lisuka ku-French. "Fashion Bulletin").
Ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kanye nezinguquko ekubunjweni kwe-Depeche Mode
I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu, Speak & Spell, yakhululwa ngo-1981. UDaniel Miller (umsunguli welebula ye-Mute Records) ufake isandla kulokhu ngezindlela eziningi, ebona abafana abanekhono emdlalweni weBridge House bar futhi wabanikeza ukubambisana.
Ingoma yokuqala eyaqoshwa kanye nale lebula ibithi Dreaming of M, eyaduma kakhulu. Yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 57 eshadini lendawo.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yabo yokuqala, uVince Clarke walishiya leli qembu. Kusukela ngo-1982 kuya ku-1995 indawo yakhe ithathwe u-Alan Wilder (oshaya ikhibhodi/umshayi wezigubhu).
Ngo-1986, i-albhamu ye-melancholic atmospheric ethi Black Celebration yakhululwa. Nguye owaletha impumelelo enkulu kwezohwebo kubadali bakhe.
I-albhamu ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-500 emhlabeni jikelele, yayithola ibe yigolide.
I-albhamu ethi Music for the Mass yazuza ukuduma okwengeziwe, okuhlanganisa izingoma ezishisayo ezi-3, futhi i-albhamu ngokwayo ithengise amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-1.
Kube khona ukuthuthuka kwangempela komunye umculo, ngeminyaka yawo-1990 iqembu le-Depeche Mode lalikhuphula lafinyelela ezingeni elisha lokuduma nokuqashelwa kwendawo yonke. Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni efanayo iqembu labhekana nezikhathi ezingezinhle kakhulu.
Ngo-1993, kwakhululwa amarekhodi amabili, kodwa ukuba umlutha wezidakamizwa kwathinta ubuqotho beqembu. Ngenxa yokungaboni ngaso linye eqenjini, uWilder uhambile.
UDavid Gahan waba umlutha wezidakamizwa futhi wayevame ukuphuthelwa ukuzilolonga. UMartin Gore wawela ekucindezelekeni okujulile. Isikhathi esithile, uFletcher naye walishiya iqembu.
Ngo-1996, u-Gahan wabhekana nokufa emtholampilo ngenxa ye-overdose. Umuthi osindisayo kuye kwaba unkosikazi wesithathu - umGreki Jennifer Skliaz, lapho umculi ehlangene naye iminyaka engu-20.
Ekwindla ka-1996, iqembu laphinde lahlangana. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube manje, iqembu le-Depeche Mode liqukethe amalungu amathathu alandelayo:
- UMartin Gore;
- Andrew Fletcher;
- UDavid Gahan.
Ngemva konyaka, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesitudiyo i-Ultra, enezingoma ezishisa izikhotha ethi Barrelof a Gun kanye nethi It's No Good. Ngo-1998, ibhendi yathatha uhambo olukhulu, idlala imibukiso engama-64 emazweni ayi-18.
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yawo-2000 ukuze kwethulwe
Ngeminyaka yawo-2000, leli qembu linikeze abalandeli balo ama-albhamu angu-5, ahlanganisa ama-remix nezingoma ezingakhishiwe eziqoqwe kule minyaka engu-23 edlule.
Ngo-Okthoba 2005, i-Playing the Angel yakhululwa - i-albhamu ye-studio ye-11, eyaba yingoma yangempela. Ngawo lowo nyaka, leli qembu lahambela ukuvakasha emhlabeni, okwaba yimali eningi kakhulu emlandweni wokuba khona. Isibalo sabantu abebekumakhonsathi sidlule isibalo esingu-2,8 million.
Ngo-2011, kwakunamahemuhemu mayelana ne-albhamu entsha, eyakhululwa eminyakeni emi-2 kamuva. Umsebenzi olandelayo we-Spirit wakhululwa ngo-March 2017. Ikhonsathi yokuqala yokweseka le albhamu ibibanjelwe e-Friends Arena eStockholm.
Ebusika, kukhishwe ingoma entsha ethi Where's The Revolution nevidiyo yayo, ethole ukubukwa okucishe kube izigidi ezingu-20 ku-YouTube.
Ngo-2018, kube nohambo olusekela i-albhamu yakamuva. Iqembu lidlale emadolobheni aphesheya kwe-US, Canada naseWestern Europe.
Isiqondiso somculo
Ngokusho kwamalungu eqembu le-Depeche Mode, umculo wabo wathonywa kakhulu umsebenzi wabazali bomculo we-elektroniki waseJalimane - i-electronic band Kraftwerk, eyadalwa ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaseBrithani bathola ugqozi ku-American grunge kanye ne-African American blues.
Akunakwenzeka ukusho ukuthi ibhendi idlala ngaluphi uhlobo. I-albhamu yakhe ngayinye ihlukile emsindweni wayo, inomoya okhethekile okwenza uzizwe ujulile emoyeni wengoma ngayinye.
Phakathi kwazo zonke izingoma ungathola izakhi zensimbi, izimboni, i-electronics emnyama, i-gothic. Kwabaningi babo, "ukuphefumula" kohlobo lwe-synth-pop kuyabonwa.
I-Depeche Mode iyisibonelo esiyingqayizivele embonini yomculo. Iqembu selihambe ibanga elide lokuthuthuka nokubunjwa kwalo, ukunqoba kanye nokuwa.
Cishe iminyaka engu-40 yomlando, leli qembu selizuze izigidi zabalandeli abashisekayo futhi lakhulula ama-albhamu e-studio angu-14.
Amaculo abo amaningi anelungelo lokubizwa ngomculo (odlule ovivinyweni olunzima lwesikhathi), agcine ukuthandwa kwawo kuze kube yimanje.
