Iqembu le-Electric Six "lifiphalise" ngempumelelo imiqondo yohlobo emculweni. Uma uzama ukunquma ukuthi ibhendi idlala ini, kuvela imishwana engavamile njenge-bubblegum punk, i-disco punk kanye ne-comedy rock. Iqembu liphatha umculo ngamahlaya.
Kwanele ukulalela amazwi ezingoma zeqembu futhi ubuke iziqeshana zevidiyo. Ngisho nama-pseudonyms abaculi akhombisa isimo sabo sengqondo sokuzamazama. Ezikhathini ezehlukene, ibhendi yayidlala u-Dick Valentine (i-pun enenhlamba ngesiNgisi), i-Nuclear Tate, i-The Colonel, i-Rock and Roll Indian, i-Lover Rob, i-M. kanye no-Bob ohlome ngezigubhu ezimbili.
Umlando we-Electric Six Group
Iqembu le-Electric Six laduma kakhulu ngenxa yokuqina nokucasuka ezingomeni nakumavidiyo. Leli qembu lasungulwa okokuqala ngo-1996 eDetroit ngaphansi kwegama elithi The Wildbunch. Kodwa leli gama kwadingeka lishiywe ngenxa yokuthi selivele lithathwe yiqembu le-trip-hop laseBristol.
Ngo-2001 bakhiphe ingoma yabo yokuqala ethi Danger! I-High Voltage, ehamba phambili kumashadi ase-UK. Futhi iphephabhuku le-NME liyibone njengeyodwa ehamba phambili yeviki. C Ingozi! Ibhendi ye-High Voltage yaze yadlala ohlelweni lwe-TV lwakusihlwa.
Sekuyisikhathi eside kunamahemuhemu mayelana nokubamba iqhaza kukaJack White we-The White Stripes ethrekhi. Abaculi babaphika. Iqembu liqinise impumelelo yengoma ngevidiyo emangalisayo.
Iqembu le-Electric Six lisebenzisa iziqeshana zevidiyo "ukuphromotha" amathrekhi abo. Ngo-2019, sebebenze amavidiyo angama-21, kodwa iningi lawo ishibhile kakhulu, cishe angabafundisi.
Ukuzuza ukuthandwa kweqembucula
Amavidiyo ezingoma akwi-albhamu ethi Fire - Danger aduma! I-Voltage ephezulu ne-Gay Bar. Ingoma yesibili yaba ingoma enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni weqembu. Futhi isiqeshana siqanjwe ngokuthi esingcono kakhulu onyakeni ngomagazini abambalwa bomculo base-US.
Akuwona wonke umuntu othande okuqukethwe kwayo okuvusa inkanuko, futhi isiqeshana saze sahlolwa kumabonakude waseMelika.
I-albhamu yokuqala egcwele ubude, i-Fire, yakhululwa ngo-2003 futhi yahamba ngegolide e-UK. Ngemva kwalokho, abaculi abathathu ngokushesha balishiya iqembu: Rock and Roll Indian, Sergeant Jobot futhi Disco.
Ngo-2005, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesibili, u-Senor Smoke, eyaqopha uhlu olubuyekeziwe lweqembu. Abaculi baqale ukuqopha i-albhamu e-Warner Brothers studio. Usayine inkontileka neqembu ngemuva kwerekhodi lokuqala eliyimpumelelo. Kodwa ngaphambi nje kokukhululwa, inkontileka yanqanyulwa umqondisi omusha womculo.
Ngakho-ke, u-Senor Smoke ukhishwe kulebula yase-Philadelphia Metropolis Records, esebenze nabanye abaculi abaningi (London After Midnight, Mindless Self Indulgence, Gary Newman, IAMX). Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, leli qembu lajabulisa ibutho lalo elincane kodwa elizinikele labalandeli ngama-albhamu amasha njalo ngonyaka.
Ingxoxo phakathi kwabalandeli be-rock idalwe enye yezingoma ze-albhamu yesibili, okuyinguqulo ekhava yengoma ye-Queen Radio Gaga.
Uma "abalandeli" be-quartet edumile yaseBrithani besabathethelela abantu baseMelika abangenangqondo ngengoma, khona-ke ividiyo lapho uDick Valentine avela khona esithombeni sikaFreddie Mercury yacasula abaningi. Into wukuthi umculi weqembu wema ethuneni likaMercury ekuqaleni kwevidiyo.
I-albhamu yesithathu iSwitzerland yaziwa ngokuthi abaculi bebefuna ukushutha ividiyo yawo wonke amaculo aku-albhamu. Kodwa ekugcineni banqunyelwe kwabayisishiyagalombili kuphela.
Ilungu le-Electric Six lishiye iqembu
Ngemva kokuqopha i-albhamu, umshayi webhesi uJonh R. Dequindre washiya iqembu wathathelwa indawo nguSmorgasbord!. Oyedwa kuphela obambe iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwawo wonke ama-albhamu eqembu le-Electric Six ngumculi wezwi u-Dick Valentine. Sebebonke, bangu-16 abaculi ababambe iqhaza eqenjini.
Ngo-2009, u-Dick Valentine waqopha i-albhamu ngephrojekthi entsha ye-Evil Cowards. Uphinde waqhubeka nomsebenzi ku-albhamu entsha yesitudiyo i-Electric Six KILL.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, iqembu laqala ukukhipha amarekhodi ahlukahlukene. Ngokungeziwe kuma-albhamu anezinombolo, iqembu laqopha amarekhodi amabili anezinguqulo zekhava yezingoma ezidumile ezithi Mimicry kanye nethi Wamukelekile!.
Ukuqoshwa kwala ma-albhamu kuxhaswe abalandeli baleli qembu ngeKickstarter. I-Electric Six iphinde yaqopha izinhlanganisela ezimbili (I-Sexy Trash ne-Memories) nama-albhamu amathathu abukhoma: I-Absolute Pleasure, Wamukelekile Bukhoma kanye ne-Chill Out.
Eyokuqala erekhodiwe ebukhoma nayo ikhishwe kuvidiyo ye-Absolute Treasure.
I-discography esemthethweni egcwele ye-Electric Six:
- Umlilo (2003).
- U-Senor Smoke (2005).
- Switzerland (2006).
- Ngizoqothula Konke Okungizungezile Okungivimbela Ukuba Yingcweti (2007) - Flashy (2008).
- BULALA (2009).
- Zodiac (2010).
- Ukushaya kwenhliziyo kanye namagagasi obuchopho (2011).
- Mustang (2013).
- I-Human Zoo (2014).
- Bitch, Ungangivumeli Ngife! (2015).
- Igazi Elihlanzekile lamaVampyres Akhathele (2016).
— Ulinge Kanjani? (2017).
- Umakoti kaDeveli (2018).
Leli qembu belisebenza kakhulu nabalandeli balo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Uphinde wahlela ukuqongelela imali kumaphrojekthi amasha ngeKickstarter.
Ngo-2016, leli qembu laqoqa imali yefilimu yobude obugcwele ohlotsheni lwama-pseudo-documentary (izenzakalo ziyinganekwane, kodwa bonke abalingiswa benza sengathi konke kungokoqobo) I-Roulette Stars os Metro Detroit.
Ngokohlelo lwefilimu, umculi we-pop wase-Australia u-Walla-B uhlele umncintiswano wengoma kaKhisimusi ehamba phambili. Abafinyelele kowamanqamu bekungamaqhawe ka-Dick Valentine no-DaVe (umshayi wesigingci weqembu kusukela ngo-2012).
Ingcaphuno yefilimu evela ku-Electric Six:
Ngokwemvelo, ibhendi yaqopha iculo eliphelele lefilimu. U-Dick Valentine ukhiphe i-albhamu eyedwa ye-acoustic.
