I-Emerson, iLake nePalmer ibhendi ye-rock eqhubekayo yaseBrithani ehlanganisa umculo wakudala ne-rock. Leli qembu liqanjwe ngamagama alo amathathu. Iqembu libhekwa njengeqembu elikhulu, njengoba wonke amalungu ayethandwa kakhulu ngisho nangaphambi kokuhlanganiswa, lapho ngamunye wabo ehlanganyela kwamanye amaqembu.
Umlando nokuvuka kwe-Emerson, Lake kanye ne-Palmer Collective
Ibhendi yasungulwa ngo-1969 nguKeith Emerson noGreg Lake, abathola isithakazelo esifanayo ngemva kokusebenza kwamanye amaphrojekthi futhi banquma ukusebenza ndawonye. Abafana basheshe baba abangane futhi baqala ukusebenza kahle.
Ngemva kwesikhashana baqala ukufuna umshayi wezigubhu bakhetha uMitch Mitchell. Lokhu okunikezwayo akuzange kubonakale kuthakazelisa kuye, futhi wanquma ukutshela uJimi Hendrix ngakho. U-Hendrix ucabange ukuthi kuwumqondo omuhle futhi wathembisa ukusebenzisana.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, uCarl Palmer wajoyina iqembu. Ngemva kwamakhonsathi ahlanganyelwe ambalwa, leli qembu lanquma ukuzibiza ngokuthi USIZO ngemva kwezinhlamvu zokuqala zamagama awo wonke amalungu alo. Kodwa lokho akwenzekanga ngenxa yokushona kukaJimi.
Iminyaka yokuqala yokuba khona kweqembu yayikhiqiza kakhulu futhi inezigigaba. Iqembu belizibandakanya ekudaleni, ukuzitholela nokuthuthuka komculo, lakhipha ama-albhamu ayi-6 futhi laqopha izingoma eziningi zomhlaba. Noma kunjalo, ngemva kohambo lokugcina ngo-1974, abaculi banquma ukuhlakazeka futhi bahlangane ngemva kweminyaka emithathu kuphela.
Ukuhlangana kabusha nemisebenzi ehlanganyelwe kuze kube ngu-1991
Ngo-1977, abaculi baphinde bahlangana, njengoba kwakuvunyelwene. Phakathi namaholide amade, amalungu eqembu ayehlanganyela eyedwa. Ichibi lenze inqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo. Ngemuva kokuhlangana kabusha, ibhendi yaqopha ama-albhamu ethi Works, Vol. 1, Works, Vol. 2. Amaqoqo ahlanganisa okudaliwe komuntu ngamunye obambe iqhaza, kanye namaculo abo ahlangene. Iqembu libe seliwenza izinguquko emsindweni wezingoma zalo futhi lengeza i-orchestra.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, iqembu lahamba nge-orchestra ye-symphony. Khona-ke abaculi babe nezinkinga ezinkulu, futhi ibhendi yalahlekelwa imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili zamaRandi. Ngenxa yalokhu, iqembu lanquma ukushiya i-orchestra futhi lenze amakhonsathi njengeqembu elijwayelekile labathathu.
Ngo-1978, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu yokuhlanganisa i-Love Beach. Futhi banquma ukungasebenzi ndawonye iminyaka eminingana. Nokho, ngaphansi kwemibandela yenkontileka, leli qembu kwadingeka likhiphe enye i-albhamu entsha. Abaculi bayiqophe ngesikhathi esifushane. Kodwa leli qembu alizange libe yimpumelelo, njengoba kwakuyi-albhamu ebuthakathaka emlandweni weqembu. Abalandeli abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yokuxhamazela komsebenzi wabaculi.
Ngo-1979, iqembu nokho lakhuluma ngokuwa kwalo, njengoba ngamunye wabahlanganyeli wanquma ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wabo wedwa. Emerson waqala ukubhala izingoma amafilimu, Palamer wadala iqembu lakhe. Futhi uLake wakhipha ama-albhamu, ngenxa yalokho ayethandwa kakhulu.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-6, iLake laya ku-Emerson ngesithembiso sokuhlangana kabusha njengabathathu. ILake lasamukela ngenjabulo lesi sipho, kuyilapho uPalmer engakwazi ukujoyina ngenxa yezibopho zakhe zenkontileka. Uthathelwe indawo kafushane nguCozy Powell odumile. Ngohlelo olusha, iqembu laqopha i-albhamu futhi lavakashela e-United States, okwathi ngemva kwalokho iqembu layeka ukwenza imisebenzi ehlanganyelwe.
U-Emerson, uPalmer noRobert Berry baphinde basungula leli qembu ngo-1987. Baphinde bavakashela e-US bakhipha i-albhamu engaphumelelanga.
Ukusebenzisana kwezinganekwane ezintathu kusukela ngo-1991 kuya ku-2016
U-Emerson, uLake noPalmer bakwazi ukusebenza ndawonye futhi ngo-1991. Abaculi babuyela emisebenzini yabo yangaphambili futhi baphinde bahlangana njengabathathu bodumo. Abafana bakhiphe i-albhamu ye-Black Moon, lapho umsindo wezingoma zabo wawunezelwa ngezinsimbi ezintsha nobuchwepheshe. Futhi izingoma sezibe zifushane kakhulu uma ziqhathaniswa nangaphambili. Lesi sibuyekezo sihehe abalandeli abasha futhi sadweba amahholo amakhulu ekhonsathi.
Leli qembu selineminyaka emibili licula namakhonsathi, laze lafuna ukukhipha enye i-albhamu. Kodwa-ke, u-Emerson wahlinzwa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, futhi i-albhamu yayibuthakathaka. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ithimba laphinde lanquma ukuthatha ikhefu leminyaka emibili ukuze amalungu athuthukise impilo yawo futhi alungiselele umsebenzi ophumelelayo.
U-Emerson walulama ngo-1996 futhi ibhendi yaphinde yahlangana ukuze ivakashele iJapan, Canada, United States namanye amazwe ndawonye. Lolu hambo lwaba yimpumelelo kwezohwebo kubaculi, nakuba iqembu bekumele licule ezindaweni ezincane. Bagcwele izibukeli eziningi, iqembu lengeze "abalandeli" abaningi abasha.
Iminyaka emibili, iqembu ngenkuthalo benza amakhonsathi, ngisho uhlela ukusebenza albhamu. Kodwa izingxabano nokungaboni ngaso linye mayelana ne-albhamu kuholele ekuqhubekeni nokuhlukana kweqembu.
Ngemuva kwe-hiatus eyandisiwe ngo-2009, uPalmer uveze ukuthi iqembu lizophinde lihlangane ngalowo nyaka. Kodwa izinkinga zempilo zika-Emerson zasivimbela lesi senzakalo.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, leli qembu lisahlangene futhi lasebenza kwaze kwaba ngu-2016, lenza amakhonsathi, likhipha ama-albhamu amasha kanye namazwe okuvakasha.
Ngo-2016, kwagadla inhlekelele. UKeith Emerson wanquma ukuzibulala futhi wafaka inhlamvu ekhanda lakhe. Izizathu zesenzo esibi kangaka azikaziwa kubalandeli. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, uLake wabulawa umdlavuza.
Isigcawu esingajwayelekile esiteji no-Emerson, Lake noPalmer
Ngesinye isikhathi u-Emerson, lapho ozakwabo bebuyela emuva ukuze baphumule, baqala ukucula yedwa ngemuva kwekhonsathi. Ngemva kwesigamu sehora, abaculi babuka isiteji, futhi lapho uKeith waqoqa izibukeli eziningi futhi wadlala insimbi yakhe ngaso sonke isikhathi, nakuba kwase kuyisikhathi sokuqeda.
Ukwazisa lo mculi ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda lo mdlalo, iqembu lathumela uchwepheshe weqembu. Kodwa waphikisana isikhathi eside futhi engafuni ukuhamba, kodwa nokho wavuma ngaphansi kosongo lokuxoshwa.
Ibhendi yaduma kakhulu ngokuhlanganiswa komculo we-classic ne-rock. Abafana bakwazi ukuhlanganisa umsebenzi okhiqizayo nokuzilibazisa futhi babe nesikhathi esihle. Ngenxa yobuhlakani bobuhlakani balaba baculi, manje sesingakwazi ukujabulela umculo wabo oyinganekwane nokhumbulekayo.
