Phakathi naso sonke isikhathi sokuba khona kwalo, iqembu le-Erasure lakwazi ukujabulisa abantu abaningi abahlala kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba.
Ngesikhathi sokusungulwa kwayo, ibhendi yazama izinhlobo, izingoma zomculo eziqoshiwe, ukubunjwa kwabaculi bashintsha, bathuthukiswa ngaphandle kokuma lapho.
Umlando weqembu
UVince Clarke wabamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekuveleni kweqembu. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, wayethanda umculo, wayethanda ukuzama, ukuhlanganisa izinhlobo futhi enze.
KwakunguVince owayenesandla ekudaleni iqembu le-Depeche Mode. Ekupheleni kuka-1981, washiya leli qembu futhi wenza i-duo Yazoo. Naphezu kwempumelelo, ukungezwani okuqhubekayo phakathi kwamalungu eqembu akuzange kusize iphrojekthi yomculo ukuthuthukisa ngenkuthalo.
Esikhathini esedlule, u-Clarke wayenengoma emfushane yokudala no-Eric Radcliffe, kanye nokuqoshwa kwezingoma ezingathandwa "okungaphumeleli".
Lokhu kubangele ukuthi umculi athumele isikhangiso emculweni wamasonto onke i-Melody Maker somculi omusha wezwi.
U-Andy Bell, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumthengisi wezicathulo futhi eyilungu leqembu lendawo, wamphendula. Ngemva kokulalela, wakhethwa phakathi kwezimbangi eziyishumi nambili. Ngakho kwavela i-duet edumile.
Ifa lomculo lika-Erasure
Izingoma ezimbili zokuqala ezikhishwe yiqembu azizange ziphumelele e-England. Kodwa abafana abazange baphelelwe yinhliziyo, baqhubeka nokusebenza ekuzithuthukiseni kwabo, kuze kube yilapho ingoma yesithathu ethi "Oh L'Amour" idumile e-Australia, eFrance, naseJalimane yangena ku-16 ephezulu eshadini lezingoma zomculo.
I-disc yokuqala, eyathola isihloko esithakazelisayo esithi Wonderland, yakhululwa ehlobo lika-1986 futhi yayingadumile ekhaya. Isimo esithakazelisayo, kodwa umphakathi waseJalimane waphinde wazisa kakhulu umsebenzi weqembu le-Erasure, wababeka endaweni yama-20 ye-parade yaseJalimane.
Ukuqashelwa eNgilandi kwavela ngemuva kokukhululwa kwengoma ethi Ngezinye izikhathi. I-Circus iyi-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo ku-arsenal yeqembu. Ngokushesha ngemva kokukhululwa, i-albhamu yahamba nge-platinum futhi yathatha isikhundla esiqinile kumashadi ase-UK izinyanga ezingu-12. Khona-ke ama-albhamu amahlanu abe ngowokuqala ohlwini futhi ahlala lapho isikhathi eside.
Abagxeki emkhakheni womculo bacasulwa ukukhuphuka okungazelelwe kwabafana ku-Olympus yokudala. Baqhathanisa ukucula kuka-Andy "nokuhhewula kwezinja emathafeni asendle" bebhekisela kwiDrama!.
Ngakho-ke, iqembu alizange likunake ukuhlaselwa, liqhubeka nokwenza ezindaweni ezinkulu ngezembatho zasemkhathini zangempela kanye nezindawo ezingenakuqhathaniswa. Abantu abasha bebazi ukuthi bangazinqoba kanjani izethameli ngefomethi yohlelo eshaqisayo nengajwayelekile.
Ngo-1991, kwaba nokuvakasha, okwathola igama lemilingo le-Phantasmogorical Entertainment, okuyinto izethameli ezikhumbula isikhathi eside.
U-Andy wabe esebonakala esiteji, egibele idada, elingisa inkomo yase-Wild West, wazithola ese-nightclub. Kwaphela iminyaka emibili abafana baya emadolobheni aseYurophu ohambweni lwabo, futhi ngo-1993 banquma ukuthatha ikhefu.
Ngo-1995, abafana banquma ukushintsha isiqondiso. Ngaphandle kokucabanga isikhathi eside, badale i-albhamu ye-Erasure njengengxenye yokuhlolwa. Ukudala okunjalo kwakungeyona isici kubo, kodwa abalandeli abaningi bakwamukela ngokubonga.
ikhefu lokudala
Laba ababili baqhubeka nokuphila kokuvakasha kwaze kwaba ngu-1997. Phakathi nonyaka, leli qembu lahambela wonke amazwekazi akhona. Base bethatha ikhefu lokudala. Khona-ke izingoma ezintsha azijabulisanga izethameli. Kuze kube ngu-2000, bebengekho esigcawini somculo wokudala.
Ngemuva kokuthula iminyaka emithathu, kwavela ividyo kliphu yeculo elithi Freedom. Ingoma kuvele ukuthi "ihlulekile", isiphetho esifanayo sehlele i-albhamu ye-Loveboat.
Eshumini leminyaka lokuqala lekhulu leminyaka, abafana bazama ngendlela ecasulayo ngesitayela nokuqukethwe okubukwayo, ngenkathi bekhulula ukukhishwa, ukuhlanganiswa nama-albhamu.
Khona-ke iqembu le-Ereije liphinde lavela ezingeni lamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2011. Uhambo olude kakhulu lwaluhilela ukuvakashela eRussia nase-Ukraine. Ngo-2015, ukuze bagubhe iminyaka yabo engama-30 embonini yomculo, ibhendi yethule inguqulo yesimanje ethi Kwesinye isikhathi. Izithameli zithande i-albhamu ebuyekeziwe njalo.
Ereije namuhla
Manje iqembu liyasebenza ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ku-Instagram, abafana abakuvumeli ukuthi ukhohlwe ngobukhona babo ngokuthumela amavidiyo avela kungobo yomlando, begcina ingxoxo iqhubeka kumazwana. Ngeminyaka engama-35 yeqembu, bahlele isikhangiso serekhodi elisha, lapho i-albhamu yaseWild yaba inguqulo enwetshiwe kumadiski amabili.
Manje u-Vince Clarke nonkosikazi wakhe u-Tracy bahlala e-Brooklyn. Umdwebi uhlome isitudiyo sokuqopha endlini yakhe yangasese, lapho kukhona iqoqo lama-synthesizer.
Ngokuqondene no-Andy Bell, washada noSteven Mosse ngo-2013. Inkumbulo yomsebenzi wabaculi iyaphila inqobo nje uma abantu bewuthanda umculo.
Amadoda, lapho esekhulile, athi azolile ngokuncipha kokudala futhi awakuboni lokhu njengenkinga, ngoba anikele impilo yawo yonke emsebenzini awuthandayo. Uma nje izingoma zabo zilalelwa, amalungu eqembu ayajabula!
