Namuhla eJalimane ungathola amabhendi amaningi enza izingoma ezinhlotsheni ezihlukahlukene. Inani elibalulekile lamaqembu asebenza ohlotsheni lwe-Eurodance (olunye lwezinhlobo ezithakazelisa kakhulu). I-Fun Factory iyiqembu elithakazelisa kakhulu.
Iqembu le-Fun Factory laba khona kanjani?
Yonke indaba inesiqalo. Leli qembu lazalwa ngenxa yesifiso sabantu abane sokwenza umculo. Unyaka wokusungulwa kwayo kwakungu-1992, lapho abaculi bejoyina iqembu: Balca, Steve, Rod D. kanye no-Smooth T. Kakade ngonyaka wokusungulwa kweqembu, bakwazile ukuqopha Itimu yokuqala ye-Fun Factory's yokuqala.
Kwi-single evamile, indaba yabafana ayikwazanga ukuphela, ngakho baqala ukubhala ithrekhi entsha. Sabe sesinquma ukumqopha ividiyo. Leyo ngoma bekuyi-Groove Me, eyakhishwa ngo-1993.
Ukukhishwa kwesiqeshana kwenza izinguquko ezithile. Kule vidiyo, umculi ohamba phambili weqembu, u-Balca, ushintshwe kuvidiyo ngumodeli uMarie-Anett Mey. Nokho, lokhu akuzange kushintshe isimo eqenjini, njengoba uBalca waqhubeka nokuba ngumculi weqembu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amazwi ale ntombazane ahambisana nomsebenzi we-Fun Factory kuze kube ngu-1998.
I-albhamu yokuqala neyesibili
I-single after single, isiqeshana emva kwesiqeshana, ibhendi kancane kancane yathola ukuthandwa okukhulu, yazuza abalandeli hhayi eJalimane kuphela, kodwa emhlabeni wonke.
Ngakho ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu ethi Non Stop!, abasebenze kuyo iminyaka emibili. Ngemva kwesikhathi, le albhamu yaphinde yakhululwa ngaphansi kwegama elisha elithi Vala Kuwe.
I-albhamu iqukethe izingoma eziningi ezivela ku-Fun Factory. Phakathi kwalezi zingoma bekukhona: Take Your Chance, Close to You, njll.
Ngokuvamile, ngemva kwe-albhamu yokuqala, abaculi bacabanga ngokushesha okwesibili. Futhi ngemva konyaka nesigamu, iqembu wakhulula Fun-Tastic. I-albhamu ikhulise ukuthandwa kwayo kuphela. Manje sebedume eCanada, eMelika, sebethathe isikhundla esiphambili emashadini omsakazo lapho.
Uhambo lokuqala e-Fun Factory
Eminyakeni emine ngemva kokusungulwa kweqembu, omunye wabahlanganyeli, u-Smooth T, wayishiya. Wayefuna ukusebenza kwamanye amaphrojekthi. Njengoba sekuyi-quartet, leli qembu laqhubeka nokusebenza ngefomethi ye-trio.
Kakade ngo-1996, kule ngoma, abaculi bakhulula i-albhamu ethi Konke Okuhle Kwabo, equkethe ama-remix amahle kakhulu aleli qembu.
Ukuhlakazwa kweqembu le-Fun Factory kanye nokuvela kweqembu elisha
Iqembu lazizwa lintula ilungu elilodwa. Noma kunjalo, ukuhamba kuka-Smooth T. kwaba nomthelela kubaculi. Amalungu asele anquma ukulihlakaza iqembu. Amalungu amabili (u-Balca, uSteve) aye kuphrojekthi yezindaba zokuzijabulisa ehluke ngokuphelele. Nokho, leli qembu lomculo alizange libe yimpumelelo.
Abaculi bakudala beqembu le-Fun Factory abakwazanga ukukwamukela ukuhlukana futhi bacabanga ngamathuba okuphinde bahlangane. Ngo-1998, bakwazi ukwakha iqembu elibizwa ngokuthi i-New Fun Factory.
Amalungu abengekho ngaphambilini ajoyine iqembu. Ngaso leso sikhathi, iqembu elisha ngokuphelele lakhulula i-Party With Fun Factory yokuqala. Yathengiswa ngamakhophi ayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu.
Ngokwemvelo, isitayela saleli qembu sasihlukile. Emculweni waleli qembu, umuntu wayekwazi ukuzwa amanothi e-rap, reggae, ngisho nomculo we-pop.
Kuze kube ngu-2003, iqembu lalikhona ngenkuthalo, likhiphe izingoma ezishisayo, futhi lithengise amarekhodi amabili (Isizukulwane Esilandelayo, i-ABC yomculo), njengeyangaphambili. Nokho, ngawo lowo nyaka awubange usaba khona.
Eminyakeni emine kamuva, kwamenyezelwa ukuqashwa nokulingisa iqembu leNew Fun Factory. Ngemva konyaka, bakwazi ukuhlanganisa iqembu elisha. Ithimba lalihlanganisa umculi we-rap uDouglas, umculi u-Jasmine, u-Joel wezwi kanye nomdansi womdansi wokucula u-Lea.
Kulolu hlu, abafana bakhiphe ingoma ethi Be Good to Me, base behlela ukukhipha irekhodi elithi Storm in My Brain ngemuva konyaka.
Ukuhlangana kabusha okusemthethweni
Amalungu eqembu ashintshile. Ngo-2009, kwakhululwa ingoma eyodwa ethi Shut Up, uBalca ehlinzeka ngamaphimbo. Ngemva kweminyaka emine, leli qembu laphinde lahlangana, ngoba amalungu amathathu okuqala abuyela ohlwini. KwakunguBalca, uTony noSteve.
U-Ricardo Heiling umemezele ukuhlangana kabusha kweqembu kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni. Kakade ngo-2015, abaculi bakhiphe izingoma ezintsha eqenjini: Let's Get Crunk, Turn It Up. Kwabe sekufika ukuhlanganiswa kwesitudiyo okulandelayo, Buyela Embonini.
Iqembu le-Fun Factory libe nokuma ngezikhathi ezithile, izinguquko zamalungu, nokubonakala okusemthethweni. Kodwa iqembu likwazile ukuhlangana futhi lidlale esiteji kuze kube yilolu suku. Futhi ukuthandwa kwayo kufakazelwa yiqiniso lokuthi, kusukela ngo-2016, iqembu selithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-22 zamaqoqo.
