Ibhendi ye-rock yase-Canada enegama eliphezulu elithi I Mother Earth, eyaziwa kangcono nge-IME, yayiphezulu ekudumeni kwayo ngeminyaka yawo-1990s wekhulunyaka eledlule.
Umlando wokudalwa kweqembu elithi I Mother Earth
Umlando weqembu waqala ngokujwayelana kwabazalwane ababili abangabaculi abangamaKristu no-Yagori Tanna nomculi u-Edwin. UChristian wayedlala izigubhu, uYagori wayengumshayi wesiginci. U-Edwin wanquma ukuthi bangenza iqembu elihle. Umdlali weBass uFranz Masini umenywe eqenjini. Ngo-1991, kwavela ithimba le-IME. Ekuqaleni, isifinyezo sasingasho lutho, kodwa u-Yagori wanquma ukuza ne-decoding ye-I Mother Earth.
Esigabeni sokuqala, abaculi baqopha izingoma zedemo ezi-5, futhi ezinyangeni eziyi-12 benza amakhonsathi ayi-13.
Umsebenzi wokuqala weqembu
Unyaka olandelayo ungabizwa ngokuthi unyaka wokuqala weqembu. Kwakungo-1992 lapho abafana baqala ukusebenza negatsha laseCanada lenkampani yokuqopha yaseMelika iCapitol Records. I-albhamu yokuqala ye-Dig yadalwa e-Los Angeles ngenxa yomdidiyeli uMichael Klink.
Ngalesi sikhathi, iqembu lahlukana noFranz Masini laphinda lenza zonke izingxenye zebhesi futhi. UBruce Gordon wamukelwa esikhundleni somdlali we-bass owashiya iqembu. Ngohlelo olusha, abaculi baqale uhambo lwabo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngokwethula i-albhamu yabo yokuqala ethi Dig, ebhalwe ngesitayela se-hard rock yakudala.
Izingoma ezine zaleli qoqo ezithi Rain Will Fall, Not Quite Sonic, Levitate nethi So Gently We Go - zaduma kakhulu zazwakala emisakazweni zasakazwa kumabonakude kuwo wonke amagumbi ezwe. Owokugcina ongashadile waze wathatha indawo yokuqala eshadini elidumile laseCanada Cancon. Ngo-1, i-albhamu yaklonyeliswa nge-Juno Award futhi yaqanjwa ngokuthi Irekhodi Legolide laseCanada.
Ngemva kokuphela kohambo olunzima, abaculi baqala ukusebenzisana neToronto neQuebec. Ngalesi sikhathi, umsebenzi waqala kurekhodi lesibili futhi kwavela izimpawu zokuqala zomehluko wokudala. U-Edwin wayenganeliseki kakhulu, owayevame ukuqala ukuqopha ukuzimela.
I-Scenery and Fish ikhishwe ngo-1996. Ngenxa yeqoqo, ithimba lithole impumelelo enkulu yezezimali. Kwalandela ukuqokwa kwemiklomelo ye-Juno ye-Best Rock Record kanye neThimba Lonyaka. Umphumela waba isimo se-platinum ephindwe kabili.
Izinguquko zohlelo lwe-I Mother Earth
Ngo-1997, kwaba nokungaboni ngaso linye eqenjini. Abazalwane bakaTanna bathi babhala izingoma eziningi kanye nokuhambisana nomculo, futhi u-Edwin wayeyedwa. Ukungezwani phakathi kweqembu kwaphoqa u-Edwin ukuthi ahambe, futhi mina uMama woMhlaba ngamemezela ukuthi bafuna umculi omusha.
Izikhathi ezinzima zaqala eqenjini - ubudlelwane nabaphathi bezinkampani zokuqopha baba bubi kakhulu, ukubambisana neCapitol Records kwaqedwa. Abafake izicelo zesikhundla somculi bakhishwe ngamunye ngamunye, kwaze kwaba yilapho umculi ojwayelekile eluleka uBrian Byrne owayenqatshiwe ngaphambili. Ngemva kokulalela okuqoshiwe komculi, ibhendi imamukele ohlwini lwalo. U-Byrne wayesevivinyweni izinyanga ezimbalwa, wabe eseziswa ngokusemthethweni emphakathini. Abalandeli bamamukele kahle lo mculi omusha.
Isikhathi esinzima eqenjini
Ngo-2001, Mina Umama Womhlaba ngaqala ukuba nezinkinga. Abaculi baphoqeleka ukuthi bayeke ukuvakasha isikhathi esithile futhi bahlanganyele ekudaleni esitudiyo sabo eToronto. U-Byrne wahlinzwa ukulungisa izintambo zephimbo ezidabukile, uChristian Tanna walimala isandla futhi wangakwazi ukubhekana nokushaya isigubhu, ngakho kwadingeka alinde futhi abone isimo sengqondo futhi aqale kabusha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Ngemva konyaka, kwaqala umsebenzi ku-albhamu elandelayo, ethi The Quicksilver Meat Dream, ehlanganisa ingoma ethi Juicy evela kufilimu ethi "Three X's" noVin Diesel endimeni yesihloko. I-albhamu yakhululwa ngo-2003, kodwa ayizange iphumelele njengemisebenzi yangaphambilini.
I-Universal ebhekelele izindaba zezezimali zeqembu inqabile ukubambisana nokushiya abaculi bebhekene nezinkinga zabo. Umdlalo wokugcina omkhulu wawungoNovemba 2003 okhethekile weLive off the Floor.
Ikhefu ngesikhathi somsebenzi
Inkinga yokudala yeqembu iholele esimemezelweni sekhefu emsebenzini. Ngalesi sikhathi, umculi uBrian Byrne wanquma ukwenza yedwa futhi wabhala amarekhodi amabili. UBruce Gordon waya embukisweni womculo weBlue Man Group futhi waqala ukuzibona lapho. U-Yagori Tanna wathatha inhlangano ye-studio yokuqopha, lapho umfowabo naye waqala ukusebenza. UChristian uphinde wasebenza njengomhleli wamakhonsathi ahlukahlukene e-jazz ne-rock.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2012, uBrian Byrne wanquma ukuqeda ukudlala yedwa futhi abuyisele ibhendi. Abafowabo bakaTanna bamsekela. Ngalesi sikhathi, bona kanye nomculi wangaphambili babehlala ePeterborough, kuyilapho uGordon esebenza e-Orlando.
Ekupheleni kukaJanuwari kuphume isimemezelo kusizindalwazi saleli qembu mayelana nokuphela kwekhefu nokuhlelwa kwekhonsathi. Kwathi ngoNdasa (March) kwaphuma iculo elithi We Got the Love laqala ukuzwakala emsakazweni. Ngo-2015, kwavela izingoma ezimbili ezintsha Injini kaDeveli neBlossom. Zakhiqizwa kabusha izinkampani eziningi zomsakazo eCanada.
Ngo-March 2016, u-Byrne wahamba waya kwelinye iqembu, futhi u-Edwin wabuyela ku-I Mother Earth. Amakhonsathi ochungechungeni olusha abangela indlu egcwele, futhi u-Edwin waqhubeka nokusebenza eqenjini. Abaculi banezinhlelo zobuciko. Balungiselela ukukhipha izingoma ezintsha.
