Iqembu laseNingizimu Afrika limelwe yizelamani ezine: uJohnny, Jesse, Daniel noDylan. Ibhendi yomndeni idlala umculo ohlotsheni lwe-rock ehlukile. Izibongo zabo amaKongos.
Bahleka ukuthi abahlobene nakancane noMfula iCongo, noma isizwe saseNingizimu Afrika salelo gama, noma i-armadillo yaseKongo yaseJapan, noma i-pizza yaseKongo. Bayizelamani ezine nje ezimhlophe.
Umlando wokudalwa kweqembu laseKongos
Abazalwane baseKongos bachitha ubuntwana babo nobusha babo eGreat Britain naseNingizimu Afrika. Baqede amabanga aphezulu eGoli. Akukho lutho olumangalisayo lokuthi baba abaculi, ngoba bazalelwa emndenini womculi odumile uJohn Kongos ngawo-1970.
Ngesinye isikhathi, uyise waqopha ama-albhamu amaningana athatha izikhundla eziholayo emashadini futhi athengiswa ngamanani abalulekile. Amaculo akhe amabili asedume ngendlela emangalisayo isikhathi eside: He's Gonna Step on You Again nethi Tokoloshe Man.
Abafana baqala ukufunda umculo eneminyaka engu-2-3. Ekuqaleni, abazali babo babafundisa ukudlala upiyano, base bemenywa othisha bomculo beza endlini. Ngo-1996, umndeni wakwaKongos wathuthela e-USA, esifundazweni sase-Arizona.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abazalwane babengagcini nje ngokudlala izinsimbi ezihlukahlukene, kodwa futhi baziqambela nomculo.
E-Arizona, uJohnny noJesse bangena enyuvesi enkulu kunazo zonke yezemfundo nokucwaninga yomphakathi eMelika emnyangweni we-jazz futhi baphothula ngempumelelo kuyo. UDylan noDaniel bazifundela umculo bodwa, bafunda ukudlala isiginci.
Ngokushesha abantu abasha banquma ukuhlanganisa amakhono abo omculo babe iqembu lomndeni. Ngenxa yalokho, kwakhiwa iqembu elithakazelisayo, lapho uJohnny edlala khona i-accordion namakhibhodi, uJesse ephethe izigubhu nokushaywa, kanti uDaniel noDylan babengabashayi besiginci. Izingxenye zezwi zenza konke.
Izici zomculo weqembu
Izelamani zaseKongos zidlala i-positive groovy rock, engafaneleka kakhulu esiteji naseshibhini elilula. Iqembu linezici ezimbili zangempela - ukuba khona kwe-accordion kanye nokusetshenziswa kwe-quitro ngezikhathi ezithile.
Lolu wuhlobo olukhethekile, oluthathwa njengezinhlobo ze-house, ngokubamba iqhaza kwama-rapper aseNingizimu Afrika. Lesi sitayela sathuthukiswa ngeminyaka yawo-1990 ngokushesha ngemva kokuba uNelson Mandela ephumelele ukhetho lukamongameli. Wanikezwa igama elidlalayo elithi "umoya woshintsho" ("umoya woshintsho").
Igama leqembu aliveli emagameni abazalwane kuphela. Banquma ukukhombisa inhlonipho kuyise, umculi onekhono nomculi. UJohn Theodore Kongus ungumuntu ohlonishwa kakhulu kwezamasiko eNingizimu Afrika.
Umsebenzi weqembu laseKongos
Umhlaba womculo ubona ukuzalwa kwezihlabani ezintsha nsuku zonke. Abanye babo basheshe badume futhi balahlekelwe yisimo sabo ngaso leso sikhathi, futhi kukhona abashiya uphawu lwabo olubonakalayo.
Singasho ngokuphepha ukuthi okwesibili kuyasebenza kulaba bafana. Ngokokuqala ngqa leli qembu lavela phambi komphakathi ngo-2007, lethula i-albhamu yalo yokuqala, eyathola igama elifanayo.
Ngemva kwe-debut ephumelelayo, kwakukhona iminyaka eminingana yokusebenza kanzima, eyaphela ngo-2012 ngokukhululwa kwe-Lunatic disc. Leli qoqo lezingoma liqale lavusa isasasa eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngokushesha iziteshi zomsakazo zasendaweni zaba nesithakazelo engomeni ethi I'm Only Joking, futhi ingoma ethi Woza Nami Manje yaba yimpumelelo emangalisayo futhi yabe isiphakamisela abazalwane esicongweni sodumo. Yena, njengoba isikhathi sesibonisile, wamelana novivinyo oluningi oluwela emaqenjini omculo amaningi.
Ngemva konyaka, leli qembu lanquma ukukhipha i-albhamu eMelika, lapho izingoma ezimbili ezifanayo zathatha phezulu kuwo wonke amashadi. Ingoma ethi Come with Me Now yaze yafinyelela "i-platinum heights".
Ku-National Geographic, i-NBC Sports nezinye iziteshi, kuzwakale izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ngesimo sengoma yomsindo, yakhethwa njengomculo oyindikimba weminye imidlalo ye-TV yezemidlalo, yasetshenziswa kufilimu yesenzo ethi The Expendables 3, yajabulisa izethameli uhlelo olusha lwe-Top Gear i-Grand Tour, njll.
Le ngoma yahlala phezulu kumashadi aziwayo isikhathi eside, futhi inani lokubukwa kwevidiyo ku-YouTube lidlule izigidi eziyi-100.
Ibhendi phezulu
Ngemuva kwempumelelo ebabazekayo, amaKongos ahambela amazwe aseMelika naseYurophu, okwathatha unyaka nesigamu (kusuka ku-2014 kuya ku-2015).
Ngalesi sikhathi, ibhendi ayizange inikeze amakhonsathi kuphela, kodwa futhi yabhala i-albhamu elandelayo, i-Egomaniac, ehlanganisa izingoma ezingu-13 ezidalwe ngesitayela esifanayo neseqoqweni langaphambilini. Njengoba izingoma ziqanjwe yibo bonke abazalwane, baqhamuke nento ethokozisayo kule albhamu - obhale ingoma uyayicula.
Laba baculi babike ukuthi icwecwe elisha likhuluma ngenkinga yobugovu nokungazi. Okusolwa ukuthi ebhizinisini lokubonisa, lezi zinkinga zibonakala kakhulu kwabanye, futhi abantu abazigxekayo bazibona ngokwabo. Abazalwane bathi wonke umuntu udinga umuntu eduze kwakhe ozomsiza ehle ezulwini eze emhlabeni.
Iqembu lase-Kongos manje
Okwamanje, i-quartet yomndeni ihlala e-USA edolobheni lasePhoenix (Arizona). Ngemva kokuthola udumo emhlabeni wonke, abazalwane abazange “bazikhukhumeze”. Babevame ukuvakashela eNingizimu Afrika, izwe lakubo elincane, bejabule. Amakhonsathi aseGoli abe yimpumelelo enkulu, kanti nemisakazo yakuleli iyakujabulela ukwethula izingoma zayo.
Ibhendi iyaqhubeka nokusebenza izingoma ezintsha kanye nokuvakasha. I-albhamu yabo entsha yesitudiyo "1929: INGXENYE 1" isanda kukhishwa.
