Ingoma ye-Londonbeat edume kakhulu bekuwukuthi I've Been Thinking About You, okuthe ngesikhathi esifushane yazuza impumelelo kangangokuthi yahamba phambili ohlwini lwezingoma ezidalwe ezihamba phambili ku-Hot 100 Billboard kanye ne-Hot Dance Music/Clubhu.
Kwakungu-1991. Abagxeki bathi ukuthandwa kwabaculi kubangelwa ukuthi bakwazile ukuthola i-niche entsha yomculo, ehlanganisa amasiko angcono kakhulu e-soul, i-pop ne-R&B nethrendi entsha ye-technodance.
Izithameli zawuthanda kakhulu lo msindo waze wakhuphula iqembu le-Londonbeat phezulu kakhulu ekudumeni. Umculo awuyeki ukujabulisa abathandi bezingoma zomdanso.
Amahithi ezikhathi ezithile, avivinywa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi athakazelelwa isizukulwane sabathandi bomculo abangaphezu kwesisodwa, afinyelela phezulu ezilinganisweni zomculo ezipholile kakhulu.
Umlando wendalo kanye namalungu eqembu
Ibhendi yaseMelika-yaseBrithani yasungulwa ngomunye wabashaya isiginci ngo-1988. Umculi owayecula yedwa kwakunguJimmy Helms waseMelika, owayejwayele abantu baseGreat Britain ngokudlala yedwa emsakazweni. Ukwakheka kushintshile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Kodwa izinguquko zazingabalulekanga kakhulu. Amalungu eqembu leLondonbeat kwakunguJimmy Chambers (odabuka eTrinidad) noGeorge Chandler, owaduma njengabaculi abasekela uPaul Young.
Ngaphambi kwalokhu, uGeorge Chandler wayaziwa kubalandeli njengomsunguli we-Olympic Runners. Ibhendi iphinde yahlanganisa noCharls Pierre, uWilliam Henshall (owaziwa ngelikaWilly M) kanye nomshayi wesigingci uMarc Goldschmitz, owashiya leli qembu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wayodlala eqenjini laseJalimane iLeash. Futhi uMiles Kane no-Anthony Blaze.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zeqembu ekudumeni
Ikhonsathi yokuqala yeqembu, eyathatha isikhathi esingaphezu kwehora, yenzeka eHolland. Iqembu elincane elinethalente lahlaba umxhwele umdidiyeli owayedume ngaleso sikhathi uDavid A. Stewart.
Usayine inkontileka nabafana ukuze bakhiphe icwecwe labo lokuqala elithi Khuluma. Ingoma ethi Theres a Beat Going On, eyenziwe ekhonsathini, yaduma kakhulu, yangena kwabayishumi abahamba phambili.
Ingoma ethi I've Been Thinking About You, eyaba wuphawu lweqembu, yayihlelelwe ekuqaleni njengengxenye ye-albhamu yokuqala. Kodwa ngokweseluleko senkampani yokuqopha, amaciko asemancane asebenzise ingoma yawo eshisa izikhotha njengendlela yokukhangisa ukuze athole ukunakwa okwengeziwe kwe-albhamu ethi Khuluma.
Enye ingoma ethi "9 AM" yavela ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngenxa yokuthi iqembu lalidumile.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala, uChambers noChandler balishiya leli qembu. Indawo engcwele ayikaze ibe nalutho, indawo yabo yathathwa u-Anthony Blaze noCharles Pierre. Kwabe sekungena ingoma, eseyiqoshwe ohlwini olusha, Falling In Love Again.
Abalandeli beqembu laseLondonbeat babona ngokushesha ushintsho emsindweni wokusebenza komsebenzi omusha, kodwa, ngeshwa, abazange bawuthande. Impumelelo yokuqamba yayingeyona neze into ababeyilindele abahloli.
Ngokushesha kwaphuma icwecwe elisha elithi Egazini. Ihlanganise ingoma eshisa izikhotha yaso sonke isikhathi yeqembu I've Been Thinking About You, yena, njengaphambilini, waba phezulu kuwo wonke amashadi aseYurophu.
Ngemva konyaka, abaculi bakwazi ukujabulisa izethameli ngamaculo amasha: A Better Love, You Bring on the Sun kanye nengoma kaBob Marley, eyenziwe ngenguqulo entsha, No Woman No Cry.
Ngo-1995, abaculi babefisa ukuba iqhaza Eurovision Song Contest. Kodwa abakwazanga ukungena emncintiswaneni omkhulu, behlulwa yiqembu le-rap iLove City Groove. Ingoma ethi I'm Just Your Puppet On A… (String), abayenze emzuliswaneni wokufaneleka, ithathe kuphela indawo yama-55 ku-UK Singles Chart.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, ilungu elisha lajoyina iqembu le-Londonbeat, uWilliam Upshaw. I-albhamu yokuqala ka-Upshaw yayibizwa ngokuthi, Back in the Hi-Life. Ihlanganisa kokubili ukuxutshwa kabusha kwezingoma esezizuze ukuduma, kanye nemisebenzi emisha.
Okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu kubo kwakuyingoma ethi J Lo, enikezelwe kuJennifer Lopez, kanye nengoma ethi Spirit of a Child, egqugquzelwe indaba yangempela eyenzeka eNgilandi ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX futhi ihlotshaniswa nokufa kabuhlungu kwamantombazane.
Ngo-2003, iqembu le-Londonbeat lasayina inkontileka nenkampani yokuqopha yaseJalimane i-Coconut, ngaphansi kwelebula layo elinye iqoqo lamahithi axutshwe kabusha eqembu avela. Phakathi kwazo bekukhona, okuyintandokazi yawo wonke umuntu: Uthando Olungcono futhi Bengilokhu Ngicabanga Ngawe.
Ngo-2004, iqembu lashiya uMarc Goldschmitz wayohlala nokusebenza eJalimane, eqenjini le-Leash.
Londonbeat namuhla
U-2011 kwaba unyaka wokuvela kwamaculo amabili amasha: I-Crossing, eqoshwe ngokuhlanganyela nomdlali wepiyano wase-Brazil u-Eumir Deodato, kanye nethi No Getting Over You.
Ngenxa yokubambisana no-DJ Klaas waseJalimane ngo-2019, iqembu le-Londonbeat lithole ukuthandwa okusha. I-remix yehithi yabo engu-#1 Bengilokhu Ngicabanga Ngawe ifike kwabayi-10 abahamba phambili ku-Billboard Dance Charts.
U-Jimmy Helms ubeke amazwana ngempumelelo yeqembu ngokusekelwe ekuxubeni kabusha kwamahithi amadala ngaphandle kokuphoxeka. Ukhulume ngokwethembeka ukuthi sebenesikhathi eside becula futhi akunakwenzeka ukwenza imisebenzi ezoheha izizukulwane ezintsha zabalaleli.
Abaculi bathembele kakhulu kubalandeli abangaboni ngaso linye, abasengababukeli babo abakhulu. Akukho lutho olungalungile ngokuthi iqembu laseLondonbeat alisona isithixo sabantu abasha abasuke bezovala izikhala “zabalandeli” asebeqinisekisiwe.
