I-Masterboy yasungulwa ngo-1989 eJalimane. Abadali bayo bekungabaculi u-Tommy Schlee no-Enrico Zabler, abasebenza ngezinhlobo zomdanso. Kamuva bajoyinwa ngumculi oyedwa u-Trixie Delgado.
Iqembu lazuza "abalandeli" ngawo-1990. Namuhla, leli qembu lihlala lifunwa, ngisho nangemva kwekhefu elide. Amakhonsathi aleli qembu alindelwe ngabalaleli emhlabeni wonke.
Umsebenzi womculo we-Masterboy
Laba baculi babhale ingoma ethi Dance to the Beat ezinyangeni zokuqala ngemuva kokusungulwa kwaleli qembu. Ingoma yayinokufakwa okuncane kwe-rap, ngenxa yalokho kudingeke ukuthi bameme u-David Utterberry kanye no-Mandy Lee njengomculi oyedwa.
Ngenxa yalokho, ukwakheka kwathatha indawo yama-26 eshadini likazwelonke laseJalimane. Impumelelo enjalo yagqugquzela iqembu ukuthi liqophe ingoma eyodwa elandelayo, kodwa ayizange iphumelele kangako.
Naphezu "kokwehluleka", leli qembu lakhangwa ama-studio amaningana. U-Masterboy usayine isivumelwano nelebula lePolydor, ngenxa yokuthi i-albhamu yokuqala ye-Masterboy Family yakhululwa.
Abahlanganyeli baqale ukumenywa emicimbini eyahlukene. Nokho, uTommy no-Enrico babengajabule ngendlela ingoma eyayizwakala ngayo, ngakho babelokhu befuna isiqondiso sabo.
Ngo-1993 u-Masterboy wakhipha i-albhamu yabo yesibili, i-Feeling Alright. Lapha, izwi lika-Trixie Delgado lalizwakala okokuqala ezingomeni. Ngemuva kwalokho, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi I Got To It Up, eyaba yisiqalo endleleni eya ekudumeni umhlaba wonke.
Ukwakhiwa kwangena emashadini emazweni amaningana, futhi isiqeshana sevidiyo, esiqoshwe enhloko-dolobha yaseGreat Britain, sasakazwa ku-MTV. Le ngoma ifinyelele ecwecweni lesithathu elithi, Different Dreams, elifinyelele kunombolo-19 eshadini likazwelonke. Eyodwa yama-single ithole isitifiketi "segolide" futhi yaba ngenye yamahithi amakhulu kuma-European dance floor.
Ukweseka irekhodi elilandelayo, leli qembu lahambela eFrance naseBrazil. Iqembu seliphumelele kakhulu. Kwabe sekufika ukuqoshwa kwengoma ethi Generation of Love, eyaba yisisekelo se-albhamu entsha yesitudiyo enegama elifanayo. Ngenxa yalokho, amathrekhi amabili avela kuwo akwazi ukufika ezikhundleni ezihamba phambili zeshadi likazwelonke laseFinnish.
Phakathi kokukhishwa kwama-albhamu, leli qembu laqhubeka nokubhala izingoma ezingashadile. I-Hit Land of Dreaming ithathe indawo ye-12 kwesinye sezilinganiso zaseMelika. Iqembu le-Masterboy lavula izitudiyo zalo eJalimane nase-Italy, laphinde lahamba nohambo lwaseNingizimu Melika.
Iqembu le-Charity Masterboy
Ngokuhambisana nalokhu, abaculi banaka kakhulu izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi. Enye yemali etholakala ngokudayiswa kwama-disc yabelwa ukweseka ukulwa nengculazi. Naphezu kwempumelelo emangalisayo, u-Trixie Delgado wanquma ukulishiya iqembu.
Njengokungena esikhundleni sakhe, kwamenywa uLinda Rocco, owabamba iqhaza ekuqophelweni kwengoma ethi Mister Feeling, eyayithandwa kakhulu "ngabalandeli". Ngenxa yalokho, ithrekhi ithathe indawo ye-12 kumazinga aseJalimane.
Ngamakhonsathi emhlabeni jikelele
Maphakathi no-1996, iqembu lafika eRussia nekhonsathi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukukhululwa kwe-disc Colors kwakuhlelwe, kuhambisane nohambo olukhulu lwase-Asia. Ngempumelelo ezuziwe, iqembu le-Masterboy laklonyeliswa ngomklomelo ovelele.
Leli qembu lalihlale lithola izimemo zokuyocula emibukisweni nasemikhosini eyahlukene. Izingoma ziqhubekile nokungena ezilinganisweni zaseYurophu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abaculi baqhubeka nokuzama izitayela, kodwa ekugcineni bathatha ikhefu.
Ukubuya kwenzeka kuphela ngo-1999. Khona-ke i-soloist entsha u-Annabelle Kay wabajoyina, engena esikhundleni sikaLinda Rocco. Abalandeli bawuthandile futhi umsebenzi wabo omusha waziswa kakhulu.
Eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokuvela kwakhe, u-Annabelle washiya iqembu. U-Trixie Delgado wathatha indawo yakhe, kodwa ukubuya akuzange kuwuthinte kahle umsebenzi weqembu. Ngenxa yalokho, iqembu le-Masterboy lizithole lisenkingeni ejulile.
Ngo-2013 kuphela iqembu labuyela esiteji. Ngemuva kweminyaka emi-5, leli qembu likhiphe ingoma entsha ethi Are You Ready. Ngo-2019, iqembu le-Masterboy laphinde lafika eRussia nekhonsathi. Okokuqala, iqembu ladlala eSt. Petersburg, futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva lavela kwesinye sesiteji saseMoscow.
Okwamanje, abaculi bayaqhubeka nokusebenza izingoma ezintsha futhi bahambe emhlabeni wonke ngamakhonsathi. Abalandeli bomsebenzi weqembu bangathola izindaba zakamuva emakhasini abo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Naphezu kwekhefu elide, iqembu le-Masterboy lakwazi ukukhumbula "abalandeli" isikhathi eside. Yingakho iqembu liqhubeka nokuqoqa amahholo agcwele, naphezu kwekhefu, elidonse iminyaka engu-12. Kaningi, lokhu kuyimidlalo yetimu enikezelwe kuma-1990s. Ngisho neyokugcina yeqembu inikezelwe kulesi sikhathi, lapho beyithandwa kakhulu.
Ake sihlanganise
Iqembu selikhiphe ama-albhamu angu-6. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, owokugcina wabo yanyatheliswa ngo-2006, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi indalo yayo yaphela ngo-1998. Inombolo yezingoma zeqembu isidlule ku-30, kodwa kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, "abalandeli" bakwazile ukujabulela izingoma ezintathu kuphela.
Okwamanje, iqembu alihleli ukukhipha amarekhodi amasha. Imisebenzi yaleli qembu igxile kakhulu emicimbini ehlukene ye-retro. Futhi kumakhonsathi ahambisanayo, elinye lawo yi-Russian "Disco of the 90s".
