Iqembu lasungulwa ngo-2005 e-UK. Ibhendi yasungulwa nguMarlon Roudette noPritesh Khirji. Igama livela enkulumweni evame ukusetshenziswa ezweni. Igama elithi "mattafix" ekuhumusheni lisho "ayikho inkinga".
Abafana bavele bagqama ngesitayela sabo esingajwayelekile. Umculo wabo uhlanganise izinkomba ezinjengokuthi: heavy metal, blues, punk, pop, jazz, reggae, soul. Abanye abagxeki babiza isitayela sabo ngokuthi "i-urban blues".
Ukuqanjwa kweqembu kanye nomlando wokwazana kwabo
Omunye wamalungu, uMarlon Roudette, wazalelwa eLondon. Kodwa ngokushesha wathuthela nomkhaya wakhe esiqhingini saseSt. Vincent, esigezwe uLwandle LwaseCaribbean.
Kwakukhona umoya onokuthula onokuthula, okwaba nesandla ekuthuthukiseni amakhono omculo omfana. Waqamba izinkondlo nezingoma ze-rap, waphinde wadlala ne-saxophone.
UmHindu wohlanga, uPritesh Khirji naye ungowokuzalwa eLondon. Iminyaka yakhe yokuqala yayingemnandi njengekaMarlon.
Iminyango eminingi yayivaliwe emndenini ofudukayo, futhi ontanga babebukeka bedidekile kuPritesh. Kodwa lokhu akuzange kumvimbe ekubeni aphishekele umculo. Wayenesithakazelo kumculo we-elekthronikhi nowasempumalanga, kanye ne-rock ehlukile.
Ngenxa yezifiso ezihlukahlukene ezinjalo, uPriteshi noMarlon babumbene eqenjini leMattafix. I-repertoire yabo ihlanganise izikhombisi-ndlela ezihlukahlukene - kusukela kumculo wekilabhu kuya kumashuni e-Bollywood asempumalanga.
Ukungafani nokuhlukahluka okunjalo kuye kwaba uhlobo "lweqhinga" leqembu, eliheha ukunaka komphakathi kubo.
Ukujwayelana kwabalingani beqembu elizayo kwenzeka endaweni yokuqopha lapho uHirji esebenza khona ngaleso sikhathi. Ngemva kokuxoxa kancane, banquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi womculo ngokuhlanganyela.
Yile ndlela iqembu le-Mattafix lazalwa ngayo. Nokho, izinto azihambanga kahle kakhulu. Bakwazi ukwethula ingoma yokuqala ezilalelini eminyakeni embalwa kamuva. Ingoma yayithakazelisa futhi ngokushesha yathola abalandeli bayo bokuqala.
Umculo Mattafix
Owokuqala wathola igama elingenasizotha "11.30". Nakuba abatholile abalaleli bakhe, akazange alidumise iqembu. U-Fortune wamoyizela kubo ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, ngemva kokukhululwa kwengoma ethi Big City Life, “eyaqhumisa” amashadi aseYurophu.
Ingoma elandelayo ethi Passer By yakhululwa ekwindla yawo lowo nyaka. Akazange adume kangako, kodwa wakhulisa isasasa lomphakathi ebhendini ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala ethi Signs of a Struggle.
Izingoma ezingcono kakhulu ze-albhamu kube yilezi: I-Gangster's Blues kanye ne-Living Darfur. Bathi ngisho nabantu abafana noMark Knopfler Mick Jagger bazilalela lezi zingoma.
Ikhonsathi yokuqala enkulu yalaba ababili kwaba umdlalo phambi kwabantu abangu-175 eMilan, "okuvulelwa" uSting. Izithameli zababingelela kahle futhi zaneliseka ngomdlalo.
Iqembu alikwesabi ukuveza engomeni yalo imicabango ngezihloko zokuxhumana ezithinta wonke umuntu. Ngakho-ke, izingoma zabo zithola kalula ukubuyekezwa ezinhliziyweni zabalandeli.
I-albhamu elandelayo, ethi, Signs of a Struggle, ikhombise ukukhula kwamakhono eqembu. UMarlon noPritesh babenethemba lokuthi umsebenzi wabo akuwona nje umculo, kodwa iqiniso abalidlulisela kubabukeli.
Abaculi baqale uhlelo lokuvakasha olumatasa, yingakho bengazange babe naso isikhathi sokuqopha okusha estudiyo. Kodwa baye baqongelela inani elikhulu lentuthuko. Kodwa abaculi behlulekile ukuzibona ndawonye.
Isizathu sokuhlukana kwe-duo
Leli qembu laphela ngo-2011. Isizathu esisemthethweni kwakuwumbono wokuthi abaculi banezinhlelo ezehlukene ngekusasa.
UMarlon Roudette wanquma ukuqala umsebenzi wakhe yedwa futhi wakhulula i-albhamu ethi Matter Fixed. I-Universal ibe ngumdidiyeli wale albhamu. Igcine isitayela ebesivele sijwayelekile, kodwa zonke izingoma bezizintsha.
I-albhamu yayihlanganisa umculo wezinsimbi eziningi, owawuhluke kakhulu ezingomeni zakudala. Ingoma ethi Inkathi Entsha yayiphezulu emashadini. Waziwa kakhulu eJalimane.
Khonamanjalo uPritesh Khirji wanquma ukuzinikela emculweni wekilabhu futhi waba ngu-DJ. Ngo-2013, kwaba namahemuhemu mayelana nokuhlangana kabusha kwama-duo, kodwa kwavela ukuthi ayengelona iqiniso.
Ngo-2014, uRoudette wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesibili eyedwa, i-Electric Soul. Abagxeki nabalandeli babone iqoqo njengempumelelo.
Ngo-2019, uMarlon waba ngomunye wabahleli beSoho House (iphrojekthi abadlali abasha abathola ngayo ithuba lokuduma). Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculi ugcina ikhasi lakhe enkundleni yezokuxhumana ye-Instagram.
Imiphumela yobuciko beqembu
Sekukonke, ngesikhathi likhona, ibhendi ikhiphe ama-albhamu ama-2:
- Ngo-2005, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Signs of a Struggle.
- Ngo-2007 kwaphuma i-albhamu yesibili ethi Rhythm & Hymns.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibhendi yeMattafix ikhiphe iziqeshana ezi-6:
- Ingelosi ehlombe lami;
- Ongaziwa kuze kube phakade;
- Ukuya & Fro;
- Ukuhlala eDarfur;
- izinto zishintshile;
- impilo yedolobha elikhulu.
Nakuba iqembu le-Mattafix lalingekho isikhathi eside futhi lingenaso isikhathi sokufaka isandla esibalulekile emlandweni womculo, nokho, izingoma ezihamba phambili zeqembu zizokhunjulwa iminyaka eminingi, okusho ukuthi ukuqopha kwabo nokusebenza kuzo. akubanga yize.
Ubuhlakani beqembu buthole abalandeli balo, futhi buzihlukanise nendlela engajwayelekile yesitayela nerepertoire.
