I-Morcheeba yiqembu lomculo elidumile elasungulwa e-UK. Ubuciko beqembu okokuqala ngqa bayamangaza ngoba buhlanganisa ngokuhambisana izici ze-R&B, i-trip-hop ne-pop.
"Morchiba" yasungulwa emuva maphakathi nawo-90s. Ama-LP ambalwa we-discography yeqembu asekwazile ukungena kumashadi omculo ahlonishwayo.
Umlando wokudalwa nokuqamba
Izelamani zikaGodfrey ezinekhono zimi emsuka weqembu. URos wayephethe izinsimbi zomculo ezimbalwa. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, wayehlala emculweni, ngakho-ke, lapho ezwakalisa isifiso "sokuhlanganisa" iqembu, akazange abamangaze abazali bakhe.
UPaul Godfrey ebhendi wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokubhala izingoma. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wasebenza esethi yesigubhu kanye nokuklwebheka. Abaculi bachitha ubuntwana babo eDover. UPaul noRos baye basho kaningi ukuthi ukube abazange bahileleke emculweni, cishe babeyosangana. Kwakungekho okumele kwenziwe eDover. Intsha izijabulise ngokuzithela amalitha otshwala.
Ekuqaleni, abafana abazange bahlele ukudala iqembu, babengabaculi be-amateur kuphela. Konke kwashintsha ngasekupheleni kwawo-80s. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho baxoxelana okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo. Kulolu daba, uPaul unake kakhulu uhlangothi lwezobuchwepheshe lwalolu daba, futhi uRoss wazinikela ngokuphelele ekucabangeni.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, umculo uye wathatha indawo ekhethekile ekuphileni kwabazalwane. Maphakathi nawo-90s, abaculi bahlangana nomculi othakazelisayo uSkye Edwards. Ngemva kokuxoxa, abazalwane babona ukuthi le ntombazane akufanele iphuthelwe. Bamenzela iSky isithembiso angeke ale. Intombazane enebala elimnyama enezwi elikhumbulekayo i-timbre yahlambulula i-duet, futhi yanda yaba yizintathu.
Izwi lomculi lalivumelana nendlela eyakhanga uPawulu noRos. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-folklore motifs kwahlukanisa ibhendi kwamanye amaphrojekthi omculo.
Lapho kufika isikhathi sokuqamba i-brainchild yabo, amalungu eqembu awazange aphazamise ubuchopho babo isikhathi eside. Abathathu badale isifinyezo sokuqala. Ingxenye yokuqala yegama ihunyushwa ngokuthi "maphakathi nomgwaqo", kanti eyesibili nge-slang isho "insangu".
Abaculi bavumile ukuthi bathonywe umsebenzi wengcweti uJimi Hendrix. Ngaphezu kwalokho, basusa izingoma eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanye ne-hip-hop endala. Amathrekhi amnandi ezindlebeni ayehlanganiswe ngokuphelele namazwi athambile. UMorcheeba uthola abalandeli kancane kancane.
Indlela yokudala nomculo weMorcheeba
Maphakathi nawo-90s, kwethulwa ingoma yokuqala yabathathu. Ingoma yayibizwa ngokuthi yi-Trigger Hippie. Ingoma yamukelwe ngemfudumalo abathandi bomculo. Waqala ukuzwakala emakilabhini endawo. Abalandeli bebelokhu bekhuluma ngobuntu bukaMorcheeba. Ngokulandelayo, abagxeki bomculo bamangazwa "ukuhlanzeka" kwezwi lomculi. Wonke umuntu ubebheke ngabomvu ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu entsha.
Ngemva konyaka, i-discography yeqembu laseBrithani yagcwaliswa kabusha ngeqoqo elithi Who Can You Trust? Irekhodi beligcwele ukudangala, i-melancholy namathrekhi anencazelo "ekabili". Kwaba namahlebezi okuthi laba baculi badle izidakamizwa eziqinile, yingakho i-LP yokuqala yaphenduka “isinda” yaze yafuna nokuzibulala. Kodwa ukuvuleka nobuqotho babaculi bafumbathisa umphakathi nabagxeki. IMorcheeba ibihamba phambili ekudumeni kwabo.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwerekhodi, abafana baya enhliziyweni ye-UK. Laba bobathathu bahlale phansi esitudiyo sokuqopha ukuze balungisele abalandeli bomculo wabo izinto ezintsha zomculo. Ngokushesha kwethulwa iculo elithi Never An Easy Way nethi Tape Loop, okuphinde kwaphindeka kabili ukuthandwa kweqembu.
Endabeni yokuduma, abathathu bakhipha i-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo. Imayelana nerekhodi le-Big Calm. I-premiere yeqoqo yenzeka ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90s. Irekhodi likhombise ikhono eliphezulu labaculi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abagxeki baqaphela ukuthi amalungu eqembu ayekulungele ukuhlolwa okungavamile kakhulu. Eziteshini zomsakazo, i-LP ibonwe njengeqoqo elihamba phambili lonyaka. I-albhamu ithengiswe ngezigidi zamakhophi.
Ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo, abaculi badlulela ku-albhamu yokuqala enobude obugcwele. Bakwazile ngisho ukucula endaweni yodumo yaseLondon i-Albert Hall. Abaculi abazange basebenzise igilamafoni. Ngokushesha bangena ohlwini lwamaqembu angcono kakhulu eBrithani acula "bukhoma".
Ngo-1999, laba abathathu bahamba. Isimiso esiqinile singincishe amandla abalulekile. Ngemva kokubuya ohambeni, banquma ukuthatha ikhefu elincane. Kwabe sekubonakala ukuthi base bekulungele ukuhlolwa okusha. I-carousel yebhizinisi lombukiso ethuthuka ngokushesha yaphenduka isivivinyo esinzima seqembu lonke.
Buyela esiteji esikhulu
Ekuqaleni kwawo-XNUMX, iqembu lethule i-LP entsha kubalandeli. Sikhuluma ngecwecwe elithi Fragments of Freedom. Abaculi basuke emsindweni ojwayelekile, okwamangaza abalandeli kakhulu. Izithameli zayazisa i-albhamu entsha, zaphawula ukuthi ukuhlolwa komculo kwamzuzisa ngempela.
Ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-LP, ithimba lathatha uhambo olukhulu, phakathi nalesi sikhathi, lajabulisa izethameli ngokukhululwa kwenye i-LP. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi Charango. Iqoqo lithathe wonke amathrendi ayebusa emhlabeni womculo ngaleso sikhathi.
Ukwethulwa kwe-LP kwalandelwa olunye uhambo. Abaculi banikeze inqwaba yamakhonsathi ayimpumelelo e-China nase-Australia. Abakwazanga kodwa ukujabulisa abalandeli bezwe labo, ngakho ukusebenza kwabafana kwenzeka e-UK. Ngo-2003, abafana bakhipha iqoqo lezingoma ezindala, bengezela izingoma ezintsha eziningana.
Hhayi ngaphandle kwezinguquko zokuqala ekwakhekeni. Kwavela ukuthi umculi, owajoyina i-duo maphakathi nawo-90, wanquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi wakhe yedwa. Abazalwane base bengasenalutho ababengakwenza, njengoba kwamemezela ukulingisa. Ngokushesha iqembu lahlanjululwa ngumculi ogama lakhe linguDaisy Marty.
Ngokushesha i-LP entsha yarekhodwa noDaisy. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi I-Antidote. Iqoqo liqale ukukhonjiswa ngo-2005. Iqoqo lahlukaniswa ngomsindo ojabulisayo nonomdlandla ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngemva kokwethulwa kwaleli cwecwe, abazalwane bamemezela ukuthi lona bekuwumdlalo wokugcina omude uMarty aba nengxenye kuwo. Abaculi bachithe lolu hambo bephelezelwa omunye umculi.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, i-discography yeqembu yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-LP Dive Deep. Iqoqo likhishwe ngokwesekwa abaculi baseseshini nabaculi. Umsebenzi wamukelwe kahle ngabalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
U-2010 waqala ngezindaba ezinhle. Iqiniso liwukuthi iSky Edwards yanquma ukubuyela eqenjini. Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwethulwa i-albhamu entsha, ebizwa ngokuthi Igazi Njenge-Lemonade. Ukwethulwa kwale LP kwenziwa ngezinga elimangalisayo.
Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, ukuhlanganiswa kweHead Up High kwaqala ukukhonjiswa. Kwabe sekuvela ukuthi uPaul Godfrey wayeshiya umsebenzi. Ngokumangalisayo, wanquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi wokuziphilisa yedwa.
Morcheeba okwamanje
U-2018 awuzange uhlale ngaphandle kwezinto ezintsha zomculo. Kulo nyaka, amalungu eqembu ethule inhlanganisela yeBlaze Away. I-Longplay yamukelwa ngemfudumalo abalandeli abaningi, futhi abaculi bajabulisa "abalandeli" ngamakhonsathi amaningana.
Ngo-2021, uMorcheeba wabelane ngengoma ethi Sounds Of Blue futhi wakhombisa isiqeshana sevidiyo sayo. Kuyo, amalungu eqembu ahamba ngomkhumbi, bese umculi u-Skye Edwards engaphansi kwamanzi. Khumbula ukuthi abaculi beqembu bamemezele ukukhululwa kwe-LP entsha kulo nyaka.
Iqembu leMorcheeba ngo-2021
NgoMeyi 2021, iqembu leMorcheeba lethule i-albhamu entsha kubalandeli bomsebenzi wabo. I-LP yayinesihloko esithi Blackest Blue futhi yayiphezulu ngamaculo angu-10. Abaculi bahlela ukuvakashela imikhosi eminingi yesiNgisi kulo nyaka, futhi ngonyaka ozayo bazovakashela.
