Iqembu lase-Austrian i-Opus lingabhekwa njengeqembu eliyingqayizivele elikwazi ukuhlanganisa izitayela zomculo we-elekthronikhi njenge "rock" ne "pop" ezingomeni zabo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, le "gang" ye-motley yayihlukaniswa ngamazwi amnandi namazwi angokomoya ezingoma zayo.
Iningi labagxeki bomculo lithatha leli qembu njengeqembu eselidume umhlaba wonke ngengoma eyodwa kuphela, ethi, Life Is Life.
Okusho ukuthi abaculi bathola uthando olumangalisayo lokucula esiteji.
Ngawo-1980 wekhulu leminyaka elidlule, le ngoma yazuza izinhliziyo eziningi. Ihambisana nomculo oshisa izikhotha kanye nezwi elimnandi, intsha evela emazweni amaningi yayidansela kuwo kuma-disco. Ukuqanjwa kwakuzwakala kuyo yonke imisakazo neziqophamazwi.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ulwazi mayelana biography kanye namalungu eqembu kunzima kakhulu ukuthola, sizamile ukuqoqa inani eliphezulu kungenzeka amaqiniso ngaye emithonjeni evulekile.
Ukuvela kwe-Austrian Opus Collective
Unyaka wokudalwa kweqembu elidumile lase-Austrian i-Opus ngu-1973. Amalungu eqembu lezimfundamakhwela ahlangana edolobheni elincane elibizwa ngokuthi iStegersbach.
Ekuqaleni, abaculi abasebasha bacula ngezinguqulo zekhava zamaqembu ezinkanyezi zomhlaba adumile njenge-Deep Purple ne-Colosseum. Ikhonsathi yokuqala yeqembu le-solo yenzeka ngo-August 1973.
Ngemva kweminyaka emihlanu, abantu abasha bahamba bayothola imfundo ephakeme edolobheni laseGraz. Ngaleso sikhathi, iqembu lalihlanganisa:
- U-Ewald Pfleger - isigingci
- U-Kurt Rene Plisnier - amakhibhodi
- U-Walter Bachkonig ungumdlali webhesi webhendi.
Ngawo lowo nyaka ngo-1978, iqembu lajoyina umculi omangalisayo, ogama lakhe linguHerwig Rudisser.
Indlela yokudala yeqembu le-pop le-Opus
Intsha ithathe iminyaka emibili ukuqopha i-albhamu yayo yokuqala. Leli rekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi Amaphupho Osuku. Ngawo lowo nyaka u-1980 waba yingqophamlando eqenjini le-pop, njengoba uWalter Bachkonig walishiya.
Esikhundleni sakhe kwafika uNiki Gruber (Niki Gruber) futhi iqembu lagcina lisungulwe.
I-albhamu yaduma phakathi kwabathandi bomculo wekhwalithi base-Austrian futhi ngemuva kwalokho ibhendi yaqala ukwenza amarekhodi:
- Ngo-1981 - abaculi abasebasha baqopha i-albhamu ethi Eleven (ingene kwabayishumi abahamba phambili be-Austrian hit parade futhi yaba igolide);
- ngo-1982 kwakhululwa irekhodi le-vinyl elithi Opustion;
- 1984 Irekhodi elithi Up and Down lavela emakethe yomculo.
Abakhiqizi beqembu le-pop bahlela ukuthi ukuqanjwa okungaziwa okuvela ku-albhamu yokugcina ka-1984 kuzokwandisa ukuthandwa kweqembu le-Opus e-UK nase-United States of America.
Ukubonakala kwengoma eshisa izikhotha ethi Life is Life
Ngo-1984 ofanayo, leli qembu lanquma ukugubha iminyaka engu-11. Izinkulungwane zabalandeli beqembu beza ekhonsathini enesizotha.
Kulapho iqembu le-pop laqala khona ukucula ingoma ethi Life Is Life, nelisaduma nanamuhla. Leli culo belingumholi wamashadi emazweni amaningi.
Iqembu lithole ukuduma nhlangothi zombili zolwandle i-Atlantic Ocean. Ngo-1984, abafana baqopha i-disc entsha, abayibiza ngokuthi Life Is Life.
Shaya umholi we-parade
Iqembu i-Opus libe ngumholi wamashadi ku-MTV, GB, Solid Gold nabanye abaningi. Ividyo kliphu yabo yengoma idlalwa njalo eziteshini zethelevishini zomculo, futhi ingoma idlalwa njalo eziteshini zomsakazo.
Ngemva kokuthola ukuqashelwa kochwepheshe abaningi bomculo, ibhendi yaqala ukunikeza amakhonsathi. Benza e-Ibiza, eBosphorus. Sathatha uhambo lokuvakashela eMelika Ephakathi neseNingizimu.
E-Canada, abafana bawine i-Juno Award ye-Best Single of the Year.
Abafana baqhubeka nokuvakasha kwabo e-United States of America, base beya e-German Democratic Republic, eCzechoslovakia naseBulgaria.
Ngo-1985, kwakhululwa enye i-albhamu ye-Solo, eyahamba ngegolide. I-New York yazisa i-albhamu futhi lapho yathola isimo se-platinum.
Umphumela awubanga yisikhathi eside futhi i-Opus yaba yiqembu lesithathu lase-Austrian ukuthola iplatinamu e-USA.
Ama-albhamu eqembu
Bekukhona nabaculi base-Austrian abanjengoFalco no-Anton Karas. Khona-ke iqembu le-pop alizange likhohlwe ukukhipha amarekhodi amasha e-vinyl namadiski:
- ngo-1987, i-albhamu ye-Opus yavela emakethe yomculo;
- 1990 - iqembu lomculo lase-Austria laqopha i-disc Magical Touch;
- 1992 - Kukhishwe i-albhamu ye-Walkin' on Air;
- 1993 - abafana bakhipha i-albhamu ethi Jubilee;
- 1997 - i-albhamu ethi Love, God & Radio yakhululwa.
Abalandeli beqembu lase-Austrian kwadingeka balinde iminyaka eyisikhombisa i-disc elandelayo. Kuphela ngo-2004 abafana baqopha i-albhamu ethi The Beat Goes On. I-disc yakamuva i-Opus & Friends ikhishwe ngo-2013.
Iqembu namuhla
Iqembu lomculo elidumile i-Opus lisahlela izinkambo. Ngokuyinhloko bavakashela i-Austria yabo yomdabu, kanye neJalimane, iSwitzerland futhi badlale njalo kwamanye amazwe, kuhlanganise neRussia.
Bahlala bebamba iqhaza emikhosini ehlukahlukene ye-retro.
Naphezu kokuthi babizwa ngokuthi "iqembu lengoma eyodwa", phakathi kwezingoma zeqembu ungathola izinto eziningi ezithakazelisayo, kusukela ekubukeni komculo, izinto. Abalandeli babheke ngabomvu izingoma zabo ezintsha.
