Ama-Sneaker Pimps kwakuyiqembu laseBrithani elaziwa kabanzi ngeminyaka yawo-1990s nasekuqaleni kwawo-2000. Uhlobo oluyinhloko abaculi abasebenza kulo kwakuwumculo we-elekthronikhi. Izingoma zaleli qembu ezidume kakhulu kuseyizo eziphuma kudiski yokuqala - 6 Underground kanye ne-Spin Spin Sugar. Izingoma zikhishwe phezulu kumashadi omhlaba. Ngenxa yezingoma, abaculi baba izihlabani zomhlaba.
Ukudalwa kweqoqo le-Sneaker Pimps
Iqembu lasungulwa ngo-1994 edolobheni laseHartlepool. Abasunguli bayo kwakunguLiam Howe noChris Korner. Ngemuva kokuthi kuthathwe isinqumo sokudala iqembu, uKelly Ali wamukelwa futhi. Wathatha indima yomculi oyinhloko. Ukwengeza, abafana bathatha isigubhu uDave Westlake kanye nesigingci uJoe Wilson ebhendini yabo.
UCorner noHowe baba abangane emuva ngawo-1980. Bobabili babewuthanda umculo wokulinga, ngakho-ke nangaleso sikhathi bahlangana ku-duet FRSK futhi bazama ngenkuthalo esitudiyo. Ngakho-ke bakhipha i-albhamu yokuqala ye-EP (ukukhululwa kwefomethi encane - izingoma ezingu-3-9) Soul of Indiscretion. I-albhamu idalwe ngohlobo oludumile lwe-trip-hop. Abafana baqhubeka nalo mkhuba futhi baqala ukudlala ngokuzimisela nakakhulu ngezigqi ze-hip-hop kanye nabantu ekukhishweni - i-EP FRISK kanye ne-World as a Cone.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwama-albhamu (athakazelelwa kakhulu ngabalaleli nabagxeki), bobabili abaculi basayinelwe ilebula le-Clean Up Records. Ngokuhambisanayo, basebenze njengo-DJ, behlangana ku-duet Line of Flight. Abafana babevame ukumenywa emicimbini nasemikhosini emincane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, basize ukuqopha umculo wabanye abaculi.
Amalungu eqembu
Ngo-1994, enye intshisekelo ekuhlolweni komculo yaholela abaculi emcabangweni wokudala iqembu le-Sneaker Pimps. Leli gama, ngendlela, lathathwa engxoxweni nabadumile be-Beastie Boys (elinye lamaqembu e-hip-hop adume kakhulu ngeminyaka yawo-1980 no-1990). Ngo-1995, abafana bamema u-Ian Pickering ukuthi abhale izingoma ze-albhamu yabo yokuqala. U-Pickering ubhale izingoma ezimbalwa. Kodwa ngemva kokuba uKorner ewaqophe ku-studio, kwacaca kubafana ukuthi konke lokhu kuzozwakala kangcono kakhulu ekusebenzeni kwabesifazane.
Ngakho-ke uKelly Ali wamenywa njengomculi oyinhloko (wabonwa ngephutha ngabaculi ngesikhathi edlala kwenye yezindawo zokushicilela zendawo). Ngemuva kwedemo erekhodiwe ye-6 Underground, kwacaca ukuthi izwi lakhe yilokho uKorner noHowe ababekufuna. Ngemva kokwenza amademo amaningana, abaculi bawayisa kubakhiqizi abavela ku-Virgin Records. Izingoma zaziswa kakhulu ngabaphathi benkampani. Ngakho-ke, ama-Sneaker Pimps asheshe athola ithuba lokusayina inkontileka enkulu.
Umsebenzi wokuqala weqembu namakhonsathi
Iqembu lethulwe njengabathathu - uHowe, uKorner no-Ali. Abanye abaculi babengeyona ingxenye yohlu oluyinhloko futhi basekela abafana kuphela emidlalo. I-albhamu yokuqala ethi Becoming X (1996) yaba yimpumelelo. Izingoma ezivela ekuhlanganisweni zaba phezulu kumashadi omculo we-pop nomdanso unyaka.
Ukukhululwa kwanikeza iqembu amakhonsathi angapheli iminyaka emibili elandelayo. Ngalesi sikhathi, abaculi abenzi lutho ngaphandle kokucula. Kwakungekho mbuzo wokudala umculo omusha - amakhonsathi ayekhathele kakhulu. Ngokumelene nesizinda somthwalo onjalo, ukungaboni ngaso linye kwenzeka eqenjini. Umphumela wabo kwaba ukuhamba kukaHowe phakathi nohambo.
Ukukhishwa okulandelayo, i-Becoming Remixed (1998), kwakungeyona ingoma entsha, kodwa kwakuyi-remix yezingoma ezivela kudiski yokuqala. U-Korner no-Howe basungule ilebula yabo yokuqopha, i-Line of Flight, futhi baqala umsebenzi ku-albhamu elandelayo yesitudiyo yeqembu.
Ukushintsha kwezwi
U-Ali ngaleso sikhathi wayeseholidini ngemuva kohambo olude, ngakho-ke amademo okuqala aqoshwa ngamazwi kaCorner. Kulolu hlelo, yena noHowe babona ukuthi amazwi wesilisa manje ahambisana kahle nomqondo we-albhamu entsha. Ngakho-ke, lapho u-Ali ebuya eholidini, bamemezela ukuthi babengasaludingi usizo lwakhe. Uvalo lwabaholi beqembu nabo badlale indima yabo lapha.
Bebesaba ukuthi isithombe se-"trip-hop enamazwi wesifazane" sizolungiswa eqenjini. Akekho noHowe noma uKorner ababekufuna lokhu. Lokhu kuyiqiniso elithokozisayo, njengoba iningi lamaqembu omculo esaba ukushintsha ukuhlelwa kweqembu ngemuva kwempumelelo ebabazekayo.
Noma kunjalo, abaholi benza isinqumo esinjalo, futhi uKorner waba umculi oyinhloko. Izinguquko ezinjalo azizange zijabulise i-Virgin Records, ngakho-ke i-duo yaphoqeleka ukuba ishiye ilebula.
I-albhamu i-Splinter yakhululwa ngo-1999 ku-Clean Up Records. Ukuthengiswa kwale albhamu, kanye nokuduma kwezingoma ezingabodwana, akukwazi ukuqhathaniswa nesidingo sokukhishwa kokuqala. Irekhodi lamukelwe ngokubanda kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, iqembu le-Sneaker Pimps laqala ukusebenza ekudaleni irekhodi lesithathu. Nakulokhu, ilebula entsha i-Tommy Boy Records yakhethwa ukuthi ikhulule i-Bloodsport. Kwaphinde kwaba khona ukwehluleka, izitatimende ezingabazisayo ezivela kubagxeki nabalaleli. Noma kunjalo, u-Howe no-Korner basadingeka njengababhali futhi basize abanye abaculi ukudala izingoma.
Ama-Sneaker pimps namuhla
Ngo-2003, kwaba nomzamo wokurekhoda i-disc yesine, kodwa ukukhululwa kwayo akuzange kwenzeke. Izingoma eziphuma ku-albhamu engakhishiwe kamuva zingazwakala kuphrojekthi eyedwa yeCorner's IAMX. Kusukela lapho, uCorner noHowe basebenze ndawonye ngezikhathi ezithile. Okokugcina amahemuhemu mayelana ne-albhamu entsha ye-Sneaker Pimps avela ngo-2019, lapho abaculi babesebenza kanzima ekuqopheni izingoma.
