Umculi waseBrithani no-DJ Sonya Clark, owaziwa ngegama lokuqamba elithi Sonic, wazalwa ngoJuni 21, 1968 eLondon. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, ubezungezwe imisindo yomphefumulo nomculo wakudala ovela eqoqweni likanina.
Ngawo-1990s, uSonic waba i-pop diva yaseBrithani kanye no-DJ womculo womdanso owaziwayo emhlabeni jikelele.
Ubuntwana bomculi
Eseyingane, uSonic wayenezinye izinto azithandayo, ngakho-ke kungenzeka singawuzwa umculo wakhe. Kusukela eneminyaka engu-6, uSonya omncane, enomzimba omuhle kakhulu, wenza izinhlelo ezingathi sína zokugijima. “Ngangifisa ukuba ngumpetha womhlaba. Uqeqeshwe nsuku zonke. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngangizifela ngezemidlalo,” kukhumbula uSonic.
Kodwa lapho eneminyaka engu-15, wayeka lo msebenzi, ethatha indawo yesibili emncintiswaneni. Wanquma ukuthi uma engeke aphumelele, kwakudingeka enze okunye. Lapho eneminyaka engu-2, uSonya watshelwa ukuthi unephimbo elimnandi, ngakho wanquma ukungenela umculo.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo womculi
Lapho eneminyaka engu-17, uSonya wajoyina iqembu le-reggae elithi Fari, lapho acija khona ikhono lakhe lokucula. Wabe esedlula kwesinye sezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe. Unina wanquma ukubuyela eTrinidad, kodwa le ntombazane yaphikelela ngokuthi kakade yayizimele futhi yayifuna ukuhlala eLondon.
Ngenxa yalokho, waba dengwane. USonya wayehlala emigwaqweni futhi edla ama-chips. Lokhu kwenza le ntombazane yacabangisisa ngempilo yayo, yabe seyinquma ukusayina inkontileka yokwakha eyokuqala.
USonic waqala ukusebenzisana ne-Cooltempo Records wakhipha ingoma ethi Let Me Hold You. Le ngoma yasheshe yafinyelela kumashadi okudansa angu-25 aphezulu e-UK ngaphandle kwanoma iyiphi iphromoshini.
Khona-ke le ntombazane yahlanganyela emisebenzini yabanye abantu, isebenzisana noTim Simenon noMark More. Iqembu le-S'Express, lapho uSonic edlala khona, lalidume kakhulu. Kodwa ngemva kokuwa kwakhe, intombazane kwadingeka icabange ngomsebenzi wedwa.
Umsebenzi we-Sonic DJ kanye namakhonsathi ekilabhu
Ukuze abe u-DJ, uSonya uchithe iminyaka emithathu ehlezi ekhaya eziqeqesha. Ukuze athole umsebenzi kulo mkhakha oqhudelana kakhulu, watshela okungenzeka abaqashi bakhe ngamakhono akhe okucula. Ukucula, ukudlala njengo-DJ nokuba ngowesifazane ngaleso sikhathi kwakuwumuzwa wangempela.
Ngo-1994 waqala ukubonakala njengo-DJ. NgoJanuwari 1995, uSonic wenza ukubonakala kwakhe kwe-DJ yesikhathi esigcwele eSwankey Mode, iklabhu yaseLondon ephethwe nguSimon Belofsky. Wazuza abalandeli hhayi eYurophu kuphela, kodwa naseHong Kong, e-Australia, ngisho naseJamaica.
Ngo-1997, uSonic waba isakhamuzi seManumission Club e-Ibiza. Lapho, wahlangana nabantu abaningi abanethonya kamuva abamsiza ukuba akhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
Ngokuhambisanayo, wadlala indlu emakilabhini afana neCream eLiverpool neGatecrasher eSheffield. Useke wacula naseGermany, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Australia, Italy naseNorway.
“E-England ukuqoshwa kwe-pop kuqala emaqenjini. Njengo-DJ, ngibonile ukuthi abantu bafunani uma beya emakilabhini,” kusho uSonic.
Isiqongo sokuduma komculi
Ujabulele ukuduma kakhulu ngemuva kokucula ngo-1999 eTampa, lapho acula khona ingoma yakhe ethi It Feels So Good. Lokhu kuqanjwa kwasheshe kwaduma e-United States. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, iziteshi zomsakazo kanye namalebula okuqopha ahlukahlukene aqala ukuba nesithakazelo emandleni kaSonic.
Kulandela impumelelo enkulu ye-It Feels So Good e-US, i-Sonic yaphinde yayikhipha e-Europe. Lokhu kwamvumela ukuthi angene ohlwini lwama-DJ athandwa kakhulu eYurophu. Izingoma zakhe zaqala ukuzwakala e-American, amaqembu aseYurophu, ngisho nasemazweni ase-Afrika.
Kodwa impumelelo yayihlangene nenhlekelele yomuntu siqu. Ngesikhathi le single ithatha amashadi omhlaba, uSonic wasayina inkontileka neSerious Records, wabe eselahlekelwa ingane yakhe, abeyithwele izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili. “Lena into embi kakhulu nengilimaza kakhulu kweyake yenzeke empilweni yami,” kusho uSonic.
Nakuba kwakunzima kakhulu kuye ngokwengqondo ukusinda kulokhu kulahlekelwa, isitudiyo sokuqopha samemezela isiphetho kuye. Kwadingeka akhiphe i-albhamu yomculo ezinsukwini ezingu-40. Futhi wakwenza! Lesi isiqinisekiso esicacile sokuzimisela kanye nethalente le-Sonic. I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yesitudiyo, i-Hear My Cry, yakhululwa ngo-2000.
Le albhamu ngokushesha yathola ukuthandwa kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1 adayiswe e-UK kuphela. Ube eseqopha ingoma eyodwa ethi Sky, ayinikeze ingane yakhe elahlekile. Lokhu okukodwa kushaye #2 eshadini lase-UK Singles ngoSepthemba 2000. Futhi ngoNovemba, iculo eliphinde lakhishwa elithi I Put A Spell On You lingena kwabayi-10 abahamba phambili eshadini laseBrithani.
U-Sonic ube semakhasini e-Guinness Book of Records njengomculi wokuqala wesifazane ohamba yedwa ukuba ohamba phambili kulesi sigaba amasonto amathathu elandelana. Emiklomelweni ye-Brit ka-2001, uthole indondo ye-"Best British Female Solo Artist". Uphinde waqokwa kulo mqhudelwano emikhakheni ethi: Best Dance Act, Best Dance Newcomer, Best Single noweBest Video.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwemisebenzi yamaciko
Ngo-March 2000, uSonic waqala ukusebenzisana no-Eric Harle, umdidiyeli we-DEF Management. Ngenxa yalokhu, uthole izimemo zokunikeza izingxoxo emsakazweni nakuthelevishini, wabamba iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni eyahlukene yo-DJ futhi wandisa ukubaluleka kwakhe emculweni.
Ngo-2004, lo mculi wasayina inkontileka neKosmo Records, lapho ekhiphe khona i-albhamu entsha, ethi On Kosmo. Emashadini, le albhamu "yayihluleka". Naphezu kwalokhu, wahlela uhambo lwaseYurophu ngo-2007 ukuze asekele le albhamu. Ngokuhambisanayo, wasebenza ku-albhamu elandelayo.
Sonic manje
Ngo-2009, odokotela bathola ukuthi unomdlavuza webele. Ngakho-ke, u-Sonic wahlinzwa futhi wachitha izinyanga eziyisithupha ehlunyeleliswa.
Kusukela ngo-2010, uye waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe womculo, eqopha izingoma ezintsha. Futhi ngo-2011, kwavela i-albhamu entsha, I-Sweet Vibrations. Kusukela lapho kuze kube yimanje, lo mculi usekhiphe izingoma zodwa. Ngo-2019, ingoma yakhe entsha yayibizwa ngokuthi Shake.
