Umculi waseBrithani uSophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 10, 1979 eLondon. Abazali bakhe nabo basebenza emisebenzini yokudala. Ubaba wakhe wayengumqondisi wefilimu, futhi umama wakhe wayengumlingisi owaduma njengomethuli we-TV. USophie futhi unodadewabo abathathu nabafowabo ababili.
Intombazane engxoxweni yayivame ukusho ukuthi yayinobudlelwane obuhle kakhulu nabo futhi yayivame ukusebenza emisebenzini ehlangene. UJackson (umfowabo) wayengumdlali wesigubhu isikhathi esithile. Umdlalo wokuqala kaSophie esidlangalaleni wenzeka lapho eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala.
Umsebenzi womculo kaSophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor
Umsebenzi womculo kaSophie waqala ngo-1997. Wabe esecula ebhendini ye-indie ethi Theaudience ecula yedwa. Ngenxa yalokho, izingoma ezimbalwa ezikhishwe ukubonga kumculi zaba enye ethandwa kakhulu emlandweni weqembu. Ngemva konyaka, iqembu lahlukana, kodwa i-albhamu kuphela yakhululwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva.
Ngemva kwalokho, u-Ellis-Bextor akazange enze omunye unyaka, ngemva kwalokho wanquma ukuqala umsebenzi wedwa. Umsebenzi wokuqala obalulekile kwakuyingoma ethi Groovejet, eyabhalwa kanye no-DJ Spiller wase-Italy. Impumelelo yayimangalisa - ingoma yaqala ukusuka endaweni yokuqala yamashadi aseBrithani, "idlula" umsebenzi kaVictoria Beckham owaziwayo.
Kube namahemuhemu amaningi mayelana nomncintiswano phakathi kwenkosikazi yomdlali webhola odumile no-Ellis-Bextor. Abaculi baphikisa noma yikuphi ukuqagela mayelana nombango. Ngenxa yalokho, oyedwa wathola imiklomelo eminingi, kanye isikhundla 9 ohlwini lwezingoma ezingcono kakhulu emlandweni.
Umsebenzi wokuqala kaSophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor
Ngemuva kwalokho, kwacaca ukuthi i-albhamu yokuqala izophuma maduze. Irekhodi lokuqala likaSophie elithi, Funda Izindebe Zami, lakhululwa ngo-2001, ngokushesha laqashelwa yizithameli. Izingoma ezivela kuyo amasonto angu-23 zigcinwe ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene emashadini. Kamuva, kwafakwa amanye amathrekhi amabili ku-albhamu. Lo mculi usethole imiklomelo eminingi kanye nokuqokwa.
I-albhamu yesibili, ethi Shoot From The Hip, yakhululwa ngo-2003. Nakuba engazange azuze impumelelo yomsebenzi wakhe wangaphambili, ngeke kubizwe ngokuthi isehluleki. Khona-ke isigaba sesibili somncintiswano noVictoria Beckham saqala. Izingoma zabo zakhululwa cishe ngasikhathi sinye, isikhathi eside zahlala ezikhundleni eziseduze kumashadi.
Ikhefu elifushane kanye nomsebenzi olandelayo
Ngokushesha uSophie wakhulelwa, ngakho ukukhululwa kwezingoma ezilandelayo kwadingeka kuhlehliswe unomphela. Lo mculi wanquma ukuthatha ikhefu emsebenzini wakhe ukuze anakekele ingane yakhe yokuqala. Ukubuya kwenzeka ngemva konyaka kuphela, lapho intombazane yamemezela ukuqala komsebenzi ku-albhamu yesithathu.
Ngesikhathi kudalwa irekhodi elilandelayo, wasebenza namalungu amaningana angaphambili amabhendi adumile. I-albhamu iqanjwe njengeqoqo lezingoma ze-disco-pop. I-Trip the Light Fantastic ikhishwe ngoMeyi 21, 2007.
Ngaphambi kwalokhu, iqembu likhiphe izingoma ezimbili, nazo ezikwazile ukungena emashadini amaningana. Kamuva, i-albhamu yakhululwa ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-100, yaba "igolide" e-United Kingdom. Lo mculi bekumele ayovakasha.
Nokho, iye yakhanselwa ngenxa yesimemo solunye uhambo. Ngenxa yalokho, imidlalo yakhe yahlehliswa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo, futhi wonke amathikithi ahlala evumelekile. Kodwa-ke, ukuvakasha akuzange kubanjwe, uSophie wenqabile ukuphawula.
Ingoma yesithathu yaqoshwa e-Iceland. Mningi umzamo owenziwe ekudalweni kwayo, kanye nemali esetshenzisiwe. Nokho, akazange akwazi ukuphumelela. Khona-ke umculi wenza emikhosini e-UK, kanye nasemsakazweni.
I-albhamu yesine ka-Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor ekade ilindelwe
Khona-ke i-albhamu elandelayo yesitudiyo bekufanele ikhishwe. Nokho, ukukhululwa kwakhe kwaqale kuhlehliswa kwabe sekuhoxiswa. Ngenxa yalokho, i-albhamu yesine ethi Make a Scene yavela kuphela ngo-2011. Ekuqaleni, iqoqo bekufanele likhishwe ngo-Ephreli 2009, kodwa umnqamulajuqu wahlehliswa.
Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho uSophie kwakufanele abe nengane yesibili. Ngenxa yalokhu, wanquma ukukhulula izingoma ezingashadile ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa. E-Russia, i-albhamu yavela ngo-Ephreli 18 futhi kuphela ngoJuni 12 - e-UK. Izinkinga ngokukhishwa ziphakame ngenxa yokunqanyulwa kwenkontileka nelebula, okubangele ukubambezeleka okusemthethweni.
Ngisho nangesikhathi somsebenzi we-albhamu edlule, uSophie umemezele izinhlelo zakhe zokushintsha uhlobo lomculo ku-albhamu ezayo. Ingoma yokuqala ikhishwe ngoNovemba 21, 2013. I-albhamu, eyaphuma ngo-2014, yayihlanganisa izingoma ezingu-11. Amathrekhi akhe ayegcwele ama-motifs aseMpumalanga Yurophu, akhuthaze umculi phakathi nohambo lwakhe lokuzungeza iRussia.
Ezinye izimpawu ezivela kukhava yerekhodi zabhalwa ngesitayela njengesiCyrillic, futhi amalungiselelo ahlanganisa imiculo yezingoma zomdabu. Ngenxa yalokho, i-albhamu yashaya amashadi, ikhombisa izikhundla ezihamba phambili eminyakeni embalwa.
Umsebenzi owandulela owandulela owamanqamu weFamilia ukhishwe ngoSepthemba 2, 2016. Leli rekhodi laqhubeka nokusebenzisa ama-Balkan motifs, futhi izingoma zakhiqizwa yiqembu elifanayo ne-albhamu ye-Wanderlust. I-albhamu ayizange ibe yimpumelelo, kodwa ayizange ibe "ukwehluleka", okwakufanele ukusetshenziswa kwezisusa zesiSlavic.
Umsebenzi kaSophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor namuhla
USophie wajabulisa "abalandeli" bakhe ngo-2019 nge-albhamu entsha ethi The Song Diaries, ehlanganisa izingoma eziyi-19. Ngokuyisisekelo, iqoqo liqukethe amahithi akhe ekusebenzeni kwe-orchestra.
