U-Tanita Tikaram akavamile ukuvela emphakathini muva nje, futhi igama lakhe aliveli emakhasini omagazini namaphephandaba. Kodwa ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, lo mlingisi wayedume kakhulu ngenxa yezwi lakhe eliyingqayizivele nokuzethemba esiteji.
Ubuntwana nobusha u-Tanita Tikaram
Inkanyezi esizayo yazalwa ngo-August 12, 196 edolobheni Münster, elise North Rhine-Westphalia. Unina wentombazane wayengowaseMalaysia, kanti uyise wayeyindoda yezempi yaseNdiya-yaseFiji.
Kwaphela isikhathi eside Tanita ehlala eJalimane nabazali bakhe, wabe eseya eNgilandi futhi wahlala endaweni engumakhelwane Southampton, idolobha elise Hampshire.
Lapha, intombazane yaqala ukuya esikoleni nomfowabo, kodwa ngokushesha yabhekana nokucindezela nokuzondwa kwezinye izingane. Futhi isizathu salokhu kwakuwukuvela kwabafana, ababenokufana okuncane neBrithani evamile. Ngokuvamile kwafika ngisho nasekucwaseni ngokwebala.
Nasekhaya kwakungemnandi. Phela abazali babenyamalala njalo emsebenzini futhi bengakwazi ukunikeza izingane ukunakekelwa okufanele. Ngakho-ke, uTanita wayeyingane evaliwe.
Weqe konke ukuzijabulisa nemicimbi yomphakathi, wanquma ukukhetha umculo. Ngosizo lwayo intombazane yakwazi ukuphunyuka kuzo zonke izinkathazo nemicabango emibi.
Lapho ekhula, uTanita wathola isiginci njengesipho. Ngemva kokufunda ukudlala le nsimbi, le ntombazane yenza izingoma zikaJohn Lennon, The Beatles noLeonardo Cohen.
Kodwa wayengagculisekile ngelakhe iphimbo, esehlela nokushiya ukucula aqale nje ukubhala amagama.
Nokho, ekugcineni, u-Tanita wanquma ukuqopha idemo emfushane futhi ayithumele kwezinye izitudiyo zokuqopha. Kwakuyisikhathi esijabulisayo, kodwa impumelelo yayihluke ngokuphelele.
Ngesinye isikhathi ekilabhini, wahlangana noPaul Charles, owamnika ukusebenzisana nesitudiyo sokuqopha i-Warner Records.
Abaphathi nabadidiyeli basabela ngentshiseko kulo mculi osemusha, okwaholela ngokushesha ekubonakaleni kweyokuqala.
Umsebenzi womculo kaTanita Tikaram
Lo mculi wasayina inkontileka yakhe yokuqala neWarner Records ngo-1988, futhi ngokushesha wakhipha irekhodi lakhe lokuqala elithi Ancient Heart.
Ngokungalindelekile kwabaningi, amathrekhi aqukethwe kuwo aduma kakhulu, aqala ukuzwakala kuzo zonke iziteshi zomsakazo, nasema-disco kuma-nightclub.
Ngisho nabagxeki babewazisa umsebenzi kaTanita osemusha. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, waqala ukunikeza amakhonsathi emazweni ahlukene emhlabeni, wathola imiklomelo eminingi, izingoma zakhe zihlale zisezikhundleni ezihamba phambili zamashadi.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, uTikaram wayeka ukungabaza, waba intombazane eqinisekayo futhi wakwazi ukuveza ngokugcwele ithalenta lakhe, eliletha kubabukeli abaningi.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala, intombazane ayizange igcine lapho futhi ngokushesha yakhipha amarekhodi amathathu, athola impumelelo encane.
Izingoma eziningi zazisemashadi aseBrithani, inani lokuthengisa lidlule uphawu lwamayunithi ayizigidi ezimbalwa.
Ilebula yanikeza intombazane isikhathi senkontileka, kodwa yanquma ukungakwenzi, futhi yaqala ukusebenza noMarco Sabiu. Kanye naye, ukhiphe i-albhamu elandelayo, engaphumelelanga uma iqhathaniswa namarekhodi adlule.
UTanita wanquma ukushiya isiteji. Kwaphela isikhathi eside engabonakali emphakathini, futhi kuphela ngo-2005 waphinde wethula i-albhamu yakhe ethi Sentimental emphakathini.
Kwakungekho mpumelelo emangalisayo, kodwa wayesebatholile abalandeli, futhi lokhu kwaholela ekwakhiweni kwelinye irekhodi, elikhishwe ngo-2012. Ngemva kwalokho, Tanita Tikaram wanika amakhonsathi, futhi omunye wabo ngo-2013 kwenzeka eMoscow ehholo ekhonsathini Crocus City Hall.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaTanita
U-Tanita ungumuntu oyimfihlo kakhulu, akathandi ukuxoxa ngemininingwane yempilo yakhe yangasese. Isikhathi eside, wenza yonke imizamo yokufihlela umphakathi igama lesithandwa sakhe nomlando wobudlelwano nabantu abasondelene naye.
Kodwa abasebenzi bemithombo yezindaba abadli isinkwa sabo ngeze. Bakwazile ukuthola indlu ye-chic yomculi, esenyakatho yeLondon. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izintatheli zithi uTanita Tikaram uhlala ngaphandle komngane womshado, unobudlelwano nomculi uNatalia Horn.
Yini umculi onentshisekelo kuyo manje?
Ngawo-1980, u-Tanita wayengumculi odume ngendlela emangalisayo, futhi izingoma zakhe zaziphezulu kuwo wonke amashadi. Kodwa manje, ngokungafani nozakwabo abaningi bakwamanye amazwe, uyekile ukujaha udumo.
Lo mculi uthe injabulo ayikho kulokhu. Manje usaqhubeka nokucula, kodwa wenzela kuphela abantu abathanda umsebenzi wakhe nabathanda izingoma abaziculayo.
Manje uTikaram usenqume ukushiya amakhonsathi amakhulu nemicimbi esezingeni eliphezulu. Uvela kuphela emahholo amancane nama-nightclub. Ngokuvakashela iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yomculi, ungabona uhlelo lwekhonsathi.
Ngendlela, ngonyaka odlule wenza esiteji sase-Austria, eSweden naseJalimane. Futhi kwenye yezingxoxo, u-Tanita Tikaram uthe izinhlelo zika-2020 zihlanganisa okunye ukuvakashela amazwe e-CIS ekhonsathini encane!
