I-Chainsmokers yasungulwa eNew York ngo-2012. Ithimba linabantu ababili abalingisa izingoma zomculo kanye no-DJ.
Ngaphandle kuka-Andrew Taggart no-Alex Poll, u-Adam Alpert, okhuthaza umkhiqizo, wabamba iqhaza elikhulu empilweni yeqembu.
Umlando wokudalwa kwe-The Chainsmokers
U-Alex no-Andrew badale iqembu ngo-2012. U-Alex wazalwa ngoMeyi 16, 1985 eNew York emndenini ocebile lapho uyise ayesebenza khona kwezobuciko kanti umama wakhe wayengunkosikazi wekhaya.
U-Andrew wazalwa ngoDisemba 31, 1989 eFreeport. Abazali bakhe bayinzalo yamakholoni ase-Ireland naseFrance. Umama kaTaggart usebenza njengothisha, kanti uyise uthengisa izimonyo.
Ngemva kokuba u-Andrew ehambele e-Argentina eneminyaka engu-15, waba nesithakazelo kumculo we-elekthronikhi. Wabe esezwa imisebenzi kaDavid Guetta okokuqala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulolo hambo wezwa i-duo Duft Punk. U-Alex ubelokhu eyi-DJ kusukela ebuntwaneni. UTaggart wabe esephothula eNyuvesi yaseSyracuse futhi waqeqeshwa e-Interscope Records. Ngaso leso sikhathi, wakhipha okuqoshiwe okuningana epulatifomu ye-Sound Cloud.
Kuleli qophelo, uPawulu wayeseqalile ukuthuthuka emkhakheni womculo. Uzakwabo kuvele ukuthi kwakunguRhett Bixler, okwadalwa naye indondo ethi The Chainsmokers ekuqaleni.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Adam Alpert waqala ukuphatha iqembu. Nokho, lokhu kubambisana akuzange kube nomphumela. U-Andrew wabe esefunda ngesifiso sika-Alex sokudala i-EDM duo.
Lo mculi, owayesaqala umsebenzi wakhe, wagcina eNew York. Lapho wahlangana no-Alex Paul ukuze baqale umsebenzi wabo ndawonye. Uhambo lwaba nemiphumela emihle, ngenxa yalokho indaba yeqembu elivuselelwe i-The Chainsmokers yaqala. Ekuqaleni, abantu abasha bakhiphe ama-remix amabhendi angaziwa kancane.
Izinyathelo zokuqala ezihlangene
Abaculi abavela e-United States nakwamanye amazwe babambisane naleli qembu elisha. Umuntu wokuqala owabonisa isithakazelo ekusebenzeni ndawonye kwakuyimodeli edumile.
Iqembu libambe iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwengoma ethi Sula. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, i-duo nayo yaxhumana nentombazane, okwathi ngemva kwalokho kwakhululwa ithrekhi ethi The Rookie.
Umqondo wokudala iqembu uphumelele kakhulu. I-duo ikhiphe izingoma ezihlukene zezinhlobo, ithuthukisa inhlanganisela ehlukile yezinkomba ezahlukahlukene. Engxoxweni, abaculi baveze ukuthi ngesikhathi benza umculo banaka umsebenzi kaPharell Williams noDJ Deadmau5.
I-Chainsmokers yaqala ukubonakala esiteji kuphela ngo-2014. Babe sebethula umculo wabo ezithamelini ngesikhathi “sokuzifudumeza” ngaphambi kwekhonsathi yeqembu le-Time Flies.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Chainsmokers ikhiphe ingoma ethi Selfie, eyathola ukunakwa ngokushesha emphakathini. Kamuva, ingoma yaphinde yakhululwa, futhi iqembu laqala ukubambisana okusebenzayo ne-studio yokuqopha iRepublic Records.
Umsebenzi osebenzayo we-Chainsmokers kokuqukethwe komculo
Ehlobo lika-2014, kwamenyezelwa ukukhululwa kwengoma kaKanye. Ingoma yakhiwe ngesikhathi sokusebenzisana nomculi u-SirenXX. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, ithrekhi elandelayo yakhululwa, lapho abaculi be-Chainsmokers bengasebenzi kuphela, kodwa futhi beqembu le-GGFO.
Ngemuva konyaka, u-Adam, ongumdidiyeli waleli qembu, wamemezela ukusebenzisana nelebuli yeDisruptor Records. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi le nkampani iyingxenye yophiko lomculo wakwaSony.
Iqembu libe selikhipha i-EP yalo yokuqala, eyaqanjwa ngokuthi yi-Bouquet. Abalandeli beqembu bakwazile ukulibona ekwindla kuphela. Khona-ke abadlali bakhulula izingoma eziningana, eziqoshiwe ngesikhathi sokusebenzisana nabaculi abavela emazweni ahlukahlukene.
Impumelelo nokuthandwa kwababhemayo
Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, i-The Chainsmokers yabamba iqhaza emkhosini womculo we-elekthronikhi we-Ultra Music Festival. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abalaleli ababengawuzwanga umsebenzi weqembu bakwazi ukujwayelana nomsebenzi wabo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-DJs aveze obala umbono wabo ngokumelene nokuqokwa kukamongameli kaDonald Trump, okwaba "umfutho" wokuthola ukuthandwa okukhulu nakakhulu.
Ekwindla ka-2016, leli qembu likhiphe ingoma ethi All We Know. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-duo yaqashelwa njenge-18 kwabangu-100 ohlwini lwama-DJs aphumelele kakhulu (ngokwencwadi eyaziwa kakhulu ye-thematic).
Phakathi neminyaka emibili, ithimba le-Chainsmokers lakwazi ukukhuphuka izikhundla ezingu-77 kulolu hlu, okwaba inkomba yokuthola ukuthandwa nokukhiqiza kwabaculi.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, ukuqoqwa kwabadlali kwagcwaliswa ngenye i-EP, eyazuza udumo olumangalisayo. Yabe isihlanganisa ukusakazwa kwezigidi ezingu-270 endaweni enkulu yomculo.
Ngenxa yalokho, lokhu kube umfutho wokuqopha i-albhamu yobude obugcwele. Ngaphambilini, isinqumo esinjalo sasibonakala singafaneleki kubaculi, kodwa manje i-Chainsmokers inesibindi sokuqopha.
I-albhamu yokuqala ye-Chainsmokers
Ukushicilelwa okugcwele album Izinkumbulo…I-Don't Open igcwaliseke ngo-2017. Uhambo lwekhonsathi lwahlelwa ukuze kuthuthukiswe irekhodi. Kwahlelwa imidlalo engu-40 emadolobheni ahlukahlukene enyakatho ye-United States.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, omunye wabalandeli beqembu wajoyina iqembu. Lesi sinyathelo sithathwe njengokubonga ngokushicilela inguqulo enhle yekhava ye-EP yokugcina ekhishwe. Abanye abadlali abadumile abambalwa nabo babambe iqhaza kulolu hambo.
Ababhemayo namuhla
Abaculi bakhiphe icwecwe labo lesibili elithi, Sick Boy, ngemuva konyaka. Umsebenzi wakamuva, i-World War Joy, ukhishwe ekupheleni kuka-2019, ohlanganisa amathrekhi ayi-10. Amathrekhi enziwa atholakale emphakathini ngesikhathi esisodwa unyaka wonke.
