I-Maneken iyiqembu le-pop ne-rock lase-Ukraine elidala umculo wobukhazikhazi. Le phrojekthi eyedwa ye-Evgeny Filatov, eyasungulwa enhloko-dolobha yase-Ukraine ngo-2007.
Umsebenzi wokuqala
Umsunguli weqembu wazalwa ngo-May 1983 e-Donetsk emndenini zomculo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-5, wayesekwazi ukudlala isigubhu, futhi ngokushesha wayesekwazi ezinye izinsimbi zomculo.
Ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lweminyaka engu-17, wayesedlala ngempumelelo isiginci, amakhibhodi nezinsimbi ezishaywayo, kuyilapho engenayo imfundo yomculo. Uphinde waba nothando lokudlala amarekhodi ku-DJ mixer.
Kusukela ngo-1999, ubelokhu eyi-DJ ngaphansi kwegama elingu-Dj Major. I-remix edume kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi kwakuwumsebenzi wakhe ekuqanjweni kweqembu le-pop i-Smash Belle, ngenxa yalokho ayethandwa kakhulu.
Ekupheleni kuka-2000, wenza nabaculi abaningi nabaculi, waze wakwazi ukukhulula irekhodi lakhe, nakuba lakhululwa ngomjikelezo omncane.
Ngo-2002, uFilatov wanquma ukuthuthela e-Kyiv, lapho athola khona umsebenzi njengomdidiyeli womsindo kanye nomhleli ku-studio.
Uchithe isikhathi esiningi e-studio, ngenkathi esebenza ngempumelelo nabadlali abaningi abadumile base-Ukraine, enza izingoma ezixubene nezingoma zabo, eqopha izingoma zamafilimu nezentengiso, futhi ebhala nezingoma zakhe.
I-albhamu yokuqala kanye nomsebenzi ophumelelayo we-Filatov
Evgeny Filatov waqala ukusebenza ngo-2007. Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi First Look yakhululwa. Zonke izingoma ezifakwe kuyo, u-Eugene wadala futhi waqopha eyedwa.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kwakudingeka enze ngokuqhubekayo zonke izingxenye. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wasebenza njengomdidiyeli womsindo ekuqopheni uhlelo lwangempela iLove and Music.
Ngo-2009, u-Evgeny wavula isitudiyo sakhe sokukhiqiza. Abadlali namaqembu ase-Ukraine abambisane ngempumelelo ne-Major Music Box studio.
Abaningi babo bajwayelene kahle noFilatov kusukela ngalezo zikhathi lapho esanda kuqala ukwenza ama-remix ezingoma zabo.
Kusukela ngo-2011, usebenzisane nomculi wase-Ukraine uJamala. Umdidiyeli womsindo wenze igalelo elibalulekile ku-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, ethi, For Every Heart, waphinde wasebenza ezingomeni ze-albhamu yakhe yesibili.
Ubengumhleli wezingoma zikaJamala abambe iqhaza ngazo ekukhethweni kwe-Ukraine ku-Eurovision Song Contest ngo-2016.
Ngo-2013, u-Evgeny Filatov waqala iphrojekthi ehlangene nomkakhe wesikhathi esizayo uNata Zhizhchenko, ayemazi kusukela ngo-2008.
Iphrojekthi ye-ONUKA yathola ukuqashelwa emhlabeni wonke cishe ngokushesha. UFilatov waqala ukudalela iqembu umculo futhi waqondisa iziqeshana zevidiyo eziningi. Nokho, akazange amise ukusebenza komuntu ngamunye.
Ngo-2018 nango-2019 wayeyilungu lejaji elakhetha izingoma ze-Eurovision Song Contest. Kanye naye, uJamala waba sejajini, kanye no-Andrei Danilko.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ukukhethwa kwe-Eurovision 2019 kwabanjwa, abaphumelele benqabile ukubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni wengoma.
Ukudalwa kweqembu eligcwele
Kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe wedwa ngo-2009, Evgeny Filatov waya emazweni amaningi nge izinkambo zakhe. Uye wabamba iqhaza emikhosini eminingi, lapho Kazantip futhi Future Pure eLithuania zingahlukaniswa.
Izinkampani zokuqopha zakwamanye amazwe zidonse amehlo kuye, ngosizo iThe Maneken yaqala ukushicilela umculo wayo phesheya. Isigaba esibalulekile emsebenzini wakhe kwaba umhlangano noCharlie Stadler.
Lokhu kujwayelana kwakhula kwaba ukubambisana kwesikhathi eside. UCharlie wabhala izingoma eziningi ze-Filatov, ezifakwe ku-albhamu yesibili ye-Soulmate Sublime.
Kwakungenxa yokusebenza kwe-albhamu ukuthi u-Evgeny Filatov waqoqa abaculi bukhoma. Leli qembu lalihlanganisa umshayi wesigingci uMaxim Shevchenko, owake wadlala eqenjini le-Infection, isigingci se-bass u-Andrei Gagauz weqembu le-Underwood, no-Denis Marinkin, owayengumshayi wesigubhu weqembu le-Zemfira.
Ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu entsha kwenzeka ngo-April 2011. AbakwaManeken baphinde bethula i-albhamu e-Los Angeles esithangamini esikhulu semboni yomculo yomhlaba i-Mus Expo-2011.
Irekhodi lakhululwa ukuze lidayiswe, kodwa uFilatov ngokwakhe wanquma ukulithumela kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeqembu, lapho noma ubani engayilanda mahhala.
Ngo-2014, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu ethi The Best, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo bacula ndawonye esiteji esisodwa neqembu laseBrithani Konke Konke. Ekupheleni kuka-2015, ibhendi yaqala ukusebenza nge-albhamu entsha.
Ngo-2016, i-The Maneken ikhiphe ama-albhamu amancane amathathu. Baba yisisekelo se-albhamu egcwele yokuthengisa.
Le albhamu yethule kokubili amaphrojekthi eqembu ayedwa kanye nokusebenzisana kwawo noGaitana, ONUKA, Nicole K nabanye abadlali abadumile namabhendi.
I-Maneken iphrojekthi yesigcawu ye-elekthronikhi engakha umculo osezingeni eliphezulu. Isitayela sabo silandela izitayela zomhlaba futhi sizuza izithakazelo ezihlukahlukene zomculo.
Iqembu liyakwazi ukudala umculo wezinga eliphezulu othandwa umphakathi. Yilokhu kanye akwenzayo, futhi abagxeki babikezela ikusasa elihle lephrojekthi esivele ikhona.
