Ababili be-Pop The Score bangene shi ngemuva kokuthi i-ASDA isebenzise ingoma ethi "Oh My Love" ekukhangiseni kwabo. Ifinyelele kunombolo 1 kuSpotify UK Viral Chart nakunombolo 4 kuma-iTunes UK Pop Charts, yaba ingoma yesibili kaShazam edlalwa kakhulu e-UK.
Ngemuva kokuphumelela kwengoma eyodwa, ibhendi yaqala ukusebenzisana neRepublic Record, kwathi ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-EP yayo, yadlala umdlalo wabo wokuqala e-The Borderline eLondon.
Umsindo wabo ufana kakhulu namabhendi afana ne-OneRepublic, Ababhali baseMelika kanye ne-The Script.
I-albhamu yenza umsebenzi omuhle wokukhombisa ukuzethemba kwabo nokudlulisa umyalezo wokuthi bavuke badanse. Laba ababili bahlanganisa u-Eddie Anthony odlala amazwi nesiginci, no-Edan Dover kumakhibhodi nomdidiyeli.
Laba bafana bazoba bahle - umculo wabo muhle, umbukiso wabo obukhoma uyamangaza, futhi bayathandeka ngayo yonke indlela yezwi.
Kuqale kuphi konke ku-The Score?
Ngo-2015, i-Score yavela endaweni ye-pop ibonakala ingekho ndawo. Laba ababili abazange basayinwe lapho ingoma yabo yokuqala, "Oh My Love," ikhishwa ngasekuqaleni kwalowo nyaka.
Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha nje kamuva, ngemva kokucula emkhankasweni kazwelonke wesitolo esikhulu eBrithani, leli culo lafinyelela inombolo engu-43 eshadini lase-UK Singles kanye nenombolo 17 eshadini le-iTunes, laba yiculo eliseshwe kakhulu ku-Shazam kuwo wonke u-2015.
Iqembu lasayinwa ngokushesha yiRepublic Records futhi lakhulula i-albhamu yabo yokuqala ethi 'Where You Run?' ngoSepthemba. Amakhono okubhala ka-Eddie Anthony (izwi/isiginci) kanye no-Edan Dover (ikhibhodi/ukukhiqiza) avela ngokwengxenye kusukela eminyakeni yokudlala nokubhalela abanye abaculi.
Ake sidlule kumaqiniso angakusiza uqonde kahle iqembu:
U-Eddie, u-Aedan no-Kat Graham
Laba bafana bethulwa okokuqala e-Universal Motown ngumngane wabo bobabili futhi bacelwa ukuthi basebenze noKat Graham ngenkathi esebenza ku-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yamarekhodi e-Interscope. Babhale ukuthi "Wanna Say", eyesibili ephuma ku-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Against The Wall.
Laba ababili bebengafuni ukuqala iqembu baze bahlangane.
Bebeneliseke ngokuphelele bebhala izingoma zabanye abadali ngaphambi kokuthi baqale ukusebenza ndawonye. U-Edan wake wathi: “Mina no-Eddie sasingazi ukuthi sifuna ukuba izihlabani lapho siqala ukuhlangana. Lokhu kwakungeyona inhloso yethu.
U-Eddie wenza imigqa ye-pop ngomculo namazwi, futhi ngenza umkhiqizo omkhulu. Sisebenze izingoma, ngethemba lokuthi sizoqala ukudlala nabaculi be-pop."
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi bayiqembu le-pop, u-Edan akazange alalele izitayela zomculo we-pop.
UDover waba nomcabango owodwa. Uthi: “Isizinda sami sikwi-jazz. “Ngikhule ngidlala/ngifunda upiyano we-jazz. Ngokuyisisekelo ngayeka ukwenza umculo we-pop ngokuphelele futhi ngakhathalela i-jazz kuphela. Kwaze kwaba yilapho ekolishi ngaqala ukulalela noma ukubhala izinhlobo ezahlukene zomculo. Ngangingene kwi-jazz, i-funk, i-fusion kanye ne-soul edlala kumakilabhu e-jazz eNew York."
Ukuba umdlali wopiyano we-jazz kwakubaluleke kakhulu ku-Edan
Uma uke wayibona i-movie ethi Whiplash, mhlawumbe uke wazibuza ukuthi ingokoqobo kangakanani uma iqhathaniswa nephupho lendawo ye-jazz.
I-Dover ikhombisa ukushuba kokuncintisana. “Kuyathusa ngempela ukuba seqenjini le-jazz ngoba uzungezwe abaculi abangaka,” usho kanje. “I-Jazz ngayiqala ekuqaleni komsebenzi wami, ngakho bengidlala nabo bonke laba baculi abamangalisayo, abanamava.
Uma ubonile [i-Whiplash], kuneqiniso eliningi kulokho, ngoba wonke umuntu ulapha ukuze enze umculo futhi uhlobo lunokuncintisana kakhulu. Umculo we-Pop wamukeleka kancane."
Ibhendi yaqala ukudlala e-Rockwood Music Hall... Idlala kakhulu..
I-Rockwood Music Hall iyindawo yaseNew York City e-Lower East Side osekuyiminyaka eminingi ikhona. Ngenkathi u-Dover no-Anthony beqala ukudala i-Score futhi beqala ukudlala imibukiso, i-Rockwood yayinezigaba ezimbili: ezincane nezinkulu. Futhi ngosizo lwalezi zigcawu ezimbili kwakungenzeka ukulandelela ukukhula kwe-duo. Ekuqaleni zazimancane, zabe sezikhula zaba zinkulu.
"Imibukiso yokuqala yayingajwayelekile ... Saqala ukudlala ekamelweni elincane elingenayo indawo enkulu," kusho u-Anthony. UDover uphawula ukuthi bekuyinto efana noLwesithathu ngo-8 ebusuku. “Kodwa ngemva konyaka sathuthela ekamelweni elikhudlwana saqala ngoLwesine ngo-8 ebusuku.”
Amaphuzu: Esiteji esifanayo nesithixo
U-Anthony uthi waya emcimbini womculo we-Bottle Rock eNapa ngoMeyi 2016. “Sasingemuva kwesiteji safika sehlisa izinto zethu nakho konke, sase sisetendeni lethu sezwa kudlala ingoma kaStevie Wonder ethi Sir Duke sacabanga ukuthi yingoma nje embhobhweni.
Kodwa sacabanga, “Ima, lokhu kuzwakala bukhoma,” futhi kwakuwukuhlola umsindo kaStevie Wonder. Futhi uhlobo lwe-surreal ngoba sizoba kuleso siteji nathi. Kuwumsangano ukudlala esiteji esisodwa nesinye sezithixo zethu zomculo.
Sibe ne-slot ngo-2 ntambama ngoLwesihlanu futhi abantu base bebaningi lapho futhi kwakumangalisa ukubona ukusabela kwabantu ngezingoma esisanda kuziqamba emakhanda ethu. Adlalwa estudiyo kuphela, abese enquma ukuthi aqonde kubantu abaningi. Kuyamangaza ukuthi bangaki abantu abawuthokozelayo umculo wethu.”
U-Edan ungumbungazi ovelele
Cishe ngamunye wethu useke wasebenzisa inkulumo ethi “mah, ngikhohliwe” izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa, kodwa u-Dover uyisebenzisa njalo. Ihlala ikhohlwa noma ilahlekelwa okuthile ngenkathi usohambweni. “Ngenza izinto eziningi eziwubulima.
Ngolunye usuku ngashiya i-laptop yami, noma ngalahlekelwa isitendi sami sekhibhodi, futhi izolo kwadingeka ngithenge enye. Uma uya ohambweni kufanele ufunde ukuba nomthwalo wemfanelo, njengokuba nohlu lokuhlola nokuqinisekisa ukuthi unazo zonke izinto ezincane. Ungacabanga ukuthi umdlalo yilapho izinto zingahambi kahle khona, kodwa yizo zonke izinto ezincane. "
U-Edan ufunda emaphutheni akhe... nakuba kungenjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi.
“Ngizizwa sengathi kuwo wonke uhlelo olulodwa ngihlale ngimangele ngokuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle,” kuvuma uDover. “Kunesikhathi lapho sadlala khona uhlelo eSouth By Southwest (SXSW) lapho [okuthile okungahambanga kahle] nge-laptop yami.
Bengizoqoqa zonke izingoma ezingashadile nazo zonke imisindo yami kukhompuyutha yami ephathekayo ukuze ngenze isethulo seRepublic Records in South By. Futhi kubonakala sengathi konke kuhamba kahle, ngenze konke, kodwa cha! Konke kwanyamalala ndawana thize futhi yonke imisindo yami yazo zonke izingoma yanyamalala...
Empeleni ngangingenaso isikhathi sokwenza noma yini ngakho. Ngakho sisanda kulwa futhi ngavele ngadlala upiyano oluvamile. Kusukela lapho ngiyaqinisekisa ukuthi nginama-backups akho konke!”
I-albhamu ekhuluma ngokwehla nokwenyuka
Lokhu kungase kuzwakale njengokusho okuthile, kodwa njengoba u-Anthony eshilo, i-albhamu entsha “imayelana nokwehla nokwenyuka kokuba yiqembu.” Ngisho nokuthatha nje ingoma ethi “Unstopable” - eyokuqala yale albhamu, okuthi, uma uyibheka, inencazelo epholile.
“Besifuna ukubhala iculo ngendlela esidonsa kanzima ngayo empilweni ngezikhathi ezehlukene, kungakhathalekile ukuthi singabaculi noma odokotela noma yini. Sonke siwe ngesikhathi esithile, kodwa sonke singazizwa singenakunqotshwa uma sifuna ngempela.”
