Shekaru goma sha biyar da suka gabata, 'yan'uwa Adam, Jack da Ryan sun kafa ƙungiyar AJR. An fara ne da wasan kwaikwayo na titi a Washington Square Park, New York. Tun daga wannan lokacin, indie pop uku sun sami babban nasara tare da fitattun mawaƙa kamar "Rauni". Mutanen sun tattara cikakken gida a rangadin da suke yi a Amurka.
Sunan kungiyar AJR shine haruffan sunayensu na farko. Irin wannan gajarta alama ce mai zurfi dangantaka tsakanin su.
AJR band members
Karamin ’yan’uwa, Jack Met, mawaƙin soloist ne kuma mawaƙin zare (melodica, guitar, ukulele). Jack kuma yana aiki akan maɓallan band ɗin, ƙaho da na'urorin haɗawa. Ya fitar da wakoki da dama tare da ’yan uwansa wadanda suka hada da muryarsa kawai. Mafi sau da yawa 'yan'uwansa suna taimakawa tare da daidaitawa da wasu daga cikin mafi girma ko ƙananan sassa. A cikin bidiyon don waƙoƙin "Ban Shaharar Ba", "Sober Up" da "Dear Winter", kawai yana nan.
Na gaba a fannin shekaru shine Adamu, wanda ya girmi kaninsa shekaru 4. Adam yana wasa bass, percussion, shirye-shirye kuma shine aikin buɗewa. Yana da mafi ƙasƙanci kuma mafi arziƙi murya na 'yan'uwa uku. Shi ne kuma daya tilo a cikin ’yan’uwa da ba su da waƙar solo.
A ƙarshe amma ba kalla ba, mafi tsufa shine Ryan. Yana sarrafa sautin murya kuma galibi yana da alhakin shirye-shirye da maɓallan madannai. Ryan yana da waƙa guda ɗaya wanda kawai ke nuna shi da kayan aikin sa na lantarki. Ana kiran waƙar "Kira Babana" daga kundin su The Click. Duk ’yan’uwa uku suna cikin faifan waƙar, duk da haka, shi kaɗai ya “ farke” don yawancin bidiyon.
Wanda AJR ya dogara dashi
Yawancin sauye-sauyen ƙungiyar da sinadarai na kiɗa ya samo asali ne saboda gaskiyar cewa ƴan'uwa suna da ra'ayoyin al'adu iri ɗaya. 'Yan'uwan sun zana wahayi daga masu fasaha na 1960 ciki har da Frankie Valli, The Beach Boys, Simon da Garfunkel. 'Yan'uwan sun ce suma suna tasiri ta hanyar hip-hop na zamani, sautin Kanye West da Kendrick Lamar.
Ƙirƙirar Yan'uwan Mafaka
Ƙungiyar tana yin rikodin kuma tana samar da duk kiɗan su a cikin ɗakin zama a Chelsea. Anan aka haifi wakokinsu, wadanda ke cike da ikhlasi ga masoya. Tare da kuɗin da suka yi daga wasan kwaikwayo na titi, 'yan'uwan AJR sun sayi guitar bass, ukulele da samfurin.
Ba tare da pathos ba
Mutanen ba koyaushe suke yin nasara ba. Sun ce sannu a hankali suna haɓaka magoya bayansu kuma ba koyaushe suke samun nasara ba.
“Wasan kwaikwayo na farko da muka yi a zauren, ina tsammanin mutane 3 ne. Kuma saboda a zahiri mun buga musu wasan kwaikwayo, masu sauraro sun zama masu sha'awar rayuwa… Ina tsammanin mun girma saboda mun mai da hankali ga duk wanda ya damu da aikinmu. " inji Adamu.
A cikin dukan aikinsu, aƙalla sau 100 sun so su daina. Amma mazan sun koyi ɗaukar kowace gazawa da kowace gazawa, juya su zuwa ga damar koyo. ’Yan’uwan sun ce wannan tunanin ne ya ba su damar ci gaba da ƙirƙirar waƙa mafi kyau ga magoya bayansu.
A cikin 2013, mutanen sun aika waƙarsu ta farko "Ina karantawa" ga mashahuran mutane, kuma wani mawaƙin Australiya ya tura aikin ga Shugaba na S-Curve Records. Bayan an gama tantancewa, ya zama furodusa na samarin. A cikin wannan shekarar, mutanen sun fito da EP mai suna iri ɗaya na waƙarsu ta farko. Daga baya, wani aikin EP "Infinity" ya fito.
Kawai a cikin 2015, mutanen sun damu da sakin kundi na farko na studio tare da taken shiru "Living Room".
Wakar "Rauni"
Sun rubuta mafi shaharar hit "Rauni" a rana ɗaya. Sai da aka ɗauki mutanen sa'o'i biyu kafin a kammala su. Kuma wannan waƙa ta shiga cikin kundin EP "Abin da Kowa ke Tunani". Wannan waƙar tana bayyana jarabawar mutum. Bayan yin rikodi, mutanen ba su fahimci yadda waƙar za ta yi nasara ba. Tun lokacin da aka saki shi, ya tattara sama da rafukan Spotify miliyan 150, kuma an tsara shi a cikin manyan 30 a cikin ƙasashe sama da 25.
A cikin 2017, mutanen sun haɗa da sanannen waƙar a cikin kundi na biyu "The Clic". Bayan fitowar kundi na uku Neotheater, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da yawon shakatawa. Abin da ya fi ban sha'awa, a kan murfin kundin, an gabatar da 'yan'uwa a cikin nau'i na wasan kwaikwayo na Walt Disney majigin yara. Wannan kundin yana tunawa da waƙar 20-40s a cikin sautinsa.
Mutanen suna son gabatar da kundi na huɗu "OK Orchestra" a cikin bazara na 2021.
Ayyukan zamantakewa
’Yan’uwa suna hidima a matsayin jakadun yaƙin neman zaɓe na yaƙi da lalata a harabar jami’a. Sun bayyana goyon bayansu ga yakin neman zaben wanda shugaban Amurka Obama da mataimakinsa Biden suka kaddamar a shekarar 2014. Manufarta ita ce ta kawo karshen cin zarafin mata a harabar jami'a.
AJR ya yi a taron ƙarshe na It's On Us a Fadar White House a watan Janairu tare da waƙar "Yana Kan Mu" don yaƙin neman zaɓe a watan Maris. Duk abin da aka samu daga guda ɗaya yana tafiya kai tsaye don jawo ƙarin ayyukan ilimi a duk faɗin ƙasar.
A cikin 2019, 'yan ukun sun haɗu tare da ƙungiyar Kiɗa na sadaka don ziyartar Makarantar Sakandare ta Centennial a Compton da saduwa da ɗaliban shirin kiɗan da ke sha'awar yin aiki a masana'antar kiɗa.
Music Unites yana ba wa ɗalibai damar duba cikin masana'antar kuma su koyi yadda za su ɗauki matakai don cimma burinsu na gaba. Mai kula da gundumar Compton Unified School Darin Brawley ya ce zaman AJR ya kasance "musamman bayani."
