Antique wani duo ne na Yaren mutanen Sweden suna waƙa a cikin Girkanci. Ƙungiyar ta ji daɗin ɗan shahara a farkon 2000s, har ma da wakiltar Sweden a Gasar Waƙar Eurovision. Duo sun hada da Elena Paparizou da Nikos Panagiotidis.
Babban abin burgewa ga ƙungiyar shine waƙar Die for You. Tawagar ta rabu shekaru 17 da suka gabata. A yau Antique aikin solo ne na Panagiotidis.
Aikin farko na Antique
A discos na marigayi 1990s, Elena Paparizou ya sadu da abokin ɗan'uwansa wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin DJ. Ba wai kawai ya sanya waƙoƙi ta hanyar mawakan da ya fi so ba, amma kuma ya rubuta kiɗa don abubuwan da suka faru a nan gaba da kansa. DJ ya tambayi Elena don yin rikodin waƙoƙi don waƙar Opa Opa. Yarinyar ta karanta rubutun kuma ta ce namiji ne, don haka aka kira Nikos Panagiotidis zuwa aikin. Don haka an ƙirƙiri bugu na farko na ƙungiyar Antique.
Waƙar ta zama sananne godiya ga al'adun Scandinavia na gargajiya, waɗanda ake sarrafa su tare da taimakon kayan lantarki da kalmomin Girkanci. Waƙar nan da nan ta zama sananne a discos a Gothenburg da sauran manyan biranen Sweden, don haka mutanen sun yanke shawarar ci gaba da aikinsu da neman sabbin dabaru don aiwatarwa.
Mahalarta aikin Antique
An haifi Elena Paparizou a birnin Buros na kasar Sweden zuwa bakin haure na Girka. Mahaifin tauraron nan gaba ya koma Scandinavia don yin aiki, amma ya zauna a Sweden. Yarinyar kuma tana da kanne da kanwa. Mawaƙin na da matsalar numfashi, kuma likitoci sun shawarci iyayenta da su haɓaka ƙwarewar muryarta. Irin wannan maganin ya taimaka wa yarinyar ba wai kawai magance matsalolin lafiyarta ba, har ma ya sanya ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun mawaƙa na Turai.
Lokacin da yake da shekaru 7, Elena ya fara nazarin piano, kuma yana da shekaru 13 ta riga ta gane cewa za ta zama mawaƙa. Lokacin da yarinyar ta kasance shekaru 14, an zaba ta don shiga cikin rukunin Soul Funkomatic, inda ta ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo har tsawon shekaru uku. Lokacin da ƙungiyar ta rabu, Elena ta yanke shawarar ƙaura zuwa Gothenburg don ci gaba da aikinta.
Amma a lokacin, abokanta sun mutu - gobara ta tashi a daya daga cikin discos. Mama ba ta bar Elena ta tafi ba, tana jin tsoron rayuwarta. Yarinyar ta yanke shawarar dakatar da darussan kiɗan ta kuma ta mai da hankali kan karatun ta. Amma a ɗaya daga cikin liyafar na haɗu da wani DJ wanda ya ba da damar yin rikodin waƙar Opa Opa. Don haka Elena ta shiga cikin aikin Antique.
An haifi Nikos Panagiotidis a Gothenburg. Kamar Elena, iyayensa sun ƙaura zuwa Sweden don neman sabuwar rayuwa. Nikos ya kasance mai sha'awar rera waƙa tun yana ƙuruciya kuma yana shiga cikin ƙungiyoyin makaranta.
Bayan kammala karatunsa a makarantun ilimi, Panagiotidis ya kirkiro ƙungiyar da ba ta da nasara a discos. Sannan ya fara yin solo. Bayan saduwa da Elena Paparizou, mawaƙa sun kirkiro Duet Antique.
Sanin nasarar kungiyar
Yana da wuya a yi tunanin cewa waƙoƙi a cikin Girkanci na iya zama sananne a cikin ƙasa mai sanyi, amma Duet Antique ya yi nasara. Kundin farko ya sami rave reviews ba kawai daga talakawa masu sauraro, amma kuma daga masu sukar. Ƙungiyar Kyaututtukan Kiɗa ta Sweden ce ta ba da ita.
Mawakan sun yanke shawarar shiga babbar gasar waka ta Turai. A cikin shekara ta uku na zaben, sun yi nasarar lashe zukatan alkalan kotun, kuma kungiyar ta je makwabciyarta Denmark domin yin wasan karshe na gasar. Su biyun sun yi nasarar daukar matsayi na 3. Kasashe biyu sun ba Elena da Nikos mafi girman maki.
Nan da nan bayan ƙarshen wasan kwaikwayon, mutanen sun tafi babban yawon shakatawa na Turai. Wasannin kide-kide sun yi matukar nasara. Duk discos daga Gothenburg zuwa Athens sun haɗa da abubuwan ban sha'awa na ƙungiyar tsoho a cikin tarihinsu. Kuma bayan yin rikodin kundi na soyayya mai launin shuɗi, duet ya jagoranci jagora a yawancin sigogin Turai.
Rushewar ƙungiyar Antique
Bayan nasarar da aka samu, rashin jituwa ya fara bayyana tsakanin Elena da Nikos. Ƙungiyar ba ta sanar da rabuwar su ba, amma paparazzi na ko'ina ya fahimci cewa kowane ɗayan mawaƙan biyu ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da lakabi don yin rikodin kundin solo.
Elena bayan wani lokaci ya fara yi tare da Antonis Remos. Anan ne tarihin kungiyar Antique ya ƙare. Ko da yake a wani lokaci da suka wuce ƙungiyar ta sake taruwa don rera waƙoƙin farko a babban mataki.
Amma har zuwa wannan lokacin, Elena iya yin solo a gasar Eurovision Song Contest kuma lashe.
Kafin fara aikin solo Elena Paparizou ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Sony Music Greece. An yi rikodin Anapantites Klisis ɗaya akan wannan alamar. Harshen Turanci ya sami matsayin "zinariya". Kuma a shekara daga baya, Elena fito da cikakken faifai, wanda ya samu matsayin "platinum".
A cikin 2005 an gayyaci Elena Paparizou don wakiltar Girka a Gasar Waƙar Eurovision. An zabi daya daga cikin wakokinta guda uku a zaben kasar baki daya. A wasan karshe na gasar Paparizou ya zo na daya da maki 1.
A 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, 'yan jarida sun rubuta game da mummunan mutuwar mawaƙa a cikin wani hatsarin mota. Amma kuskure ne, sunan Elena ya mutu. Yarinyar tana raye kuma cikin koshin lafiya.
Ayyukan ƙarshe na mawaƙin sune guda biyu waɗanda aka saki a cikin 2018. Ana rubuta waƙoƙin a cikin Hellenanci kuma ana watsa su akai-akai a gidajen rediyo na Atheniya. Ƙungiyar Antique ta ci gaba da aiki, amma aikin Nikos Panagiotidis ne kawai.
