Blur rukuni ne na ƙwararrun mawaƙa da nasara daga Burtaniya. Fiye da shekaru 30 suna ba wa duniya kuzari, kiɗa mai ban sha'awa tare da dandano na Biritaniya, ba tare da maimaita kansu ko wani ba.
Ƙungiyar tana da fa'ida mai yawa. Da fari dai, waɗannan mutanen su ne waɗanda suka kafa salon Britpop, na biyu kuma, sun haɓaka kwatance sosai kamar indie rock, madadin rawa, lo-fi.
Yaya duk ya fara?
Samari da masu buri - Goldsmiths Damon Albarn (vocals, keyboards) da Graham Coxon (guitar), ɗaliban kwalejin fasaha masu sassaucin ra'ayi waɗanda suka yi wasa tare a ƙungiyar Circus, sun yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar kansu. A cikin 1988, ƙungiyar kiɗa Seymour ya bayyana. A lokaci guda kuma, wasu mawaƙa guda biyu sun shiga ƙungiyar - bassist Alex James da ɗan ganga Dave Rowntree.
Wannan sunan bai daɗe ba. A lokacin daya daga cikin raye-rayen raye-raye, ƙwararren furodusa Andy Ross ya lura da mawaƙa. Daga wannan sanin ya fara tarihin ƙwararrun kiɗan. An gayyaci ƙungiyar don yin aiki a ɗakin rikodin rikodi kuma an ba da shawarar canza sunan.
Daga yanzu, ana kiran ƙungiyar Blur ("Blob"). Tuni a cikin 1990, ƙungiyar ta tafi yawon shakatawa a biranen Burtaniya. A cikin 1991, an fitar da kundi na farko na Leisure.
Nasarar farko ta "ci gaba" ta kasa
Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta fara haɗin gwiwa tare da mai gabatar da hangen nesa Stephen Street, wanda ya taimaka wa mutanen su sami farin jini. A dai-dai wannan lokaci ne karon farko da aka fara bugawa matashin band Blur - wakar Babu Wata Hanya. Shahararrun wallafe-wallafe sun rubuta game da mawaƙa, sun gayyace su zuwa gagarumin bukukuwa - sun zama taurari na gaske.
Ƙungiyar Blur ta haɓaka - an gwada su tare da salo, sun bi ka'idar bambancin sauti.
Lokacin wahala 1992-1994
Ƙungiyar Blur, ba ta da lokacin jin daɗin nasarar, tana da matsaloli. An gano bashi - kimanin fam dubu 60. Kungiyar ta je yawon bude ido a Amurka, da fatan samun kudi.
Sun fito da wani sabon Popscene guda - mai matukar kuzari, cike da faifan gita mai ban mamaki. Wakar ta samu amsa mai dadi daga masu sauraro. Mawakan sun ruɗe - a cikin wannan aikin sun yi ƙoƙari sosai, amma ba su sami ko rabin sha'awar da suke fata ba.
An soke sakin sabon waƙar, wanda ke cikin ayyukan, kuma kundin na biyu yana buƙatar sake tunani.
Rashin jituwa a cikin rukuni
Yayin rangadin birni na Amurka, membobin ƙungiyar sun gaji da rashin jin daɗi. Rashin fushi ya yi mummunar tasiri akan dangantaka a cikin ƙungiyar.
An fara samun sabani. Lokacin da ƙungiyar Blur ta koma ƙasarsu, sun tarar cewa ƙungiyar Suede da ke hamayya da juna tana cike da ɗaukaka. Wannan ya sanya matsayi na ƙungiyar Blur ya zama abin ƙyama, saboda za su iya rasa kwangilar rikodin su.
Lokacin ƙirƙirar sabon abun ciki, matsalar zabar akida ta taso. Komawa daga ra'ayin Ingilishi, cike da grunge na Amurka, mawaƙan sun gane cewa suna tafiya ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba. Sun yanke shawarar sake komawa ga al'adun Ingilishi.
An fitar da albam na biyu Rayuwar Zamani Shara ce. Ba za a iya kiran aurensa mai haske ba, amma ya ƙarfafa matsayin mawaƙa. Waƙar Don Gobe ta ɗauki matsayi na 28, wanda ba shi da kyau ko kaɗan.
Guguwar nasara
A cikin 1995, bayan fitowar kundi na uku na Parklife, abubuwa sun yi nasara. Ɗaya daga cikin wannan kundi ya sami matsayi na 1 mai nasara a cikin ginshiƙi na Biritaniya kuma ya shahara sosai kusan shekaru biyu.
Ƙungiyoyi biyu na gaba (Zuwa Ƙarshen da Parklife) sun ba da damar ƙungiyar ta fito daga inuwar masu fafatawa kuma ta zama abin jin daɗin kiɗa. Blur ya sami lambobin yabo guda huɗu masu kyan gani daga lambar yabo ta BRIT.
A wannan lokacin, gasa tare da ƙungiyar Oasis ta kasance mai zafi sosai. Mawakan sun yi wa juna kiyayyar da ba ta boye ba.
Wannan arangama har ma ya zama sananne a matsayin "British Heavyweight Contest", wanda ya haifar da nasarar kungiyar Oasis, wanda album ya tafi platinum sau 11 a farkon shekara (don kwatanta: Blur album - kawai sau uku a lokaci guda).
Cutar tauraro da barasa
Mawakan sun ci gaba da yin aiki yadda ya kamata, amma dangantakar da ke cikin ƙungiyar ta ƙara tsananta. An ce game da shugaban kungiyar yana da mummunar cutar tauraro. Kuma guitarist ba zai iya kiyaye buri na asiri ga barasa ba, wanda ya zama batun tattaunawa a cikin al'umma.
Amma waɗannan yanayi bai hana ƙirƙirar kundi mai nasara ba a 1996, Live a Budokan. Bayan shekara guda, an fitar da wani kundi, mai maimaita sunan kungiyar. Bai nuna tallace-tallacen rikodin ba, amma ya ba shi damar cin nasara a duniya.
An yi rikodin kundi na Blur bayan tafiya mai kwantar da hankali zuwa Iceland, wanda ya yi tasiri ga sautinsa. Ya kasance sabon abu kuma na gwaji. A wannan lokacin, Graham Coxon ya daina shan barasa, yana mai cewa a wannan lokacin na kirkire-kirkire, kungiyar ta daina "koran" shahara da amincewar jama'a. Yanzu mawaƙa suna yin abin da suke so.
Kuma sababbin waƙoƙin, kamar yadda ake tsammani, sun kunyata "magoya bayan" da yawa waɗanda ke son sautin Birtaniyya da suka saba. Amma kundin ya sami nasara a Amurka, wanda ya tausasa zukatan Birtaniya. Ana yawan nuna shirin bidiyo na waƙar da aka fi sani da waƙa ta 2 akan MTV. An harbe wannan bidiyon gaba ɗaya bisa ga ra'ayoyin mawaƙa.
Kungiyar ta ci gaba da mamaki
A cikin 1998, Coxon ya ƙirƙiri lakabin nasa, sannan kundi. Bai samu gagarumin karbuwa ba ko dai a Ingila ko a duniya. A shekarar 1999, kungiyar ta gabatar da sabbin wakoki da aka rubuta a cikin wani tsarin da ba a zata ba. Kundin "13" ya juya ya zama mai matukar tausayi da kuma zuciya. Hadaddiyar hadaddiyar kidan dutse ce da kidan bishara.
Domin bikin cika shekaru 10, kungiyar Blur ta shirya wani nune-nune da aka sadaukar domin gudanar da ayyukanta, an kuma fitar da wani littafi kan tarihin kungiyar. Har yanzu mawakan sun yi yawa, sun sami lambobin yabo a cikin nadin "Mafi Kyautar Single", "Mafi kyawun shirin Bidiyo", da dai sauransu.
Ayyukan gefe suna shiga cikin ƙungiyar Blur
A cikin 2000s, Damon Albarn ya yi aiki a matsayin mai shirya fim kuma ya shiga cikin ayyuka daban-daban. Graham Coxon ya fitar da kundin solo da yawa. Wadanda suka kafa kungiyar sun yi aiki ko kadan tare.
Akwai ƙungiyar Gorillas mai rai wanda Damon ya ƙirƙira. Ƙungiyar Blur ta ci gaba da kasancewa, amma dangantakar da ke tsakanin mahalarta ba ta da sauƙi. A cikin 2002, a ƙarshe Coxon ya bar ƙungiyar.
A cikin 2003 Blur ya fito da kundi mai suna Think Tank ba tare da mawaƙa Coxon ba. Sassan guitar sun fi sauƙi, akwai kayan lantarki da yawa. Amma canje-canje a cikin sauti da aka samu tabbatacce, da lakabi na "Best Album na Year" da aka samu, da kuma songs aka kuma kunshe a cikin babbar jerin mafi kyau albums na shekaru goma.
Taron band tare da Coxon
A cikin 2009, Albarn da Coxon sun yanke shawarar yin tare, an shirya taron a Hyde Park. Amma masu sauraro sun yarda da wannan shiri da ƙwazo har mawaƙan suka ci gaba da yin aiki tare. Rikodin mafi kyawun waƙoƙi, wasan kwaikwayo a bukukuwa ya faru. An yaba wa ƙungiyar Blur a matsayin mawaƙa waɗanda suka sami ci gaba cikin shekaru.
A cikin 2015, an fitar da sabon kundi mai suna The Magic Whip bayan dogon hutu (shekaru 12). Yau shine samfurin kiɗa na ƙarshe na ƙungiyar Blur.
