Damien Rice mawaƙin Irish ne, mawaƙiyi, mawaƙi kuma mai shirya rikodi. Rice ya fara aikinsa na kiɗa a matsayin memba na 1990s rock band Juniper, wanda aka sanya hannu zuwa PolyGram Records a 1997.
Ƙungiyar ta sami matsakaicin nasara tare da ƴan mawaƙa, amma kundin da aka tsara ya dogara ne akan manufofin kamfanin rikodin kuma babu abin da ya zo a ƙarshe.
Bayan ya bar ƙungiyar ya yi aiki a matsayin manomi a Tuscany kuma ya yi kasuwanci a duk faɗin Turai kafin ya koma Ireland a 2001 kuma ya fara aikin kiɗan solo tare da sauran ƙungiyar ya zama Bell X1.
A cikin 2002, album ɗin sa na halarta na farko O ya kai lamba 8 akan Chart na Albums na Burtaniya, ya lashe lambar yabo ta jerin waƙoƙi kuma ya samar da manyan ƴan wasa 30 guda uku a Burtaniya.
Rice ya saki albam din sa na biyu na 9 a shekarar 2006 kuma wakokinsa sun fito a fina-finai da shirye-shiryen talabijin da dama.
Bayan shekaru takwas tare, Rice ya fito da kundi na uku na studio My Favorite Faded Fantasy a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 2014.
Ayyukan Rice na sirri sun haɗa da gudummawar kiɗa don ayyukan agaji kamar waƙoƙi don Tibet, yaƙin neman 'yanci da aikin isasshe.
Rayuwar farko ta DAMIEN RICE da Juniper
An haifi Damien Rice ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1973 a Celbridge (Ireland). Iyayensa sune George da Maureen Rice. Ya kafa rukunin dutsen Juniper tare da Paul Noonan, Dominic Philips, David Geraghty da Brian Crosby a cikin 1991.
Kungiyar ta hadu ne a lokacin da suke halartar makarantar sakandare ta Salesian College a Celbridge, County Kildare. Bayan yawon shakatawa a duk faɗin Ireland, ƙungiyar ta fito da EP Manna na farko a cikin 1995.
Ƙungiyar (wanda ke cikin Straffan, County Kildare) ta ci gaba da rangadi tare da rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar album shida tare da PolyGram. Ayyukan rikodin su sun haifar da Weatherman guda ɗaya da The World Is Dead waɗanda suka sami tabbataccen bita. Sun kuma yi rikodin amma ba su saki Harshe ba.
Bayan ya cim ma burinsa na kiɗa tare da Juniper, Rice ta yi takaici da ƙetaren fasaha da lakabin rikodin ya buƙaci, kuma ya bar ƙungiyar a 1998.
Rice ta koma Tuscany (Italiya) kuma ta yi noma na ɗan lokaci kafin ta koma Ireland. Dawowa a karo na biyu, Rice ta ba wa ɗan uwansa, furodusan kiɗa David Arnold, wanda ya ba Rice ɗakin studio ta hannu.
Solo aiki na Damien Rice
A cikin 2001, Rice's The Blower 'yar ta buga saman 40 na ginshiƙi. A cikin shekara ta gaba, ya ci gaba da yin rikodin kundin nasa tare da guitarist Mark Kelly, New York drummer Tom Osander (Tomo), pianist na Parisian Gene Meunier, mai gabatarwa na London David Arnold, mai ba da labari na County Meath Lisa Hannigan, da kuma mawallafin Vivienne Long.
Rice daga nan ta tafi yawon shakatawa a Ireland tare da Hannigan, Tomo, Vivien, Mark da Dublin bassist Shane Fitzsimons.
A cikin 2002, an fitar da kundin waƙar mawakiyar O a Ireland, Burtaniya da Amurka. Kundin ya yi kololuwa a lamba 8 akan Chart Albums na UK kuma ya tsaya kan ginshiƙi na tsawon makonni 97, yana sayar da kwafi 650 a Amurka.
Kundin ya sami lambar yabo ta Jerin Kiɗa, tare da Cannonball da Volcano sun buga Top 30 na Burtaniya.
A cikin 2006, Damien Rice ya fitar da kundi na biyu, 9, wanda aka yi rikodin shekaru biyu a baya. A shekara ta 2007, mawaƙin ya yi wasa a bikin Glastonbury a Ingila da kuma bikin Rock Werchter a Belgium.
A shekara ta 2008, ya fitar da waƙar Yin Noise don kundin waƙa don Tibet: Fasahar Zaman Lafiya don tallafawa Dalai Lama da Tibet na 14.
A shekara ta 2010, Rice ta buga waƙar "Lone Soja" a cikin aikin isasshe da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na Iceland Inspires da aka gudanar a Hlömskalagardurinn, kusa da cikin garin Reykjavik.
Shinkafa ta rufe waƙar Juniper Crosseyed Bear don kundin tarin Taimako: Rana a rayuwa. Ana fitar da Albums na Rice a ƙarƙashin lakabin Heffa (asali DRM) a Ireland da Vector Records a Arewacin Amurka. Rikodin da aka fitar a Burtaniya, Turai da sauran wurare an buga su ta 14th Floor Records ta hanyar Warner Music.
A cikin bazara na 2011, an sake fitar da kundi na farko na 'yar wasan Faransa da mawaƙa Melanie Laurent. Ya fito akan wakoki biyu akan kundinta na farko na En t'attendant, yana aiki akan waƙoƙi biyar da aka haɗa a cikin kundin.
A cikin Mayu 2013, Rice ya sanar da masu sauraro a 2013 Seoul Jazz Festival cewa yana aiki akan sabon kundi.
A ranar 4 ga Satumba, 2014, asusun Twitter na Rice ya sanar da kundin sa na uku, My Favorite Faded Fantasy, wanda zai fito a ranar 31 ga Oktoba. A kan shafin yanar gizon Damien Rice, ranar da aka saki a hukumance shine Nuwamba 3, 2014.
Kundin da Nafi so Faded Fantasy tare da waƙar farko "Ba na son Canza ku" an fitar da shi a duk duniya a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, 2014 don yabo daga NPR.
Robin Hilton ya bayyana cewa "Albam din Damien Rice mai zuwa abu ne mai ban mamaki..." kuma Standard Evening Standard ta London ta ce "Damien Rice ... ya dawo tare da daya daga cikin kundin na shekara."
Rayuwar mutum
Ba a tabbatar da jita-jitar cewa Damien Rice tana soyayya da Melanie Laurent ('yar wasan Faransa) ba. Duk da haka, an sami rahotannin cewa yana aiki tare da jarumar a cikin kundin ta na farko.
