Ezra Michael Koenig mawaƙin Ba’amurke ne, mawaƙi, marubuci, mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo, kuma marubucin allo, wanda aka fi sani da wanda ya kafa, mawaƙi, mawaƙin guitar, kuma ɗan wasan pian na ƙungiyar dutsen Amurka Vampire Weekend.
Ya fara rera waka tun yana dan shekara 10. Tare da abokinsa Wes Miles, wanda ya kirkiro ƙungiyar gwaji "The Sophisticuffs". Daga wannan lokacin ne ya fara aiki da ayyukan kiɗa da yawa. A cikin ƙoƙarinsa na kiɗa na farko, ya kuma gan shi ya kafa ƙungiyar rap "L'Homme Run" tare da Andrew Kalaijian da Chris Thomson. Ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin indie rock na Amurka Dirty Projectors da The Walkmen.
Babban nasararsa ta zo ne bayan samuwar "Vampire Weekend" tare da Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson da Chris Baio. Koenig shine mahalicci kuma mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo na mako biyu na Apple Music Rikicin Lokaci tare da Ezra Koenig. Shi ne kuma wanda ya kirkiro jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na Amurka da Japan mai rairayi Neo Yokio.
Yarantaka da kuruciya Ezra Koenig
An haifi Ezra Michael Koenig a ranar 8 ga Afrilu, 1984 a birnin New York na Amurka, ga dangin Bayahude Robin Koenig da Bobby Bass. Mahaifinsa shi ne mai zanen kaya don fina-finai da shirye-shiryen talabijin, kuma mahaifiyarsa likita ce ta psychotherapist. Iyalinsa sun yi hijira zuwa Amurka daga Turai.
Ya girma a cikin New Jersey kuma ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Glen Ridge. Yana da 'yar'uwa mai suna Emma, wanda shine marubucin littafin: Heck! Na haura ashirin", sannan kuma na rubuta labarin ban dariya na ABC-TV Manhattan Love Story.
Koenig ya fara tsara kiɗa tun yana ɗan shekara goma; "Bad Birthday Party" ita ce waƙarsa ta farko. Ya yi karatun English Literature a Jami'ar Columbia.
A lokacin karatunsa na sakandare da kwaleji, ya shiga abokiyar ƙuruciya Wes Miles (a halin yanzu ɗan gaba na ƙungiyar indie rock band Ra Ra Riot) kuma yayi aiki akan ayyukan kiɗa da yawa. Su biyun kuma sun kafa ƙungiyar gwaji, Sophisticuffs.
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga jami'a, Koenig ya fara koyar da Turanci a Makarantar Sakandare mai lamba 258 a Brooklyn, New York ta hanyar Koyarwa Don Amurka (TFA). Kamar yadda ɗalibansa suka tuna, Koenig zai kawo guitar ɗinsa zuwa aji, ko da yake bai faɗi komai ba game da sana'arsa ta kiɗa.
Ya yi mu'amala mai kyau da ɗalibai, amma an ɗauke shi a matsayin malami na ɗan "kwanciya". Aikin koyarwa ya ƙare daga baya a cikin kaka 2007 lokacin da ya rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da lakabin XL Recordings mai zaman kansa na Burtaniya.
Rayuwar sirri na Ezra Koenig
Koenig bai yi aure ba, amma ya kasance yana soyayya da 'yar wasan Amurka, darekta kuma furodusa Rashida Jones shekaru da yawa yanzu. Jarumar an fi saninta da yin tauraro a matsayin Ann Perkins akan jerin ban dariya na NBC Parks da Recreation.
Ma'auratan sun kasance cikin dangantaka tun 2017. Koenig da Jones sun yi maraba da ɗansu na fari, ɗan Isaiah Jones Coing a kan Agusta 22, 2018. Ya zuwa yanzu, ma'auratan suna rayuwa mai daɗi tare da ɗansu. Ko da yake sun kasance kamar iyali na gaske, Koenig ko Rashida ba su ambaci shirin aure ba.
Sana'a: Samuwar kungiyar "Vampire Weekend"
A shekara ta 2004, Koenig, tare da Chris Thomson da Andrew Kalaijian, sun yi tare da ƙungiyar rap ta L'Homme Run, wadda ta haifar da shahararren wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo "Pizza Party", da kuma "Bitches", "Ba da Gun" da "Interracial". ". Koenig kuma ya buga saxophone da guitar, kuma ya ba da muryoyin baya ga ƙungiyar indie rock band 'Dirty Projectors' daga 2004 zuwa 2005, kuma a cikin 2016. Ya kuma kasance mai horarwa a cikin ƙungiyar indie rock band The Walkmen.
Babban hutunsa ya zo lokacin da ya kafa ƙungiyar Rock Vampire Weekend a cikin 2006 tare da Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson da Chris Baio. An zaɓi sunan ƙungiyar daga taken ɗan gajeren fim ɗin da Koenig ya yi aiki tare da abokansa a lokacin hutun bazara na kwaleji.
Vampire Weekend ya fara wasan kwaikwayo a Jami'ar Columbia. Nunin su na farko shine a taron "Rukunin yaƙi" da aka gudanar a Lerner Hall, cibiyar ɗaliban Jami'ar Columbia a 2006. Ƙungiyar ta fara tattara ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa daga shafuka kamar Pitchfork da Stereogum bayan fitowar su ta kan layi. Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta sayar da wasan kwaikwayon kuma ta fito a bangon mujallar kiɗan Amurka Spin.
Kundin farko na Ezra Koenig: XL Recordings
A ranar 29 ga Janairu, 2008, Vampire Weekend ya fitar da kundi na farko mai taken kansu ta hanyar Rikodin XL. Tashin ginshiƙi ya kai kololuwa a #17 akan Billboard 200 na Amurka kuma Biritaniya (BPI) ta ba da izinin Platinum da Zinariya ta Amurka (RIAA), Kanada (Kiɗa Kanada) da Ostiraliya (ARIA).
Mujallar Time ta sanya ta a matsayin mafi kyawun kundi na 5 na 2008. Rolling Stone kuma ya sanya kundi na #24 akan jerin su na 100 Mafi Girma Kundin Kambun Duk Lokaci.
Album ɗin nasara mai mahimmanci da kasuwanci ba wai kawai ya goyi bayan aikin waƙar Koenig ba, amma ya kawo masa karɓuwa da faɗuwa a duniya.
Koenig ya sami shahara sosai tare da Vampire Weekend, wanda ya ƙare tare da ƙarin hits biyu tare da rikodin XL. Na farko, "Contra", wanda aka yi muhawara a saman Billboard 200 na Amurka kuma ya kai kololuwa a lamba 1 akan sigogi da yawa.
Na biyu, "Modern Vampires of the City", wanda aka saki a ranar 14 ga Mayu, 2013, ya zama kundi na biyu na ƙungiyar Numero-Uno a cikin Amurka don fara halarta a lamba ɗaya akan Billboard na Amurka 200. Ya lashe Grammy don "Mafi kyawun Kundin Waƙar Alternative Music " a shekarar 2014.
Neman nasarar nasarar karshen mako na Vampire, Koenig a halin yanzu yana aiki tare da membobin ƙungiyar akan kundinsu na huɗu na studio, wanda aka tsara don sakin 2018.
A halin da ake ciki, ya ƙirƙiri wasan kwaikwayon rediyo na mako biyu, Rikicin Lokaci tare da Ezra Koenig, wanda yake shiryawa akai-akai. Nunin ya fara fitowa ne a ranar 12 ga Yuli, 2015 akan gidan rediyon kiɗa na Apple Music na 1/80 "Beats 2018" kuma an riga an watsa shi sama da juzu'i XNUMX kamar na Nuwamba XNUMX, kuma a halin yanzu yana cikin kakarsa ta huɗu.
Yakan shirya wannan wasan kwaikwayon tare da Jake Longstreth. A cikin shekaru da yawa, baƙi da yawa irin su Jonah Hill, Jamie Foxx da Rashida Jones suma sun bayyana akan wasan kwaikwayon. An rufe batutuwa daban-daban irin su kiɗan rock na 1970, siyasa cin abinci na kamfanoni da tarihi a cikin wasan kwaikwayon.
Koenig kuma ya ƙirƙira, ya rubuta da zartarwa ya samar da jerin abubuwan haɗin gwiwar Amurka da Japan Neo Yokio. Jerin, wanda gidan wasan kwaikwayo na anime na Japan Deen da Production IG suka samar, wanda aka fara akan Netflix a ranar 22 ga Satumba, 2017. Salon jerin anime na Japan, Koenig ya kira shi "wahayi anime" maimakon anime na gargajiya.
Nunin ya sami ra'ayoyi daban-daban. A ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2018, an ba da sanarwar cewa za a fito da wani na musamman na Kirsimeti mai taken "Neo Yokio Pink Christmas" a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 2018.
Ya kuma yi aiki tare da masu fasaha da yawa tsawon shekaru. Waɗannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce sun haɗa da muryoyin waƙar "Carby" daga kundi na farko na Discovery, "LP", a cikin 2009; samar da vocals a cikin bidiyon kiɗa don "Barbra Streisand" kuma an nuna shi akan waƙar Major Laser "Jessica" a cikin 2013.
Ya kuma bayyana halin "Ryland" a cikin jerin manyan raye-raye na Amurka Major Lazer kuma ya yi tauraro a cikin jerin talabijin na HBO na Amurka. Kuma ya shiga a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin marubuta da masu samar da waƙar "Hold Up" na Beyoncé, wanda ya sami kyautar Grammy a cikin nau'in "Best Pop Solo Performance" a cikin 2017.
A farkon 2016, Batmangliy ya sanar da cewa ya bar Vampire Weekend amma zai ci gaba da wasa da su nan gaba. A wannan shekarar, ƙungiyar ta fara aiki a kan kundi na huɗu tare da masu haɗin gwiwa kamar Rechtshaid, Justin Meldal-Jonsen, Daniel Chaim da Dave Longstreth na Dirty Projectors.
A farkon 2019, Vampire Weekend ya fitar da wasu waƙoƙi guda biyu, gami da "Hall of Harmony" na Fabrairu da "2021", gabanin sakin Uban amarya, kundi biyu da aka fitar a watan Mayu ta hanyar Columbia Records'"Spring snow".
