IAMX shine aikin kiɗan solo na Chris Korner, wanda ya kafa shi a cikin 2004. A wancan lokacin, an riga an san Chris a matsayin wanda ya kafa kuma memba na ƙungiyar balaguron balaguro na Burtaniya na 90s. (wanda aka kafa a cikin Karatu) Sneaker Pimps, wanda ya watse jim kadan bayan an kafa IAMX.
Abin sha'awa shine, sunan "Ni X" yana da alaƙa da sunan kundi na farko na Sneaker Pimps "Becoming X": a cewar Chris, a lokacin da ya ƙirƙiri nasa aikin, ya shiga cikin dogon lokaci na "zama" kuma juya zuwa "X", watau zuwa wani abu da zai iya canzawa kamar darajar ma'auni a cikin lissafi.
Yadda IAMX ya fara
Wannan mataki ya fara ne a Korner a lokacin yaro. Mawakin ya yi iƙirarin cewa kawun nasa ya yi tasiri sosai wajen samuwarsa a matsayinsa na mutum mai ƙirƙira, inda ya gabatar da shi zuwa duniyar kiɗan da ke ƙarƙashin ƙasa lokacin Chris yana ɗan shekara shida ko bakwai. Uncle ba kawai ya bar shi sauraron kiɗa ba, amma kuma ya koya masa ya fahimci zurfin ma'anar kowace waƙa, rubutunta. Ko da a lokacin, Korner ya gane cewa yana so ya zama mai fasaha mai zaman kansa kuma ya fara hanyar ƙirƙirar aikin kansa.
IAMX ya fara farawa a Birtaniya, amma tun daga 2006 ya kasance a Berlin, kuma tun 2014 a Los Angeles. A cikin wata hira, Chris ya bayyana motsi a matsayin wani abu mai mahimmanci don ci gaban kai da kirkira: samun sababbin abubuwan jin daɗi da abubuwan al'adu suna kawo masa wahayi. Yana da matukar muhimmanci a gare shi ya ji cewa bai tsaya cak ba.
A halin yanzu, IAMX yana da kundi guda takwas, an rubuta su gaba ɗaya kuma an samar da su (sai dai na biyar, wanda Jim Abiss ya samar, wanda ya shahara da aikinsa tare da Arctic Monkeys) ta Korner kansa.
An bambanta su da nau'i-nau'i iri-iri na nau'o'in kiɗa (daga masana'antu zuwa duhu cabaret) da kuma jigogi na matani (daga matani game da soyayya, mutuwa da jaraba ga sukar siyasa, addini da al'umma gaba ɗaya), duk da haka, irin waɗannan siffofi kamar su. zamewar bayyanawa da ɗorewa cikin kowace waƙa. Haɗe-haɗe zuwa ɓangaren kiɗan na aikin sune tasirin hasken wuta, abubuwan gani masu haske, manyan kayayyaki da abubuwan ban mamaki, da kuma zane-zane na Chris da hoton tsokana.
A cewar Chris, IAMX bai taba kasancewa ba, kuma ba zai taba zama ba, mayar da hankali kan zama babban lakabi, yayin da aka kori shi da ra'ayin zuba jari mai yawa a cikin wani aikin don "sanya" mai sauraro. Mai zane ya tabbata cewa yawan hali ba yana nufin inganci ba, akasin haka.
"A gare ni, manyan lakabi da kiɗa suna kama da abin banza kamar McDonald's da abinci." Ko da yake yana da wuya mawaƙa su guje wa jigon kasuwanci, yana da daraja, domin, a cewar Korner, ta haka ne suke zama masu zaman kansu, kuma aikinsu ya kasance mai gaskiya, kyauta kuma ba tare da damuwa ba.
Glory Time IAMX
Don haka, kundi na farko na IAMX "Kiss and Swallow" an buga shi a Turai nan da nan bayan ƙirƙirar aikin, a cikin 2004. Ya haɗa da yawancin abubuwan haɗin sauti da aka shirya don na biyar, kundin Sneaker Pimps wanda ba a gama ba.
Don tallafawa kundin, Korner ya fara balaguron balaguro na Turai da Amurka. Kasashen da suka ziyarta kuma sun hada da Rasha (Moscow kadai). A yayin wannan yawon shakatawa, layin IAMX na rayuwa ya canza sau da yawa.
Na biyu, wanda ya riga ya cika, album "Alternative" an sake shi bayan shekaru 2, a 2006. A cikin Amurka, kamar "Kiss and Swallow", an sake shi a 2008.
IAMX live line-up a kan na biyu album yawon shakatawa ya riga da m, tare da Janine Gebauer / tun 2009 Gesang / (keyboards, bass da goyan bayan vocals), Dean Rosenzweig (guitar) da Tom Marsh (ganguna) kafa shi.
Wannan layin ya kasance ba canzawa har zuwa 2010, lokacin da Alberto Alvarez (guitar, goyan bayan vocals) kuma, tsawon watanni shida kawai, John Harper (ganguna) ya karɓi mulki daga Rosenzweig da Marsh.
An maye gurbin na ƙarshe da injin ganga MAX wanda Korner ya tsara. A cikin 2011, Caroline Weber (ganguna) sun shiga aikin, kuma a cikin 2012, Richard Ankers (ganguna) da Sammy Doll (keyboards, guitar bass, vocals na goyan baya).
Tun daga 2014, jeri ya kasance kamar haka: Jeanine Guezang (keyboards, vocals support, bass guitar), Sammy Doll (keyboards, guitar bass, vocals supporting) da John Siren (ganguna).
An ci gaba da fitar da kundi na gaba duk bayan shekaru biyu ko uku: Masarautar Maraba da Ƙarawa a cikin 2009, Lokaci mara iyaka a cikin 2011, Filin Haɗin Kai a cikin 2013.
Bayan ƙaura zuwa Amurka, a cikin 2015, an yi rikodin kundi na shida, Metanoia. Abu ne sananne saboda gaskiyar cewa waƙoƙi huɗu daga ciki an nuna su a cikin jerin ABC Yadda Ake Kau da Kisa. Masu sauraro suna son su sosai cewa masu kirkiro jerin sunyi amfani da waƙoƙin IAMX a nan gaba.
Misali, a cikin kaso na hudu na Yadda Ake Kau da Kisa, an kunna waƙar "Mile Deep Hollow" daga albam na takwas, wanda aka saki a cikin 2018, Alive In New Light,. A cikin wannan misali, ya kamata a lura cewa shirin tare da wannan waƙa ya kasance a cikin Nuwamba 2017, kuma waƙar kanta ta tashi a cikin Janairu na shekara mai zuwa.
Kundin na bakwai "Unfall" an sake shi a watan Satumba na 2017, 'yan watanni kafin buga littafin "Rayuwa A Sabon Haske". Ta irin wannan ɗan gajeren tazara tsakanin fitowar kundi guda biyu masu cikakken tsayi, mutum zai iya yin hukunci akan gaskiyar kalmomin Korner a cikin wata hira: mai zanen ya yi iƙirarin cewa ba zai iya zama kawai ba tare da nazari ko ƙirƙira wani abu ba, tunda hankalinsa yana da ƙarfi.
Abubuwan Lafiyar Chris Korner
A cikin ɗaya daga cikin tambayoyin, Chris ya raba matsalolin tunaninsa waɗanda dole ne ya shiga kafin ƙirƙirar kundi na takwas tare da lakabi na alama. Domin shekaru uku ko hudu, Korner "ya shawo kan rikicin" - ya yi fama da ƙonawa da damuwa, wanda, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, ya rinjayi aikinsa.
Mai zane-zane ya yi iƙirarin cewa da farko ya yi kama da cewa wannan yanayin zai wuce nan da nan, kuma zai iya magance matsalolin tunani da kansa, amma bayan wani lokaci ya gane cewa a cikin maganin "hankali", da kuma a cikin maganin jiki, dole ne mutum ya dogara da magani da likitoci. Mataki na farko a irin wannan yanayi shi ne neman taimako da kuma ba da hakuri.
Korner ya lura cewa yana farin cikin samun kwarewa wajen shawo kan rashin tausayi, kuma wannan shine kusan "mafi kyawun abin da zai iya faruwa ga mai fasaha", saboda godiya ga irin wannan gwajin, ya sake nazarin dabi'u, sababbin halaye sun bayyana, sha'awar. ƙirƙirar ya kasance cikin sauri.
