Michael Kiwanuka mawaƙin Burtaniya ne wanda ya haɗu da salo iri biyu marasa daidaituwa lokaci guda - rai da kiɗan jama'a na Uganda. Yin irin waɗannan waƙoƙin yana buƙatar ƙaramar murya da ƙaramar murya.
Matasan mai fasaha na gaba Michael Kiwanuka
An haifi Michael ga dangin da suka gudu daga Uganda a 1987. A lokacin ba a dauki Uganda a matsayin kasa da mutum zai iya rayuwa cikin yanayi mai kyau ba, don haka iyayen suka yanke shawarar guduwa daga can.
Mazauni na gaba shine Ingila, inda yaron ya sami damar ba kawai karatu ba, har ma ya zama mawaki. Michael ya saurari makada na rock, yana jin daɗin aikinsu kuma a hankali ya koyi salon da bai dace da shi ba.
A lokacin karatunsa, mutumin ya sami damar koyan makada da yawa. Daga cikin su akwai Radiohead, Blur. Duk da haka, ƙungiyar Nirvana tare da almara Kurt Cobain sun yi tasiri sosai a kan mutumin. Ya buga wasu daga cikin waƙoƙin ƙungiyar a makaranta, yana ƙoƙarin yin koyi da salo na musamman na ɗan wasan.
Koyarwar sana'a ta Michael Kiwanuk
Lokaci ya wuce, kuma mutumin da ya yi karatu a makaranta ya kara girma. Ya karanci salo daban-daban a makarantar Royal Academy of Music da ke Ingila. Duk da haka, mutumin ya zaɓi jazz. Sa'an nan matashin mawaki ya koma Jami'ar Westminster, inda kiɗan pop ya zama nau'i na gaba na ilimi.
Daga nan sai ya ji wakar The Dock on the Bay, wadda ta zaburar da shi ga yanke shawarar da ba ta dace ba - don canza salo ta yadda ya dace da sha'awarsa.
Don ƙirƙirar irin wannan salo na musamman, Michael ya yanke shawarar yin amfani da aikin sauran mashahuran masu fasaha. Daga cikinsu har da Bob Dylan, wanda waƙarsa ta zaburar da shi.
Bayan manyan canje-canje a salon waka, mawakin ya kirkiro nasa salon da suka dace da shi. Ya haɗa ruhi da shuɗi, dutsen jama'a da bishara da ƙari. Mutumin yana da manyan ra'ayoyi, kuma ya kawo su rayuwa da nasa ra'ayoyin.
Michael Kiwanuka: Zama Mawaƙi
Yayin da mutumin yake aiki tare da salon da ba daidai ba, yana buƙatar bayyana kansa ga jama'a. Wannan zai taimaka masa ya zama sananne kuma ya koyi yadda masu sauraro za su ji daɗin daɗin kiɗan sa. Michael ya zama mawaƙin zama kuma ya ƙare akan rikodin James Gadson.
Bayan ɗan lokaci, ya yanke shawarar yin magana a cikin jama'a. Duk da haka, yana da wuya a nan da nan ya raira waƙa ga adadi mai yawa, don haka a yanzu ya zauna a kulob din London.
Kwanaki sun shude, sai Michael Kiwanuka yayi magana. Kuma daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kwanakin Paul Buttler, wanda mawaƙin Bees ne ya lura da shi.
Sai Bulus ya yanke shawarar cewa a ba mutumin dama kuma ya yanke shawarar yin shi daidai a mashaya. Ya gayyaci Michael zuwa dakinsa inda zai iya daukar wasu wakoki.
Kwangilar aikin farko na Michael Kiwanuka
A cikin 2011, mai zane ya riga ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar sana'a ta farko. Ya yi nasarar kammala yarjejeniya tare da lakabin tarayya. Kungiyar Mumford & Sons ce ta mallaka. A can ne mawaƙin ya fitar da waƙa guda 2 a lokaci ɗaya: Bani Labari kuma Ina Shiryewa.
Yana buɗewa ga Adele
A zahiri, irin wannan yanke shawara ya amfana da mai yin wasan ne kawai, wanda ya zama sananne ba da daɗewa ba. Amma ya yi nasarar samun karbuwa sosai ga mawakin Adele.
Mawaƙin ya shahara a duk faɗin duniya, don haka adadi mai yawa na jama'a ne suka je shagalin ta. Amma kafin manyan taurari su yi wasa, ya kamata masu sauraro su “ji daɗin” mawaƙa da ba su da farin jini. Wannan shine ainihin abin da Michael Kiwanuka ya zama. Ya shiga "aiki na budewa", kuma a can masu sauraro sun sami damar lura da shi.
Bayan ɗan lokaci, an zaɓi Michael don Zaɓin Masu sukar Biritaniya. A can ya samu nasarar lashe matsayi na 3. Sannan aka gane mawakin a matsayin daya daga cikin hazikan matasa na shekarar 2011 a fagen waka.
Michael Kiwanuka Career Decisive Award
Bugu da ƙari, bayan wani lokaci, mai wasan kwaikwayon ya sami wani lambar yabo, wanda ya zama mai yanke shawara a cikin aikinsa. Ita ce Kyautar Mawaƙin Mafi Alƙawari na 2012 kuma BBC Sound ta gabatar.
Sakamakon haka, mawaƙin ya fara sakin waƙoƙin nasa a hankali, shirya yawon shakatawa, tare da saduwa da magoya baya. Ya iya ƙirƙirar waƙoƙi na musamman waɗanda ba za a iya mantawa da su ba kuma sun kasance rikodin sauti na kiɗan gargajiya na Uganda.
A cikin 2016, ya fitar da wani kundi wanda ya nuna cewa mai zanen zai shiga cikin waƙoƙin rai, yana sadaukar da kiɗa ga al'adun gargajiya na Uganda. An kira album ɗin Love & Hate.
Michael Kiwanuka ya kirkiro wakoki da dama a tsawon rayuwarsa. Daya daga cikin shahararrun shine Cold Little Heart. Ta yi nasarar samun wasan kwaikwayo fiye da miliyan 90 a kan shahararren dandalin YouTube, inda mai yin wasan ya sami nasarar tattara fiye da kashi 90% na nasarar sake dubawa daga masu sauraro. Yau an san mawakin ga jama'a. Yana shirya rangadi, yana yin rikodin faifan sauti daban-daban kuma yana tattaunawa da "masoyansa".
