Russell Simins an fi saninsa da yin ganga a cikin rukunin dutsen The Blues Explosion. Ya ba da shekaru 15 na rayuwarsa ga dutsen gwaji, amma kuma yana da aikin solo.
Rikodin Wuraren Jama'a nan da nan ya zama sananne, kuma shirye-shiryen bidiyo na waƙoƙin da ke cikin kundin sun shiga cikin jujjuyawar sanannun tashoshin kiɗan Amurka.
Simins ya sami farin jini wanda bai samu yana wasa a rukunin da ya gabata ba. Ya yi rikodin waƙoƙi tare da Tom Watts, DJ Shadow, Fred Schneider na B-52, Yoko Ono da sauran taurari.
Jon Spencer Blues fashewa
Russell Simins ya zauna a Queens na dogon lokaci kuma yana neman ƙungiyar da ta dace don aikinsa. Ya yi nisa zuwa ga dutse a cikin dukkan bayyanarsa. Kuma ya sami mafaka a wurin maimaitawa na The Spitters.
A nan ba wai kawai ya nada sassa a cikin kayan kida ba, har ma ya inganta wasansa, sau da yawa yakan kasance bayan tafiyar sauran mawakan.
Kwarewar farko ta kasance da amfani sosai a cikin aikin sa na gaba Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. An kafa kungiyar a shekarar 1991. Wadanda suka kafa ta su ne Jude Bauer da Russell Simins, wadanda nan da nan suka sami yare na kowa.
Sau da yawa sukan zauna bayan maimaitawa don ƙirƙirar abubuwan da suka haɗa. Lokacin da wani abu ya fara aiki, Simins ya gayyaci abokinsa zuwa tawagar. Don haka, ƙungiyar ta juya zuwa rukuni uku kuma ta fara shirya kayansu sosai.
Waƙoƙin farko na ƙungiyar sun kasance gauraya na rock-tmp da roll, punk, grunge da blues. Mutanen sun sami damar haɗa waɗannan nau'ikan kuma ƙirƙirar sauti na musamman. Kuma sassan da ke kan kayan kida sun zama ainihin “katin kira” na ƙungiyar.
Tare da fashewar Jon Spencer Blues, Russell Simins ya rubuta rikodin takwas, kowannensu ya bambanta da salon kiɗa na baya.
Abinda bai canza ba shine sautin sa hannu na bandeji. Ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da yin gwaji, mawaƙa suna neman sabon alkibla don basirarsu.
Percussion na Russell Simins
Ƙungiyar fashewar Jon Spencer Blues ta zama sananne ba kawai godiya ga sassan guitar ba, har ma da ganguna na Russell. Wasa kayan kaɗe-kaɗe shine ginshiƙan abubuwan kiɗan.
Idan ba shi da inganci, to komai zai lalace. Simins na iya ƙirƙirar tushe wanda ya juya sautin band ɗin zuwa ainihin monolith.
Sauran mawaƙa na ƙungiyar fashewa na Jon Spencer Blues sun lura cewa Russell zai iya aiki daidai da lokaci, godiya gare shi cewa abubuwan da aka tsara sun sami saurin da ya dace.
Ya ƙyale mutanen su nuna iyawarsu kuma tare da sassan gangunansa ya "dinka tare" sautin da suka samar.
Amma ya zama dole a fahimci cewa ƙwararrun ƙwararru ne kawai ke ganin muhimmiyar rawar da mai buɗa a cikin ƙungiyar. A kan mataki, shi ba wanda ke samun yawan yabo ba.
Solo aiki na kungiyar
Rubuce-rubucen da Russell Simins ya yi na ƙarshe a matsayin memba na fashewar Jon Spencer Blues shine Maza Marasa Wando. Amma tun kafin ta, mai ganga ya yanke shawarar yin nasa aikin.
Yana son irin waƙar da yake yi a babbar ƙungiyarsa, amma me zai hana a gwada wani abu dabam. Sha'awar gwaji ya nuna kansa.
Haka ne, kuma shekaru 15 na rubuce-rubuce kawai tare da mutane iri ɗaya sun riga sun gaji. Ba tare da barin kungiyar ba, Simins ya fara neman mawaƙa don rikodin sa.
Russell ya riga ya sami kayan, ya rage don tabbatar da mafarkinsa. Lokacin da aka zaɓi tsarin mawaƙa, mutanen sun zauna a ɗakin studio kuma suna yin rikodin CD na Wuraren Jama'a. Ya yi kama sosai da abin da Simins ya yi da John Spencer.
Yawancin kundin an yi su ne da abubuwan da aka tsara a cikin salon pop-rock. Kuka ne mai nisa daga dutsen gwaji wanda Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "masoya" ake amfani da su don saurare. Amma sun yi maraba da fitowar albam din sosai.
An yi rikodin rikodin tare da taimakon abokan Simins Duran Duran, Stereolab da Luscious Jackson. Russell ba kawai rikodin ganguna ba, amma kuma ya buga guitar.
Rubuce-rubucensa na kade-kade game da soyayya nan da nan suka shiga jerin manyan gidajen rediyo. An harbe faifan bidiyo don mafi kyawun su, waɗanda suka sami dubban ra'ayoyi.
Kundin na biyu da aka fitar a wajen Jon Spencer Blues Explosion shine The Men Without Pants. Simins ba kawai ya rubuta sassan ganga a kansa ba, har ma ya samar da sautin.
Russell Simins a yau
Mawakin bai tsaya nan ba. Ya ci gaba da yin aiki tare da Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, amma bai manta game da aikinsa na solo ba. Mawakin ya gaya wa magoya bayansa cewa ya riga ya sami kayan yin rikodin sabon rikodin.
An kuma san mai yin wasan don abubuwan da ya tsara, waɗanda ake amfani da su azaman waƙoƙin sauti don wasannin bidiyo da talla. Musamman ma, abun da ke ciki na daɗaɗɗa yana nunawa a cikin tallan cakulan Roshen.
A cikin Maris 2015, an saki kundi na gaba na ƙungiyar Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Freedom Tower No Wave Dance Party, inda Russell Simins ya sake rubuta ganguna.
A yau, mawaƙin ya fi mai da hankali ga samar da sauti a wasu ƙungiyoyi kuma ya ba da kwarewarsa ga sabon ƙarni.
Amma ba ya manta da shiga cikin nasa kerawa, a kai a kai yana faranta wa abokansa farin ciki da sababbin abubuwan da Russell ya rubuta a ɗakin studio na gida da kuma aikawa a Intanet.
Simins ya ci gaba da yin haɗin gwiwa tare da fashewar Jon Spencer Blues. Tsofaffin abokai lokaci-lokaci suna ba da kide-kide don "magoya bayansu".
