Apples Azurfa wata ƙungiya ce daga Amurka, wacce ta tabbatar da kanta a cikin nau'in dutsen gwaji na mahaukata tare da abubuwan lantarki. Na farko ambaton duo ya bayyana a 1968 a New York. Wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan waƙoƙin lantarki na shekarun 1960 waɗanda har yanzu suna da sha'awar saurare.
A asalin tawagar Amurka shi ne mai basira Simeon Cox III, wanda ya taka leda a kan wani synthesizer nasa samar. Har ila yau, dan wasan bugu Danny Taylor, wanda ya mutu a shekara ta 2005.
Ƙungiyar ta yi aiki a ƙarshen 1960s. Abin sha'awa shine, Apples Silver yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin farko waɗanda mawakansu suka yi amfani da fasahar lantarki a cikin dutsen.
Tarihin Tuffar Azurfa
Tushen ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar Apples Azurfa ita ce Ƙungiyar Wutar Lantarki ta Overland Stage. Membobin rukuni na ƙarshe sun yi blues-rock a cikin ƙananan wuraren shakatawa na dare. Simeon ya ɗauki matsayin mawaƙin, kuma Danny Taylor ya zauna a bayan kayan ganga.
Wata maraice mai kyau, abokin kirki na Saminu ya nuna wa mutumin wani injin lantarki na girgiza sauti (an halicci kayan aiki a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu). Game da wannan sanin da janareta, Saminu ya ce:
“Lokacin da abokina ya riga ya bugu, sai na kunna waƙar - ban tuna ko wane nau'in abun da ke ciki ba, wani irin dutse da nadi da ke hannun. Na fara wasa tare da wannan ƙungiyar kuma na kama kaina ina tunanin cewa ina son yadda sauti yake.
Saminu ya ba abokinsa yarjejeniya. Ya sayi janareta na sonic akan dala 10 kacal ya nuna wa abokan aikinsa. Kowa ya yi watsi da janareta, kuma Danny Taylor ne kawai ya ce na'urar da ta dace.
Simeon Cox III ya ce: "Sun kasance masu tunani sosai, suna wasa gungun riffs ɗin su. Da na kawo janareta na kunna, mawakan ba su san yadda za su yi da shi ba. Ba su da wani tunani. Maimakon ci gaba da gwaje-gwajen, kawai sun ƙi yiwuwar amfani da janareta.
Rashin son mawaƙa na The Overland Stage Electric Band don haɓakawa da gwaji ya haifar da gaskiyar cewa Saminu da Danny sun bar ƙungiyar kuma a cikin 1967 sun ƙirƙiri Duet Silver Apples.
A sakamakon haka, abubuwan da ke cikin sabuwar ƙungiyar sun sami sauti na musamman. Simeon ya fara rubuta wakoki bisa ayoyin shahararren mawaki Stanley Warren, wanda ya sadu da shi kuma ya zama abokai a shekarar 1968.
Hanyar kirkira da kiɗan ƙungiyar Apples Azurfa
An gudanar da wasannin kade-kade na farko na duet musamman a wuraren da aka bude, yayin gangamin adawa da yakin Vietnam. A yayin wasan kwaikwayo, sama da ƴan kallo dubu 30 za su iya taruwa a wurin. Yawan magoya baya sun fara karuwa sosai.
Da zarar Simeon ya ce: “Lokacin farko da na yi kusan awanni 2 ana kunnawa. Bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, ni da abokin aikina mun yi tunanin hawa komai a kan takardar plywood da haɗa tubalan tare da wayoyi daga ƙasa. Wannan shawarar ta ba da izinin kada a canza wayoyi ... ".
Don haka, mawaƙa suka ƙirƙiri na'ura mai haɗawa. Abinda kawai ya ɓace daga sabon kayan aikin shine maɓallan madannai. Sakamakon haka, na'urar haɗakarwa ta ƙunshi janareta na igiyar sauti 30, na'urorin echo da yawa da kuma pedal na wah.
Shiga tare da alamar Kapp
Kungiyar ta yi kyau. Ba da daɗewa ba sun sanya hannu kan kwangilar farko tare da alamar Kapp. Abin sha'awa shine, masu shirya lakabin sun sanya sunan shigar da wutar lantarki da sauri "Simeon" don girmama mahaliccinsa. Manajoji sun yi mamakin sautin. Amma mafi yawansu sun yi mamakin yadda ake sarrafa "na'ura".
Ƙungiyar tana da ƙarin "guntu" guda ɗaya wanda magoya baya suka tuna. A lokacin wasan kwaikwayo, Simeon ya zaɓi ɗaya daga cikin dubban magoya baya a kan mataki kuma ya tambaye shi ya kunna mai karɓar zuwa kowane raƙuman rediyo. Mawakan, suna haɓakawa tare da wasu sassa na shirye-shiryen rediyo na surutun bazuwar, sun ƙirƙiri mafi shaharar buga wasan kwaikwayo. Muna magana ne game da shirin abun da ke ciki.
A shekara ta 1968, an sake cika hoton ƙungiyar tare da kundi mai suna iri ɗaya. Tarin ya sami taken "madaidaicin" apples Azurfa. An yi rikodin waƙoƙin akan kayan waƙa huɗu a ɗakin rikodin rikodin Kapp Records.
Ba kowa ya gamsu da sautin diski ba. Daga baya, mawakan sun yi rikodin abubuwan da suka riga sun rigaya a ɗakin studio Record Plant. Af, ƙungiyar ibada Jimi Hendrix ita ma ta naɗa waƙoƙi a wurin. Mawakan sau da yawa suna wasa tare, amma, rashin alheri, mazan ba su bar rikodin maimaitawa bayan kansu ba.
Gabatar da kundin studio na biyu
An yi rikodin studio na biyu LP a Decca Records a Los Angeles. Masoya da masu sukar kiɗa sun karɓo kundi da kyau. Don girmama tarin, ƙungiyar ta tafi babban balaguron balaguron balaguron zuwa ƙasar Amurka.
A bangon kundi na studio na biyu, an kama mawakan a cikin kuk ɗin jirgin fasinja na Pan Am. Idan ka kalli bayan murfin, za a iya ganin hotunan hadurran jirgin.
Shugabannin Pan Am ba su ji daɗi da ƙulli na duo ba. Manajoji sun yi ƙoƙari su jefa laka ga membobin ƙungiyar ta hanyar ba da odar labarai daga jaridun rawaya. Sun yi ƙoƙarin yin komai don tabbatar da cewa kundin bai ci gaba da sayarwa ba. A sakamakon haka, diski bai buga saman ba, ko da yake, kamar yadda aka gani a sama, magoya baya da masu sukar ba su da wani gunaguni game da tarin.
Watsewar Tuffar Azurfa
Ba da daɗewa ba mawaƙa sun yi magana game da gaskiyar cewa suna shirya albam na uku. Duk da haka, ba a ƙaddara magoya bayan su saurari waƙoƙin diski ba. Gaskiyar ita ce, a cikin 1970 kungiyar ta rabu.
Danny Taylor ya ɗauki aiki a wani babban kamfani tarho. Simeon Cox III ya zama mai zane-zane-zane a cikin kamfanin talla. Ba kowa ba ne ya fahimci dalilan da ya sa duet ya rabu, wanda ya nuna babban alkawari.
A tsakiyar 1990s, alamar TRC ta sake fitar da kundin kundin na 1960 da yawa ba bisa ka'ida ba. Simeon Cox III da Danny Taylor ba su sami dala ɗaya daga tallace-tallace ba. Amma a gefe guda, rikodin ya farfado da sha'awar Apples na Azurfa. Halin da sake sake fitar da tarin ba bisa ka'ida ba ya haifar da gaskiyar cewa a cikin 1997 mawaƙa sun sake bayyana a kan dandalin.
Duet ya gudanar da kide-kide da yawa. Mawakan sun raba shirye-shiryensu na kirkire-kirkire tare da magoya baya, kwatsam, bayan daya daga cikin wasan kwaikwayon, wani bala'i ya faru. Motar da Simeon Cox III da Danny Taylor suke ciki ta samu hatsari. Saminu ya ji rauni a wuyansa da kashin bayansa. A wannan, yunƙurin ƙungiyar Apples na Azurfa na ci gaba da ayyuka ya ci tura.
Wani taron kuma ya faru a shekara ta 2005. Gaskiyar ita ce Danny Taylor ya rasu. Kungiyar ta sake bace a takaice daga ganin magoya bayanta.
Apples Azurfa a yau
Saminu ba shi da wani zaɓi sai ya yi shi kaɗai. Na dogon lokaci ya yi mafi mashahuri qagaggun na Azurfa Apples repertoire. Mawaƙin ya yi oscillators, kuma maimakon ɗan ganga ya yi amfani da samfuran da Taylor ya gyara. Sabuwar faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar shine Clingingto a Dream, wanda aka saki a cikin 2016.
A ranar 8 ga Satumba, 2020, Simeon Cox ya mutu. Babban "girma" na kiɗan lantarki da na kwakwalwa, wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar asiri ta apples apples Simeon Cox III ya mutu yana da shekaru 82.
