Sneaker Pimps ƙungiya ce ta Biritaniya wacce ta shahara sosai a cikin 1990s da farkon 2000s. Babban nau'in da mawakan ke aiki shine kiɗan lantarki. Shahararrun wakokin ƙungiyar har yanzu su ne mawaƙa daga fayafai na farko - 6 Underground da Spin Spin Sugar. Waƙoƙin da aka fara halarta a saman jadawalin duniya. Godiya ga abubuwan da aka tsara, mawaƙa sun zama taurarin duniya.
Ƙirƙirar Sneaker Pimps Collective
An kafa kungiyar a shekara ta 1994 a cikin birnin Hartlepool. Wadanda suka kafa ta sune Liam Howe da Chris Corner. Bayan an yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar, Kelly Ali kuma an karɓi shi. Ta dauki matsayin babbar mawakiyar. Bugu da ƙari, mutanen sun ɗauki ɗan wasan bugu Dave Westlake da ɗan wasan guitar Joe Wilson a cikin ƙungiyar su.
Corner da Howe sun zama abokai a cikin 1980s. Dukansu suna son kiɗan gwaji, don haka ko da lokacin sun haɗu a cikin duet FRISK kuma sun yi gwaji sosai a ɗakin studio. Don haka sun saki kundin EP na farko (ƙananan sakin tsarin - 3-9 waƙoƙi) Soul of Indiscretion. An ƙirƙiri kundin a cikin mashahurin nau'in tafiya-hop. Mutanen sun ci gaba da wannan al'ada kuma sun fara wasa sosai tare da bugun hip-hop da jama'a akan sakewa - EP FRISK da Duniya a matsayin Mazugi.
Bayan fitar da kundi (waɗanda masu sauraro da masu sukar suka yaba da su sosai), an sanya wa mawaƙan duka biyu hannu zuwa lakabin Tsabtace Rikodi. A layi daya, sun yi aiki a matsayin DJs, suna haɗuwa a cikin Duet Line na Flight. Ana yawan gayyatar samari zuwa shagali da kananan bukukuwa. Bugu da ƙari, sun taimaka rikodin kiɗa ga sauran mawaƙa.
Saitin rukuni
A cikin 1994, wani sha'awar gwaje-gwajen kiɗa ya jagoranci mawaƙa zuwa ra'ayin ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar Sneaker Pimps. An dauki sunan, ta hanyar, a cikin wata hira da shahararren Beastie Boys (daya daga cikin shahararrun kungiyoyin hip-hop na 1980s da 1990s). A cikin 1995, mutanen sun gayyaci Ian Pickering don rubuta waƙoƙi don kundi na farko. Pickering ya rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa. Amma bayan Korner ya rubuta su a cikin ɗakin studio, ya bayyana ga maza cewa duk wannan zai fi kyau a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na mace.
Don haka Kelly Ali aka gayyace ta a matsayin babbar mawaƙi (mawakan sun hange ta da gangan a wani wasan kwaikwayo a ɗaya daga cikin mashaya na gida). Bayan rikodin demo na 6 Underground, ya bayyana a fili cewa muryarta ita ce abin da Korner da Howe ke nema. Bayan yin demos da yawa, mawakan sun kai su ga masu samarwa daga Virgin Records. Mahukuntan kamfanin sun yaba wa wakokin. Saboda haka, Sneaker Pimps nan da nan ya sami damar shiga babban kwangila.
Aikin farko na rukuni da kide-kide
An gabatar da ƙungiyar a matsayin rukuni uku - Howe, Korner da Ali. Sauran mawakan ba sa cikin babban layi kuma suna goyon bayan samari a wasan kwaikwayo. Kundin halarta na farko Becoming X (1996) ya yi nasara. Waƙoƙin da aka tattara sun mamaye jadawalin kiɗan pop da raye-raye na shekara guda.
Sakin ya ba wa ƙungiyar kide-kide marasa iyaka na shekaru biyu masu zuwa. A wannan lokacin, mawakan ba su yi komai ba, sai dai su yi wasan kwaikwayo. Babu wata tambaya game da ƙirƙirar sabbin kiɗa - wasannin kide-kide sun yi gajiya sosai. A kan bangon irin wannan nauyin, rashin jituwa ya faru a cikin rukuni. Sakamakonsu shine tafiyar Howe yayin yawon shakatawa.
Sakin na gaba, Becoming Remixed (1998), ba sabon abu bane, sai dai remix na waƙoƙi daga faifan farko. Corner da Howe sun kafa lakabin rikodin nasu, Line of Flight, kuma sun fara aiki akan kundi na gaba na ƙungiyar.
Canjin murya
Ali a wannan lokacin yana hutu bayan dogon rangadi, don haka an yi rikodin demos na farko tare da muryoyin Corner. A cikin wannan tsari, shi da Howe sun gane cewa muryar maza yanzu sun dace da sabon ra'ayin kundi daidai. Don haka da Ali ya dawo hutu, sai suka sanar da cewa ba sa bukatar taimakonta. Tsoron shugabannin kungiyar ma ya taka rawa a nan.
Sun ji tsoron cewa za a gyara hoton "tafiya-hop tare da muryar mata" ga kungiyar. Howe ko Korner ba su so wannan. Wannan lamari ne mai ban sha'awa, ganin cewa yawancin ƙungiyoyin kiɗa suna jin tsoron canza layin rukuni bayan gagarumar nasara.
Duk da haka, shugabannin sun yanke irin wannan shawarar, kuma Korner ya zama babban mawaƙin. Irin waɗannan canje-canje ba su faranta wa Virgin Records dadi ba, don haka an tilasta wa duo barin alamar.
An fitar da kundi na Splinter a cikin 1999 akan Rikodin Tsabtace. Ba za a iya kwatanta tallace-tallacen wannan kundi ba, da kuma shaharar mutum-mutumin da ba za a iya kwatanta shi da buƙatun sakin farko ba. An karɓi rikodin cikin sanyi sosai. Duk da haka, kungiyar Sneaker Pimps ya fara aiki a kan ƙirƙirar rikodin na uku. Har yanzu, an zaɓi sabon lakabin Tommy Boy Records don sakin Bloodsport. Kuma an sake samun gazawa, zantuka masu ban sha'awa daga masu suka da masu sauraro. Koyaya, Howe da Korner sun kasance cikin buƙata a matsayin mawallafa kuma suna taimaka wa sauran masu fasaha ƙirƙirar waƙoƙi.
Sneaker pimps a yau
A cikin 2003, an yi ƙoƙarin yin rikodin diski na huɗu, amma sakinsa bai faru ba. Daga baya za a iya jin waƙoƙi daga kundin da ba a fitar ba akan aikin solo na Corner's IAMX. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Corner da Howe sun yi aiki tare ba tare da bata lokaci ba. Lokaci na ƙarshe game da jita-jita game da sabon kundi na Sneaker Pimps ya bayyana a cikin 2019, lokacin da mawakan ke aiki da gaske kan rikodin waƙoƙi.
