Menene za a iya danganta shi da kalmar "ƙasa"? Ga masu son kiɗa da yawa, wannan lexeme za ta zaburar da tunanin sautin guitar mai taushi, banjo na jaunty da waƙoƙin soyayya game da ƙasashe masu nisa da ƙauna ta gaskiya.
Duk da haka, a tsakanin ƙungiyoyin kiɗa na zamani, ba kowa yana ƙoƙarin yin aiki bisa ga "samfurin" na majagaba ba, kuma yawancin masu fasaha suna ƙoƙarin ƙirƙirar sababbin rassa a cikin nau'in su. Waɗannan sun haɗa da ƙungiyar The Dead South.
Hanyar rukuni zuwa nasara
An kafa Matattu ta Kudu a cikin 2012 ta ƙwararrun mawakan Kanada biyu daga Regina, Nate Hilt da Danny Kenyon. Kafin wannan, duka membobin "quartet" na gaba sun taka leda a cikin ƙungiyar grunge mai ban sha'awa.
Asalin layi na The Dead South ya ƙunshi mawaƙa huɗu: Nate Hilt (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Scott Pringle (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Danny Kenyon (cello da vocals) da Colton Crawford (banjo). A cikin 2015, Colton ya bar kungiyar har tsawon shekaru uku, amma daga baya ya yanke shawarar komawa cikin layin da aka kafa.
Mawakan sun sami shaharar su na farko a wasan kwaikwayo kai tsaye a gaban jama'a. Matattu ta Kudu sun yi rikodin ƙaramin album ɗin su na farko a cikin 2013. Jerin waƙoƙinsa sun haɗa da cikakkun abubuwa biyar, waɗanda masu sauraro suka karɓa sosai.
A cikin shekara mai zuwa, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar yin rikodin kundi mai cikakken tsayi, Kamfanin Good Company, wanda aka saki a ƙarƙashin inuwar lakabin Iblis Duck Records na Jamus.
Kundin ya ƙara fadada masu sauraron ƙungiyar sosai, kuma Matattu ta Kudu ta shafe kusan shekaru biyu a manyan balaguron balaguro a wajen ƙasarsu ta Kanada.
Jagoran guda ɗaya daga kundi na biyu, In Jahannama Zan Kasance Cikin Kamfani Mai Kyau, ya karɓi nasa shirin bidiyo a cikin Oktoba 2016. Bidiyon, wanda ƴan ƙasar Kanada masu ban dariya a cikin huluna da masu dakatarwa suke rawa a wurare daban-daban, ya sami ra'ayoyi sama da miliyan 185 akan YouTube.
Eliza Mary Doyle, fitacciyar mawaƙin solo da studio, ta maye gurbinsa a lokacin rashin ɗan wasan banjo Crawford. Komawa ga abun da ke ciki na Crawford ya ba Doyle damar ba da ƙarin lokaci don aikin solo.
Albums na uku da na huɗu
Kundin Illusion & Shakku shine na uku a cikin aikin ƙungiyar, kuma godiya ga wannan ƙungiyar ta sami gagarumar nasara. Bayan fitowar sa a cikin 2016, kundin ya shiga cikin sauri 5 na ginshiƙi na Billboard Bluegrass.
An sami karbuwar farko da kyau ba kawai daga magoya bayan ƙungiyar ba, har ma da masu sukar kiɗa, alal misali, Amanda Haters daga Kanada Beats ta lura cewa duk da cewa kundin yana da sautin ƙasa na gargajiya, wannan ba ya hana ƙungiyar damar yin kyan gani. da kiɗan da ba a saba gani ba.
Musamman ƙwararrun ƙwararrun waƙa sun ƙididdige waƙoƙin Boots, Miss Mary da Hard Day. A karshen, a cewar su, basirar mawaki Hilt ya iya bayyana kansa sosai.
Mawakan ƙungiyar ba sa faranta wa jama'a rai tare da faifan fa'ida akai-akai - albam na huɗu na Sugar & Joy na The Dead South an fitar dashi a cikin 2019 kawai, shekaru uku bayan babban fitowar ta ƙarshe. Abin lura shi ne cewa duk wakokin da ke cikin albam din Sugar & Joy an yi su ne kuma an yi su a wajen garin mawakan, wanda ba za a iya cewa game da albam na baya ba.
Salon Kudu Matattu
Za ka iya samun m tattaunawa game da ma'anar style of The Dead Kudu - a cikin wasu qagaggun gargajiya jama'a rinjaye, wani wuri da sauti shiga bluegrass, da kuma wani wuri akwai ma daidaitattun dabaru na "garaji" rock music.
Mawakan suna magana ba tare da wata shakka ba game da aikinsu - a cewarsu, ƙungiyar tana wasa a cikin salon blues-folk-rock tare da abubuwan ƙasa.
Koyaya, ba za a fahimci salon ƙungiyar gabaɗaya ba idan an dore ta a maɓallin ji kawai. Bayyana ga mawakan The Dead South wani muhimmin sashi ne na hoton.
A kan mataki da kuma a cikin shirye-shiryen bidiyo, mutanen sun fi son su bayyana na musamman a cikin fararen riguna da wando baƙar fata tare da supenders, kuma masu fasaha sun fi son huluna masu salo (mafi yawa baƙar fata) a matsayin suturar kai.
Waƙoƙin The Dead South suna faranta wa mai sauraro farin ciki tare da ingantaccen labari - ko dai muna magana ne game da cin amana da masoya, ko kuma ɗan fashi ya ba da labarin rayuwarsa, ko kuma kyakkyawa mai kisa ta harbi babban jigon tare da mai juyawa.
Irin wannan kerawa na iya zama abin sha'awa ga mai sauraron Ingilishi, ko kuma aƙalla ga mai son kiɗan wanda zai iya kama kalmomin da aka saba da su a cikin matani, amma wannan ba yana nufin cewa idan mai sauraron yana magana “kai” da Turanci, to ya ba shi da wani abin nema a cikin waƙoƙin The Dead Kudu.
Sauti mai inganci, tare da ƙwaƙƙwaran motsin kida da muryoyin daɗaɗɗa na Hilt, ba za su bar kowa da kowa na kidan ƙasashen waje ba.
Membobin The Dead South ba sa iyakance kansu ga nasu ƙirƙira, wani lokacin suna ba da yabo ga shahararrun mawaƙa na zamanin da tare da ingantattun sigogin aikinsu.
Don haka, a cikin 2016, ƙungiyar ta yi wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na The Animals da ake kira House of the Rising Sun. Masu zane-zane sun kara sautin marubucin zuwa waƙar, kuma abun da ke ciki "an buga da sababbin launuka." Bidiyon ya sami ra'ayoyi sama da miliyan 9 akan YouTube.
Matattu ta Kudu ita ce ƙasar da ba za a iya kiranta da classic ba, duk da cewa an yi ta da ladabi ga "asalin".
Wani lokaci duhu, wani lokacin ban dariya da haske-zuciya - wakokin wannan rukunin koyaushe suna nutsar da mai sauraro cikin yanayi na musamman da haifar da yanayi na musamman.
