XX ƙungiyar pop indie ce ta Ingilishi wacce aka kafa a cikin 2005 a Wandsworth, London. Ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi na farko na XX a watan Agusta 2009. Kundin ya kai saman goma na 2009, yana hawa lamba 1 akan jerin The Guardian da lamba 2 akan NME.
A cikin 2010, ƙungiyar ta sami lambar yabo ta Mercury Music don kundi na farko. Album dinsu na biyu ya fito ne a ranar 10 ga Satumba, 2012, kuma album na uku na gani ka ga duniya shekaru 5 bayan haka a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 2017.
2005-2009: Samuwar The XX
Dukkan mambobi hudu sun hadu ne a makarantar Elliott da ke Landan. Af, wannan makaranta ta shahara wajen haihuwar masu fasaha da mawaka da dama a duniya, kamar: Burial, Tet Four da Hot Chip.
Oliver Sim da Romy Madeley-Croft sun kafa ƙungiyar a matsayin duo lokacin da suke kimanin shekaru 15. Guitarist Bariya Qureshi ya shiga cikin 2005 kuma bayan shekara 1 Jamie Smith ya shiga ƙungiyar.
Amma bayan barin Baria a shekarar 2009, kawai mambobi uku ne kawai na kungiyar pop - wadannan su ne Oliver, Romy da Jamie.
Rahotannin farko sun ce saboda gajiya, amma Oliver Sim daga baya ya yarda cewa mutanen da ke cikin kungiyar sun yanke shawarar da kansu:
“Ina so in karyata wasu jita-jita... da yawa sun ce ita da kanta ta bar kungiyar. Amma ba haka bane. Shawara ce da ni, Romy da Jamie suka yanke. Kuma dole ne ya faru."
Daga baya Madeley-Croft ya kwatanta wannan “rarrabuwar” da kisan aure na iyali.
2009-2011: XX
Kundin na farko na ƙungiyar XX ya sami babban yabo kuma ya sami ƙimar "yabo na duniya" akan Metacritic.
Kundin ya kuma yi kololuwa a lamba daya a jerin manyan makada na shekara, yana sanya lamba 9 akan jerin Rolling Stone da lamba biyu akan NME.
A cikin 50 NME Jerin 2009 na gaba, XX sun kasance matsayi na 6th, kuma a cikin Oktoba 2009 an sanya su suna ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin MTV 10 Iggyc Buzz (a Marathon Music na CMJ 2009).
An fitar da albam din su akan lakabin Birtaniya Matasa Turks a ranar 17 ga Agusta, 2009. Duk da cewa a baya ƙungiyar ta yi aiki tare da furodusa irin su Diplo da Kwes, sun yanke shawarar ɗaukar nasu samarwa. A cewar masu fasaha da kansu, an yi rikodin kundi na XX a cikin ƙaramin gareji wanda ke cikin ɗakin studio na rikodin rikodin XL.
Me yasa akwai? Don kula da yanayi na musamman da yanayi. Wannan shi ne sau da yawa da dare, wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga ƙarancin yanayin kundin.
A watan Agusta 2009, ƙungiyar ta sanar da rangadin su na rayuwa. XX ya zagaya da masu fasaha irin su Friendly Fires, The Big Pink da Micachu.
Kuma nasarar farko da suka samu shine godiya ga Crystalised guda ɗaya. Shi ne wanda ya buga iTunes (Birtaniya) a matsayin "single of the week", wanda ya fara daga Agusta 18, 2009.
An baje kolin waƙoƙin kundi da yawa a talabijin da kuma kafofin watsa labarai kamar: 24/7, Mutum Mai Sha'awa, Labaran NBC na wasannin Olympics na lokacin sanyi na 2010; Har ila yau, a lokacin shirye-shiryen Cold Case, Suits, Mercy, Next Top Model, Bedlam, Hung, 90210.
Bugu da ƙari, an ɗauke su don tallace-tallace na E4 a cikin Maris 2010 don 90210, Misfits, Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2011 fashion show, Waterloo Road da kuma a cikin fim din Ni Am Number Four.
A cikin Janairu 2010, Matt Groening ya zaɓi ƙungiyar don yin wasa a Bikin Ƙungiyoyin Dukan Gobe, wanda ya keɓe a Minehead, Ingila.
Bugu da ƙari, ƙungiyar ta buga bukukuwan kida biyar na Arewacin Amirka: Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza da Austin City Limits.
A watan Mayun 2010, BBC ta yi amfani da waƙar Intro don ɗaukar babban zaɓe na 2010. Wannan ya haifar da ƙungiyar suna kunna waƙar akan wani shiri na Newsnight.
An kuma yi samfurin waƙar a cikin Rihanna's Drunk on Love daga kundi nata Talk That Talk. An kuma yi amfani da shi don wasan karshe a cikin fim na 2012 na Project X, kuma an buga shi kafin wasan UEFA Euro 2012 a filayen wasa a Poland da Ukraine.
A cikin watan Satumba na 2010, kundi na halarta na farko na ƙungiyar ya sami lambar yabo ta Barclaycard Mercury, inda ya lashe kundi na Burtaniya da Irish.
Bayan watsa shirye-shiryen bikin kai tsaye, kundin ya tashi daga lamba 16 zuwa lamba 3 akan ginshiƙi na kiɗa, wanda ya haifar da fiye da ninki biyu na tallace-tallace.
Yaƙin tallan na XL ya faɗaɗa sosai bayan wannan gagarumar nasara. Saboda shahara, XL Recordings ya ce ya saki CD sama da 40 a cikin kwanakin da suka biyo bayan kyautar Mercury.
Manajan Daraktan XL Ben Beardsworth ya bayyana, "Tare da nasarar Mercury ... abubuwa sun inganta sosai kuma ƙungiyar za ta kai ga masu sauraro da kiɗan su."
An zaɓi ƙungiyar don "Best British Album", "Mafi kyawun Ƙarfafa Biritaniya" da "Kungiyar Burtaniya mafi kyau" a 2011 BRIT Awards, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu 2011 a O2 Arena a London. Duk da haka, ba su yi nasara ba a kowane nau'i.
2011-2013: Jin daɗin bukukuwa
A cikin Disamba 2011, Smith ya ba da sanarwar cewa yana son sakin kundi na biyu. “Yawancin abubuwan da nake aiki dasu yanzu shine XX kuma muna shirin fara yin rikodi. Da fatan sanya shi cikin lokaci don yawancin bukukuwan shekara mai zuwa saboda ya kamata ya zama mai ban mamaki! "
Sun dawo daga yawon shakatawa, sun ɗan huta, suka fito a wajen bukukuwa. A wata hira da suka yi da su, sun ce: “Sa’ad da muke ’yar shekara 17, mun yi kewar wannan sashe na rayuwarmu sa’ad da kowa yake jin daɗi. Babu shakka waƙar ƙungiyar ta yi tasiri ga kundin mu na biyu."
A ranar 1 ga Yuni, 2012, an ba da sanarwar cewa za a fitar da kundi na biyu na Coexist a ranar 10 ga Satumba. A ranar 16 ga Yuli, 2012, sun saki Mala'iku a matsayin guda ɗaya don Coexist. A cikin watan Agusta 2012, an nuna XX akan murfin #81 na mujallar Fader. Saboda raha, albam din ya fito tun kafin wa’adin da suka tsayar. Tuni a ranar 3 ga Satumba, tare da haɗin gwiwar Internet Explorer The XX, an fitar da cikakken kundi na biyu.
Ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo a bukukuwa. Kuma a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 2012, a gaban mafi yawan masu sauraro, ƙungiyar ta sanar da cewa za su gudanar da rangadin farko na Arewacin Amirka, wanda zai fara a ranar 5 ga Oktoba a Vancouver (Kanada).
A cikin 2013, XX ya gudanar da jerin kide-kide guda uku a cikin salon bikin "Dare + Day" a Berlin, Lisbon da London. Bukukuwan sun nuna wasan kwaikwayo da kuma jeri na DJs da ƙungiyar ta ƙirƙira, gami da Kindness da Dutsen Kimbie.
Kowane biki ya ƙare tare da wasan kwaikwayo na dare na ƙungiyar. Hakanan a waccan shekarar, an zaɓi XX ɗin don Kyautar Britaniya don Mafi kyawun Bandan Burtaniya, duk da rashin nasara ga Mumford & Sons.
A cikin Afrilu 2013, XX ya nuna waƙar tare a kan waƙar sauti na The Great Gatsby. Kuma Watsa shirye-shiryen Fox sun yi amfani da waƙar Gabatarwar su don rufe Tsarin Duniya.
2014-2017: Yi aiki akan Ina ganin ku
A watan Mayu 2014, ƙungiyar ta sanar da cewa za su yi aiki a kan kundi na uku na studio. Za a taimaka musu a cikin wannan ta hanyar furodusa Rodaid McDonald a Marfa Recording Studios a Texas.
A watan Mayu 2015, Jamie ya bayyana cewa rikodin zai sami "mabambanta ra'ayi" fiye da kundin su na baya. A cikin 2015, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da aikin su kuma sun tsara cewa za a fitar da kundin a ƙarshen 2016. Amma, domin komai ya kasance mai inganci, sun gargadi jama’a cewa suna bukatar karin lokaci.
A cikin Nuwamba 2016, The XX sun ba da sanarwar cewa za a fitar da kundi na studio na uku, I See You, a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 2017. A lokaci guda kuma suka saki waƙar A riƙe. A kan Nuwamba 19, 2016, XX ya bayyana a matsayin baƙo na kiɗa a ranar Asabar Night Live. Sun yi wakokin A Riƙe kuma Na Dare Ka. A ranar 2 ga Janairu, 2017, ƙungiyar ta fitar da jagorar kundi na biyu, Ka faɗi Wani Abin Ƙauna.
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