Asalin ƙungiyar dutsen mai ci gaba ta Burtaniya Van der Graaf Generator ba zai iya kiran kansa da wani abu ba. Fure da rikitarwa, sunan don girmama na'urar lantarki yana sauti fiye da asali.
Magoya bayan ka'idojin makirci za su sami labarin su a nan: injin da ke samar da wutar lantarki - da kuma aikin asali da ban tsoro na wannan rukuni, yana haifar da girgiza a gwiwoyin jama'a. Wataƙila wannan shine mafi kyawun abin da maza za su iya fitowa da shi.
Van der Graaf Generator - farkon
Ƙungiyar art-rock na zamanin ta fara ayyukanta a cikin 1967. Daliban Jami'ar Manchester Peter Hamill (guitarist da vocalist), Nick Pearn (allon madannai) da Chris Judge Smith ( ganguna da ƙaho) sun yi nasarar fito da suna mai kayatarwa ga ƙungiyar. Sun rubuta waƙar "Mutanen da kuke zuwa" kuma bayan shekara guda da rabi, suna da shekaru 69, sun bi hanyoyinsu daban-daban.
Wanda ya zaburar da akida kuma dan gaba na kungiyar, Peter, kadan kusa da karshen wannan shekarar, ya kafa sabuwar kungiya. Ya haɗa da ɗan wasan bass Chris Ellis, mawallafin madannai Hugh Banton da kuma Guy Evans. Tare da wannan layin suna yin rikodin kundi, wanda ba a fitar da shi a cikin tsohuwar Ingila mai kyau ba, amma a fadin teku, a Amurka mai ci gaba.
Yana da wuya koyaushe ga masu kirkira su kasance cikin ƙungiya ɗaya na dogon lokaci. Akwai juyawa akai-akai a cikin "Generator". Ellis, wanda ya bar rukunin, ya maye gurbin David Jackson, wanda ke buga sarewa da saxophone. An ƙara bassist Nick Potter. Tare da zuwan sabbin membobin, salon kiɗan kuma yana canzawa. A maimakon psychedelics na kundin farko, na biyu, "Mafi Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarfafawa".
Masu sauraro sun amsa da kyau ga sabon sautin ƙungiyar. Ƙaddamar da wannan fasaha, ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin wani guda a cikin wannan shekarar. Wannan abun da ke ciki, wanda ya rubuta albam na farko na rukunin, ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin al'ada har yau. Ya kawo wa kungiyar salo da farin jininsa.
Nasarar farko
Quartet ya sake yin wani kundi a cikin 1971, Pawn Hearts, wanda ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi uku kawai. "Alala ta Masu Kula da Haske", "Man-Erg" da "Lemmings" ana daukar mafi kyawun ayyukan Van der Graaf Generator har yau.
Van der Graaf Generator yana yawon shakatawa sosai. Shekaru biyu (1970-1972), miliyoyin masu sauraro an gabatar da su ga aikinsu. Mutanen sun cancanci ƙauna ta musamman a Italiya. Kundin su A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers ya shahara sosai. Sun zauna a saman jadawalin Italiyanci na makonni 12. Amma yawon shakatawa ba ya kawo fa'idodin kasuwanci, kamfanonin rikodin ba su da sha'awar haɗin gwiwa - kuma ƙungiyar ta rabu.
1975 - ci gaba
Bayan rabuwar ƙungiyar, Bitrus ya yanke shawarar yin sana'ar solo. Sauran membobin sun taimaka masa a matsayin mawakan baƙi.
A cikin 1973, Banton, Jackson da Evans sun yi ƙoƙarin fara sana'o'i masu zaman kansu. Har ma sun yi rikodin kundi mai suna bayan sabuwar ƙungiyar da aka ƙirƙira - "The Long Hello". Gaba daya jama'a ba su lura da shi ba.
Bayan sun kasa yin aikin solo, mahalarta sun yanke shawarar sake haduwa cikin jerin gwanon da ya kawo farin jini ga kungiyar a shekarar 1975. A cikin shekarar suna yin rikodin kusan albums uku, kuma da kansu suna aiki azaman furodusoshi.
Amma kungiyar ta fara zazzaɓi: a cikin 76, Banton ya sake barin, kuma bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci, Jackson. Potter ya dawo kuma wani sabon memba na tawagar ya bayyana - violinist Graham Smith. Kungiyar ta cire kalmar "Generator" daga sunanta. Mahalarta sun saki albam guda biyu: kai tsaye da studio kuma sun sake watse.
Kundin "Time Vaults" an buga shi bayan ƙarshen aikin haɗin gwiwa. Ya ƙunshi ayyukan da ba a fito da su ba, lokutan gwaji a lokacin wanzuwar ƙungiyar. Kyakkyawan sauti, a gaskiya, ba shine mafi kyau ba, amma masu goyon baya masu aminci sun kara da shi a cikin tarin su.
Van der Graaf Generator yau
Bayan ƙungiyar ta watse, abun da aka tsara na gargajiya ya ba da kide-kide lokaci-lokaci. A 91 sun rera waka a ranar tunawa da matar Jackson, a cikin 96 sun ba da kyautar solo album na Hammil da Evans tare da kasancewarsu, kuma a cikin 2003 a London, a cikin gidan Sarauniya Elizabeth, an buga mafi shaharar abun ciki mai suna Still Life. Bayan wani wasan kwaikwayo a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Royal Concert Hall, inda jama'a suka sami karbuwa sosai, ra'ayin ya taso don sake hadewa.
Masu rockers sun fara nemo sababbin abubuwa, rubuta waƙoƙi, sake maimaitawa, kuma a cikin bazara na 2005 an saki faifan su "Present", da babbar murya cewa ƙungiyar ta dawo tare da nasara.
Bayan wata daya, an gudanar da wani kide-kide a dakin taro na Royal Festival Hall, wanda ya tabbatar da nasarar dawowa fagen daga.
Tawagar ta tafi yawon shakatawa a Turai. Bayan ya dawo, David ya bar kungiyar, amma rashinsa bai shafi sauran ba. A shekara ta 2007, an saki diski tare da rikodin wasan kwaikwayo na cin nasara, sa'an nan kuma, a farkon shekara ta gaba, kundin "Trisector". Bayan shekara guda, a cikin bazara - sake yawon shakatawa na Turai, kuma a lokacin rani - yawon shakatawa na Amurka da Kanada, da kuma kide-kide da yawa a Italiya. 2010 - wani wasan kwaikwayo a cikin Ƙananan Hall na London Metropole, 2011 - sakin kundin "A Grounding in Numbers".
Ba a gama ba tukuna
Van der Graaf ya ci gaba da samar da ra'ayoyi, kodayake wannan kalmar ta daɗe daga sunan ƙungiyar su. A cikin 2014-15, ƙungiyar, tare da mai zane Shabalin, sun haɓaka manufar aikin fasaha na Earlybird Project kuma sun gabatar da shi ga al'umma. Af, an ba da sunan aikin ta waƙar taken "Earlybird", wanda ya buɗe kundin 2012.
Van der Graaf ba ya daina mamakin magoya bayan su, yana tabbatar wa kowa da kowa cewa shekarun ba shine cikas ga kerawa ba, kuma shekaru kawai suna ƙara ƙarfin hali da sha'awar kawo wani sabon abu da sabon abu ga aikinku.
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