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UPedro INgonyama ayiphoswa yingoma yokuqala, kodwa Ulawulo inengxelo yabo yokuvula inamandla. "Okukhethwa kukho" yeyona ngoma imanyelwe kakhulu yiBazan. Iqhutywa ngumgca wegitala olula, we-hypnotic, "Iinketho" ifumana isibini esitshatileyo sihamba ngesandla elunxwemeni, kunye ngokwenyama kodwa bodwa kwiingcamango zabo. "Andinakuze ndikuqhawule umtshato," umbalisi uqala, "Ngaphandle kwesizathu esivakalayo / Kwaye nangona ndingaze ndifuneke / Kumnandi ukukhetha." » Ikhorasi idada kakuhle ngaphezu kwayo yonke ingoma, ingoma elula ezaliswe luthando kunye nobuhlungu bentliziyo, ukuzingca kunye noloyiko: “Kodwa okwangoku ndiyakufuna. »
Ngemveliso yayo, Ulawulo yahlawuliswa njengecwecwe elimalunga nokupheliswa komtshato we-hyper-modern uhambe kakubi. Kuyinto enzima ekubizweni kunokubulawa: uluvo lukhona ukuba ukrwaqula, kodwa uya kuxolelwa ngokucinga ukuba ezi ngoma zingumzobo nje odlulayo weVenn wokungathembeki, amampunge kunye nokuzisola. Ulwandlalo olubanzi lweyelenqe lulandela indoda engathembekanga kwindlela eyingozi ekhokelela ekufeni kwayo ngumfazi wayo onomsindo. Eyona nto igcina icwecwe ukuba lingahexi phantsi kobunzima bemixholo yalo yimveliso.
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Ulawulo lelona cwecwe linzima likaPedro the Lion, kwithowuni nakwisandi. Iialbham zangaphambili zinesandi esicocekileyo, esomileyo sesiginkci, uphawu lokuzibamba okusekwe kancinci kukaPedro. Ngokumataniswa, Ulawulo inamandla kakhulu, iqhutywa ziziginkci ezigqwethekileyo kunye neegubhu ezikhwazayo kwaye ziphezulu kumxube. Ngaphandle kokuhamba kwe-sonic, abasebenzi beekhredithi zecwecwe baqhelekile: uBazan wadlala phantse yonke into ngokwakhe kwaye wenza isabelo sengonyama yobunjineli kunye nokuxuba, encediswa nguTooth & Nail stalwart kunye nogxa waseSeattle, Aaron Sprinkle. Ukufutshane kodwa okunexabiso ecaleni: Mhlawumbi awulazi igama lika-Sprinkle, kodwa ungomnye wabavelisi abaninzi be-surreal - hayi kwi-rock yobuKristu kuphela, kodwa kuyo yonke imbali ye-rock. Isprinkle ineekhredithi zemveliso ezingama-970 kwi-AllMusic. Ukuthelekisa: USteve Albini unama-872. Iikhredithi ezili-18 nje zohlula u-Spreyiza ukogqitha uGeorge Martin. Uyazi: la mfana urekhode iBeatles.
Ukufafaza kwakuyinxalenye yeqela elikhethekileyo labantu abavunyelwe ukuba bachukumise iingoma zeBazan. UBazan wayesaziwa, ngokuvuma kwakhe, njengomntu osebenza nzima, kwaye wayeziva enetyala ngendlela awayebonakala ebagxotha ngayo abantu. Uqaqambisa ukusetyenziswa kwakhe kotywala okuye kwanda ngokuthe ngcembe kwiminyaka yokugqibela yokuphindaphinda kukaPedro, kodwa kunye nokungakwazi kwakhe ukunikezela. Ulawulo kuyo nayiphi na inxalenye yenkqubo yokubhala kunye nokurekhoda. Isebe lexesha elide kunye nomhlobo u-TW Walsh wayekuphela kombhali osebenza kunye no-Bazan, kwaye ubunzima bale nkqubo ekugqibeleni bubangele u-Walsh ukuba alishiye iqela (baye baxolelana).
UBazan ukhankanye ngokuphindaphindiweyo isithethe sezenzo ezifana neBeatles kunye neRolling Stones, amaqela aziwa ngokuba yinkqubo yokudala yokubambisana, amalungu awo ayimfuneko kwisazisi sabo. Wayeyithiyile into yokuba wayebonakala engakwazi ukuyila ngolo hlobo, ukuba akanakuze ayeke ukubamba, kwaye ukulichitha iqela yayiziindlela ezininzi zokuzama ukwaphula umjikelo wentuthumbo wokuqesha nokudutyulwa, ukuba uzive uxinezelekile kwaye ungonelisekanga. UBazan uxelele iNoisey ngo-2017: “Ngelo xesha, uPedro The Lion yayiligama lophawu lokungasebenzi kwam ngaphezu kwayo yonke enye into. Kwafuneka ndithabathe inyathelo elithile ukuze ndiqonde ukuba yintoni eyayingalunganga nesizathu sokuba ndingakwazi ukugcina iqela elimanyeneyo.
Kudliwano-ndlebe no-Aquarium Drunkard, uBazan wachaza impixano awayeyiva phakathi kwendlela awayecinga ukuba iqela elilungileyo lifanele lisebenze ngayo kwaye yindlela kuphela awayebonakala ekwazi ngayo ukusebenza kwiqela: “Ekupheleni [kokwenza ii-albhamu njengoPedro The Lion], Ndandikwinto endinokuthi ndiqiniseke ngokulula ukuba yiprojekthi yokuzingca. Kodwa ngokwenene yayiyiprojekthi yam ... Kwandithatha kude kube ngu-2017 ukuba ndithi, "Kulungile ukuba ndenze oku." Ndandisaziva ndinetyala ngako, kodwa kwakufuneka ndilandele ndize ndithi, “Nantsi into ofanele uyenze kolu bizo.” » Ulawulo yayilicwecwe elenziwe kwesi sipheki soxinzelelo esingasebenziyo, kodwa sesinye sezona bungqina bunamandla bamandla enkqubo.
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Ngokulula, Ulawulo ilitye elinzima kunalo naliphi na elinye icwecwe likaPedro The Lion. Ukukhutshwa kwangaphambili kunamatyala kwi-Red House Painters kunye ne-Bedhead, kodwa Ulawulo iphakamisa ubushushu phantsi kwesiqhelo sikaPedro ukubila de kubile. Kwisiqendu samva nje sepodcast kaDamian Abraham Kwavela ukuba yipunk, uBazan uthe obu bunzima buqhutywa yileyibhile, iJade Tree. NgokukaBazan, “Ndandingaqondi ukuba bafuna ntoni kwiqela lam…ndicinga ukuba ekugqibeleni yandiphembelela ukuba ndenze iirekhodi ezinzima. Njengoko ndingazi ukuba ngendenze Ulawulo ukuba bendingekho kule leyibhile. Babethanda Kunzima ukufumana umhlobokodwa kukho izimvo malunga 'Oo ... bathanda iingoma ezikhawulezayo', uyazi ukuba ndithetha ukuthini.
Et Ulawulo ineengoma ezikhawulezayo. Iindinyana ezicacileyo ze "Rehearsal" ziphakanyiswe yingoma enkulu, eqhubayo. “Ihlobo laseIndiya” sisityholo esivuthayo sokungaphumeleli kobungxowankulu obuphakathi kwezona ngoma zakha zabhalwa nguBazan. Nkqu neengoma ezicothayo zingxola nzima kakhulu: "Okwesibini Okugqwesileyo" kukutsha okucothayo okukhokelela kwi-sludgy riff ekumgama nje ambalwa ukusuka kwi-hardcore yokwenyani. Le yi-albhamu apho uBazan engena eyakhe njengomdlali we-drummer, ebetha i-toms kwaye ebetha i-fill ngegunya elitsha. Ukubetha kwakhe igubu yinkwenkwezi "yeMagazini," ijuggernaut enomsindo yesingqi esiqhubela ingoma yonke. "Ukuxwilwa" kunye "nokungena" zimbini ze UlawuloIingoma ezinomtsalane, enye imalunga novuyo olungekho mthethweni lokungathembeki olutyhefelwe bubutyala kunye nokuzisola phambi kokuba isenzo sigqitywe, kwaye enye imalunga nendlela yokuphila kwakho ecatshukiswa kukufunwa yinkampani. Zombini ezi ngoma zithetha ngempambano yokubawa, yokusoloko ufuna okungakumbi kunye nemiphumo yendalo. Ngandlela-thile okanye enye, uya kuphumelela.
Ayiyiyo yonke into esele ikhulile kakuhle, nto leyo ivuma uBazan. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, waqala ukutshintsha amazwi athile xa edlala ezi ngoma bukhoma. Umgca malunga ne "cum corporate" kwi "Indian Summer" yatshintshwa "bubblegum," indawo yenkcubeko yabathengi awayeyiboleke kuBob Dylan. Iinkcazo zesini kwi-albhamu - zininzi - zichanekile kwaye zineenkcukacha. Xa esondela "Gcoba," uBazan ukhala esithi: "Ngaba bekungayi kuba mnandi kangako ukuba yonke into ibingekho ngqiqweni/ Kodwa yonke into inentsingiselo / kwaye phantse yonke into ijika ibe yikaka." Yileyibhile ye-nihilistic kwingxelo ye-albhamu evakalelwa kakhulu empumlweni.
Kodwa kukho inkululeko yoloyiso ekuthambeni kwe Ulawulo. Iingxaki zithe ngqo, zicacile kwaye zingendawo; kutheni le nto impendulo ingafihli nje? Ukuba ingxaki isikhonkwane, kunokufuneka usebenzise isando. Ithagethi yokudelela kukaBazan ngokucacileyo iMelika: imida yenzuzo kunye neziphumo zolonwabo eziza ngeendleko zomnye umntu. Abo bangenako ukunyusa ingeniso yabo kuya kufuneka bakhuphe ii-ofisi zabo. Ngaphandle kwezidubedube ezinkulu, abantwana bethu baya kufumana ilifa lehlabathi elibi, okusingqongileyo kunye noqoqosho oluthotyelwe phantsi sisityebi se-oligarchy. Ezinye iialbham zikaPedro zikholisa ukugxila kuhanahaniso kunye nekratshi - iintsilelo zobuqu ezicacileyo. Ulawulo uhlaselwe kukukhukhumala kwenkampani, uhlobo lobubi bokuzingca obakhelwe kwizakhiwo ezikhulu ezisindwayo.
Eli cwecwe limalunga nenkqubo yesimanjemanje njengoko lithetha ngomtshato. Izithembiso zenkqubela engapheliyo nengenasiphelo zonke ziye zangqinwa zibubuxoki. Yonke into ihamba ngokwemijikelo. Kwa aba bantu bavukela abaphathi bamashishini bafumanisa ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokuphuma kukuba babe ngabo. Wafunga ukuba soze usele njengexhego lakho ude usele. Nanjengoko ubuqhophololo becwecwe bufika entloko ku-"Rehearsal," umfazi ojijekileyo ejonge ezantsi kuhola wendlela ephethe imela kwigumbi leglavu, ulwaphulo-mthetho olubulalayo lomyeni ongathembekanga kunye nolokugqibela lulwaphulo-mthetho oluqikelelwayo. “Sithandwa,” watsho, “awuqhelekanga/ Yonke intshukumo ibonakala ngakumbi kunaleyo yangaphambili.” Ukuba ndiyakwazi ukuphepha ukucaphula iBhayibhile okokugqibela: “Njengenja ibuyela emhlanzweni wayo, isidenge siphinda ubudenge baso. »
Izigxeko zikaBazan zihlala zibhekiselwa kubuKristu baseMelika, abahanahanisi benkolo abaphethe ubugwenxa obufanayo kodwa bazifihle ngolwimi lobabalo. Elithi “Vuyani” nelithi “Ukuxwilwa” lisebenzisa intetho yalo engcwele ngokuhlekisa ngendelelo. Ikwayara ye “Magazini” iskena njengokuncamisana ngokubanzi kwimpumlo yomoya, kodwa iindinyana zijolise ngokukodwa kungcwele-kunawe: “Kwaye ndibuva ubumnyama bukhula ngamandla/Njengoko utyhala ukukhanya emqaleni wam isebenza njani loo nto kuwe / kumnqweno wakho ongcwele wokungafezeki? » Ukuphikisana okukhoyo kwindlela ubuKristu obubhalwe ngayo enkulu ekugqibeleni kwakhokelela uBazan kwisityhilelo sobuqu solunye uhlobo, olwamkhokelela ekushiyeni umhlambi.
Kungenxa yoko le nto isisombululo, indawo enkulu yokuguqula Ulawulo, iyamangalisa kwaye iyashukumisa. UBazan unika ilizwi lokugqibela kwilungu labefundisi. "Ababingeleli kunye neeParamedics" yingoma ye-penultimate, kodwa eyona nto isombulula ngokupheleleyo iziganeko zebali. Elinye lawona maxesha anamandla ecwecwe liza xa umfundisi ejongene nabaphulaphuli bakhe behlanganisene engcwabeni kwaye, endaweni yezithethe zomngcwabo, uthi, “Uya kufa, sonke siya kufa/ Mhlawumbi iminyaka engama-20, mhlawumbi ngobu busuku. / Kutshanje bendizibuza ukuba kutheni / Sihamba kude kangaka ukuhlehlisa into engenakuphepheka / Kwaye sandise intlungu yokuphila. Ifanele ukuba ibe yengoma emnandi, kodwa, xa ihanjiswa kwelinye lawona malungiselelo amancinci kwicwecwe, ibonakala ilula kwaye icacile: inyani enzima, ediniweyo imenyezela njengohlangothi lwemela. Ububi obusehlabathini abupheli. Kuba nzima ukucinga ukuqhubeka.
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Ukudinwa kwe Ulawulo ayisosigqibo. I-albhamu ifuna ukusebenza njengesilungiso-ukukhanyisa ukukhanya ebumnyameni, ukubonisa ububi kuyo yonke i-banality yayo kunye nokuhlazisa abazenza amalungisa kunye nekratshi. Namaxesha anzima ecwecwe abonakala enentsingiselo. Inkqubo yokuyila ethe ngqo kaBazan yakhokelela ekudinweni kobuqu kunye nobudlelwane obuqhawukileyo, kodwa uphume kuyo yonke isiphithiphithi. Ulawuloicwecwe elizele ngokungxamisekileyo kangangokuba liphantse lakrazuka.
Kudliwanondlebe luka-2018 kunye neGold Flake Paint, uBazan uthe, "Bendinembono engalunganga ngoPedro ixesha elide, [kodwa] bendizibhokoxa kakhulu kum. Ewe, kukho i-bullshit apho, kodwa kukwakho izinto ezipholileyo. Yaye ukuba naloo mava kwandinceda ngokwenene ukuba ndiye kwisahluko esilandelayo njengomntu opheleleyo. Ke ngoku ndingazizisa zonke, zonke ezo mpumelelo zakwangoko - zobuqu kunye nezokuyila - kunye nam. Ndicinga ukuba bendibaphose ecaleni ngendlela engeyiyo eyam, ingeyiyo eyam ukuthatha ithuba, ingeyiyo eyam ukonwabela. Ngoko ngokuqinisekileyo yinto elandelayo kodwa iphinde yandinyanzela ukuba ndithathe imathiriyeli iyonke, kwaye ndaqonda ukuba ndiyithanda ngokwenene, kwaye ndiyazingca ngayo yonke le nkunkuma ndiyenzileyo. Ngoku ndiyakwazi ukuxabisa ukuba ndandingubani ngoko kwaye ndingagwebi nje ngokukrakra kuloo mntu-kwaye ndiziva kamnandi kakhulu.
Ndibone uPedro iNgonyama ngexesha lotyelelo lwabo luka-2019 bexhasa icwecwe labo lokubuya, IPhoenix. Licwecwe elihle - ukuba sibeka ukukhutshwa kukaPedro, ikwizimbini zam eziphezulu. Ndicinga ukuba sisiphelo sezinto ezininzi uBazan ebonakala ehamba kunye nebhendi. Izaliswe yimfesane enzulu, nemfesane kum kunye nabanye endingasoloko ndiziva kwiingoma zokuqala zikaPedro. Kum, oku kwenza ukuba izinto ezintsha zityebe ngakumbi, kunye nokunye…
SOURCE: Uphonononga Iindaba
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