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Xa ndabona igama lika-Arooj Aftab liphuma kugqatso lweGrammy, esabelana ngesithuba no-Olivia Rodrigo, iGlass Animals kunye noBaby Keem kwicandelo loMzobi oMtsha oBalaseleyo, ndakhwaza ngokuvakalayo. Nangona ndisajonge inkcazo yeGrammy "yegcisa elitsha" (icwecwe lokuqala lika-Aftab intaka phantsi kwamanzi yakhululwa ngo-2014, kunye nokulandelwa kwayo ngo-2018 iziqithi ze-mermaid kwakumangalisa ngokulinganayo), ukuba loo mculo welifa ufikelele kumanqanaba okubaluleka kunye nokuqondwa kwenkcubeko - U-Aftab ngumfazi wokuqala wasePakistan owafumana ibhaso kwiAkhademi yokuRekhoda - isabonakala ibalulekile kum nakwabanye abantu baseMelika.
INkosana Vulture, Impumelelo yemvumi yaseBrooklyn kulo nyaka uphelileyo, iphuma kwisithethe sesiUrdu ghazal semibongo engathandekiyo malunga nothando kunye nelahleko, kodwa ifaka esi sandi ngezinto ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya ijazz, abantu kunye nereggae. I-Aftab kunye neqela elibekekileyo alidibaniseleneyo-elibandakanya ikatala, uhadi, ivayolin, i-bass ephindwe kabini kunye ne-flugelhorn, phakathi kwezinye izixhobo ezahlukeneyo - ukuhambisa imibuzo ezisixhenxe ezishukumayo malunga nomsa ongamkelekanga kunye nokwamkelwa. Iingoma zixinene ekuzileni, kodwa azizange zibotshwe koko kuphelelwa lithemba, zingenisa imfudumalo kunye nokuthamba ngeendinyana zesiSufi ezinokuthi ziguqulelwe kwisimbonono.
Lo mculo ungaguqukiyo owenze ukuba i-Aftab ibe liqumrhu elikhulayo leza njengento engalindelekanga kodwa eyamkelekileyo, akukho mntu ngaphandle kuka-Aftab ngokwakhe. “Ndisandul’ ukwenza eli rekhodi lobuqu ndandilithanda ngokwenene, andizange ndicinge kakhulu ngalo,” wandicacisela oko kwincoko yakhe kwinyanga ephelileyo. "Kwaye ngequbuliso i-albhamu yabamba ingqalelo yomntu wonke ngendlela ephilayo, esuka entliziyweni. U-Aftab unomkhwa wokuziva ngempazamo, emva kokuba uye "kwintsholongwane" kwangoko kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo xa i-acoustic cover ye-"Haleluya" ngo-2007 yasasazeka kwiindawo zokwabelana ngeefayile kwidolophu yakhe. Abazali, Lahore, Pakistan.
Le brashi imfutshane kunye ne-stardom kwiminyaka yakhe yokugqibela yeshumi elivisayo yaqinisekisa u-Aftab ukuba unokuba nekamva eliqinisekileyo emculweni. Uhambe malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-6 kwihlabathi liphela ukuya kwiKholeji yoMculo yaseBerklee, ngaphambi kokuba azinze eNew York emva kokuphumelela. Umsebenzi wakhe weshumi elinesiqingatha ukusukela ngoko uquke iigigs zobunjineli bomsindo kumajelo eendaba afana ne IHotff Post et Viceicandelo le-documentary Ngaphandle kwabelusi kunye nomdlalo we-adventure emnyama Umqolo, kunye neGrammy yesiLatini yamazwi akhe angasemva ekubetheni kwakhe i-rapper yasePuerto Rican Residente. Kodwa akukabikho nonyaka odlulileyo ebenokulindela ukufikelela kwinqanaba akulo ngoku - esayinwe ne-Universal Music Group kwaye ekhuphisana noYo-Yo Ma kunye no-Angélique Kidjo kwiGlobal Music Grammys.
“Yenzeka ngokukhawuleza kwaye ayizange iyeke,” utshilo u-Aftab. Ukhumbula emangalisiwe kwiinyanga ezili-12 zokugqibela ukususela ekukhululweni kwecwecwe - ixesha ebiza "Mohabbat" enye yeengoma ezilungileyo kakhulu zika-2021, u-Elvis Costello udlala ngayo umnakekeli, uhambo olude awakwazi ukulubhukisha kunyaka ozayo. “Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngale miboniso mikhulu, njengePitchfork, iCoachella, iPrimavera, kwaye igama lam alikho mncinci kangako kwezi powusta! » Imiqadi yeAftab. Okokuqala, wayenethuba lokuphila ngokupheleleyo kumculo wakhe.
"Xa oko kwenzekayo ngokuqinisekileyo ndandingakhuselekanga kwi-paycheck, ndaziva ngathi, Oh Nkosi yam kufuneka ndifune omnye umsebenzi, " uthi. “Uwenza umsebenzi wakho wemihla ngemihla kuba uyawuxhasa ubugcisa bakho de ubugcisa bakho bukwazi ukukuxhasa. Kwaye ndafana, Ngaba kwenzekile? Ngaba oku kuyenzeka? Ayiyonto oyithethayo de ufe?"
Kuwo onke amabango awawafumanayo u-Aftab, eyona nto yamothusayo kukubandakanywa kuka-"Mohabbat" kuluhlu lokufunda luka-Barack Obama lonyaka lwasehlotyeni. “Ngubani owaphula intliziyo ka-Obama? U-Aftab uyamangala, ngaphambi kokuba acinge, “Ewe, ndicinga ukuba yonke iMelika. »
Ngaphandle kobunzulu besifundo - enye yemigca ephakathi ye "Mohabbat" iguqulela "intlungu yale nto ilingana nosizi lomntu wonke" - INkosana Vulture igubungela ithoni ebanzi. I-Aftab isebenzisa ulwimi olufana “nobusuku, ulangazelelo, ithemba elinxunguphalisayo, ukunxila, ukuzinikela” ukuchaza icwecwe, ibamba le mixholo ngokubhala okuchukumisayo kufakwe kumagama amakhulu esiUrdu anjengoHafeez Hoshiarpuri noMirza Ghalib. Ngaphezu kokudala amazwi akhe, u-Aftab unomdla wokuguqula amagama adlulileyo. Andiboni mfuneko yokuba ndibhale nantoni na ngokwam kuba mininzi imibongo esele ilungile,” utshilo uAftab. Uya kwandisa kule nkqubo kunye neprojekthi yakhe elandelayo, eya kukhuthazwa yimibongo engcwatywe ka-Chand Bibi, ukumkanikazi ongumlweli ovela kwi-Deccan Peninsula ekupheleni kwe-1500s (ngoku eyi-India esemazantsi).
Ngeendlela ezininzi, umsebenzi ka-Aftab ufana nowombhali-mbali womlomo, ugcina kwaye utolika izithethe kubaphulaphuli abanokuthi bangaze badibane nabo ngokwabo. Ngelixa udlalayo INkosana Vulture Igqamisa 'i-Inayaat' endlwini yabazali bam, umama wema emangalisweni eqinisekisa ukuba ndimamele iighazals, ngaphambi kokuba othuke ngakumbi kukuqonda ukuba weva amazwi kaGhalib, ukuba ukhule encoma ngexesha lobuntwana bakhe ePunjab. . Xa ndabelana naye "Udhero Na" - ingoma engakhutshwanga ethi Aftab yongeza kuhlelo lwedeluxe INkosana Vulture ikhutshwe ngoJuni - yabethwa kamnandi ngu-Anoushka Shankar's wandering Sitar, efana ne-ragas esiyiva kunye ngexesha le-kirtan e-gurdwara (oko kukuthi ukuphindaphinda komculo wezibhalo kwitempile yaseSikh). Ngale ndlela, i-Aftab ayidibanisi kuphela ijografi ekudibaneni kwayo, kodwa nakwizizukulwana.
Uthi: “Umama wakho uyawazi amagama athile, kodwa uye uqonde indlela akhiwe ngayo umculo yaye loo nto ikutsalayo. "Kwaye nobabini niyakwazi ukuhlala kwindawo enye ngeli xesha ikhoyo." Kum, ngumlingo kakhulu.
Ngelixa u-Aftab eluthakazelela olu hlobo lokutshintshiselana ngokwenkcubeko njengemveliso encomekayo ephuma kumsebenzi wakhe, uthi ayisiyiyo eyona njongo iphambili. Endaweni yoko, ujonge "ukuzisa into endala ngoku", ebonisa amandla aqhubekayo emithombo yakhe - "i-ghazal idume kakhulu", utshilo, ibango elixhaswa kukuthandwa kwayo okuqhubekayo kuMbindi Mpuma. – ngokuyizisa engxoxweni ngezandi athe wazithanda njengeminyaka eliwaka leminyaka, ngakumbi ezo “zinomsindo, zidlamkile kunye nezothando”. Uzoba uthelekiso phakathi kwento ayenzayo kunye noRosalía, owayesakuba nguMculi oMtsha otyunjwe ngu-Aftab “Di Mi Nombre” esandula ukumgubungela kuthotho lweSpotify Singles.
NjengoRosalia, unokuchitha iintsuku utsala imicu yeengoma ezilukwe ngokuqinileyo zika-Aftab ukuze ubuyele umva kwiindawo zabo zokubhekisela nakumabali akufutshane. U-Aftab uyenzile ngokwakhe, encoma indlela inkwenkwezi yaseCatalan esebenzisa ngayo iireferensi zenkcubeko ye-pop kunye neebhithi zehip-hop ukubonisa abaphulaphuli ngamatye omculo ochukumisayo anophawu oluncinci lwehlabathi. Kodwa njengoRosalia, uAftab uyachasa ukulinganiselwa kumnombo omnye, ekholelwa ukuba umculo wakhe wenza isiko esitsha ngokwawo.
Ucaphula abanye abantu ababephila ngexesha elifanayo ngendlela efanayo, njengenkwenkwezi yomphefumlo we-neo-soul u-Meshell Ndegeocello kunye no-Berklee alum u-Esperanza Spaling - abantu abanokutshintsha phakathi kwezitayile kunye nokugqithisa ngelixa bekhala epokothweni yabo. Bonke aba ngabantu abenza umculo wobuqu ongahambelaniyo nelifa lemveli okanye indawo okanye ixesha,” utshilo uAftab. “Nantso ke uhlobo lwegcisa endifuna ukuba lulo. »
Kumxholo wokubhukuqa indibano, ukwakhuphela ecaleni inkxalabo malunga nendlela umculo wakhe ocacileyo oza kuguqulela ngayo kubaphulaphuli abanjengoCoachella kamva kule nyanga. “Akunyanzelekanga ukuba sitsibe kwi-leotard kwaye sibe neziqhushumbisi eziphuma apho andazi ukuba kuphi,” utshilo u-Aftab. “Iijem ezicothayo zinokuhexisa kwaye zinokungxola kwaye zinokuba zii-bangers. Kwaye kudala sisazi! Ndiyavuya ukuba kukho ukubuya kwaloo mvakalelo kubabukeli nakubaphulaphuli, abafana, Yesiiiiii!!! Yaphula intliziyo yam kwakhona!!"
Kwangelo xesha, nabani na obona u-Aftab ephila uyazi ukuba imiboniso yakhe ikude nemicimbi enzulu. “Ndiqaphele ukuba kukho abantu abanokudala olu hlobo lomfanekiso wam ‘wengelosi yeSufi’ ezingqondweni zabo,” watsho ehleka uAftab. “Umntu oza kucamngca kakhulu kwaye abe mkhulu kakhulu. Kwaye ke endaweni yoko ndithuka nje ndisela iwhisky ndibe sisibhanxa esibhanxayo.
Kwaye nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kweziqhulo ezihlekisayo kunye nokukhulula i-banter eqongeni, phantse akunakwenzeka ukuba ungachukunyiswa yimfihlakalo yomgangatho wentsebenzo yakhe. Ukumbona kutsha nje kuMnyhadala weNxolo wePop eSan Francisco, ekhatshwa luhadi lukaMaeve Gilchrist kunye nesiginkci sikaGyan Riley, ndiye ndavuyiswa ngumoya owakhutshwa lilizwi lika-Aftab – lowo wezithixo zobugcisa ezisafikelela kwimida. ngelo xesha, kunye nabathandekayo. kokubini abaphilayo nasemva koko awayezahlulele kubo INkosana Vulture. Ukwindibano eqhubekayo, umculo wakhe usebenza kumlinganiselo wamabali kodwa usondelelene njengobomi bomntu ngamnye. Unokuyithelekelela nje indlela abafundi bexesha elizayo abaya kuligcina ngayo igalelo labo kolu qhubekeko luphefumlayo kwiinkulungwane ezizayo.
SOURCE: Uphonononga Iindaba
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