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Abafundi abathathu kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseYorktown e-Arlington bathandana nereggae ngeminyaka yoo-1990. Bekhalela ukufumana zonke iikhasethi zereggae ezikwivenkile yokurekhoda, baphenjelelwa yimiyalezo kwaye bathabatheka ngezandi zikaBob Marley.
Abahlobo abathathu - uJacob Hemphill, uBobby Lee kunye noRyan Berty - bagqiba ekubeni baseke iqela labo kwaye bazithiye yena SOJA, kumajoni oMkhosi kaJah, kwaye yayiluhlobo lwento onokuyilindela kulutsha luka-'90s: ukuziqhelanisa neigaraji zabazali babo kunye nezindlu ezingaphantsi, bezirekhoda kwikhasethi yedijithali okanye i-minidisc. Babephulaphula, bahlalutye ezabo izandi, baze badlale kwakhona.
Abanye abafundi kwesi sikolo bandixhasa. Abanye bagculela: Owayesakuba ngulowo wayefunda naye eYorktown wakhumbula ukuba abantu abangqonge isikolo babelazi eli qela njengee"Fakin' Jamaicans." Yayingabantwana abamhlophe ababedlala umculo wereggae.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu emva koko, i-SOJA isadlala, ine wongeza amaqabane asuka ePuerto Rico naseVenezuela kwaye yaba yindibano esibhozo. Kwaye bakude ukudlala kumagumbi angaphantsi aseArlington.
“Ukuqala ibhendi yereggae yayiliphupha lethu ekuphela kwento esasifuna ukuyenza, kwathi ngenye imini abantu baqala ukuza kwimiboniso, kwaye asazi ukuba kwenzeke ntoni,” yatsho imvumi uHemphill eLas Vegas kule nyanga. . – ngelixa i-SOJA iphumelele iGrammy ye-albhamu eBalaseleyo yeReggae.
Icwecwe labo lika-2021, “Ubuhle Ekuthuleni,” linike iqela impumelelo yalo yokuqala kwelona nqanaba lomculo likhulu.
Dibana nebhendi yereggae enokuthenjwa kwihlabathi jikelele eyenziwe ngabafana abamhlophe...abasuka eArlington
Noko ke, eli wonga lifumene iimpendulo ezahlukahlukeneyo. USOJA wayebethile Amagcisa aseJamaica uSean Paul, uSpice, uJesse Royal, uEtana kunye noGramps Morgan kwicandelo, bavuse ingxoxo-mpikiswano kwihlabathi lereggae malunga noloyiso kunye nesimbo somculo weli qela. Kodwa, kwabo babeyazi i-SOJA kwiminyaka yayo yokuqala kwindawo ye-D.C., iGrammy yaziva ngathi iqinisekisiwe.
Umsebenzi wawuqale kwangethuba. Kungekudala emva kokuphumelela eYorktown High ngo-1998, eli qela lenza umhla eLion kunye neFox Recording Studios, isitudiyo esekwe kwindawo yaseD.C. esaziwa ngokurekhoda kunye nokuxuba amagcisa ereggae.
Umvelisi kunye nenjineli uJim Fox uthe wabona into kwangoko.
“Andikwazanga ukubayeka bahambe. Ndiyathetha, umculo wawumangalisa kwaye uyamangalisa. Ndibenze bahlale iintsuku ezimbini endaweni yenye kuba ndifuna ukuchitha ixesha elininzi nayo, ”utshilo uFox kudliwanondlebe. “Yayiyinto ekhethekileyo. Kwaye loo rekhodi yaphela ibe yi-EP yabo yokuqala.
Ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-'90s kunye nasekuqaleni ko-2000, indawo yaseWashington yayiyindawo eshushu ye-reggae, eli qela lathi, libonelela ngocango olujikelezayo lokukhenketha amagcisa aseJamaican kunye namazwe aphesheya, kunye namanye amagcisa amileyo eCaribbean kulo mmandla. Bekukho umboniso omnandi wereggae obonwa qho ngeempelaveki.
I-SOJA ibe yinxalenye yalo mboniso ngokwayo, idlala iindawo ezikwisitalato i-U njengeState of the Union kunye neKaffa House.. Kungelo xesha ke apho badibana khona USaray Israel-okudala efumana iwonga elithi "uKumkanikazi woKutya waseBaltimore," ngenxa yobukho bakhe rhoqo enceda iimvumi kwiikonsathi kunye nemisitho.
U-Israel uxelele iPosi ukuba usakhumbula okokuqala esiva i-SOJA idlala, kwindawo kude kufuphi ne-9: 30 Club, kwaye ndacinga, "Wow, ngoobani aba bantu?" »
I-SOJA -NoVa reggae iya kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye ibuya
Namhlanje, iindawo ezininzi apho i-SOJA kunye namanye amagcisa e-reggae aye axhonywa kuzo ziye zavala iingcango zazo okanye zatshintshwa njengoko i-DC yenze. Indawo yomculo walo mmandla, indawo eyimbali yepunk, itshintshile ngaphaya kwereggae kuphela - ixabiso laza lafakwa kwidijithali ngoguquko lwetekhnoloji yokurekhoda ekhaya kunye neendleko ezinyukayo zokuphila.
“Ingoma yaseArlington inzima kakhulu kwiimvumi ezininzi ngenxa yerenti zalapha. Yindawo ebiza kakhulu,” utshilo uDon UZientara, umvelisi wepunk, imvumi kunye nowayesakuba ngumnini weInner Ear Studio, isitudiyo sokurekhoda saseArlington esivale kakuhle kunyaka ophelileyo.
UZientara urekhode i-SOJA kwi-Inner Ear kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo.
“Baliqela elihlangeneyo ngokwenene,” watsho, “nto leyo ekhethekileyo kumaqela amaninzi asebenzisana ngokwenene njengabazalwana. »
Baphinda baqalisa ukuhamba endleleni njengosapho. Ukufumana iveni yokuqala kwatshintsha yonke into, utshilo u-SOJA, emvumela ukuba aqalise ukukhenketha e-East Coast edlala imiboniso. Maxa wambi amagumbi ayexinene. Maxa wambi babedlalela kwigumbi eliphantse ukuba lingenamntu.
“Kwakunzima, kodwa sanyamezela kwaye ukusebenza nzima kwethu kwaba nemiphumo emihle,” utshilo u-SOJA kwiThe Post kwi-imeyile. “Emva kweminyaka neminyaka yokunyamezela, ekugqibeleni sasiye sikhwele iinqwelo-moya size sihambe kulo lonke ihlabathi. »
UFox wahamba naye, ukurekhoda kunye nobunjineli bomculo wakhe ade asayine kunye ne-ATO Records kwi-2011. "Ehlabathini lonke," watsho, "bathi bavela eVirginia."
Bayithetha eHawaii naseBrazil, eCosta Rica naseColorado Red Rocks, eGuam naseSanta Barbara Bowl, eNew Caledonia kwaye, ekhaya, kwi-Wolf Trap. Endleleni, iqela liqokelele isiseko sabalandeli bezizwe ngezizwe - ngakumbi eMzantsi Melika - ukwenza icwecwe labo lokuqala phantsi kweeRekhodi ze-ATO, "Amandla okusinda", befikelela kwiNombolo ye-1 kwitshathi yee-albhamu zeReggae. , ngo-2012 nango-2015, kwalandela.
“Ubuhle Ekuthuleni” yaba yinkqubela. Iwebhusayithi yebhendi ichaza i-vibe ye-albhamu, equka ukusebenzisana kunye nabaculi abafana ne-UB40 kunye ne-Slightly Stoopid kwaye bafikelele kwiNombolo ye-XNUMX kwi-albhamu ye-Billboard ye-Reggae Album, "njengombhiyozo womphefumlo."
“Besingalindelanga nokuchongwa,” utshilo uHemphill kudliwanondlebe lwasemva kweqonga emva kokuba iSOJA iphumelele iGrammy ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli.
“Ukuva igama lethu kwakufana nephupha,” ibhendi yaxelela iPosi. “Sibhiyozele ngokuwolana okuninzi, iinyembezi kunye nemibhalo. »
Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwabaphumelele iGrammy ka-2022
Asinguye wonke umntu owalandela. Umculo weReggae, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uvela eJamaica kwaye unobudlelwane obunzulu kwinkcubeko yesiqithi kunye neRastafari, inkolo kunye nentshukumo yentlalontle esekwe apho. Abanye abalandeli be-reggae baye kuTwitter begxeka iAkhademi yokuRekhoda ngokunika ibhaso kwiqela elikhokelwa ngamadoda amhlophe kunamagcisa aseJamaica.
UCegrica Hamilton, injineli yesandi eJamaica esebenza neqela, ubephakathi kwabo basikhuselayo esi sigqibo. Abaninzi eJamaica abaqhelananga ne-SOJA, uxelele iPosi, kodwa uyawuthanda umsebenzi wayo ngendlela eye yavela ngayo kwaye yathatha impembelelo evela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi, iintlobo ezahlukeneyo: abantu, isiHawaii, kunye nokuhamba-hamba ukusuka eWashington.
Amalungu e-SOJA, kwelawo icala, athi ahlala eziva exhaswa kakhulu ngabaculi beReggae baseJamaica, kuquka nabo bakhuphisana nabo kwiiGrammy Awards zalo nyaka.
“Ngelixa umculo weReggae wazalelwa eJamaica, kwaye nabani na oyaziyo iSOJA uyayazi indlela esiyihlonipha nesiyihlonipha ngayo loo nto, umculo nomyalezo waseJamaica, noHloniphekileyo uRobert Nesta Marley obambe iintambo, uye waba mkhulu kakhulu kwaye wanamandla kangangokuba wasasaza. . ehlabathini lonke,” eli qela labhalela iThe Post.
Iikonsathi zeNdawo yeDC kunye neKhalenda yeMisitho
Xa i-SOJA iphumelele, uHamilton uthe wonwabile kakhulu kwiqela eliye lafana nosapho kuye.
Wathi: “Bendingenakubakho ukuze ndibhiyozele nabo, kodwa ndisabhiyoza nalapha eJamaica. »
UFox naye wayebhiyozela. Emva kokuphumelela, wathumela ifoto yeqela ukusuka kwi-2000 yokuqala kwi-Facebook. “Ndiyivile xa sirekhoda idemo yokuqala. Zijonge ngoku. Abaphumelele iGrammy baka-2022. Nindenza ndibe nelunda. Ndiyanithanda bafo. Sivuyisana nawe,” utshilo.
“Banetalente,” utshilo uFox kwiPosi kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva. « Ayinamsebenzi nokuba uvela phi.
Kwenzeka ukuba, wongezelela, ukusuka eArlington.
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