Ezra Michael Koenig ndi woyimba waku America, woyimba, wolemba nyimbo, wowonetsa wailesi, komanso wolemba skrini, yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi woyambitsa nawo, woyimba, woyimba gitala, komanso woyimba piyano wa gulu lanyimbo laku America la Vampire Weekend.
Anayamba kupanga nyimbo ali ndi zaka 10. Pamodzi ndi bwenzi lake Wes Miles, amene adalenga gulu experimental "The Sophisticuffs". Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo anayamba kugwira ntchito zingapo nyimbo. Muzoyeserera zake zoyambirira zoyimba, adamuwonanso akupanga gulu la rap "L'Homme Run" ndi Andrew Kalaijian ndi Chris Thomson. Adagwirapo ntchito ndi magulu aku America a nyimbo za nyimbo za Dirty Projectors ndi The Walkmen.
Kupambana kwake kwenikweni kudabwera pambuyo popanga "Vampire Weekend" ndi Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson ndi Chris Baio. Koenig ndiye mlengi komanso wotsogolera pulogalamu yapawayilesi ya Apple Music ya milungu iwiri ya Time Crisis ndi Ezra Koenig. Ndiyenso mlengi wa makanema apakanema aku US-Japan Neo Yokio.
Ubwana ndi unyamata Ezra Koenig
Ezra Michael Koenig anabadwa pa April 8, 1984 ku New York, USA, ku banja lachiyuda la Robin Koenig ndi Bobby Bass. Bambo ake ndi wopanga zovala zamakanema ndi mapulogalamu a pa TV, ndipo amayi ake ndi psychotherapist. Banja lake linasamukira ku US kuchokera ku Ulaya.
Anakulira kumpoto kwa New Jersey ndipo adaphunzira ku Glen Ridge High School. Ali ndi mlongo wake wamng'ono dzina lake Emma, yemwe ndi wolemba bukuli: Heck! Ndili ndi zaka zopitilira makumi awiri", komanso adalembanso sewero la ABC-TV la Manhattan Love Story.
Koenig anayamba kupanga nyimbo ali ndi zaka pafupifupi khumi; "Bad Birthday Party" inali nyimbo yake yoyamba. Adachita bwino mu English Literature ku Columbia University.
M'zaka zake za kusekondale komanso kukoleji, adalumikizana ndi mnzake waubwana Wes Miles (pakali pano mtsogoleri wa gulu lanyimbo laku America la Ra Ra Riot) ndipo adagwira ntchito zingapo zoimba. Awiriwo adapanganso gulu loyesera, a Sophisticuffs.
Atamaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite, Koenig anayamba kuphunzitsa Chingelezi pa High School No. 258 ku Brooklyn, New York kudzera mu bungwe lopanda phindu la Teach For America (TFA). Monga momwe ophunzira ake amakumbukira, Koenig ankabweretsa gitala m'kalasi, ngakhale kuti sanaulule chilichonse chokhudza ntchito yake yoimba.
Adalumikizana bwino ndi ophunzira, koma adawonedwa ngati mphunzitsi "wopumira". Ntchito yake yophunzitsa inatha pambuyo pake m'dzinja 2007 pamene adasaina mgwirizano ndi British label XL Recordings.
Moyo wa Ezra Koenig
Koenig ndi wosakwatiwa, koma wakhala akukondana ndi wojambula waku America, wotsogolera komanso wopanga Rashida Jones kwa zaka zingapo tsopano. Wosewerayu amadziwika bwino kwambiri chifukwa choyimba ngati Ann Perkins pagulu lamasewera la NBC la Parks and Recreation.
Awiriwa akhala paubwenzi kuyambira 2017. Koenig ndi Jones adalandira mwana wawo woyamba, mwana wamwamuna Yesaya Jones Coing pa Ogasiti 22, 2018. Panopa, banjali likukhala moyo wosangalala ndi mwana wawo. Ngakhale kuti ali kale ngati banja lenileni, Koenig kapena Rashida sanatchule mapulani a ukwati.
Ntchito: Mapangidwe a gulu "Vampire Weekend"
Mu 2004, Koenig, pamodzi ndi Chris Thomson ndi Andrew Kalaijian, adayimba ndi gulu la rap L'Homme Run, lomwe linayambitsa nyimbo yotchuka ya "Pizza Party", komanso "Bitches", "Giving Up Da Gun" ndi "Interracial". ". Koenig adaseweranso saxophone ndi gitala, ndipo adapereka mawu akumbuyo kwa gulu la American indie rock 'Dirty Projectors' kuyambira 2004 mpaka 2005, komanso mu 2016. Anakhalanso wophunzira ku American indie rock band The Walkmen.
Kupuma kwake kwakukulu kudabwera pomwe adapanga gulu la rock Vampire Weekend mu 2006 ndi Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson ndi Chris Baio. Dzina la gululo lidasankhidwa pamutu wa filimu yayifupi yomwe Koenig adagwirapo ntchito ndi abwenzi ake panthawi yopuma yachilimwe yaku koleji.
Vampire Weekend adayamba kuwonetsa ziwonetsero ku Columbia University. Chiwonetsero chawo choyamba chinali pamwambo wa "Group War" womwe unachitikira ku Lerner Hall, likulu la ophunzira ku Columbia University mu 2006. Gululi lidayamba kupeza ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kumasamba monga Pitchfork ndi Stereogum pambuyo poti ma demo awo adawonekera pa intaneti. Posakhalitsa gululo linagulitsa masewerowa ndipo linawonetsedwa pachikuto cha magazini yanyimbo yaku America yotchedwa Spin.
Chimbale choyamba cha Ezra Koenig: XL Recordings
Pa Januware 29, 2008, Vampire Weekend adatulutsa chimbale chawo chodzitcha okha kudzera mu XL Recordings. Kupuma kwa tchati kunafika pa #17 pa Billboard 200 ya US ndipo idatsimikiziridwa Platinum ndi United Kingdom (BPI) ndi Golide ndi US (RIAA), Canada (Music Canada) ndi Australia (ARIA).
Magazini ya Time idayiyika ngati chimbale cha 5 chabwino kwambiri cha 2008. Rolling Stone adayikanso chimbale #24 pamndandanda wawo wa 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time.
Chimbale chochita bwino komanso chochita bwino kwambiri sichinangothandizira ntchito ya Koenig yoyimba, koma idamupangitsa kuti adziwike padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuwonekera.
Koenig adapeza kutchuka kwambiri ndi Vampire Weekend, yomwe idamaliza ndi ma hits ena awiri ndi XL Recordings. Yoyamba, "Contra", idawonekera pamwamba pa Billboard 200 yaku US ndipo idakwera nambala 1 pama chart angapo.
Yachiwiri, "Modern Vampires of the City", yomwe idatulutsidwa pa Meyi 14, 2013, idakhala chimbale chachiwiri cha gulu la Numero-Uno ku US kuti iyambe kukhala nambala wani pa US Billboard 200. Inapambana Grammy ya "Best Alternative Music Album". "Mu 2014 chaka.
Poyang'ana kupambana kwa Vampire Weekend, Koenig pakadali pano akugwira ntchito ndi mamembala a gululo pa chimbale chawo chachinayi cha studio, chomwe chakonzekera kutulutsidwa kwa 2018.
Pakadali pano, adapanga pulogalamu yamawayilesi yamasabata awiri, Time Crisis ndi Ezra Koenig, yomwe amakhala nayo pafupipafupi. Kanemayu adayamba kuwulutsidwa pa Julayi 12, 2015 pa wayilesi ya nyimbo ya Apple Music ya 1/80 "Beats 2018" ndipo yaulutsa kale magawo opitilira XNUMX kuyambira Novembara XNUMX, ndipo pano ili munyengo yake yachinayi.
Nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi chiwonetserochi limodzi ndi Jake Longstreth. Kwa zaka zambiri, alendo angapo a alendo monga Jonah Hill, Jamie Foxx ndi Rashida Jones adawonekeranso pawonetsero. Mitu yosiyanasiyana monga nyimbo za rock za m'ma 1970, ndale zophikira zamakampani ndi mbiri yakale zikufotokozedwa muwonetsero.
Koenig adapanganso, analemba komanso wamkulu adapanga mndandanda wa makanema aku US-Japan Neo Yokio. Mndandanda, wopangidwa ndi ma studio anime aku Japan a Deen ndi Production IG, adawonetsedwa pa Netflix pa Seputembara 22, 2017. Kalembedwe ka anime aku Japan, Koenig amawatcha "anime inspired" osati anime achikhalidwe.
Chiwonetserocho chinalandira ndemanga zosiyanasiyana. Pa Okutobala 9, 2018, zidalengezedwa kuti Khrisimasi yapadera yotchedwa "Neo Yokio Pink Christmas" itulutsidwa pa Disembala 7, 2018.
Iye wagwirizananso ndi ojambula angapo pazaka zambiri. Izi zikuphatikizanso kuyimba kwa nyimbo "Carby" kuchokera ku chimbale choyambirira cha Discovery, "LP", mu 2009; kupereka mawu mu kanema wanyimbo wa "Barbra Streisand" ndipo adawonetsedwa panyimbo ya Major Laser "Jessica" mu 2013.
Adanenanso za "Ryland" pamndandanda wamakanema aku America a Major Lazer ndipo adachita nawo kanema wawayilesi waku America wa HBO Atsikana. Ndipo adatenga nawo gawo ngati m'modzi mwa olemba komanso opanga nyimbo "Hold Up" yolembedwa ndi Beyoncé, yomwe idalandira kusankhidwa kwa Grammy mugulu la "Best Pop Solo Performance" mu 2017.
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2016, Batmangliy adalengeza kuti wachoka ku Vampire Weekend koma apitiliza kusewera nawo mtsogolo. Chaka chomwecho, gululi linayamba kugwira ntchito pa chimbale chawo chachinayi ndi othandizira monga Rechtshaid, Justin Meldal-Jonsen, Daniel Chaim ndi Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors.
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2019, Vampire Weekend adatulutsa nyimbo zingapo, kuphatikiza "Hall of Harmony" ya February ndi "2021", asadatulutse Abambo a mkwatibwi, nyimbo yomwe idatulutsidwa mu Meyi kudzera pa chipale chofewa cha Columbia Records 'Spring.
