Gulu loyambirira la ku Britain lopitilira rock Van der Graaf Generator silinathe kudzitcha china chilichonse. Maluwa ndi ovuta, dzina lolemekeza chipangizo chamagetsi chimamveka kuposa choyambirira.
Otsatira amalingaliro a chiwembu adzapeza nkhani yawo apa: makina omwe amapanga magetsi - ndi ntchito yoyambirira komanso yonyansa ya gulu ili, zomwe zimayambitsa kugwedezeka kwa mawondo a anthu. Mwina ichi ndi chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe anyamata angabwere nacho.
Van der Graaf Generator - chiyambi
Gulu la art-rock la nthawiyo linayamba ntchito zake mmbuyo mu 1967. Ophunzira a ku yunivesite ya Manchester a Peter Hamill (woyimba gitala ndi woimba), Nick Pearn (makiyibodi) ndi Chris Judge Smith (ng'oma ndi nyanga) adatha kupeza dzina losangalatsa la gululo. Adalemba nyimbo imodzi "Anthu Amene Mukupita Kwawo" ndipo patatha chaka ndi theka, ali ndi zaka 69, adasiyana.
Wolimbikitsa maganizo komanso munthu wotsogolera gululo, Peter, pafupi ndi mapeto a chaka chomwecho, anapanga gulu latsopano. Zinaphatikizapo wosewera wa bass Chris Ellis, woyimba keyboard Hugh Banton ndi woyimba ng'oma Guy Evans. Ndi mzere uwu akujambula nyimbo, yomwe imatulutsidwa osati ku England yakale, koma kudutsa nyanja, ku America yopita patsogolo.
Nthawi zonse zimakhala zovuta kuti anthu opanga zinthu azikhala mu gulu limodzi kwa nthawi yayitali. Pali kusinthasintha kosalekeza mu "Jenereta". Ellis, yemwe adachoka m'gululi, adasinthidwa ndi David Jackson, yemwe amaimba chitoliro ndi saxophone. Anawonjezera bassist Nick Potter. Ndikufika kwa mamembala atsopano, kalembedwe ka nyimbo kamasinthanso. M'malo mwa psychedelics ya album yoyamba, yachiwiri, "The Least We Can Do is Wave to Wie and Wave," imatuluka mwapamwamba kwambiri.
Omvera anasangalala ndi nyimbo yatsopano ya gululo. Polimbikitsidwa ndi njirayi, gululi linajambulanso wina m'chaka chomwecho. Zolemba izi, zomwe zidalemba ma Albums oyamba a gululi, zimatengedwa ngati zapamwamba mpaka pano. Anabweretsa gululo mawonekedwe ake odziwika komanso kutchuka.
Kupambana koyamba
Quartet inalemba nyimbo ina mu 1971, Pawn Hearts, yomwe inali ndi nyimbo zitatu zokha. "Mliri wa Lighthouse Keepers", "Man-Erg" ndi "Lemmings" amaonedwa kuti ndi ntchito zabwino kwambiri za Van der Graaf Generator mpaka lero.
Van der Graaf Generator akuyendera mwachangu. Kwa zaka ziwiri (1970-1972), omvera mamiliyoni ambiri amadziwitsidwa ntchito yawo. Anyamatawa amafunikira chikondi chapadera ku Italy. Album yawo A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers ndi yotchuka kwambiri. Anakhala pamwamba pa ma chart aku Italy kwa milungu 12. Koma ulendowu subweretsa phindu lamalonda, makampani ojambulira safuna mgwirizano - ndipo gululo likutha.
1975 - kupitilira
Pambuyo pa kutha kwa gululo, Peter adaganiza zoyamba ntchito payekha. Mamembala ena onse ankamuthandiza ngati oimba alendo.
Mu 1973, Banton, Jackson ndi Evans anayesa kuyamba ntchito paokha. Iwo adalembanso chimbale chotchedwa gulu lomwe langopangidwa kumene - "The Long Hello". Zinapita mosazindikirika ndi anthu wamba.
Atalephera kugwira ntchito payekha, ophunzirawo adaganiza zolumikizananso pamzere womwe unabweretsa kutchuka kwa gululo mu 1975. M'chaka amajambula ma Albums ochuluka mpaka atatu, ndipo amajambula okha ngati opanga.
Koma gulu likuyamba kutentha thupi: mu 76 Banton anasiya kachiwiri, ndipo patapita nthawi yochepa Jackson. Potter anabwerera ndipo membala watsopano wa gulu anaonekera - zeze Graham Smith. Gululo limachotsa mawu oti "Jenereta" m'dzina lake. Ophunzirawo atulutsa ma Albums awiri: amoyo ndi studio ndikuthanso.
Album "Time Vaults" imasindikizidwa pambuyo pa kutha kwa ntchito yolumikizana. Lili ndi ntchito zosatulutsidwa, mphindi zobwerezabwereza panthawi yomwe gululo lilipo. Kumveka bwino, moona, sikunali kopambana, koma mafani okhulupirika adawonjezera pagulu lawo.
Van der Graaf Generator lero
Gululo litasweka, nyimbo zachikale nthawi zina zimapanga zoimbaimba. Mu 91 adayimba pachikumbutso cha mkazi wa Jackson, mu 96 adakondwera ndi solo ya Hammil ndi Evans ndi kupezeka kwawo, ndipo mu 2003 ku London, ku Queen Elizabeth Hall, nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri, Still Life, inamveka. Pambuyo pa sewero mu Royal Concert Hall, kumene gululo linalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi anthu, lingaliro limakhalapo kuti ligwirizanenso.
Oimbawo anayamba kufufuza zinthu zatsopano, kulemba nyimbo, kubwereza, ndipo m'chaka cha 2005 chimbale chawo "Present" chinatulutsidwa, kulengeza mokweza kuti gululo likubwerera ndi chigonjetso.
Patatha mwezi umodzi, konsati inachitika ku Royal Festival Hall, yomwe idapeza kubwereranso bwino ku siteji.
Gululo likupita kuulendo waku Europe. Atabwerera, Davide akuchoka m’gululo, koma kusakhalapo kwake sikukhudza enawo. Mu 2007, chimbale chojambulidwa cha konsati yopambana yobwereranso, ndiye, kumayambiriro kwa chaka chamawa, nyimbo ya "Trisector". Patapita chaka, m'chaka - kachiwiri konsati ulendo European, ndi m'chilimwe - ulendo wa USA ndi Canada, ndi zoimbaimba angapo ku Italy. 2010 - konsati mu Small Hall wa London Metropole, 2011 - kumasulidwa kwa Album "A Grounding mu Numeri".
Sichomaliza panobe
Van der Graaf akupitiriza kupanga malingaliro, ngakhale kuti mawu ofunikawa achoka kale ku dzina la gulu lawo. Mu 2014-15, gululi, pamodzi ndi wojambula Shabalin, adapanga lingaliro la polojekiti ya Earlybird Project ndikupereka kwa anthu ammudzi. Mwa njira, dzina la polojekitiyi linaperekedwa ndi mutu wa nyimbo "Earlybird", yomwe imatsegula chimbale cha 2012.
Van der Graaf sasiya kudabwitsa mafani awo, kutsimikizira kwa aliyense kuti zaka sizilepheretsa kulenga, ndipo zaka zimangowonjezera kulimba mtima ndi chikhumbo chofuna kubweretsa chinachake chatsopano ndi chachilendo kuntchito yanu.
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