ʻO Ezra Michael Koenig he mea hoʻokani pila ʻAmelika, mea mele, haku mele, mea hoʻokipa lekiō, a me ka mea kākau kiʻi kiʻi, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka co-founder, vocalist, guitarist, a me pianist o ka hui rock ʻAmelika ʻo Vampire Weekend.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e haku mele ma kahi o 10 mau makahiki. Me kāna hoaaloha ʻo Wes Miles, nāna i hana i ka hui hoʻokolohua "The Sophisticuffs". Mai ia manawa i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hana i kekahi mau papahana mele. I kāna mau mele mele mua, ua ʻike pū ʻo ia iā ia e hoʻokumu i ka hui rap "L'Homme Run" me Andrew Kalaijian lāua ʻo Chris Thomson. Ua hana ʻo ia me nā hui rock indie ʻAmelika ʻo Dirty Projectors a me The Walkmen.
Ua hiki mai kona holomua maoli ma hope o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o "Vampire Weekend" me Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson a me Chris Baio. ʻO Koenig ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a hoʻokipa i ka hōʻike lekiō ʻelua pule o Apple Music Time Crisis me Ezra Koenig. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea nāna i hana i ka moʻolelo kīwī animated US-Japanese Neo Yokio.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio Ezra Koenig
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Ezra Michael Koenig ma ʻApelila 8, 1984 ma New York, USA, i kahi ʻohana Iudaio ʻo Robin Koenig lāua ʻo Bobby Bass. ʻO kona makuakāne he mea hoʻolālā lole no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā papahana kīwī, a ʻo kona makuahine he psychotherapist. Ua neʻe kona ʻohana i ʻAmelika mai ʻEulopa.
Ua ulu ʻo ia ma ka ʻāina ʻo New Jersey a hele i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Glen Ridge. He kaikaina kona i kapa ʻia ʻo Emma, ʻo ia ka mea kākau o ka puke: Heck! Ua ʻoi aku koʻu mau makahiki he iwakālua", a ua kākau pū nō hoʻi i ka moʻolelo ʻoniʻoni ABC-TV Manhattan Love Story.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Koenig i ka haku mele i ka piha ʻana o kona mau makahiki he ʻumi; ʻO "Bad Birthday Party" kāna mele mua. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane ma ke Kulanui ʻo Columbia.
I loko o kāna mau makahiki kula kiʻekiʻe a me ke kulanui, ua hui pū ʻo ia me ka hoa kamaliʻi ʻo Wes Miles (ʻo ia ka mea mua o ka hui mele indie rock ʻAmelika ʻo Ra Ra Riot) a ua hana ʻo ia ma kekahi mau papahana mele. Ua hoʻokumu pū lāua i kahi hui hoʻokolohua, ʻo ka Sophisticuffs.
Ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kulanui, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Koenig e aʻo i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo 258 ma Brooklyn, New York ma o ka hui ʻole ʻo Teach For America (TFA). Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei kāna mau haumāna, lawe ʻo Koenig i kāna kīkā i ka papa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hōʻike i kekahi mea e pili ana i kāna ʻoihana mele.
Ua kamaʻilio maikaʻi ʻo ia me nā haumāna, akā ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he kumu "hoʻomaha". Ua pau kāna ʻoihana aʻo ma hope i ka hāʻule ʻana o 2007 i kona kau inoa ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi me ka inoa kūʻokoʻa Pelekane XL Recordings.
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Ezra Koenig
He hoʻokahi ʻo Koenig, akā ua pili aloha ʻo ia me ka mea hana keaka ʻAmelika, ka luna a me ka mea hana ʻo Rashida Jones no kekahi mau makahiki i kēia manawa. ʻIke ʻia ka mea hana keaka no ka hoʻokani ʻana iā Ann Perkins ma ka NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation.
Ua pili ka male i ka pilina mai 2017. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Koenig lāua ʻo Jones i kā lāua keiki mua, ʻo Isaiah Jones Coing ma ʻAukake 22, 2018. I kēia manawa, ke ola hauʻoli nei nā kāne me kā lāua keiki. ʻOiai ua like lākou me ka ʻohana maoli, ʻaʻole ʻo Koenig a me Rashida i ʻōlelo i nā hoʻolālā no ka male.
Hana: Hoʻokumu i ka hui "Vampire Weekend"
I ka makahiki 2004, ua hana ʻo Koenig, me Chris Thomson lāua ʻo Andrew Kalaijian, me ka hui rap L'Homme Run, nāna i hoʻokumu i ke mele mele kaulana "Pizza Party", a me "Bitches", "Giving Up Da Gun" a me "Interracial. ". Ua hoʻokani pū ʻo Koenig i ka saxophone a me ke kīkā, a hāʻawi i nā leo hope no ka hui mele rock indie ʻAmelika 'Dirty Projectors' mai 2004 a 2005, a i 2016 hou. Ua noho ʻo ia i mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma ka hui rock indie ʻAmelika ʻo The Walkmen.
Ua hiki mai kāna hoʻomaha nui i kona hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hui pōhaku ʻo Vampire Weekend ma 2006 me Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson a me Chris Baio. Ua koho ʻia ka inoa o ka hui ma ke poʻo inoa o kahi papahana kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole a Koenig i hana ai me kona mau hoaaloha i ko lākou wā hoʻomaha kauwela.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Vampire Weekend i nā hōʻikeʻike ma Columbia University. ʻO kā lākou hōʻike mua ma ka hanana "Group battle" i mālama ʻia ma Lerner Hall, ke kikowaena haumāna o Columbia University ma 2006. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui e hōʻiliʻili i nā loiloi mai nā pūnaewele e like me Pitchfork a me Stereogum ma hope o ka puka ʻana o kā lākou demos ma ka pūnaewele. Ua kūʻai koke aku ka hui i ka hōʻike a hōʻike ʻia ma ka uhi o ka puke mele ʻAmelika Spin.
ʻO ka album mua a Ezra Koenig: XL Recordings
Ma Ianuali 29, 2008, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Vampire Weekend i kā lākou album mua inoa inoa ma o XL Recordings. Ua piʻi ka haʻihaʻi kiʻi ma #17 ma ka US Billboard 200 a ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo Platinum e United Kingdom (BPI) a me Gold e US (RIAA), Canada (Music Canada) a me Australia (ARIA).
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Time magazine ma ke ʻano he 5th album maikaʻi loa o 2008. Ua koho ʻo Rolling Stone i ka album #24 ma kā lākou papa inoa o ka 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time.
ʻAʻole i kākoʻo wale ka album koʻikoʻi a kūleʻa i ka ʻoihana mele a Koenig, akā ua lawe ʻo ia iā ia i ka ʻike nui a me ka hoʻolaha.
Ua loaʻa iā Koenig ka kaulana me ka Vampire Weekend, i hoʻopau ʻia me ʻelua mau hits hou me XL Recordings. ʻO ka mua, ʻo "Contra", i hoʻomaka ma ka piko o ka US Billboard 200 a piʻi i ka helu 1 ma nā palapala he nui.
ʻO ka lua, ʻo "Modern Vampires of the City", i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Mei 14, 2013, ua lilo i ka lua o ka album Numero-Uno o ka hui ma US i hoʻomaka i ka helu ʻekahi ma ka US Billboard 200. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i kahi Grammy no ka "Best Alternative Music Album". "i ka makahiki 2014.
Ke nānā nei i ka kūleʻa o Vampire Weekend, ke hana nei ʻo Koenig me nā lālā o ka hui ma kā lākou album studio ʻehā, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no kahi hoʻokuʻu 2018.
I kēia manawa, hana ʻo ia i kahi hōʻike lekiō ʻelua pule, ʻo Time Crisis me Ezra Koenig, kahi āna e hoʻokipa mau ai. Ua hoʻomaka ka hōʻike ʻana ma Iulai 12, 2015 ma Apple Music's 1/80 mele lekiō mele "Beats 2018" a ua hoʻolele ʻia ma mua o XNUMX mau ʻāpana ma Nowemapa XNUMX, a aia i kēia manawa i kāna kau ʻehā.
Hoʻokipa pinepine ʻo ia i kēia hōʻike me Jake Longstreth. I loko o nā makahiki, ua ʻike pū ʻia kekahi mau malihini kipa e like me Jonah Hill, Jamie Foxx a me Rashida Jones ma ka hōʻike. Ua uhi ʻia nā kumuhana like ʻole e like me nā mele rock 1970s, nā kālaiʻike ʻoihana ʻoihana a me ka mōʻaukala.
Ua hana ʻo Koenig, ua kākau a ua hoʻokumu ʻo ka luna hoʻokō i ka moʻolelo hui pū ʻo US-Iapani ʻo Neo Yokio. ʻO ka moʻolelo, i hana ʻia e nā studio anime Japanese ʻo Deen a me Production IG, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma Netflix ma Kepakemapa 22, 2017. ʻO ke ʻano anime anime Japanese, kapa ʻo Koenig iā ia "anime inspired" ma mua o ka anime kuʻuna.
Ua loaʻa i ka hōʻike nā loiloi like ʻole. Ma ʻOkakopa 9, 2018, ua hoʻolaha ʻia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi Kalikimaka kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo "Neo Yokio Pink Christmas" i ka lā 7 Dekemaba, 2018.
Ua hana pū ʻo ia me kekahi mau mea pena kiʻi i nā makahiki. Loaʻa i kēia mau hana nā leo no ke mele "Carby" mai ka album mua a Discovery, "LP", i ka makahiki 2009; Hāʻawi i nā leo i ka wikiō mele no "Barbra Streisand" a hōʻike ʻia ma ke mele a Major Laser "Jessica" ma 2013.
Ua hoʻopuka pū ʻo ia i ke ʻano "Ryland" i ka moʻolelo animated makua ʻAmelika ʻo Major Lazer a ua hōkū ʻo ia i ka moʻolelo TV HBO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. A ua komo ʻo ia ma ke ʻano kekahi o nā mea kākau a me nā mea hana o ke mele "Hold Up" na Beyoncé, i loaʻa i kahi koho Grammy ma ka ʻāpana "Best Pop Solo Performance" ma 2017.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2016, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Batmangliy ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka Vampire Weekend akā e hoʻomau ʻo ia e pāʻani me lākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, hoʻomaka ka hui e hana ma kā lākou album ʻehā me nā mea hana like ʻo Rechtshaid, Justin Meldal-Jonsen, Daniel Chaim a me Dave Longstreth o Dirty Projectors.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2019, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Vampire Weekend i ʻelua mau mele, me ka "Hall of Harmony" a me "2021" o Pepeluali, ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka Makua o ka wahine mare, kahi album pālua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Mei ma o Columbia Records 'Spring snow.
