Ma kekahi o nā ʻāpana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Livonia (Michigan), hoʻomaka kekahi o nā ʻelele maikaʻi loa o ka shoegaze, folk, R&B a me nā mele pop, ʻo His Name Is Alive, i hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana.
I ka 1990s mua, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i wehewehe i ke kani a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka inoa indie 4AD me nā album e like me Home Aia i kou Poʻo a me ka Mouth by Mouth.
ʻO ka laina hoʻololi mau o ka hui e hoʻololi mau i ke kani. Ua ʻimi ʻo Warren Defever a me kāna hui i ka pop a me ka lā. ʻO ka mea nui, pili kēia me ka album Stars 1996, a me ka hana a R&B (2001) Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth.
I nā makahiki 2000, ua hui pū lākou i kā lākou mele me nā mana o ʻApelika a me ʻAsia ma ka album 2007 Xmmer.
Loaʻa kona inoa ʻo Alive i kāna kūleʻa nui loa i ka makahiki 2010, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ke kani metala kaumaha me nā leo maʻemaʻe nani ma nā album manaʻo Tecuciztecatl (2014) a me Patterns of Light (2016).
ʻO nā mele mua o ka hui ʻO His Name Is Alive
Ua hoʻomaka ka multi-instrumentalist a me ka mea hana ʻo Warren Defever i ke mele i ka wā ʻōpio. I ka makahiki 10, ua aʻo ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa i nā leo o nā holoholona hihiu.
Ua hoʻohana pū ʻo ia i ka hōʻiliʻili leo a kona kaikunāne e hana i nā ʻāpana pōkole, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokani piano a me ke kīkā.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻohana i ka inoa ʻo His Name Is Alive ma 1985 ʻoiai ʻo ia i ke kula. Lawe ʻo ia i ka inoa no kāna papahana mele mai nā moʻolelo mōʻaukala, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i nā mele ʻehā mua i loko o kahi hale haʻahaʻa kahiko me ka leo mele ʻo Angie Carozzo.
ʻOiai i ke kulanui, ua hui ʻo Defever i ka mea mele ʻo Karin Oliver, a me ka mea hoʻokani pahu ʻo Demian Leng, i hui pū me ka laina mua o ka hui.
Ua hoʻokuʻu iho ka ʻekolu i nā cassettes no Riotousness, Posttrophe a me I Had Sex with God. Ua hoʻouna ʻo Defever i kēia mau hana i ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka lepili 4AD, ʻo Ivo Watts-Russell. I ka makahiki 1989, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike me kahi hui hou.
Ua hoʻohui hou ʻo Watts-Russell lāua ʻo John Fryer o kēia Mortal Coil i nā hoʻopaʻa leo a ka hui, i hopena i kā lākou album piha piha, Livonia (1990). Ua hōʻike ka hui i ke ʻano o nā leo leo nani, nā mele hoihoi a me nā kani kani ʻokoʻa.
I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻonui nā lālā o ka Home Is in Your Head i kona inoa ola e komo pū me nā mele ʻo Denise James, Karen Neal a me Melissa Elliott, a me ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Jymn Auge.
Ua loli pū ka leo o ka bana. I kēia manawa, ma kahi o nā puolo ma nā kīkā acoustic, ua hoʻokani ka hui i nā mele i hoʻohālikelike ʻia a hoʻohana i nā kīkā uila.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ke mele ʻo Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Out looking ma ke mele kani iā Jerry Maguire a Cameron Crowe (1996).
I ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo His Name Is Alive i ka EP Dirt Eaters, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Defever ka hana ʻoi loa i ka pōhaku. Ua hoʻomaka ka leo o ka hui me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o 1993 King of Sweet and Mouth by Mouth.
ʻO ka album mua he hui liʻiliʻi o nā laʻana, nā demos a me nā mele i hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia ma mua, aʻo ka lua he pop-oriented ma muli o 1960s reggae, jazz a me pop inspiration.
ʻO ka hopena, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Mouth by Mouth he album like ʻole o ka hui ma ke ʻano o ke ʻano. I kēia manawa, ua haʻalele ʻo Lang i ka hui a ua pani hou ʻo Trey Many iā ia.
Nā papahana ʻē aʻe o kona inoa ola
Ua ulu ka inoa o Defever ma ke ʻano he mea hana hou, no laila ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kona ʻike a me kona ʻike me nā hui e like me Grenadine, kahi papahana a Jenny Toomey o Tsunami a me Mark Robinson o Unrest.
Ua kōkua pū ʻo Defever i nā hui ʻē aʻe, e like me Liquorice (nāna i hoʻopaʻa i nā mele ma ka lepili like me Defever) a me Tarnation.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Defever i nā moʻolelo: Robot World a me Panel Panel. Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻo ia i ka hui kolepa Time Stereo me ka hoaaloha kamaliʻi, mea pena a me ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Devin Brainard.
ʻO kekahi o nā papahana a Time Stereo me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, nā puke kala, a me nā hoʻokuʻu cassette-wale nō. Ua hana pū lākou me nā hui ʻē aʻe he nui: Princess Dragon Mom, Crash, Godzuki, New Grape and Noise Camp.
Nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka hui
Ua hoʻohuli ʻia nā makemake like ʻole o Defever i ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana o ka hui, ʻo His Name Is Alive Starson ESP (1996). Hōʻike ia i nā mele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me Matthew Smith o ka Outrageous Cherry a me Mark Kozelek o ka Red House Painters. ʻO ke kani ka hui pū ʻana o ka pop folk a me ka dub.
I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe mele i ka Nice Day EP, kahi Defever i hoʻoikaika ʻia e 1960s rock a me R&B. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka album iā Lovett Pippen a me kekahi mau mea pena kiʻi mai Starson ESP.
Ua hana ʻelua ʻo Pippen me ka hui ʻo His Name Is Alive ma ka album Fort Lake (1998). Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hana me ka mea hana hou ʻo Steve King.
He kamaʻāina ʻo ia no Livonia a ua hana mua ʻo ia me ka hui ʻo Funkadelic a me Aretha Franklin. Ua hui pū ʻia kāna talena me ka leʻaleʻa, ka ʻuhane a me ka pōhaku kiʻi kahiko.
I kēia manawa, ua hui pū ʻo Pippen, bassist Chad Gilchrist, a me ka mea pahu pahu ʻē aʻe ʻo Scott Goldstein i ka hui i ka manawa piha.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Always Stay Sweet ma 1999, ua lilo ʻo His Name Is Alive i duo nona ka Defever a me Pippen, ua hoʻokuʻu ka pālua i ʻelua mau mele R&B: Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth (2001) and the dark work Last Night (2002). ). ʻO ka album Last Night ka hana hope loa a ka hui ma ka lepili 4AD.
Eia naʻe, ua loaʻa i ka duo nā ala ʻē aʻe e hoʻolaha ai i kā lākou mele, me ka Time Stereo e hoʻokuʻu ana i kekahi mau CD e like me ka ʻumi-disc compilation Cloud Box (2004), Leaf Club, Brown Rice a me The Detroit River.
I ka makahiki 2005, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Ypsilanti Records i ka CD-R SummerBird piha piha a ua ʻike ʻia kekahi mau mele mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma UFO Catcher, kahi LP palena i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka inoa Kelemania En/Of.
ʻO nā kumu hou o ka hui ʻO kona inoa ola
I ka hopena o ka makahiki 2005, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo His Name Is Alive i ka Raindrops Rainbow EP ma ke ʻano he teaser no Detrola. Ua hōʻano hou ka album i ka leo pop maʻamau o ka hui a ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Andrea Francesca Morici (Andy FM).
ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokomo ka hui i nā mana o ʻApelika a me ʻAsia i kā lākou album lōʻihi e hiki mai ana, ʻo Xmmer. I ka makahiki 2007, ua puka mai ka album Sweet Earth Flower.
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kahi paʻi liʻiliʻi o 10 discs o nā mele laha, ola a me nā mele hoʻokolohua. Aia ma waena o nā diski ka album The Eclipse, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma hope.
ʻO ka hoʻi ʻana o ka hui i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana
Ua hoʻi ka hui i ka makahiki 2014 me ka album mahalo nui ʻia ʻo Tecuciztecat, he opera rock i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka prog rock a me ka pop Bubblegum.
Hoʻokumu ka poʻe mele i kēia kani psycho-pop paʻakikī me Patterns of Light (2016). Ua hele mai ka hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka hui ma hope o kahi huakaʻi i ka Large Hadron Collider ma Switzerland.
ʻO ka palapala kikohoʻe paʻi liʻiliʻi o ka album i loaʻa iā Black Wings, kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā demos, remixes a me ka uhi uhi.
Ua hoʻokuʻu pū ka hui i kahi pūʻulu o nā waihona waihona ma 2019 i kapa ʻia ʻo All The Mirrors in the House (nā hoʻopaʻa mua 1979-1986).
