ʻO JP Cooper he mea mele Pelekania a he haku mele. ʻIke ʻia no ka pāʻani ʻana ma ka Jonas Blue hoʻokahi 'Perfect Strangers'. Ua kaulana ka mele a ua hōʻoia ʻia ka platinum ma UK.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Cooper i kāna mele mele 'September song'. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo ia i Island Records.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka hoʻonaʻauao
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo John Paul Cooper ma ka lā 2 o Nowemapa, 1983 ma Middleton, Manchester, ʻEnelani. Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia ma Manchester ma ka ʻākau o ʻEnelani e kona makuakāne me ʻehā mau kaikuaʻana. Hānau ʻia ʻo ia i loko o kahi ʻohana Katolika, ua noho ʻo ia i kekahi mau makahiki ma Darlington me kona mau kūpuna. ʻO kona kupuna kāne a me kona makuakāne he mau mea pena kiʻi, no laila ua noho pololei ke ʻano hana i loko ona.
Ua hele ʻo Cooper i ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Prince George. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka biology a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania ma ke kulanui. He leʻaleʻa nō hoʻi ʻo ia i nā haʻuki a ua ikaika ʻo ia i kona wā kamaliʻi a hele i nā ʻāpana like ʻole. Ma hope mai, lilo ʻo ia i hoihoi i ke mele, ma kahi o kona wā ʻōpio, a aʻo iā ia i ka hoʻokani pila.
ʻO ka hana mua i ka holomua, ua lawe ʻo Cooper i kāna hana ʻana i kāna hui pōhaku ponoʻī i kona wā i ke kula. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo ia e nā mea pena e like me Danny Hathaway a me Ben Harper. Mahalo iā lākou, ua ʻike au i ke mele ʻuhane.
He mea ʻoi aku ma mua o ke mele wale nō
He mea hoʻokani pila aʻo ponoʻī ʻo Cooper. Hiki iā ia ke noho me ka hoʻoikaika ʻole ʻana ma nā pou like ʻole o ka spectrum leo. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka mea pena kiʻi i kāna mau akamai i ka mele mele indie. Akā ma hope ua komo i ka Gospel Choir "Give the Gospel". ʻO nā leo maikaʻi a Cooper a me ka hoʻokani pila akamai i hui pū me ka maikaʻi o nā ao ʻelua. He indie kēia me ka ʻuhane a me ka puʻuwai maʻemaʻe.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ke ʻano o ka mea pena kiʻi kūʻokoʻa maoli. He mea pena kiʻi e hōʻole i ka ʻaha kūkā a kūʻē i ka hoʻohālikelike.
"ʻAʻole au makemake e noʻonoʻo ʻia he mea mele / haku mele no ka mea ua hoʻokomo nā kānaka iā ʻoe i loko o kēia pahu troubadour ʻeleʻele," wahi a JP me ka ʻakaʻaka. “Makemake au e lilo i mea ʻoi aku ma mua o kēlā. Makemake au e hana i nā mele nui a ulu. Ua aloha a mahalo au i nā mea pena kiʻi e ulu nei; kanaka e like me Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Bjork. Manaʻo wau hiki iaʻu ke lilo i mea pena e ʻimi a hoʻololi i ke ʻano like. "
ʻIke mele nui o JP Cooper i kona wā ʻōpio
E like me nā ʻōpio Manchester he nui, hoʻokani ʻo JP i nā hui like ʻole ma ke kula. Ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i kāna mau mele mele. Ua kipa mau i ka hale kūʻai moʻolelo Vinyl Exchange. Ma laila i ʻike ai ka mea aloha mele ʻōpio ʻo Björk, Aphex Twin, Donny Hathaway a me Rufus Wainwright.
Ma ka hoʻoholo ʻana e hele i ke kulanui, ua hiki iā JP ke hoʻopili piha i kāna mau mana like ʻole a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻokolohua me ke ʻano o ka mea pena i makemake ai. "Ua ʻike wau ʻaʻole wau makemake e hilinaʻi i kekahi - ʻoiai hiki iaʻu ke hana a kākau, e lawa loa wau iā ʻoe iho. A hiki iaʻu ke hana i ka mele aʻu i makemake ai e hana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana."
ʻOiai e aʻo ana i ke kīkā, ua hoʻomaka ʻo JP e hoʻāʻo i kāna kani ma Open Mic nights a hoʻomaka koke e kiʻi i nā puke ma Manchester. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai he kanaka keʻokeʻo ʻo ia me ke kīkā, ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻoi aku ka hana ma nā pāʻina folk/indie/band. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu i ke ʻano i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ʻo ia, ua hoʻomaka mālie kāna poʻe hoʻolohe i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mea maʻalahi o kāna mele.
Ua komo ʻo ia i ka hīmeni mele Sing Out Gospel ma Manchester a ua hoʻokuʻu i kahi pūʻulu o ʻekolu mixtapes, e hōʻailona ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka poʻe pā ma ke ao kūlanakauhale. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ʻaʻole kūʻai wale ʻo ia i nā wahi e like me The Gorilla ma Manchester, akā e hōʻike pū ana hoʻi i kāna mau akamai ma nā hōʻikeʻike ma Lākana. "I koʻu loaʻa ʻana i koʻu ala i loko o ka ʻuhane a me ke ao kūlanakauhale, ua loli nā mea āpau i ka pō. Mai ia manawa ua ulu au a ulu a ua loaʻa iaʻu koʻu poʻe hālāwai. Nani loa ka noho ʻana i kēia ao."
Koho: Keiki a mele paha?
ʻEhā mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lilo ʻo ia i makua kāne no ka manawa mua a ua kū i kahi hoʻoholo paʻakikī i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope. Hāʻawi i kāna ʻohana, e hana ana i kahi pā, me kāna keiki i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka a me ka pō, i ka manawa like, ua hāʻawi ʻo Island Records iā ia i kahi ʻaelike hoʻomohala. Ua ʻike ʻo ia he nui nā huakaʻi i Lākana.
"ʻAʻole au i makemake e haʻalele i kaʻu keiki e ulu ana, akā pono wau e kūkulu i kahi wā e hiki mai ana no kāua ʻelua. Ua hiki i kahi i loaʻa iaʻu kēia moeʻuhane nui o ka hana ʻana i nā mele a ke hana nei kēia mau mea kupanaha a pau, akā i ka manawa like ua haʻalele wau mai nā mea āpau i ka home iaʻu. "
ʻO kēia ke kumuhana āna i uhi ai ma Closer. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kēia mele ma kāna 2015 EP. Ma hope o ke kau inoa ʻana me Island Records 18 mau mahina i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo JP i ʻelua mau EP me ka ʻoi aku o 5 miliona mau kūʻai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
ʻO ka mea mua, Keep The Quiet Out, ua hana wikiwiki ʻia, e like me nā mea aʻe, a hiki i ka hope loa (Ke pōʻeleʻele) e ka duo One-Bit. ʻO ka EP he mea hōʻike hohonu, akā i ka manawa like kokoke loa iaʻu. "E pili ana i ka pilina, ka hakakā ʻana o ka poʻe, ka ʻohana a me ka noʻonoʻo kanaka, nā mea ʻē a paʻakikī o kēia ao," wehewehe ʻo JP.
ʻO JP Cooper pā
ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka nui o ka hahai ʻana ma ka pūnaewele, akā he waihona punahele nui a me waho. I ka makahiki i hala, ua mālama ʻo ia i ʻehā mau ʻahamele ma Lākana, me The Scala the Village Underground a me Koko.
ʻO nā EPs, me kāna mau hana ola, ua lanakila ʻo JP ma hope e like me kāna mau kani; ʻO ka poʻe e like me Boy George, ka mea hoʻolei o EastEnders, Maverick Saber, Shawn Mendes a me Stormzy ua hoʻomaikaʻi lākou iā ia, ʻoiai ʻo ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea like me George the Poet ua ʻike iā Cooper e hoʻololi iki i ke kahua kamaʻilio honua.
"ʻAʻole kēia koʻu honua, akā ua aʻo nui iaʻu," e noʻonoʻo ana ʻo ia. "ʻO nā noʻonoʻo a pau ma hope o ia mea e hoʻoikaika iaʻu e hoʻoikaika i ka maikaʻi."
Album hoʻomaka
ʻO ka mea e pili ana ʻo ia ka album mua a JP, kahi e hoʻohiki ai e ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka wiwo ʻole me ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano o ka maʻalahi a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Loaʻa iā ia nā mea o ka hip-hop, ka ʻuhane ikaika a me ke ʻano kīkā ʻāina, a me nā wili i manaʻo ʻole ʻia.
"E lilo ana ia i album wiwo ʻole," wahi āna. "Makemake au i kekahi o nā wahi ma ka lekiō a ʻike wau ua laki wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ia mau mea no ka mea ʻo kaʻu hana ʻaʻole like me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Makemake au e hoʻomau i kēia ala. ʻAʻole au makemake e kani kaʻu mele e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe."
ʻAʻole ʻo JP Cooper kekahi o kēlā mau mea pena kiʻi hauʻoli i kekahi ʻano makana. ʻAʻole ʻo ia ke kumu i hana ai ʻo ia i kēia mele. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia e kākau i nā huaʻōlelo noʻonoʻo-numbing e hoʻopiʻi nei i ka mākeke lehulehu.
Akā naʻe, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Future Sound of 2015" e Zane Lowe o BBC Radio One, kāna mea mele ʻuhane ʻo Angie Stone. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna huakaʻi UK ponoʻī a lanakila i kahi slot i makemake ʻia ma ka ʻaha SXSW ma Austin, Texas.
