ʻEhā mau kaikunāne ka hui mai ʻApelika Hema: Johnny, Jesse, Daniel a me Dylan. Hoʻokani ka hui ʻohana i ke mele ma ke ʻano o ka pōhaku ʻokoʻa. ʻO Kongos ko lākou mau inoa hope.
Ua ʻakaʻaka lākou ʻaʻole pili lākou i ka muliwai Congo, a i ʻole ka ʻohana ʻApelika Hema o kēlā inoa, a i ʻole ka Kongo armadillo mai Iapana, a i ʻole ka pizza Kongo. ʻEhā mau kaikunāne keʻokeʻo wale nō lākou.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka hana ʻana o ka hui Kongos
Ua hoʻohana nā kaikunāne Kongos i ko lākou wā kamaliʻi a ʻōpio ma Great Britain a me South Africa. Ua puka lākou mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma Johannesburg. ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha i ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻokani pila, no ka mea, ua hānau ʻia lākou ma ka ʻohana o ka mea mele kaulana ʻo John Kongos i ka makahiki 1970.
I ka manawa hoʻokahi, ua hoʻopaʻa ko lākou makuakāne i nā album he nui i noho i nā kūlana alakaʻi ma nā pakuhi a kūʻai ʻia i nā helu nui. ʻElua o kāna mau hits i kaulana loa no ka manawa lōʻihi: He Heʻe ʻo ia iā ʻoe a me Tokoloshe Man.
Ua hoʻomaka nā keikikāne e aʻo i ka mele i nā makahiki 2-3. I ka wā mua, ua aʻo nā mākua iā lākou i ka hoʻokani piano, a laila hoʻomaka nā kumu mele i kono ʻia e hele mai i ka hale. I ka makahiki 1996, neʻe ka ʻohana Kongos i USA, i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Arizona.
I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole wale nā kaikunāne i hoʻokani i nā mea kani like ʻole, akā ua haku pū lākou i nā mele.
Ma Arizona, ua komo ʻo Johnny lāua ʻo Jesse i ke kulanui hoʻonaʻauao lehulehu a noiʻi nui loa ma ʻAmelika ma ke keʻena jazz a ua puka maikaʻi mai ia. Ua aʻo ʻo Dylan lāua ʻo Daniel i ke mele no lāua iho, e aʻo ana i ka hoʻokani pila.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe ʻōpio e hoʻohui i kā lākou mau talena mele i loko o kahi hui ʻohana. ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi hui hoihoi, kahi i hoʻokani ai ʻo Johnny i ka accordion a me nā kī kī, ʻo Jesse ke alakaʻi o nā pahu a me nā percussion, a ʻo Daniel lāua ʻo Dylan nā mea hoʻokani. Ua hana nā māhele leo i nā mea a pau.
Nā hiʻohiʻona o ke mele o ka hui
Hoʻokani nā kaikunāne Kongos i ka pōhaku groovy maikaʻi, hiki ke kūpono ma ke kahua a ma kahi pā hale maʻalahi. ʻElua mau hiʻohiʻona mua o ka hui - ke alo o kahi accordion a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi quitro.
He ʻano kūikawā kēia, i manaʻo ʻia he subspecies o ka hale, me ke komo ʻana o nā rappers South Africa. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia kēia ʻano i ka makahiki 1990 ma hope koke iho o ka lanakila ʻana o Nelson Mandela i ke koho pelekikena. Ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka inoa pāʻani "wind of change" ("wind of change").
ʻAʻole mai ka inoa o nā kaikunāne wale nō ka inoa o ka hui. Ua hoʻoholo lākou e hōʻike i ka mahalo i ko lākou makuakāne, he mea hīmeni akamai a me ka mea hoʻokani pila. He kanaka moʻomeheu kaulana ʻo John Theodore Kongus ma ʻApelika Hema.
ʻoihana hui Kongos
ʻIke ka honua mele i ka hānau ʻana o nā hōkū hou i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO kekahi o lākou e lilo koke i kaulana a nalowale koke ko lākou kūlana, a aia kekahi poʻe i waiho i kā lākou hōʻailona ʻike.
Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo palekana e pili ana ka lua i kēia mau kāne. No ka manawa mua i hōʻike ʻia ai ka hui i mua o ka lehulehu ma 2007, e hōʻike ana i kā lākou album mua, i loaʻa ka inoa like.
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka maikaʻi ʻana, ua nui aʻe nā makahiki o ka hana paʻakikī, i pau i ka makahiki 2012 me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka disc Lunatic. ʻO kēia hōʻiliʻili o nā haku i hoʻāla mua i ka hoihoi i ʻApelika Hema.
Ua hoihoi koke nā lekiō kūloko i ke mele ʻO wau wale nō ka ʻakaʻaka, a ʻo ka haku mele Come with Me Now he lanakila maikaʻi loa ia a ma hope iho ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia nā kaikunāne i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka kaulana. ʻO ia, e like me ka manawa i hōʻike ʻia, ua pale i nā hoʻokolohua he nui i hāʻule i ka nui o nā hui mele.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻoholo ka hui e hoʻokuʻu i kahi album ma ʻAmelika, kahi i lawe ai nā mele ʻelua i ke poʻo o nā palapala āpau. ʻO ka mea hoʻokahi e hele mai me aʻu i kēia manawa ua loaʻa i "nā kiʻekiʻe platinum".
Ma ka National Geographic, NBC Sports a me nā kahawai ʻē aʻe, ua kani ʻoi aku ia ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa ma ke ʻano o kahi leo kani, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia ke mele poʻomanaʻo no kekahi mau hōʻike TV haʻuki, ua hoʻohana ʻia i ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni hana ʻo The Expendables 3, hauʻoli i ka lehulehu i ka hōʻike hou ʻo Top Gear The Grand Tour, etc.
Ua noho kēia mele ma ka piko o nā pakuhi kaulana no ka manawa lōʻihi, a ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā manaʻo o ka wikiō ma YouTube ma mua o 100 miliona.
Band ma kona piko
Ma hope o ka lanakila nui, hele ka Kongos i kahi huakaʻi o ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa, kahi makahiki a me ka hapa (mai 2014 a 2015).
I loko o kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi wale ka hui i nā ʻahamele, akā ua kākau pū i ka album aʻe, ʻo Egomaniac, nona nā mele 13 i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano like me ka hōʻiliʻili mua. No ka mea, na nā kaikunāne a pau i haku i nā mele, ua loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mea hoihoi i loko o kēia album - ʻo ka mea nāna i kākau ke mele e hīmeni ia.
Ua hōʻike nā mea hoʻokani pila e pili ana ka diski hou i ka pilikia o ka manaʻo ponoʻī a me ka naʻaupō. ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, ma ka ʻoihana hōʻike, ʻike nui ʻia kēia mau pilikia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, a ʻike ka poʻe hoʻohewa iā lākou iho. Wahi a nā kaikunāne, pono kēlā me kēia kanaka i kahi kokoke iā lākou e kōkua iā lākou e iho mai ka lani i ka honua.
ʻO ka hui Kongos i kēia manawa
I kēia manawa, noho ka quartet ʻohana ma USA ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Phoenix (Arizona). I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka kaulana o ka honua, ʻaʻole i lilo nā kaikunāne i "haʻaheo". Hele pinepine lākou i ʻApelika Hema, ko lākou ʻāina hānau liʻiliʻi, me ka hauʻoli. He lanakila nui nā ʻaha mele ma Johannesburg, a hauʻoli nā hale lekiō kūloko e hōʻike i kā lākou mau mele.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hui i nā mele hou a me ka huakaʻi. I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā lākou album studio hou "1929: PART 1".
