ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ʻo Tanita Tikaram i ka lehulehu i kēia mau lā, a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia kona inoa ma nā ʻaoʻao o nā nūpepa a me nā nūpepa. Akā i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1980, mahalo nui ʻia kēia mea hoʻokani i kona leo kūʻokoʻa a me kona hilinaʻi ma ke kahua.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio ʻo Tanita Tikaram
Ua hānau ʻia ka hōkū e hiki mai ana ma ʻAukake 12, 196 ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Münster, aia ma North Rhine-Westphalia. He Malaysian ka makuahine o ke kaikamahine, a he kanaka koa India-Fijian kona makuakāne.
No ka manawa lōʻihi, noho ʻo Tanita i Kelemānia me kona mau mākua, a laila hele i ʻEnelani a noho ma Southampton kokoke, kahi kūlanakauhale ma Hampshire.
Maʻaneʻi, ua hoʻomaka ke kaikamahine e hele i ke kula me kona kaikunāne, akā ua kū koke ka pilikia a me ka huhū mai nā keiki'ē aʻe. A ʻo ke kumu o kēia, ʻo ia ke ʻano o nā kāne, he ʻano like ʻole me ka Pelekane maʻamau. ʻO ka manawa pinepine i hele mai i ka racism.
He wahi leʻaleʻa liʻiliʻi ma ka home. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua nalowale nā mākua i ka hana a ʻaʻole hiki ke hāʻawi i nā keiki i ka nānā pono. No laila, he keiki pani ʻo Tanita.
Ua kāpae ʻo ia i nā ʻoliʻoli a me nā hanana lehulehu, ua hoʻoholo e koho i ke mele. ʻO ia me kāna kōkua i pakele ai ke kaikamahine mai nā hopohopo a me nā manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole.
I kona ulu ʻana, ua loaʻa iā Tanita kahi kīkā ma ke ʻano he makana. Ma hope o ke aʻo ʻana e hoʻokani i kēia mea kani, ua hoʻokani ke kaikamahine i nā haku mele a John Lennon, The Beatles a me Leonardo Cohen.
Akā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia i kona leo ponoʻī, me ka hoʻolālā ʻana e haʻalele i ke mele a hoʻomaka e kākau i nā mele.
Eia naʻe, i ka hopena, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Tanita e hoʻopaʻa i kahi demo pōkole a hoʻouna iā ia i kekahi mau studio recording. He manawa hoihoi ia, akā ʻokoʻa loa ka holomua.
I kekahi manawa i loko o kahi hui, ua hui ʻo ia me Paul Charles, nāna i hāʻawi iā ia i ka hui pū ʻana me ka studio recording Warner Records.
Ua pane ʻoluʻolu ka hoʻokele a me nā mea hana i ka mea hoʻokani ʻōpio, kahi i alakaʻi koke ai i ke ʻano o ka mea hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka hana mele a Tanita Tikaram
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka mea mele i kāna ʻaelike mua me Warner Records ma 1988, a ua hoʻokuʻu koke ʻo ia i kāna moʻolelo mua ʻo Ancient Heart.
ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia no ka lehulehu, ua kaulana loa nā mele i loko o ia mea, hoʻomaka lākou e kani ma nā lekiō āpau, a me nā discos i nā hale pō.
Ua mahalo pū ka poʻe hoʻohewa i ka hana a Tanita ʻōpio. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hāʻawi i nā ʻahamele ma nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, ua loaʻa i nā makana he nui, ʻo kāna mau haku mele ma nā kūlana alakaʻi o nā palapala.
Mai ia manawa mai, ua ho'ōkiʻo Tikaram i ka kānalua iā ia iho, ua liloʻo ia i kaikamahine hilinaʻi a ua hiki iā ia ke hōʻike piha i kāna taleni pono'ī, e lawe ana i ka lehulehu.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album mua, ʻaʻole i hoʻōki ke kaikamahine ma laila a hoʻokuʻu koke i ʻekolu mau moʻolelo, ʻaʻole i emi iki ka lanakila.
Nui nā mele i loko o nā palapala Pelekania, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūʻai aku ma mua o ka hōʻailona o nā miliona miliona.
Ua hāʻawi ka lepili i ke kaikamahine i kahi hoʻopaneʻe ʻaelike, akā ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia ʻaʻole, a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana pū me Marco Sabiu. Me ia, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka album aʻe, ʻaʻole i kūleʻa i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana me nā moʻolelo mua.
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Tanita e haʻalele i ke kahua. No ka manawa lōʻihi ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike ʻia i ka lehulehu, a i ka makahiki 2005 wale nō i hōʻike hou ai i kāna album Sentimental i ka lehulehu.
ʻAʻohe lanakila nui, akā ua loaʻa iā ia nā mea pā, a ua alakaʻi kēia i ka hana ʻana i kahi moʻolelo hou, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2012. Ma hope o kēlā, hāʻawi ʻo Tanita Tikaram i nā ʻaha mele, a ʻo kekahi o lākou i ka makahiki 2013 i hana ʻia ma ka hale ʻaha mele ʻo Moscow Crocus City Hall.
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Tanita
He kanaka hūnā loa ʻo Tanita, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e kūkākūkā i nā kikoʻī o kona ola pilikino. No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia e hūnā mai ka lehulehu i ka inoa o kāna mea aloha a me ka moʻolelo o ka pilina me nā poʻe kokoke iā ia.
Akā, ʻaʻole ʻai makehewa nā limahana media i kā lākou berena. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ka hale chic o ka mea mele, aia ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau o Lākana. Eia kekahi, ʻōlelo ka poʻe nūpepa e ola ʻo Tanita Tikaram me ka ʻole o kāna kāne, he pilina me ka mea pena ʻo Natalya Horn.
He aha ka makemake o ka mea mele i kēia manawa?
I ka makahiki 1980, he mele kaulana loa ʻo Tanita, a ʻo kāna mau haku mele aia ma luna o nā papa palapala āpau. Akā i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole like me nā hoa hana haole, ua pau ʻo ia i ka hahai ʻana i ka kaulana.
Ua ʻōlelo ka mea mele ʻaʻole loa ka hauʻoli i kēia. I kēia manawa hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hana, akā hana ʻo ia no ka poʻe hoihoi i kāna hana a aloha i nā mele a lākou e hoʻokani nei.
I kēia manawa ua hoʻoholo ʻo Tikaram e haʻalele i nā ʻaha mele nui a me nā hanana kūlana kiʻekiʻe. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia ma nā keʻena liʻiliʻi a me nā hale pō. Ma ke kipa ʻana i ka pūnaewele mana o ka mea mele, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka papa hana ʻaha mele.
Ma ke ala, i ka makahiki i hala ua hana ʻo ia ma ke kahua o Austria, Suedena a me Kelemānia. A i loko o kekahi o nā nīnauele, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tanita Tikaram e pili ana nā hoʻolālā no 2020 i kahi kipa hou aku i nā ʻāina CIS no kahi ʻaha mele liʻiliʻi!
