Lokacin da ƙungiyar rock ta Irish Fontaines DC ta fito a fagen a 2019, sun kasance ƙungiyar mawaƙa na post-punk da ke kunna kiɗan guitar mai tsanani a lokacin da Dance Monkey, Drake, da The Greatest Showman suka mamaye jerin waƙoƙi. Amma yanzu, tare da fitar da kundi na biyar, Dopamine Chamber, ƙungiyar mai mutane biyar tana duban 2027, tare da wasanni a filayen wasa na Burtaniya, wuraren wasa na Amurka, da wuraren kanun labarai a manyan bukukuwan Turai—da kuma jita-jita cewa za su jagoranci matakin Pyramid na Glastonbury. Tafiya ce mai ban mamaki.
Haɗuwarsu ta kasance abin mamaki na tsohon salon zamani a zamanin da kafofin watsa labarun suka mamaye al'ada. Kundin da ke ƙara girma, goyon baya daga rediyo da cibiyoyi kamar BBC, da yawon buɗe ido ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba duk sun taka rawa. Baya ga haka, "gaskiyar ita ce, suna ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyi a duniya," in ji Mo Chara, ɗaya bisa uku na ƙungiyar Irish Kneecap.
An kafa Fontaines DC a Cibiyar Kiɗa ta BIMM a Dublin a 2014. Shugaban makarantar, Alan Cullivan, ya ce suna da "cikakkiyar mai da hankali. Komai game da rubuta waƙa mafi kyau bayan waƙa mafi kyau bayan waƙa mafi kyau." Da alama za su yi wa mutane 30 wasa a mashaya mara kyau wata ɗaya, sannan su dawo bayan makonni uku da rabin waƙoƙin sababbi.
Wannan ya ja hankalin Trevor Dietz, wanda ya zama manajan su kuma Fontaines suka kwatanta shi da "memba na shida na ƙungiyar" lokacin da ya mutu a farkon wannan shekara. "Ya kawo wannan ma'anar amincewa da kai marar girgiza, kuma hakan ya kasance mai yaduwa sosai," in ji Jeff Bell, wanda a ƙarshe zai sanya hannu kan ƙungiyar zuwa Partisan Records.
Haɗin gwiwar Dietz ya kawo Fontaines cikin da'irori fiye da fagen wasan Dublin. A 2017 ƙungiyar ta fitar da waƙar Liberty Belle, kuma Dietz ya gabatar da su ga ƙungiyar Shame ta kudancin London, waɗanda ke yin wasannin kanun labarai na farko a Dublin. "Mun tafi wannan yawon buɗe ido tare don kundi na farko," in ji mawaƙin Shame Charlie Steen. "Ya ji kamar suna da nasu taron jama'a ko da da ƴan waƙoƙi kawai—abu ɗaya ne a sami hakan a Dublin, amma wani abu ne a samu a Leicester." Ya ƙara da cewa jagoran Fontaines Grian Chatten "ya ba ni littafin Yeats in karanta a wannan yawon buɗe idon": kamar yadda ya saba da sha'awar mawaƙin na waƙoƙi ba tare da kunya ba.
Steve Lamacq na BBC Radio 6 Music ya kasance farkon mai goyon bayan ƙungiyar a kusan wannan lokacin. "Sun aiko mana da faifan inch bakwai na Hurricane Laughter da suka fitar da kansu, kuma mun kunna shi sau biyu—yana da ƙarfi da yanayi da yawancin faifai a lokacin ba su da shi sosai," in ji shi.
A Maris 2018 ƙungiyar ta yi wasa a Victoria a Dalston, gabashin London, ƙaramin ɗakin bayan mashaya. A cikin taron akwai Lamacq, wanda sha'awar kasancewar Chatten a mataki ya burge shi, da Bell, wanda ya tashi zuwa Dublin mako mai zuwa don sanya hannu kan su. "Da zarar na sadu da su, ya bayyana cewa su ne mafi girman ƙungiya a duniya," in ji Bell. "Kawai bai faru ba tukuna."
Kamfanin rikodin ya ɓullo da cikakken shiri tare da ƙungiyar. "Akwai ka'idoji biyu masu jagora: gaskiya da gaggawa," in ji Bell. "Idan haɗaɗɗun ba su dace ba, fara sake. Idan gyara bai ji daidai ba, ba a tura shi rediyo ba. Idan marubuci bai fahimta ba, kada a yi hira. Mun kuma ƙware wajen nuna waƙoƙin a duk inda za mu iya; wannan ya kasance ainihin hanyar shiga ga mutane da yawa." Bayan kundin farko na 2019 Dogrel ya shiga Top 10 a Burtaniya da Ireland, kullewar Covid zai iya lalata su, kamar yadda ya faru da ƙananan masu fasaha da yawa da ke tasowa. Amma maimakon soke fitarwa kamar yadda wasu suka yi, sun ci gaba da kundi na biyu, A Hero's Death, wanda aka zaɓa don Grammy.
Duba hoto a cikakken alloFontaines DC an ɗauke su hoto a 2026. Hoto: Elizaveta Porodina
Manyan taron jama'a da Fontaines DC ke jagoranta yanzu ba sakamakon bin ka'idar TikTok ba ne, ko da a tsakiyar kullewa. Ƙungiyar tana da kasancewa a kafofin watsa labarun, amma ba su yi jerin bidiyo na viral kamar Hot Ones, Chicken Shop Date ko Subway Takes ba. "Suna ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan masu fasaha waɗanda suka tafi gaba da al'ada da sauri ta hanyar ɗaukar hanyar ƙasa da yawa," in ji Liam Ward, wanda ya kafa Something Something, wata hukumar tallan kafofin watsa labarun da ta mayar da hankali kan kiɗa. Hakan bai hana Fontaines samun magoya baya masu tsauri waɗanda ke ɗaukar duk wasannin don kafofin watsa labarun ba. A ra'ayin Ward, wannan aikin magoya baya a kan layi na halitta ne, ba ƙirƙira ta dubban asusu na karya kamar yadda wasu takwarorinsu na indie ke amfani ba. "Ban ma ji jita-jita ko waswasi game da hakan ba," in ji shi. "Suna fitar da abin da suke fitarwa, kuma duk wannan hauka da hayaniya na faruwa a kusa da su."
Kundin su na baya, Romance na 2024, ya zo da zane-zane na DayGlo da sabbin kamanni masu kama da rave ga membobin. Wasu magoya baya na farko sun watsar da shi a matsayin pop sosai, amma ya zama farkon mai siyar da platinum a Burtaniya da Ireland kuma ya sami ƙarin zaɓe na Grammy. Dopamine Chamber, wanda aka yaba a cikin bita na taurari biyar na Guardian, yana da ban mamaki da jan hankali kamar haka. "Arctic Monkeys, a wata hanya, sun yi kyakkyawan aiki wajen samar da wuri ga Fontaines ta hanyar kasancewa ƙungiyar rock mai ban sha'awa wadda ta samo asali sosai tun farkon zamanin," in ji Lamacq. "Akwai sabbin matasa masu sauraro waɗanda watakila sun fi bin waƙoƙi. Suna son ƙamus da kiɗa."
Mo Chara na Kneecap ya ce sha'awar siyasa ta Fontaines—yana ambaton wasan taimako na rashin gida da ƙungiyar ta shirya da matsayinsu kan kisan kiyashi a Falasdinu—ya sa ƙungiyar ta fi so a gare shi da wasu da yawa. Ya ƙara da cewa: "Idan kana yin kiɗa mai kyau kamar yadda suke yi, masu rinjaye ba za su iya watsi da shi ba, amma yana jin kamar suna yin kiɗa ta hanyarsu ba don jan hankalin talakawa ba. Masu rinjaye sun zo wurinsu maimakon akasin haka."
Fontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber bita – duhu, kyakkyawa kuma babbar nasara
Karanta ƙari
Akwai ƙungiyoyi da yawa da ke yin kiɗa mai ban mamaki waɗanda ba su kai manyan matakan nasarar kasuwanci ba. Duk da haka, ga Abel González, wanda ke cikin ƙungiyar booking na bikin Primavera na Barcelona, "komai game da ji ne." Fontaines sun fara yin wasa a bikin a kan ƙaramin mataki a 2018, amma shekara mai zuwa suna cikin manyan masu kanun labarai. "Duk lokacin da suka dawo bikin, suna da sabbin abubuwan da za su faɗa, kuma muna son jin su."
Ainihin dalilin haɗuwar Fontaines DC mai ban mamaki yana iya kasancewa a wani wuri a tsakiyar zane mai rikitarwa: haɗuwar baiwa, sadaukarwa, mutanen kirki da sa'a sau ɗaya a tsara. Yarda da juna ya bayyana cewa babu iyaka ga yadda za su iya girma. Bell ya yarda, har yanzu yana da sha'awar ƙungiyar ko da bayan sun ƙaura daga Partisan zuwa kamfanin rikodin na yanzu XL Recordings. "Har yanzu ba su kai kololuwar dutsen su ba. Ina jin daɗin ganin inda zai ci gaba." Dopamine Chamber yana fitowa yanzu a kan XL Recordings
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
Ga jerin tambayoyin da ake yawan yi da ke rufe haɗuwar Fontaines DC daga mashaya marasa kyau na Dublin zuwa jagorancin filayen wasa
Tambayoyin Farko
Su wanene Fontaines DC
Ƙungiyar postpunk ta Irish da aka kafa a Dublin a 2014 Membobin su ne Grian Chatten Carlos OConnell Conor Curley Conor Deegan III da Tom Coll
A ina suka fara
Yin wasa a ƙananan wurare na Dublin da dare na buɗe baki sau da yawa ga ƙananan taron jama'a Sun gina sunansu a mashaya marasa kyau da kulake na gida kafin kowa a wajen Ireland ya san su
Wane irin kiɗa suke yi
Postpunk da waƙoƙin adabi na waƙoƙi Sautinsu ya canza a kan lokaci daga danye da ƙazanta a farkon zuwa mafi waƙa da gwaji a kundin baya
Yaushe suka yi girma
Kundin farko na 2019 Dogrel shine ci gaba Ya sami zaɓe na Mercury Prize kuma ya sa su zama ɗaya daga cikin sabbin ƙungiyoyin da aka fi magana akai a Burtaniya da Ireland
Menene DC a cikin sunansu ke nufi
Yana nufin Dublin City
Yaya suka sami yarjejeniyar rikodin farko
Sun fitar da waƙar Liberty Belle da kansu a 2018 Ya ja hankali a kan layi da daga kamfanonin Burtaniya wanda ya kai ga yarjejeniya da Partisan Records
Tambayoyin Tsakiya
Menene babban ci gabansu
Dogrel shine juyin mulki Yabo mai mahimmanci zaɓe na Mercury Prize da yawon buɗe ido mai yawa sun tura su daga wasannin kulake zuwa manyan wurare da sauri
Yaya suka tafi daga mashaya marasa kyau zuwa filayen wasa da sauri
Abubuwa da yawa sun daidaita ƙaƙƙarfan farko yawon buɗe ido ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba fitar da kundi akai-akai da ƙaruwar magana ta baki Kowace kundi ya kai ga manyan masu sauraro fiye da na baya
Menene ya sa suka bambanta da sauran ƙungiyoyin postpunk
Waƙoƙin salon magana na Grian Chatten game da asalin Irish rayuwar ajin ma'aikata da nostalgia Tasirin adabinsu mawaƙa kamar James Joyce da marubutan Irish sun bambanta su
Duk kundin su sun yi kama da juna
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