Ko Ezra Michael Koenig he kaiwaiata Amerika, he kaiwaiata, he kaitito waiata, he kaihautu reo irirangi, he kaitito mata hoki, e mohiotia ana ko te kai-whakarewa, te kaiwaiata, te kaiwaiata, me te piana o te roopu toka o Amerika Vampire Weekend.
I timata ia ki te tito waiata i te 10 o ona tau. I te taha o tana hoa a Wes Miles, nana i hanga te roopu whakamatautau "The Sophisticuffs". Mai i tera wa ka timata ia ki te mahi i etahi kaupapa waiata. I ana mahi waiata tuatahi, i kite ano ia i a ia e hanga ana i te roopu rap "L'Homme Run" me Andrew Kalaijian me Chris Thomson. Kua mahi tahi ia me nga roopu toka indie o Amerika a Dirty Projectors me The Walkmen.
Ko tana tino pakaruhanga i puta mai i muri i te hanganga o "Vampire Weekend" me Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson me Chris Baio. Ko Koenig te kaihanga me te kaihautu o te whakaaturanga reo irirangi e rua wiki a Apple Music Time Crisis me Ezra Koenig. Ko ia ano te kaihanga o te raupapa pouaka whakaata pakiwaituhi US-Hapanihi Neo Yokio.
Te tamarikitanga me te taiohi Ezra Koenig
I whanau a Ezra Michael Koenig i te Paenga-whāwhā 8, 1984 i New York, USA, ki te whanau Hurai o Robin Koenig me Bobby Bass. Ko tana papa he kaihoahoa kakahu mo nga kiriata me nga kaupapa pouaka whakaata, ko tana whaea he tohunga hinengaro. I heke tona whanau ki te US mai i Uropi.
I tipu ake ia i te tuawhenua o New Jersey, ka haere ki te Kura Tuarua o Glen Ridge. He teina tona teina ko Emma te ingoa, ko ia te kaituhi o te pukapuka: Heck! Neke atu i te rua tekau oku tau", me te tuhi hoki i te pukuhohe ABC-TV Manhattan Love Story.
I timata a Koenig ki te tito waiata i te tekau pea ona tau; Ko "Bad Birthday Party" tana waiata tuatahi. I ako ia i te reo Ingarihi i te Whare Wananga o Columbia.
I nga tau o tana kura tuarua me te kaareti, i uru atu ia ki te hoa tamarikitanga a Wes Miles (ko te kaihautu o mua o te roopu toka indie Amerika a Ra Ra Riot) me te mahi i etahi kaupapa puoro. I hanga ano e raua he roopu whakamatautau, ko te Sophisticuffs.
Whai muri i tana whiwhinga mai i te whare wananga, ka timata a Koenig ki te whakaako i te reo Ingarihi i te Kura Tuarua Nama 258 i Brooklyn, New York na roto i te Teach For America (TFA). Ka maumahara ana tauira, ka haria e Koenig tana kitara ki te karaehe, ahakoa kaore ia i korero mo ana mahi puoro.
He pai tana mahi tahi me nga tauira, engari i kiia he kaiako "ahua" noa. I mutu tana mahi whakaako i muri mai i te ngahuru 2007 i tana hainatanga me te tapanga motuhake o Ingarangi XL Recordings.
Ko te oranga whaiaro o Ezra Koenig
He takakau a Koenig, engari he maha nga tau kua uru atu ia ki te kaitapere wahine o Amerika, te kaiwhakahaere me te kaihanga a Rashida Jones. Ko te kaitapere wahine e tino mohiotia ana mo te wheturangi ko Ann Perkins i runga i te raupapa pukuhohe NBC Parks and Recreation.
Mai i te tau rua mano tekau ma whitu kua noho tahi te tokorua nei. I manaaki a Koenig raua ko Jones i ta raua tamaiti tuatahi, tama a Isaiah Jones Coing i te Akuhata 2017, 22. I tenei wa, kei te noho harikoa nga tokorua me ta raua tamaiti. Noa ’tu e ua riro a‘ena ratou mai te hoê utuafare mau, aita o Koenig e o Rashida i faahiti i te mau faanahoraa no te faaipoiporaa.
Mahi: Te hanganga o te roopu "Vampire Weekend"
I te tau 2004, ko Koenig, me Chris Thomson me Andrew Kalaijian, i mahi tahi me te roopu rap L'Homme Run, nana i whakaputa te waiata pukuhohe rongonui "Pizza Party", me "Bitches", "Giving Up Da Gun" me "Interracial". ". I takaro ano a Koenig i te saxophone me te kitara, me te tuku reo papamuri mo te roopu toka indie o Amerika 'Dirty Projectors' mai i te tau 2004 ki te 2005, katahi ano i te tau 2016. I noho tonu ia hei whakangungu mo te roopu toka indie o Amerika The Walkmen.
I puta tana wehenga nui i te wa i hanga e ia te roopu toka Vampire Weekend i te tau 2006 me Rostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson me Chris Baio. I tohua te ingoa o te roopu mai i te taitara o te kaupapa kiriata poto i mahi tahi a Koenig me ona hoa i te wa o to ratou hararei raumati.
I timata a Vampire Weekend ki te tuku whakaaturanga i te Whare Wananga o Columbia. Ko ta ratou whakaaturanga tuatahi i te huihuinga "Group battle" i tu ki Lerner Hall, te whare tauira o te Whare Wananga o Columbia i te tau 2006. I timata te roopu ki te kohi arotake mai i nga waahi penei i a Pitchfork me Stereogum i muri i te putanga o a raatau whakaaturanga i runga ipurangi. Kaore i roa ka hokona e te roopu te whakaaturanga me te whakaatu ki te uhi o te maheni puoro Amerika Spin.
Ko te pukaemi tuatahi a Ezra Koenig: XL Recordings
I te Hanuere 29, 2008, ka tukuna e Vampire Weekend ta ratou ake pukaemi tuatahi na XL Recordings. Ko te wehenga tūtohi i eke ki te #17 i te US Billboard 200, ā, i whakamanahia te Platinum e te United Kingdom (BPI) me te Gold e te US (RIAA), Canada (Music Canada) me Ahitereiria (ARIA).
I whakatauhia e te maheni Time ko te pukapuka 5 pai rawa atu o te tau 2008. Ko Rolling Stone ano te rarangi o te album #24 i runga i ta raatau rarangi o te 100 Pukaemi Tuatahi Nui o nga Wa Katoa.
Ko te pukaemi tino angitu me te arumoni kaore i tautoko noa i nga mahi puoro a Koenig, engari i whakanuia ia ki te ao.
He nui te rongonui o Koenig me te Vampire Weekend, ka mutu e rua ano nga tohu ki a XL Recordings. Ko te tuatahi, "Contra", i timata i te tihi o te US Billboard 200 ka eke ki te nama 1 i runga i nga mahere maha.
Ko te tuarua, "Modern Vampires of the City", i tukuna i te Mei 14, 2013, ka noho ko te tuarua o te roopu Numero-Uno album i te US ki te tuatahi i te tau tuatahi i runga i te US Billboard 200. I riro ia ia te Grammy mo te "Best Alternative Music Album". "i te 2014 tau.
Ma te titiro ki te angitu o Vampire Weekend, kei te mahi tahi a Koenig me nga mema o te roopu i runga i ta raatau pukaemi studio tuawha, kua whakaritea mo te tukunga 2018.
I tenei wa, i hanga e ia he whakaaturanga reo irirangi e rua wiki, Time Crisis me Ezra Koenig, e manaaki ana ia i nga wa katoa. I timata te whakaaturanga i te Hūrae 12, 2015 i runga i te teihana reo irirangi waiata 1/80 a Apple Music "Beats 2018" a kua neke atu i te XNUMX nga wahanga i te Whiringa-a-rangi XNUMX, a kei te wa tuawha tenei wa.
He maha nga wa e manaaki ana ia i tenei whakaaturanga me Jake Longstreth. I roto i nga tau, he maha nga manuhiri manuhiri pera i a Jonah Hill, Jamie Foxx me Rashida Jones kua puta ano ki te whakaaturanga. He maha nga kaupapa penei i nga waiata toka o te tau 1970, nga kaupapa torangapu kai umanga me nga hitori kei roto i te whakaaturanga.
I hanga ano e Koenig, i tuhi, i whakaputa hoki e te kaiwhakahaere te raupapa pakiwaituhi a US-Hapanihi Neo Yokio. Ko te raupapa, i hangaia e nga studio anime Japanese a Deen me Production IG, i whakaatuhia i runga Netflix i te Mahuru 22, 2017. Ko te momo raupapa anime Japanese, ka kiia e Koenig he "anime inspired" kaore i te anime tuku iho.
I whakawhiwhia te whakaaturanga ki nga arotake rereke. I te Oketopa 9, 2018, i panuitia ka tukuna he Kirihimete motuhake ko "Neo Yokio Pink Christmas" ka tukuna i te Hakihea 7, 2018.
Kua mahi tahi ano ia me etahi kaitoi i roto i nga tau. Ko enei mahi ko nga waiata mo te waiata "Carby" mai i te pukapuka tuatahi a Discovery, "LP", i te tau 2009; te tuku reo i roto i te ataata puoro mo "Barbra Streisand" ka whakaatuhia ki te waiata a Meiha Laser "Jessica" i te tau 2013.
I whakahuahia ano e ia te ahua "Ryland" i roto i te raupapa pakiwaituhi pakeke o Amerika a Major Lazer me te wheturangi i te raupapa pouaka whakaata a American HBO Girls. I uru atu ano ko tetahi o nga kaituhi me nga kaihanga o te waiata "Hold Up" na Beyoncé, i whakawhiwhia ki te tohu Grammy mo te waahanga "Best Pop Solo Performance" i te tau 2017.
I te timatanga o te tau 2016, i kii a Batmangliy kua wehe atu ia i te Vampire Weekend engari ka takaro tonu ia ki a raatau a muri ake nei. I taua tau ano, i timata te roopu ki te mahi i ta raatau pukaemi tuawha me nga hoa mahi pera i a Rechtshaid, Justin Meldal-Jonsen, Daniel Chaim me Dave Longstreth o Dirty Projectors.
I te timatanga o te tau 2019, ka tukuna e Vampire Weekend etahi waiata e rua, tae atu ki te "Hall of Harmony" me "2021" o Hui-tanguru, i mua i te tukunga o te Matua o te wahine marena hou, he pukaemi rua i tukuna i te marama o Mei ma te hukarere o Columbia Records.
