Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography

Ezra Michael Koenig muimbi weAmerica, muimbi, munyori wenziyo, mutsigiri weredhiyo, uye munyori wezvidzitiro, anozivikanwa kwazvo semuvambi, muimbi, gitare, uye piano weAmerican rock band Vampire Weekend. 

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Akatanga kugadzira mimhanzi pazera re10. Pamwe chete neshamwari yake Wes Miles, waakasika naye boka rekuedza "The Sophisticuffs". Kubva panguva iyoyo akatanga kushanda pamapurojekiti akawanda emimhanzi. Mukuedza kwake kwekutanga mimhanzi, akamuonawo achiumba boka rerap "L'Homme Run" naAndrew Kalaijian naChris Thomson. Akashanda neAmerican indie rock bands Dirty Projectors uye The Walkmen. 

Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography
Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography

Kubudirira kwake chaiko kwakauya mushure mekuumbwa kwe "Vampire Weekend" naRostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson naChris Baio. Koenig ndiye musiki uye mugadziri weApple Music yemavhiki maviri radio show Time Crisis naEzra Koenig. Ndiye zvakare musiki weUS-Japanese animated terevhizheni Neo Yokio.

Hudiki nehudiki Ezra Koenig

Ezra Michael Koenig akaberekwa musi waApril 8, 1984 muNew York, USA, kumhuri yechiJudha yaRobin Koenig naBobby Bass. Baba vake mugadziri wezvipfeko zvemafirimu nemapurogiramu eterevhizheni, uye amai vake chiremba wepfungwa. Mhuri yake yakatamira kuUS kubva kuEurope.

Akakurira kumusoro kweNew Jersey uye akaenda kuGlen Ridge High School. Ane munin'ina anonzi Emma, ​​​​iye munyori webhuku: Heck! Ndiri pamusoro pemakumi maviri", uye akanyorawo ABC-TV komedhi Manhattan Love Story.

Koenig akatanga kugadzira mimhanzi paaiva nemakore anenge gumi; "Bad Birthday Party" yaive rwiyo rwake rwekutanga. Akapedza kudzidza muChirungu Literature paColumbia University.

Munguva yake yechikoro chesekondari nemakoreji, akabatana neshamwari yehudiki Wes Miles (iye zvino ari pamberi peAmerican indie rock band Ra Ra Riot) uye akashanda pamapurojekiti akati wandei emimhanzi. Vaviri vakaumbawo boka rekuedza, maSophisticuffs.

Mushure mekupedza kudzidza kuyunivhesiti, Koenig akatanga kudzidzisa Chirungu paChikoro Chepamusoro Nhamba 258 muBrooklyn, New York kuburikidza nesangano risingabatsiri Teach For America (TFA). Sezvinoyeukwa nevadzidzi vake, Koenig aiunza gitare rake kukirasi, kunyangwe asina chaakataura nezvebasa rake rekuimba.

Aipindirana zvakanaka nevadzidzi, asi aionekwa semudzidzisi "akazorora". Basa rake rekudzidzisa rakapera gare gare mumatsutso 2007 paakasaina chibvumirano neBritish yakazvimirira label XL Recordings.

Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography
Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography

Hupenyu hwaEzra Koenig

Koenig haana kuroora, asi anga achifambidzana neAmerican mutambi, director uye mugadziri Rashida Jones kwemakore akati wandei ikozvino. Mutambi uyu anozivikanwa zvakanyanya nekuita nyeredzi saAnn Perkins paNBC comedy series Parks and Recreation. 

Vaviri ava vanga vari muhukama kubva 2017. Koenig naJones vakagamuchira mwana wavo wekutanga, mwanakomana Isaiah Jones Coing musi waNyamavhuvhu 22, 2018. Parizvino, vaviri ava vari kurarama hupenyu hunofadza nemwana wavo. Kunyange zvazvo vatove semhuri chaiyo, kana Koenig kana Rashida akataura nezvezvirongwa zvekuroorana.

Basa: Kuumbwa kweboka "Vampire Weekend"

Muna 2004, Koenig, pamwe naChris Thomson naAndrew Kalaijian, vakatamba neboka rerap L'Homme Run, iro rakaburitsa rwiyo runozivikanwa rwe "Pizza Party", pamwe ne "Bitches", "Giving Up Da Gun" uye "Interracial". ". Koenig akaridzawo saxophone uye gitare, uye akapa kumashure mazwi eAmerican indie rock band 'Dirty Projectors' kubva 2004 kusvika 2005, uye zvakare mu2016. Akaramba ari mudzidzisi muAmerican indie rock band The Walkmen. 

Kuzorora kwake kukuru kwakauya paakaumba bhendi redombo Vampire Weekend muna 2006 naRostam Batmangliy, Chris Thomson naChris Baio. Zita rebhendi rakasarudzwa kubva mumusoro wepurojekiti pfupi yefirimu iyo Koenig akashanda pairi neshamwari dzake panguva yekuzorora kwavo kwezhizha.

Vampire Weekend akatanga kutepfenyura mitambo paColumbia University. Chiratidziro chavo chekutanga chaive pachiitiko che "Group battle" chakaitirwa paLerner Hall, Columbia University's student centre muna 2006. Bhendi rakatanga kuunganidza rave ongororo kubva kunzvimbo dzakadai sePitchfork neStereogum mushure mekunge dhimoni ravo rabuda online. Bhendi iri munguva pfupi yakatengesa show uye yakaratidza pabutiro reAmerican music magazine Spin.

Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography
Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography

Ezra Koenig's first album: XL Recordings

Musi waNdira 29, 2008, Vampire Weekend vakaburitsa yavo yekuzviti debut album kuburikidza neXL Recordings. Kutyoka kwemachati kwakakwira pa#17 paUS Billboard 200 uye kwakasimbiswa Platinum neUnited Kingdom (BPI) uye Goridhe neUS (RIAA), Canada (Music Canada) neAustralia (ARIA).

Magazini yeTime yakaiisa seye 5th best album ya2008. Rolling Stone akaisawo iyo album #24 pane yavo rondedzero ye100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time.

Iri dambarefu rakabudirira uye rakabudirira mune zvekutengesa harina kungotsigira basa raKoenig rekuimba chete, asi rakaita kuti azivikanwe pasi rese uye kuratidzwa.

Koenig akawana mukurumbira wakawanda neVampire Weekend, iyo yakaguma nemamwe maviri hits neXL Recordings. Yekutanga, "Contra", yakabuda pamusoro peUS Billboard 200 uye yakakwira panhamba 1 pamachati akawanda.

Yechipiri, "Modern Vampires of the City", yakaburitswa muna Chivabvu 14, 2013, yakava dambarefu rechipiri rechikwata cheNumero-Uno muUS kuti rive nhamba yekutanga paUS Billboard 200. Yakahwina Grammy ye "Best Alternative Music Album". "mu 2014 gore.

Tichitarisa kubudirira kweVampire Weekend, Koenig parizvino ari kushanda nenhengo dzebhendi pane yavo yechina studio album, yakarongerwa kuburitswa kwa2018.

Zvichakadaro, akagadzira redhiyo yevhiki mbiri, Nguva Dambudziko naEzra Koenig, yaanogara achitambira. Chiratidziro chakatanga kuburitswa muna Chikunguru 12, 2015 paApple Music's 1/80 mimhanzi radio station "Beats 2018" uye yakatoburitsa anopfuura makumi masere episodhi kubva munaNovember XNUMX, uye parizvino iri mumwaka wayo wechina.

Anowanzoita iyi show pamwe chete naJake Longstreth. Kwemakore, vaenzi vakati wandei vakadai saJona Hill, Jamie Foxx naRashida Jones vakaonekwawo pachiratidziro. Misoro yakasiyana-siyana yakaita semumhanzi werock wemakore ekuma1970, zvematongerwo enyika zvekubika uye nhoroondo zvakafukidzwa muchiratidziro.

Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography
Ezra Koenig (Ezra Koenig): Artist Biography

Koenig akagadzirawo, akanyora uye mukuru akagadzira iyo US-Japanese co-animated series Neo Yokio. Iwo akateedzana, akagadzirwa neJapan anime studios Deen uye Production IG, yakatanga kuratidzwa paNetflix munaGunyana 22, 2017. Japanese anime series style, Koenig anoidana kuti "anime yakafemerwa" kwete yechinyakare anime.

Chiratidziro chakawana wongororo dzakasiyana. Musi wa9 Gumiguru 2018, zvakaziviswa kuti Kisimusi yakakosha yakanzi "Neo Yokio Pink Kisimusi" ichaburitswa muna Zvita 7, 2018.

Akashandawo nevatambi vakati wandei mumakore apfuura. Kuedza uku kunosanganisira kuimba kwerwiyo "Carby" kubva kuDiscovery's debut album, "LP", muna 2009; ichipa mazwi muvhidhiyo yemimhanzi ye "Barbra Streisand" uye inoratidzwa parwiyo rwaMajor Laser "Jessica" muna 2013.

Akataurawo hunhu "Ryland" muAmerican animated animated series Major Lazer uye ane nyeredzi muAmerican HBO terevhizheni yeVasikana. Uye akatora chikamu semumwe wevanyori nevagadziri verwiyo "Hold Up" naBeyoncé, uyo akagamuchira kudomwa kweGrammy muchikamu "Best Pop Solo Performance" muna 2017.

Mukutanga kwa2016, Batmangliy akazivisa kuti akange asiya Vampire Weekend asi aizoramba achitamba navo mune ramangwana. Gore rimwe chetero, bhendi rakatanga kushanda padambarefu ravo rechina nevabatsiri vakaita saRechtshaid, Justin Meldal-Jonsen, Daniel Chaim naDave Longstreth weDirty Projectors.

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Mukutanga kwa2019, Vampire Weekend akaburitsa dzimbo dzinoverengeka, kusanganisira dzaFebruary "Hall of Harmony" uye "2021", pamberi pekuburitswa kwaBaba vemwenga, dambarefu rakapetwa kaviri rakaburitswa muna Chivabvu kuburikidza neColumbia Records 'Chirimo chando.

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