JP Cooper muimbi wechiRungu uye munyori wenziyo. Anozivikanwa nekutamba paJonas Blue single 'Perfect Strangers'. Rwiyo rwacho rwakanga rwakakurumbira uye rwakapihwa platinamu kuUK.
Cooper akazoburitsa rake ega rwiyo rwaSeptember. Parizvino akasaina kuIsland Records.
Uduku nedzidzo
John Paul Cooper akaberekwa munaNovember 2, 1983 muMiddleton, Manchester, England. Akakurira muManchester kuchamhembe kweEngland nababa vake pamwe chete nehanzvadzi ina dzakura. Akazvarwa mumhuri yechiKaturike, akapedza makore akati wandei muDarlington nasekuru vake. Sekuru vake nababa vaive maartist, saka chimiro chekusika chaigara maari zvakananga.
Cooper akaenda kuPrince George Elementary Chikoro. Akazodzidza biology neChirungu kukoreji. Aifarirawo zvemitambo uye aishingaira muhuduku hwake hwose uye akaenda kuzvikamu zvakasiyana. Gare gare, akatanga kufarira mimhanzi, pane imwe nzvimbo achiri kuyaruka, uye akamudzidzisa kuridza gitare.
Nhanho yekutanga yekubudirira, Cooper akatora paakagadzira yake yedombo bhendi paakanga ari kuchikoro. Akafemerwa nevatambi vakaita saDanny Hathaway naBen Harper. Ndinotenda kwavari, ndakawana mumhanzi wemweya.
Chimwe chinhu chinopfuura mimhanzi chete
Cooper muimbi akazvidzidzisa. Anokwanisa kuvapo pasina kushanda nesimba pamapango akasiyana eruzha rweruzha. Muimbi akakwenenzvera hunyanzvi hwake mumhanzi yerock indie. Asi vakazopinda muGospel Choir "Ipa Vhangeri". Mazwi aCooper anoyevedza uye gitare akaridza zvine hunyanzvi zvinosanganisa akanakisa epasirese. Iyi indie ine mweya uye kubva kumoyo wakachena.
Anotsanangura pfungwa yezvinoreva kuva muimbi akasarudzika. Nyanzvi inopikisa gungano uye inoramba kuenzanisa.
"Ini handidi kunzi muimbi / munyori wenziyo nekuti vanhu vanokuisa mune iri rima troubadour box," anodaro JP achinyemwerera. “Ndinoda kuva akati wandei pane izvozvo. Ndinoda kuita mimhanzi yakanaka uye kukura. Ndagara ndichida uye ndichiyemura maartist anokura; vanhu vakaita saMarvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Bjork. Ndinovimba ndinogona kuve muimbi anoongorora uye anoshandura nenzira imwecheteyo. "
Chiitiko chikuru chemimhanzi chaJP Cooper muhuduku hwake
Kufanana nevazhinji vechidiki veManchester, JP akatamba mumabhendi akasiyana-siyana muchikoro chose. Akawedzera kufarira kwake nziyo. Aigara achishanyira Vinyl Exchange rekodhi chitoro. Ikoko ndipo apo mudiki anoda mimhanzi akawana Björk, Aphex Twin, Donny Hathaway naRufus Wainwright.
Nekusarudza kuenda kukoreji, JP akazokwanisa kunyatsopinda mumaitiro ake akasiyana-siyana ndokutanga kuedza nemhando yenyanzvi yaaida kuva. "Ndakaona kuti ndaisada kuvimba nemunhu wese - chero bedzi ndichigona kuita nekunyora, ndichange ndichikwanisa kuzviriritira. Uye ndaigona kugadzira mimhanzi yandaida kuita pasina kukanganisa. "
Paaidzidza gitare, JP akatanga kuyedza ruzha rwake paOpen Mic husiku uye nekukurumidza akatanga kutora mabhuku kuManchester yese. Nekudaro, sezvo aive murungu aine gitare, akawedzera kubatikana pamapati echivanhu/indie/bhendi. Asina kugadzikana nechiitiko chaakasundirwa, vateereri vake zvishoma nezvishoma vakatanga kusiyanisa sezvo hunyengeri hwemimhanzi yake hwakatanga kubuda.
Akabatana nekwaya yeSing Out Gospel muManchester uye akaburitsa akatevedzana matatu emixtapes, zvichiratidza kukura kwevateveri munyika dzemaguta. Nenguva isipi akanga asiri kungotengesa nzvimbo dzakaita seThe Gorilla muManchester, asiwo achiratidza unyanzvi hwake pazviratidzwa muLondon. "Pandakangowana nzira yangu kumweya uye munyika yemaguta, zvinhu zvose zvakashanduka neusiku humwe. Kubva ipapo ndakakura uye ndakakura uye ndawana vateereri vangu. Zvakanaka chaizvo kuva munyika ino. "
Sarudzo: Mwanakomana kana mimhanzi?
Makore mana apfuura, akava baba kekutanga uye akatarisana nechisarudzo chakaoma gore rakatevera. Kugovera mhuri yake, kushanda mubhawa, kuva nemwanakomana wake mangwanani oga oga neusiku, panguva imwe cheteyo, Island Records yakamupa kondirakiti yebudiriro. Aiziva kuti izvi zvaizoreva nzendo dzakawanda dzokuLondon.
“Ndaisada kusuwa mwana wangu achikura, asi ndaifanirawo kuvaka ramangwana redu tose. Zvakasvika pakuve nehope huru iyi yekuita mimhanzi uye zvinhu zvese izvi zvinoshamisa zvaiitika, asi panguva imwe chete ndakanga ndisiri pane zvese zviri pamba pangu. "
Uyu ndiwo musoro wenyaya waanobata pana Closer. Akanyora iyi single pane yake 2015 EP. Mushure mekusaina neIsland Records mwedzi 18 yapfuura, JP yakaburitsa maEP maviri ane zvinopfuura 5 miriyoni kutenga kwakanyorwa.
Yekutanga, Keep The Quiet Out, yakagadzirwa nekukurumidza, sezvakange zvakatevera, kusvika kune yekupedzisira (Kana kwasviba) ne duo One-Bit. EP inomiririra zvakadzama, asi panguva imwechete iri padyo neni. “Kune chokuita noukama, kurwisana kwevanhu, mhuri nepfungwa dzevanhu, zvinhu zvisinganzwisisike uye zvakaoma kunzwisisa zvenyika ino,” anotsanangura kudaro JP.
JP Cooper fans
Haana chete nehombe yepamhepo inotevera, asiwo yakakura uye isina fan base. Gore rapfuura akaita makonti mana muLondon, anosanganisira The Scala the Village Underground uye Koko.
IE EPs, pamwe chete nemitambo yake yehupenyu, yakakunda JP inotevera seyakasiyana semanzwi ake; the likes of Boy George, the cast of EastEnders, Maverick Saber, Shawn Mendes and Stormzy vese vakamurumbidza, nepo kubatirana kuchangoburwa nevaifarira George the Poet vakaona Cooper ichisiyanisa zvishoma padanho rekurukurirano yepasirese.
"Iyi haisi nyika yangu zvachose, asi yakandidzidzisa zvakawanda," anodaro. "Mafungiro ose ari shure kwezvose zvinondikurudzira kuti ndiedze kuva nani."
Debut album
Izvi zvinotevera JP's debut album, iyo inovimbisa kuva hombe uye kushinga uku uchichengeta pfungwa yekureruka uye kuvimbika. Iine zvinhu zve hip-hop, mweya wakasimba uye nyika-style gitare, pamwe chete nezvisingatarisirwi twists.
"Ichave dambarefu rakashinga," akadaro. “Ndakafarira dzimwe dzenhepfenyuro uye ndinoziva kuti ndine rombo rakanaka kuva nadzo nekuti zvandinoita hazvina kufanana nezvimwe. Ndinoda kuenderera mberi nenzira iyi. Handidi kuti mimhanzi yangu inzwike sezvimwe zvese."
JP Cooper haasi mumwe weavo maartist anofara nezverumwe rudzi rwemubairo. Handizvo zvinoita kuti aite mimhanzi iyi. Haadi kunyora-numbing mazwi anokwezva kumusika mukuru.
Nekudaro, yakanzi "Future Sound of 2015" naZane Lowe weBBC Radio One, muimbi wemweya wake Angie Stone. Akatanga rwendo rwake rwekuUK uye akahwina slot yaanochiva pamutambo weSXSW muAustin, Texas.
