Muimbi weBritish uye DJ Sonya Clark, anozivikanwa pasi pezita remanyepo Sonic, akaberekwa munaJune 21, 1968 muLondon. Kubva paudiki, anga akakomberedzwa neruzha rwemweya uye classical mimhanzi kubva muunganidzwa waamai vake.
Mumakore ekuma1990, Sonic akave British pop diva uye ane mukurumbira pasi rose mimhanzi yekutamba DJ.
Hudiki hwemuimbi
Semwana, Sonic aive nezvimwe zvekuzvivaraidza nazvo, saka tingasambonzwa mimhanzi yake. Kubva pazera ramakore matanhatu, Sonya mudiki, aine muviri wakanakisa, akaronga zvakakomba zvemitambo. “Ndaida kuzova shasha yepasi rose. Kudzidziswa zuva nezuva. Ndinofunga kuti ndainyanya kuda zvemitambo,” anoyeuka kudaro Sonic.
Asi pazera remakore 15, akasiya basa iri, achitora nzvimbo yechipiri mumakwikwi. Akasarudza kuti kana akatadza kuhwina aifanira kuita chimwe chinhu. Pazera remakore 2, Sonya akaudzwa kuti aiva nenzwi rakanaka, saka akasarudza kutanga mimhanzi.
Kutanga kwebasa remimhanzi remuimbi
Pazera ramakore 17, Sonya akapinda mubhendi reggae reFari, uko akakwenenzvera unyanzvi hwake hwokuimba. Akabva apinda neimwe yenguva dzakaoma zvikuru muupenyu hwake. Amai vake vakasarudza kudzokera kuTrinidad, asi musikana wacho akaomerera pakuti akanga atozvimiririra uye aida kugara muLondon.
Izvi zvakaita kuti ashaye pokugara. Sonya aigara mumigwagwa achidya machipisi. Izvi zvakaita kuti musikana uyu anyatsofunga nezveupenyu hwake, saka akafunga kusaina kondirakiti yekugadzira yake yekutanga.
Sonic akatanga kushandira pamwe neCooltempo Records uye akaburitsa rwiyo Let Me Hold You. Rwiyo urwu rwakakurumidza kusvika pamakumi maviri neshanu epamusoro eUK machati ekutamba pasina kusimudzirwa.
Ipapo musikana wacho akatora chikamu mune mamwe mapurojekiti evanhu, achibatana naTim Simenon naMark More. Chikwata cheS'Express, chakaitwa naSonic, chaive chakakurumbira. Asi mushure mekudonha kwake, musikana aifanira kufunga nezvebasa rega.
Sonic DJ basa uye kuita kwekirabhu
Kuti ave DJ, Sonya akapedza makore matatu akagara pamba uye achidzidzira. Kuti awane basa mundima iyi ine makwikwi zvikuru, akaudza vangangomushandira nezvemano ake okuimba. Kuimba, kutamba saDJ uye kuva mukadzi panguva iyoyo kwaiva kunzwa chaiko.
Muna 1994 akaita debut yake saDJ. Muna Ndira 1995, Sonic akaita kuti ave wekutanga-nguva yakazara DJ kutaridzika kuSwankey Mode, kirabhu yeLondon inotungamirwa naSimon Belofsky. Akawana mafeni kwete muEurope chete, asiwo muHong Kong, Australia, kunyange Jamaica.
Muna 1997, Sonic akava mugari weManumission Club ine mukurumbira muIbiza. Ikoko akasangana nevanhu vakawanda vane simba avo vakazomubatsira kuburitsa dambarefu rake rekutanga.
Mukufanana, akatamba imba mumakirabhu akadai seCream muLiverpool uye Gatecrasher muSheffield. Akatamba zvakare kuGermany, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Australia, Italy neNorway.
“MuEngland, kurekodha kwepop kunotanga mumakirabhu. SaDJ, ndaona zvinoda vanhu kana vachienda kumakirabhu,” akadaro Sonic.
Nhamba yepamusoro yemukurumbira wemuimbi
Akanakidzwa nemukurumbira mukuru mushure mekuita muna 1999 muTampa, kwaakaimba rwiyo rwake It Feels So Good. Kunyorwa uku kwakakurumidza kuva mukurumbira muUnited States. Kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, zviteshi zveredhiyo uye akasiyana marekodhi marekodhi akatanga kufarira kugona kwaSonic.
Kutevera kubudirira kukuru kweIt Feels So Good muUS, Sonic akaiburitsa zvakare muEurope. Izvi zvakamubvumira kupinda mumutsara wevanonyanya kufarirwa DJs muEurope. Nziyo dzake dzakatanga kurira muAmerican, European clubs, uye kunyange munyika dzeAfrica.
Asi kubudirira kwaive kwakabatana nenjodzi yega yega. Apo mumwe uyu akatora machati enyika, Sonic akasaina chibvumirano neSerious Records, akabva arasikirwa nemwana wake, waakanga akatakura kwemwedzi misere. “Ichi ndicho chinhu chakaipisisa uye chinoparadza zvikurusa chati chamboitika kwandiri muupenyu hwangu,” akadaro Sonic.
Kunyangwe zvaive zvakamuomera mupfungwa kuti apone kurasikirwa uku, situdiyo yekurekodha yakazivisa zvekupedzisira kwaari. Aifanira kuburitsa albhamu yemimhanzi mumazuva makumi mana. Uye akazviita! Ichi chisimbiso chakajeka chekutsunga uye tarenda reSonic. Dambarefu rake rekutanga re studio, Inzwa Mhere Yangu, rakaburitswa muna 40.
Iyi album yakabva yaita mukurumbira muEurope yose. Makopi anopfuura miriyoni imwe akatengeswa muUK chete. Akabva anyora Sky imwe chete, yaakatsaurira kumwana wake akarasika. Iyi imwechete yakarova #1 paUK Singles Chart munaGunyana 2. Uye munaNovember, iyo yakaburitswa zvakare single I put A Spell On You inopinda pamusoro gumi yeBritish chart.
Sonic aive mumapeji eGuinness Book of Records semukadzi wekutanga muimbi ari ega kuve akanakisa muchikamu ichi kwemavhiki matatu akateedzana. Pama2001 Brit Awards, akagamuchira mubairo we "Best British Female Solo Artist". Akadomwa zvakare mumakwikwi aya muzvikamu zvinoti: Best Dance Act, Best Dance Newcomer, Best Single neBest Video.
Artist basa rekuvandudza
Muna Kurume 2000, Sonic akatanga kushandira pamwe naEric Harle, mugadziri kubva kuDEF Management. Nekuda kweizvozvo, akagamuchira kukokwa kuti ape kubvunzurudza paredhiyo neterevhizheni, akatora chikamu mumakwikwi akasiyana-siyana eDJ uye akawedzera kukosha kwake munyika yemimhanzi.
Muna 2004, muimbi akasaina chibvumirano neKosmo Records, kwaakaburitsa dambarefu idzva, On Kosmo. Mune machati, iyi albhamu yaive "kutadza". Pasinei neizvi, akaronga rwendo rweEurope muna 2007 mukutsigira iyi album. Mukufanana, akashanda pane inotevera albhamu.
Sonic ikozvino
Muna 2009, vanachiremba vakamuudza kuti aiva negomarara rezamu. Nokudaro, Sonic akavhiyiwa uye akapedza mwedzi mitanhatu inotevera achigadziriswa.
Kubva 2010, akaenderera mberi nebasa rake remimhanzi, kurekodha nziyo nyowani. Uye muna 2011, imwe albhamu itsva, Sweet Vibrations, yakaonekwa. Kubva ipapo kusvika parizvino, muimbi akaburitsa ma single chete. Muna 2019, chimiro chake chitsva chainzi Shake.
