Biography
The red-haired singer with porcelain skin Florence Welch as if she had gone from the paintings-prefailet artists. The girl was singing about his inner demons in the late 2000s and since then weared the title of the Queen of Eccentricity, and the Florence and The Machine group created by it plays music, complete contrasts, mystical images and unexpected sound combinations. The British team quickly earned world popularity, and now every new record becomes an expected event.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of Florence and The Machine is to a large extent the story of Florence Welch. No wonder the group is considered to be a kind of "cover" singer and even its creative pseudonym. Of all the members of the team, the soloist and ideological inspirer remains unchanged key link, not to mention the fact that its creative potential sets the movement of the entire ensemble.
The full name of the singer sounds like Florence Leontaine Mary Welch, she was born in the capital of England in 1986. The family of the future star lived in Camberwell, the southern District of London, and consisted of parents and three children. Mom worked as a teacher in college and could normally talk about masterpieces of the Renaissance.
The father was engaged in the promotional business and adored rock and roll, the love for which she instilled his daughter from orphanage, trying to influence her musical taste. Despite the fact that he eventually left the family and created a new one, the man continued to participate in the raising of children and retained with them a warm relationship.
The girl was always considered strange, and she did not want to resemble others. Welch was obsessed with music so that he could sing right during school sessions. Florence read a lot, listened to a variety of records and danced to the Rolling Stones, while driving on the chest with disks.
"Parents liked it, years old I spoke at various family celebrations, weddings and a funeral," says singer in an interview. - More often at the funeral. "From 11 years old, the girl began to make music seriously and early got into his first ensemble. Ashok performed jazz, and Florence became there with a vocalist, but quickly realized that he wanted more than just to fulfill other people's texts. To do something, in addition to singing, Welch no longer wanted. Perhaps therefore quickly abandoned the college of the arts, where he entered in 18 years. In an educational institution, the girl sang immediately in two teams, trying to find their own style. However, the puzzle was developed only after the sign of the singer with DJ Isabella Summers.
Isabella played hip-hop and called in the musical circles of the car, which in combination with the name of the soloist gave the group the original name. The initial version sounded like Florence Robot / Isa Machine. Girls met in the house of Welchie - Summers settled to them nanny and engaged in the younger sister Florence.
They began to work together and soon fastened their own sound, initially having a completely different vision. Perhaps therefore, at the exit, a completely unexpected mixture of styles and sounds. Isabella Fanatel from electronics and hip-hop, and her eccentric partner squeezed a rattling alloy indian with a coil, seasoned with gothic rock.
At the same time, Welch sang, and Summers played on the keys and performed a back vocal batch. Her connections with musical studios of London were useful, in one of which Florence and The Machine recorded the first demo. Without much difficulty, the original performers found the producer of James Ford, who helped them write 4 track and release the debut single.
The creative duet of girls was fruitful and durable, since 2007 they write songs together and play with concerts. It helps a group of musicians, among which the longer of all the guitarist Robert Akreyd and Tom Montger playing at the harp and xylophone were detained.
Mark Saerrs and Sairus Bayandor managed at different times to play the team on the bass guitar, and Christophore Heiden and Lauren Hampfrey - on the drums. Almost all participants also serve as back vocalists, which allows you to give music a powerful choral sound.
The first tour manager of the group, sent it on tour for 3 years, became Florence father - nickname.
Music
Florence and The Machine for the first time declared themselves in 2008, releaseing the Single "Kiss With A Fist", followed by "Dog Days Are Over" - one of the first songs written in Florence and Isabella cooperation.The group falls into the charts and begins to perform with concerts, finishing the year by receiving the Brit Award award in the Critic Choice category. Already by the summer of 2009, the girls were ready to submit to the public the debut album "Lungs", which became a musical event and was recognized as the best British album of the year.
Reviewers noted the extraordinary creative maturity of the performer, who was not afraid to open the door to his world, full of exaltation, melancholy, longing and anxiety. The success of the album was for a vocalist surprise, because she understood that the disk came out at least strange.
The Welch itself described him as a chamber pop-gothic Topot, interrupted by a nun chorus running down the stairs. The girl fell on popularity, but she stated that he was not created for glory and wants only that the second album was better than the first.
This hope was justified in 2011, when the record "Ceremonials" came out, immediately headed by the British Chart and entered the Top 10 American Billboard 200. Here they sounded "Shake It Out", "Seven Devils", as well as "Never Let Me Go" who has become a business card and the main hit of the performer. By the time the group is called on all major world festivals and invite you to perform at the Grammy Ceremony and David Letterman's show.
Girl's concert exits turn into a show, where she sings in voice and body: cramped hands and the smallest movements of fingers, vortex movements and sudden fading make Florence that is militant and treated, then melancholic and immersed in itself. The same singer appears in the fascinating clips on the songs "Hunger" and "You've Got The Love".
In 2015, the team issued the long-awaited 3rd plate "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful", consisting of 11 new tracks. The disk nominated on the Grammy in 5 categories, but he did not take a single prize that he did not affect the popularity of the group. After 3 years, Florence and The Machine presented another release.
Florence and The Machine now
The team continues to record songs, making original music, mixed on piercing lyrics and experiments with styles. The last album of the group "High As Hope" came out in the summer of 2018 and consisted of 10 tracks, music to all without exception wrote Florence Welch.
The release of 3 singles was preceded by release - "Sky Full of Song", "Hunger" and "Patricia". The disk characterize the usual confessionalness and differences from melancholic softness to powerful flavor. Critics were appreciated by a new job, marking soloist vocals and a minimum of the means that the shrill emotional effect.
Now Florence and The Machine gives concerts, photos from which are placed in the official "Instagram" account. An impressive performance in Red Rocks Amphitheatre passed in May 2019. An open-air amphitheater in Denver Mountain Park, Colorado, contained 10 thousand spectators who organized a warm welcome to artists.
Lovers of the cult series "Game of Thrones" joined devotional fans of the group. The fact is that in the 2nd episode of the final season, the title theme was "Jenny of Oldstones", Sveta actor Daniel Portman, who played Paine Pains. In the finals of the series, the track sounds performed by Florence and The Machine.
The song is written by Composer Ramin Javadi and Scenarists Daniel Brett Wayrs and David Benioff based on the novel George R. R. Martin "Storm Swords".
Former, Florence's voice already sounded in the series: SEVEN DEVILS Song accompanied the announcement of the 2nd season of the project. Music performer is often used in soundtracks for movies: So, the composition "Wish That You Were Here" sounded in Tim Berton's Tima "House of Strange Children Miss Serin".
Discography
- 2009 - L UNGS
- 2011 - Ceremonials.
- 2015 - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- 2018 - High As Hoperuen
Clips
- 2009 - "You've Got The Love"
- 2011 - Shake It Out
- 2011 - "NEVER LET ME GO"
- 2011 - "LOVER TO LOVER"
- 2015 - "Queen of Peace & Long and Lost"
- 2015 - "Ship to Wreck"
- 2015 - "How Big How Blue How Beautiful"
- 2018 - "Big God"
- 2018 - "Hunger"
- 2018 - "Sky Full of Song"