Год/Year: 2002
Стиль/Style: Dechno
Страна/Country: Czech Republic
Формат/Format: MP3
Качество/Quality: VBR
Размер/Size: 68 MB (5% recovery information included)
Web: www.traband.net | www.myspace.com/trabandhudba
Traband — no, the name doesn't refer to the notorious Trabant car from former GDR but to contrabande, smuggling — and is considered to be the best Czech Dechno band (dechovka = brass music).
Traband
"Road Movie"
2002
Black Point Music, BP 0138-2
Tracklist
01. Intro: At zije bigbit!
02. Cerny kafe
03. Mela jsem ja pejska
04. Tlusty muz
05. Holubi / Skodna
06. Dusan
07. Muj tata a ja
08. Radio Sara
09. Koleda
10. Videl jsem cloveka
11. Na konci cesty
12. Road Movie
13. Zizkovska romance
plus
14. Ça bouge ici!
15. Sup sup dojavascript:void(0);
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48:47 min
Jarda — vocals, accordion, guitar
Evzen — banjo, vocals
Jana — trumpet, vocals
Robert — tuba
Jakub — euphonium
Petr — drums
Children choir Svoboda (9)
Recorded between June and September 2002 at Jezizkov and Bubny studios, Prague (except tracks 1, 14 and 15 — the collages of sounds from the French tour).
Tracks 14 and 15 are not included on the original album but were offered at the band's website.
Country-punková skupina vznikla roku 1995. Od svého alba Kolotoč (1995) se vypracovali k nejlepší české "Dechno skupině" („dechno“ z českého slova dechovka). Jméno Traband nepochází ani od auta z NDR ani ze slova kontraband. Pašeráctví: Jejich repertoár s mezinárodním nádechem zahrnuje vliv ze zemí jako Plattagonie, Balkon, Fri-jaul a Mys Dobré naděje (včetně romantiky mořských pirátů). Album "Road Movie" je reprezentuje ve všech evropských zemích dokonce i v Japonsku. Doma v Praze hrají hudebníci z Trabandu (k nepřeslechnutí jsou trumpeta, klarinet, banjo a akordeon) také s kolegy jako V. Koubek, K. Sarközi, Zuby nehty a Tři sestry a podobně. V roce 2004 vyšlo jejich album "Hyjé". Traband přináší do koncertních sálů se svým polka-gypsy-brass-klezmer punkem spoustu dobré nálady.
Review
Road Movie marks a big change of direction for Czech Republic's Traband, even though lineup and instrumentation remain basically the same. On Kolotoc, the group's first effort released in 2000, accordion, banjo, trumpet, tuba, and drums were used to perform festive pub songs inspired by Klezmer and Slavic traditions with a hint of rock and funk. On this second opus, tradition took a hike. Instead the group focuses on brass-heavy ska-rock and street funk — and it works out great. This new direction gives their music a slightly more personal twist. OK, it did lose some of its "Czech identity" in the process, but this more mainstream format would be a pain only if it yielded ordinary music. "Cerny Kafe" ("black coffee") and "Mela Jsen Já Pejska" ("I've had a doggie") are irresistible numbers, inviting to dance and singalong to despite the language barrier. Fans of the lighter ska from the Stomp label (Kingpins, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble) will appreciate Traband. Other highlights include "Road Movie" (with the wah-wah guitar putting every cliché where it belongs) and "Holubi/Skodná" ("pigeons/vermins"). The use of a tuba instead of an electric bass, euphonium instead of trombone, and banjo in place of a guitar, still give the music a fanfare flavor that is surprising at first, but 45 minutes later, their brand of rock makes so much sense you'll wonder how you used to go through the day without it.
(François Couture, allmusic.com)
Biography
Traband is one of the many exciting, adventurous bands that emerged in the post-communist Czech Republic in the '90s. The members of Traband are quite knowledgeable of traditional Czech music, but they are not purists by any means. Instead, they have combined Czech music with a wide variety of other styles, and their work has grown increasingly experimental, far-reaching, and expansive along the way. Traband's outlook is quite multicultural; the group's stylistic influences range from klezmer and East European Jewish wedding music to Balkan and Macedonian music to punk, alternative rock, jazz, ska, blues, and funk — and they have even incorporated Irish-Celtic influences on occasion.
Traband is a group that can bring to mind the Klezmatics or neo-klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer one minute and Toots & the Maytals or Madness the next; then, the band might turn around and show some awareness of the Pogues or the Chieftains. All that experimentation and eclecticism have made Traband delightfully unpredictable, but despite having musical influences from different parts of the world, Traband has opted to write and perform in Czech.
Traband was founded in 1995 in Prague, Czech Republic, by lead singer Jarda Svoboda, who plays clarinet, mandolin, and accordion as well as electric and acoustic guitar and electric bass; Svoboda, whose colorful vocals sometimes bring to mind Sparks' Russell Mael, has written much of the band's material. At first, Traband was a power trio that combined vocals with electric guitar, electric bass, and drums, but a few years later, several acoustic wind, string, and brass instruments were added (including tuba, trumpet, accordion, euphonium, mandolin, and banjo). Thus, a band that didn't have any horns at first came to be considered a "horn band" in Czech alternative circles.
Clarinet was also added — and even though the clarinet wasn't part of Traband's original format, Svoboda's energetic clarinet playing came to be identified with the group's far-reaching work. Other members of Traband have included Jana Modrácková on trumpet, flute, lead vocals, and background vocals (Svoboda, however, handles most of the lead singing); Evzÿen Kredenc on banjo and background vocals; Robert Sÿkarda on tuba and background vocals; Jakub Schmid on euphonium, cornet, and electric guitar; Petr Vizina on drums; and Václav Pohl on drums, percussion, and background vocals.
Traband's first album, O cem mluvi muzi?, was released in 1997. The group's sophomore album, Kolotoč, came out on the Black Point label in 2000; that disc was followed by another Black Point release, Road Movie, in 2002. After that, Traband signed with Indies Records, a small but prolific label that has been faithfully documenting the Czech alternative scene since 1990 and is based in Brno in the Czech Republic; Traband recorded Hyje!, the group's first Indies release and fourth album overall, in 2004.
(Alex Henderson, allmusic.com)
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