Trad.Attack!

Trad.Attack! is an Estonian band. The band consists of Sandra Vabarna (torupill, vocals), Jalmar Vabarna (guitar, vocals), and Tõnu Tubli (drums, vocals). They sing in Estonian or Estonian dialects, but talk their abroad stage announcements in English or Russian.[1]

Trad.Attack!
Trad.Attack! in 2019
Background information
OriginEstonia
Genresfolktronica
Years active2013 (2013)–present
LabelsNordic Notes, Made in Baltics
Websitetradattack.ee
Members
  • Sandra Vabarna
  • Jalmar Vabarna
  • Tõnu Tubli

History

Before starting the new band project in 2013 all three band members were successful as musicians on their own. The bagpipe player and vocalist Sandra Vabarna (then Sandra Sillamaa) even had an academic degree in folk culture/music studies.[1][2] The original idea was to form a group performing Estonian folk music, which is inspired by old traditional folk music and also the music of today.[3] Trad.Attack! uses voices from archive recordings as head vocals and composes it with their own original music, rock, pop and electronical music.[4]

At their first concert they made a stage joke about having a master plan: to be up to perform in every country in the world. Within eight years Trad.Attack! has actually played in 37 countries (only 159 more left). The band has played at many prestigious showcase-festivals including Tallinn Music Week (Estonia), Folk Alliance (US), V-ROX (Russia), Eurosonic (the Netherlands), Sound of the Xity and Strawberry Festival (China), Minas Musica Mundo (Brazil), WOMEX World Music Expo (Spain), Trans Musicales Festival (France), Womad Chile Festival (Chile), Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival (Canada), and the Woodford Folk Festival (Queensland, Australia).

The eleven tracks of their third full-length studio album Make Your Move (2020) tend to extend the boundaries of folk genre with distorted guitars, floor-filling beats and effect pedal manipulated bagpipes.[5] They want to have a stage sound as big as a trio can produce by technical means. Drummer Tõnu Tubli plays also trombone. All songs were tested to work for big festival stage audiences as well as unplugged.[1]

Band members
Trad.Attack!
  • Sandra Vabarna – torupill, vocals, Jew's harp, whistles (2013–present)
  • Jalmar Vabarna – guitar, vocals (2013–present)
  • Tõnu Tubli – drums, vocals (2013–present)

Discography

Albums

  • AH! (2015)
  • Kullakarva (2017)
  • Make Your Move (2020)[6]

Extended plays

  • Trad.Attack! (2014)

Recognition

Trad.Attack! is the winner of:

  • Estonian Music Awards 2021 - Song & Ethno/Folk Album of The Year
  • Estonian Foreign Ministry's Culture Prize 2020 for successful concert activities and promotion of Estonian culture abroad
  • Estonian Ethno Music Awards 2020 - Band and Song of the Year
  • Estonian pop music award "Golden Album 2018" – Most Sold Band CD of the Year & Most Sold Vinyl of the Year in Estonia
  • Estonian Music Awards 2018 – Ethno/Folk Album and Band of the Year
  • Estonian Ethno Music Awards 2017 – Album, Band and Song of the Year
  • Estonian Ethno Music Awards 2016 – Best Band
  • Estonian Music Awards 2016,[7] – Best Band, Best Album, Best Ethno/Folk Album
  • Estonian Ethno Music Awards 2015 – Best Band, Best Album and Best Song[8]
  • Estonian Music Awards 2015 – Ethno/Folk album and Music Video of the year[9]
  • Estonian Ethno Music Awards 2014 – Best Band, Best Album, Best Song, Best Newcomer[10]
  • Radio 2 special award

References
  1. Lavigne, Sarah (5 November 2020). "Tradition meets progressive thinking: an interview with Trad.Attack!". folkradio.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ""Усадьба Джаз" объявила состав участников" (in Russian). newsmuz.com. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. Rzhevina, Anna (21 May 2015). "Сандра Силламаа: "Trad.Attack! для нас – это творческая лаборатория, где важен только один критерий – то, что мы делаем, должно нравиться нам"" (in Russian). Apelzin. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  4. Winick, Stephen D. (13 March 2013). "Traditude: Traditional Music With a Twist". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. "Review Trad.Attack! "Tehke Ruumi!" (Single/Video, Made in Baltics, 2020)". folkworld.eu. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. "Make Your Move Trad. Attack! / Clockwork (2020) Review by Lee Blackstone". rootsworld.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. "Jagati kätte Eesti Muusikaauhinnad 2016". Estonian Music Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  8. "Curly Strings makes a clean sweep at Estonian Music Awards (2)". Eesti Rahvusringhääling. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  9. "Eesti Muusikaauhinnad 2015 võitjad on selgunud (2)". Estonian Music Awards. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  10. "Trad.Attack!". Estonian Traditional Music Center. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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