Trabant (band)
Encyclopedia
Trabant is an electronic-pop/rock band from Reykjavík
, Iceland
, known for its raw but powerful music and flamboyant live performances. Trabant's style of music is a blend of electronic music
, punk
, R&B and pop
.
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
, known for its raw but powerful music and flamboyant live performances. Trabant's style of music is a blend of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, R&B and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
.
Group Members
- Ragnar KjartanssonRagnar Kjartansson (artist born 1976)Ragnar Kjartansson is an Icelandic classical musician and vocalist, installation and performance artist, painter, sculptor and videographer. He is the founding member of the Icelandic band Trabant...
: singer - Þorvaldur Gröndal: electronicElectronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
drummerDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a... - Viðar H. Gíslason: guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
/ bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Hlynur A. Vilmarsson: keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Gísli Galdur Þorgeirsson: DJ
Albums
- Emotional (2005)
- Trabant á Bessastöðum (2004)
- Ballet (2002)
- Moment of Truth (2001)
Singles
- The One (2006)
- Loving Me 12" (2006)
- Maria 12" (2006)
- Nasty Boy 12" (2006)
- Superman 7" (2002)
- Superman (2002)
- Enter Spacebar Remixes (2001)
- Enter Spacebar (2001)