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Traktor, a Rockband without guitars. by crazy dogfriend Sunday June 15, 2003 at 12:57 PM |
A Rockband without guitars is not as impossible as it seems, proves this Antwerp band that came out of the legendary 'Antifare La Familia'.
With their unusual blend of instruments like Accordion, clarinet, saxes, charango, Euphonium(bombardon), double bass, saxes and drums they built a wall of sound where many 'rockbands' can be jealous about. Rolling Rock, Modern Folklore, Old Fashioned Techno, Crazy Jazz... every style they find exiting enough will be adapted to fit the Traktor stylee.
Once they were a mobile brassband, now a strong stage-act with a lot of past gigs like: Dranouter indoor with John Cale, Jools Holland, Sam Brown a.o... Antwerpse Zomerfeesten, Circo Paradiso Festival where they shared the bill with The Who Dads, Wawadadakwa, Monza etc..Brozella Jazz en Folk, Afro Latino, Kaapstad Brugge 2002, Paulusfeesten, Le Nuits Botanique, Nijdrop zomerhappening where also The Seatsniffers, Raf Coppens and even Will Tura were programmed.
Also in the Theaterworld traktor gained popularity, for 'De Onderneeming' They made the score and acted in "Don Quichot", did gigs for theaterschool Maastricht (nl) and St Lucas Antwerp and the festival 'Theater Aan Zee' in Ostend.
Also across the Belgian borders they already took some looks. In May 2002 they did a tour in Russia wich brought them on National TV. Also L'Aeronef in France and Paradiso in Amsterdam got a visit from Traktor. They appear with one song on a Swedish Compilation cd.
The debut mcd 'Direction Planetaire' got airplay on Belgian National radio 1&2. The full cd 'Monsterlada' was released on Haiku Records (the label of Wawadadakwa drummer Winok Seresia) see also Internationals, and was presented in a full Monty (Antwerp), got many reviews and also radio airplay. But Traktor is still mainly a 'live' act that will enchant every audience between 7 and 77 years of age, with their energetic, but also melancholic shows.
Performing:
20 June: Oerol Festival, Terschelling(NL)
21 June: Fete de la Musique, Molenbeek
26 June: Blauwe Kater, Leuven
27 June: Ceon, Olieweg, Antwerpen
2 July: Klinkende Munt, Brussel
26 July: Democrazy Lounge, Gentse Feesten
2 August: Rex, Essen
7 August: Theater Aan Zee, Oostende
9 August: Nacht v/d Musea, Rubenshuis, Antwerpen
13 August: Boulevard Festival, s'Hertogenbosch (NL)
15 August: Turnhout (TBC)
23 August: St Niklaas (TBC)
27-31 August: Holland Tour (TBC)
7 September: Goes (NL TBC)
26 September: Zeezicht Antwerpen