Traphic Jam is OK
Breakout Festival was the music fiesta of 2008. With many local bands competing with original material and playing their hearts out for fans and judges; showcased the young potential talents of today. A hearty congratulations to Traphic Jam who came out as winners and on top. This definitely created controversy and ill feelings and ego clashes amongst a lot of musicians and music lovers.
While Trio played their melodic romantic tunes i have to say their final night performance missed the originality and the heavy distorted guitars spoiled it for me. I love the original Trio feel which was at a lack that night. Gianscore is the original hard rock [heavily Jimi Hendrix influenced] band of all times yet. The teeth picking by Vitte definitely was a memorable experience; very probably a first on a Maldivian music show.They have grown as a band and the performance was quite tight. Unfortunately theirs was too much a copy than original and the lyrics in English though poetic lacked the “listener identifying with self” factor.They ahve come a long way from winning the first battle of the bands contest in Maldives. They definitely have the ability to be an international success if they can hold it together.Colorful and original was 1984 with Appi as the front man. Their experimentation into almost psychedelic realms of music with a Radiohead feel and easy listing melodies that were catchy, still lacked the “X” factor. Definitely the best dressed and musically rich band of the competition.
The final act of the show was Traphic Jam and they stole it. They had the crowd singing and head banging and feeling every word that came out of Kayano’s mouth. Their new song which was first played on the finals “OK OK” was i believe their secret weapon that sealed the deal. Quite upbeat but with a catchy riff from Faube and a chorus to die for. Short but powerful! As always the songs radiated the feelings and emotions of a lot of Maldivians and their sufferings in life. They had the “listener identifying with self” factor in their lyrics. They had the ultimate advantage of lyrics being in Dhivehi and voters giving 30% of the final score. Traphic Jam has matured and become a popular act that definitely fills a arena for their loud political and social issue songs and explicit communication with the crowd.
All i can say is they have done it hence let us be proud and see how they do at the international tour with Fasy Live and other British bands. And all the other finalists can be really proud as they all did great and exceptionally. I am pretty sure there will be much more opportunities of this sought int he near future. Good luck T.J!!!
February 21st, 2009 at 12:41
all the best to traphic jam. yes they did give the best performance at breakout festival.
but i think nobody asked for ur opinion on how the other bands performend at breakout festival…
i fear this topic could go on and on because there is a lot to be said about how the maldivian breakout festival went.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:45
and at the finals.. here are the bands who got the most votes in decending order. this is what maldives decided..
Gianscore
Trio
1984
Traphic jam
i dont know what happened when it came to the judges.
February 21st, 2009 at 13:08
barf!
February 21st, 2009 at 14:32
Way to go Traphic Jam !!! Congratulations to you all . . . hope to see you play in UK
February 22nd, 2009 at 15:10
“The teeth picking by Vitte definitely was a memorable experience; very probably a first on a Maldivian music show.They have grown as a band and the performance was quite tight.Unfortunately theirs was too much a copy than original and the lyrics in English though poetic lacked the “listener identifying with self” factor.”
Copy music [... del ...], it was more original than traphic jam!! traphic jam dont [... del ...] BUT u [... del ...] cox u dont do your research well, thank you
March 4th, 2009 at 11:58
This is not right at all. cause the voting system is a failure. And the breakout festival is held for SOMEONES”s benefit not for the Maldivian bands to breakout the shell to the international level. Gianscore was the most original band performing in the finals. And 1984 was performing the experimental music. while the traffic jam was performing a uncombined music, yes the heavy riffs & things made the crowd shout, cause the drummer was banging the drums heavily & the guitarist was playing riffs with a hard distrotion tone that he could not control, while the vocalist was shouting to his top voice, thats why the crowd shouted bbbbbb hhhhhhhh ooooooooo And the judges know the band to choose before the finals.
March 20th, 2009 at 05:39
Hi guys . .who were the judges at this competition?
July 10th, 2009 at 19:33
you all have been used by jar music for their gain……. what did the bands or the winners get???