Traffic (Estonian band)

Traffic
Traffic
Origin	Tallinn, Estonia
Genres	Indie folk, bluegrass, pop rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Downtown
Members	Silver Laas; Stig Rästa; Tõnis Kivisild; Ivo Priilinn; Robert Vaigla
Past members	Reigo Ahven
Website	www.traffic.ee

Traffic is an Estonian band from Tallinn, Estonia, most notable for being in Eesti Laul 2014.

Beginning

The founding members of the band, singer Silver Laas and guitarist Stig Rästa (previously of the band Slobodan River) came together in 2006. Through personal connections they found other band members: bass guitarist Tõnis Kivisild, drummer Reigo Ahven, and guitarist Karl Kanter. Kanter and Ahven left the band shortly after and were replaced with guitarist Robert Vaigla (previously of the band Slide-Fifty)^[1] and drummer Ivo Priilinn.

Rästa writes most of the band's music, while the lyrics are written by different authors.^[2]

Discography

Albums

Traffic (2007)
2 (2008)
Siirius (2012)^[3]

Singles

"Kallis, ära küsi" (2006) ("Honey, Do Not Ask")
"Vastassuunas" (2006) ("In the Opposite Direction")
"Meie laul" (feat. Maarja-Liis Ilus; 2007) ("Our Song")
"Päevast päeva" (2007) ("From Day to Day")
"It's Never Too Late" (feat. Luisa Värk; 2008)
"Sõnad" (2008) ("Words")
"Kesköödisko" (2008) ("Midnight Disco")
"Tuul" (2008/2009) ("Wind")
"See päev" (2009) ("This Day")
"NASA" (2012)
"Für Elise" (2014)
"Sekundiga" (2015)

References

^ "Traffic: meie laulude sõnum on elust enesest". Postimees. 2 June 2006.
^ "Trafficu tegus nädal ". Postimees. 7 December 2006.
^ "Trafficu Silver: oleme vanemaks saanud". elu24. 13 March 2012.

External links

Official website (Estonian)
Performing "NASA" at Eesti Laul 2012

[1] "Traffic: meie laulude sõnum on elust enesest". Postimees. 2 June 2006.

[2] "Trafficu tegus nädal ". Postimees. 7 December 2006.

[3] "Trafficu Silver: oleme vanemaks saanud". elu24. 13 March 2012.

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