TATRAN

TATRAN is an instrumental based power-trio formed in Israel by Dan Mayo (Drums), Offir Benjaminov (Bass) and Tamuz Dekel (Guitar). The band formed in 2011.[1]

TATRAN
TATRAN in 2015
Background information
OriginTel Aviv, Israel
Genres
Years active2011–present
Labels
  • Independent
Websitewww.tatranmusic.com
Members

History

TATRAN formed in 2011 and consists of Offir Benjaminov (Bass), Tamuz Dekel (Guitar) and Dan Mayo (Drums).

On November 12, 2014, TATRAN released their debut album 'Shvat'. The album contains 10 original instrumental compositions alongside a cover of The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever".

TATRAN live - 'Shvat' launch concert, November 2014

The album 'Shvat' received warm international acclaim,[2][3][4] and got to the top of bandcamp's Jazz, Instrumental and Post-Rock popularity charts. Since then, the band has performed all over the world, headlining the Oppikoppi Festival[5] (SA), Kaunas Jazz Festival (LT), InDnegev Festival[6] (IL), Red Sea Jazz Festival (IL) and State-X New Forms[7] (NL). On August 2015, TATRAN signed with the American booking agency AMI[8] and will tour USA\Canada on Spring-Summer 2016.

In May 2015 TATRAN released an animation film for their experimental piece 'Glance'. The video was made by the artist Shahaf Ram and won the Asiff Festival Award for 2015.[9]

TATRAN Live on August 2015

On November 17, 2015, the band released a live concert album called 'Soul Ghosts',[10] with tunes from the first album 'Shvat' on their live versions, alongside new ones like 'Lemon', 'The Elephant' and more.

On June 2, 2017 the band released their first EP, No Sides.[11]

Band members
  • Dan Mayo (Drums)
  • Offir Benjaminov (Bass)
  • Tamuz Dekel (Guitar)

Discography

Studio albums
  • Shvat (2014)
  • Foresee (2018)

Live albums
  • Soul Ghosts (2015)
  • Border View (2020)
  • Merchants House (2020)
  • On Hold (2020; with Eden Ladin)
  • Two Days (2020; with Eyal Talmudi)

EPs
  • No Sides (2017)

References
  1. "Middle Eastern Bands You Probably Haven't Heard | Arctic Drones". Arctic Drones. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. "Arctic Drones' 50 Favourite Albums of 2014". Arctic Drones. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  3. "12 top Israeli bands to watch in 2015". Israel21c. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  4. "Post Rock Post – Tatran". Heavy Blog Is Heavy. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  5. "We chat to Israeli group Tatran about their return to SA for Oppikoppi 21". Channel. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  6. "TAT AN". אינדינגב 2015 (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  7. "State-X New Forms | Just confirmed: Tatran". www.state-xnewforms.nl. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  8. "Tatran". AMI. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  9. Salmon, מאת Yoni. "רשמי אנימיקס 2015 | שוליית הקוסם". Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  10. "Listen: Tatran – "Soul Ghosts" | Arctic Drones". Arctic Drones. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  11. https://tatranmusic.bandcamp.com/album/no-sides
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