Dabda
{{Short description|South Korean math rock band}}
{{for|the acronym DABDA|Five stages of grief}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dabda
| caption =
| origin = Seoul, South Korea
| genre = {{hlist|Math rock|post rock}}
| years_active = 2013-present
| current_members = {{unbulleted list|Lee Seunghyeon|Kim Jiae|Lee Joseph|Noh Keohyeon}}
| past_members = {{unbulleted list|Bae Sangeon|Park Heesoo}}
| label = Mirror Ball Music, Tron Music
}}
Dabda ({{langx|ko|다브다}}) is a South Korean math rock band. The band currently consists of Lee Seunghyeon, Kim Jiae, Lee Joseph and Noh Keohyeon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.genie.co.kr/magazine/subMain?mgz_seq=10855|title=밴드 '다브다 (Dabda)'의 [정글짐] 발매 기념 인터뷰|website=Genie|language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}} Since their formation in 2014, the band has released the studio album But, All the Shining Things Are (2020).{{Cite web|url=https://therestisnoiseph.com/get-to-know-dabda/|title=Get To Know: 다브다 DABDA|website=The Rest is Noise|date=28 July 2020 |language=en|access-date=2023-08-25}}
History
Dabda were formed in Seoul. Lee Seunghyeon and Kim Jiae attended the same university in Daejeon, and later met other members after they moved to Seoul. The band name is derived Five stages of grief, from the book On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2023/09/398_257707.html|title=Zandari 2018 - Post-rock band Dabda create 'pastel psychedelic' soundscape|website=The Korea Times|date=28 October 2018 |language=en|access-date=2023-09-04}} They released their first single, 황금사자 in 2013, and were introduced as rookies on EBS in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebs.co.kr/space/rookie/audition/lastlist/5565|title=헬로 루키 - 스페이스 공감|website=Educational Broadcasting System|language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}}
In 2016, they released their first EP Island of Each (저마다 섬).{{Cite web|url=https://www.tronmusic.io/artist/dabda-%EB%8B%A4%EB%B8%8C%EB%8B%A4|title=Borderless Artist Services - Dabda 다브다|website=Tron Music|language=en|access-date=2023-08-25}}{{Cite web|url=http://mirrorballmusic.co.kr/albums/26596/|title=다브다 - 저 마다 섬|website=Mirrorball Music|language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}} KBS World Radio described the album as "Deep, Azure-Coloured, Immersive Music".{{Cite web|url=https://kccuk.org.uk/en/programmes/k-music-showcase/2019-k-music-showcase/|title=K-Music Showcase 2019|website=Korean Cultural Center|language=en|access-date=2023-09-04}} In 2018, they released their new single Look of a Dream (꿈의 표정).{{Cite web|url=https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/20165166?wl_ref=list_ab_01_ar|title=꿈의 표정|website=Bugs|date=9 May 2018 |language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}} They won the Grand Prize in the Super Rookie at the Pentaport Rock Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/20165166?wl_ref=list_ab_01_ar|title=2018 '인천펜타포트음악축제'|last=Son|first=Kyeongok|date=2018-07-13|website=Incheon News|language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}} In 2019, they performed with Yeseo, George, and Rich Mix at the K-Music Showcase 2019 hosted by The Korean Cultural Centre UK.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kocis.go.kr/kocc/view.do?seq=1012755&page=6&pageSize=10&photoPageSize=6&totalCount=0&searchType=menu0023&searchText=&ctrcode=CTR0010|title=한국 인디 밴드 영국 관객 사로잡아|date=2019-05-17|website=Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism|language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}}
In 2020, they were joined by Park Heesoo after past bassist Bae Sangeon left, and released their first full-length album, But, All the Shining Things Are.{{Cite web|url=https://www.genie.co.kr/magazine/subMain?mgz_seq=8516|title=다브다, 정규 1집 [But, All The Shining Things Are] 발매 기념 인터뷰|website=Genie|language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}} After the album's release, Park Heesoo left the band, and Noh Keohyeon, a producer of the existing band, newly joined as a bassist. In 2021, they released their collaboration single Jungle Gym with Japanese math rock band Toe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newstomato.com/ReadNews.aspx?no=1035448|title=밴드 '다브다', 일본 매스록 밴드 '토'와 협업 싱글|last=Kwon|first=Ikdo|date=2021-04-02|website=News Tomato|language=ko|access-date=2023-08-25}} In 2023, they released a new EP Yonder.{{Cite web|url=https://visla.kr/news/music/229894/|last=Jeong|first=Imyong|title=밴드 다브다, EP [Yonder] 발매|website=Visla Magazine|language=ko|access-date=2023-09-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://vop.co.kr/A00001639039.html|last=Seo|first=Jeongmingab|title=[서정민갑의 수요뮤직] 저기 보이는 다브다의 새 음반 ‘Yonder’|website=Voice of People|language=ko|access-date=2023-09-03}} Lee Arim of Music Y Magazine described the album's track One, World, Wound as "It makes Frida Kahlo's portrait overlap, leaving a long lingering impression like a flame that never goes out"{{Cite web|url=http://musicy.kr/?c=review&s=1&gp=1&ob=idx&gbn=viewok&ix=8383|last=Arim|first=Lee|title=[Single-Out #466-1] 다브다 「One, World, Wound」|website=Music Y|language=ko|access-date=2023-09-03}}
Members
= Current members =
- Lee Seunghyeon – drums (2013–present)
- Kim Jiae – vocals (2013–present)
- Lee Joseph – guitar (2013–present)
- Noh Keohyeon – bass (2021–present)
= Past members =
- Bae Sangeon – bass (2013–2019)
- Park Heesoo – bass (2020)
Discography
=Albums=
=Extended plays=
- Island of Each (저마다 섬) (2016)
- Yonder (2023)