GRAM-OF-FUN (GOF) IS A SIX-MEMBER GROUP OF FRIENDS SHARING SIMILAR VALUES IN ART AS IN LIFE. THE ENSEMBLE FOUND ITS NAME IN 2017 BUT ITS SUCCESS TOOK WING A YEAR LATER IN 2018. LISTENING TO THEIR CREATIONS, IT IS CLEAR THEIR SOUND IS UNIQUE AND THE BAND DARES TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT TONES AND APPROACHES.

GOF IS NOT AFRAID TO SHAKE THINGS UP. THEY HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT MUSIC STYLES SUCH AS FUNK, SOUL, INDIE, ALT-POP, AND ELECTRONICA. GOF IS CHARACTERISED BY VARIOUS CO-PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER MUSICIANS OR ARTISTS. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THEIR GRAPHICAL DESIGNS HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THE TALENTED TAURI BIRKEN (UK, THE TIMES). THE BAND MEMBERS ARE UNITED BY THE DESIRE TO CHANGE THE WORLD OF MUSIC AND WITH THEIR CREATIONS, MAKE THE WORLD A HAPPIER PLACE.

IN 2018, AFTER GOF SIGNED WITH MADE IN BALTICS (SONY), THE BAND RELEASED ITS FIRST SINGLE ‘GETAWAY’. IN THE SAME YEAR, GOF WAS AN OPENING ACT FOR THE WORLD-FAMOUS NEOSOUL COLLECTIVE JUNGLE.

IN THE SPRING OF 2019, GOF CAME OUT WITH ITS FIRST EP TITLED ‘SECOND BREAKFAST’. THE EP'S OPENING TRACK ‘RESERVATION’ QUICKLY BECAME A SUCCESS AND LANDED AMONG R2'S MOST PLAYED SONGS OF THE YEAR.

IN 2020, WHEN THE PANDEMIC TOOK HOLD, THE BAND MOVED FROM THE STAGE INTO THE STUDIO AND ENGAGED IN MANY COLLABORATIONS. THE SONG ‘LA’ WITH FREDI WAS THE FIRST TO REACH THE AUDIENCE AND QUICKLY ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE RADIO CHARTS. IN OCTOBER, THE SONG ‘MELANCHOLY’ AND ITS NOSTALGIC MUSIC VIDEO WAS RELEASED. IN THE SAME YEAR, GOF ALSO CAME OUT WITH A COLLABORATION SONG ‘NUMBRID EI VALETA’ WITH AN ESTONIAN HIP-HOP ARTIST REKET.

NEXT YEAR, IN 2021, ‘LOST IN A DANCE’ – THE COLLECTIVE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SONG WAS BORN AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST PLAYED SONGS ON DOMESTIC RADIO STATIONS. WITHIN THE SAME YEAR, GOF RELEASED ‘HALO’ WITH THE GERMAN SINGER HUEBY AND ‘CORNER OF MY EYE’ WITH JON HAZEL AND YASMYN. THE BAND ALSO HELPED WRITE AND PRODUCE FRANKIE ANIMAL'S SONG ‘PEACHES’. IN 2021, GOF PERFORMED AN INSANE NUMBER OF CONCERTS IN ESTONIA, THE BIGGEST EVENTS BEING THE SUME FESTIVAL, GRIND, AND FUNKFEST. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE BAND WAS JOINED BY A GOOD FRIEND FREDI (GUITAR).

AT THE END OF 2022, THE COLLECTIVE PUBLISHED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN, WHICH WON THE DEBUT ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT THE ESTONIAN MUSIC AWARDS. IN ADDITION, GRAM-OF-FUN WAS ALSO NAMES AS BAND OF THE YEAR.
Et GOF ei pelga eksperimenteerida, on tegutsemisaja jooksul puudutatud erinevaid muusikastiile – näiteks funk, soul, indie, alt popp ja elektronica. Iseloomulikuks on erisugused koostööprojektid ja kollaboratsioonid teiste helikunstnike ning artistidega. Näiteks on GOFi kujundusi algusest peale loonud talendikas Tauri Birken (London, The Times). Bändiliikmeid ühendab südamesoov muuta muusikamaailma paremaks ning ka teisiti – muuta maailma oma muusikaga õnnelikumaks.

Kui 2018. aastal GOF plaadifirmaga Sony Music Baltic koostöölepingu sõlmis, ilmus ka nende esimene singel – kibemagusa, ent muretu hõnguga „Getaway”. Samal aastal soojendati maailmakuulsat neosouli kollektiivi „Jungle”.


2019. aasta kevadel nägi päikesevalgust ka ansambli esimene EP tiitliga „Second Breakfast”, mille loomisprotsessis leidsid muusikud rohkelt inspiratsiooni 80ndate muusikamaailma vaimsusest. EP avalugu „Reservation” sai momentaalselt menukaks ning maandus ka R2 aasta mängitumate lugude seas.

2020. aastal astus GOF üles Saku Suurhallis Eesti Muusikaauhindade suurejoonelisel galal. Järgneva kummalise koroonaaja valguses suundus bänd aga lavalaudadelt stuudiosse ning sündisid mitmed (koostöö)lood, neist esimesena puutus kuulajate kõrvu ühislugu „LA” Frediga, mis tõusis kiirelt raadioedetabelite tippu. Oktoobris anti välja romantiliselt igatseva tundmusega pala „Melancholy”, millele on loodud ka nostalgilise pildikeelega muusikavideo. Samal aastal ilmus ka Reketi ja GOFi ühispala „Numbrid ei valeta”.


2021. aastal valmis ansambli siiani edukaim teos „Lost in a Dance”, millest on saanud üks enimmängitumaid lugusid kodumaa raadiojaamades. Sama aastaringi sees jõudis kuulajateni koostöölugu saksa lauljaga Hueby, mis kannab nime “Halo” ja ühisprojektidest leidis oma koha muusikamaailmas „Corner of My Eye” Jon Hazeli ning Yasmyniga. GOF aitas kirjutada ning produtseerida ka Frankie Animali loo „Peaches”, mis tuli välja sama aastanumbri sees. Anti meeletult kontserte – suuremateks sündmusteks olid Sume festival, Grind ja Funkfest. 2021. aasta lõpus liitus bändiga hea sõber Frederik Küüts.

Käesolev aasta on GOFi jaoks alanud usinalt, sest 2022. aasta lõpus soovib kollektiiv kuulajaid rõõmustada oma kauamängiva debüütalbumiga.