Zetod was born in 2003 as a youth band founded by Kristjan Priks, an alumnus of the Viljandi Culture Academy, in Värska, deep in the heart of Setomaa in Southeastern Estonia. Zetod are a bunch of strapping lads with an exotic flair of rich cultural heritage, which the blandness of the surrounding mainstream pop only serves to accentuate. This, complemented by charming stage presence, instrumental finesse and tastefully witty yet powerful electric string arrangements of folk songs and tunes, sparks excitement and recognition even in listeners less familiar with heritage music.
Jalmar Vabarna - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 2-row diatonic button accordion Jaanus Viskar - vocals, bass guitar Martin Kütt - drums Artur Linnus - vocals, accordion Matis Leima - vocals, violin, 2-row diatonic button accordion Rainer Koik - sound engineer
Setu pervod nüüd siis ukraina sittakärpse perekonna toetame ise kuradima ileme ju mantise d aga pervo koloonilise ukraina karvase putsi ja perse ga sittakärpse tütrega om ju hea hoora Zelinski kotletidega elada ja perse nussiga nautida kuulsust...om täma ju setu pervo poja unistus
kas te, musikesed, saaks ehk laulusõnad ka üles kirjutada siia? et meie, tšuhnad kah aru saaks. ma lugeda oskan, enamvähem, ja saan aru ka, enamvähem, aga kuulmise järgi on seto keel juba ulka raskem aru saada. - muidugi ei teeks ehk viga ka sõnad koos tõlkega.
Actually these are not RUSSIAN national folk clothes. The guys singing there belong to a small ethnic group living in south-east Estonia and called "seto". Their language belongs also to the finnian-ugric group and is very similar to the estonian language. The seto are orthodox like the russians and due to the great cultural influence from Russia they have a lot of common with russians. Therefore also their folk clothes have a lot of russian elements.
