Apichai Tragoolpadetgrai


Greasy Cafe (, is a stage name of Apichai Tragoolpadetgrai who is a singer, artist, songwriter, photographer and actor.
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Early life

Cafe's family made sports gear for a living. He studied at Prasartwuti Primary School, which teaches both Thai and Chinese. He then attended Petcharat High School and later graduated at the vocational level from Thaivichitsilp Art School. After that, he got an opportunity to learn photography in England for four years. During his time in England, he became a guitarist for The Light Band. He later went came back to Thailand to be a magazine photographer and film cameraman. In 2001, he joined the Smallroom Bangkok Pop Music Label and started writing lyrics and melodies. Next, he made a single in the "SMALLROOM001" and "SMALLROOM002" compilation albums. When he joined the Smallroom Label, he changed the name of his band to "Greasy Café". In 2009, Greasy Café released singles "Tid Tang", "Rueng Thammada" and "Pai Tai Tong Fah See Dum". These singles were on the top indie music charts for many months.

Albums

Sing Loa Nee - 2008Tid Tang - 2009The Journey Without Maps - 2012Technicolor - 2017
Many of his songs are about love and life. The genre of his music is Brit-pop and folk rock.

Film work

Tragoolpadetgrai did photography work for films such as Jan Dara, The Letter, Mont Rak Transistor, and Ong Bak 2. His acting debut was the 2011 film P-047.

Awards

The album Tid Tang won two awards from Channel V Thailand Music Awards in 2009. Apichai Tragoolpadetgrai has won 13 awards and 13 nominations as an artist.