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Ratatat
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electronic, indie, instrumental, electronica, alternative… see all
United States (2001 – present)
Stroud and Mast originally met as students at Skidmore College, but did not work together musically until 2001, when their project was named Cherry (later the name of the final song in their debut album). Written and recorded in the bedroom of Mast’s Crown Heights, Brooklyn apartment, the band’s debut album Ratatat for XL Recordings was released in 2004. This album is entirely instrumental, except for excerpts of dialogue at the ends of some tracks. Ratatat has toured with bands such as Interpol, Clinic, Junior Boys, The Killers, The Faint, Daft Punk, The Shins and most recently Björk.
Ratatat have been known to remix other artists’ songs, most notably on their limited 2004 release Ratatat Mixtape Vol. 1, which garnered the attention of Rolling Stone. In 2005, the band remixed a track for Swedish band Shout Out Louds and The Knife.
In August 2006, Ratatat released a second album Classics, from which the single Wildcat was taken.
Ratatat released Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2 in 2007. This album featured 14 new remixes featuring: Bun B, Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Slim Thug, Devin the Dude, Young Jeezy, T.I., Beanie Sigel, Pimp C, Ludacris, Young Buck, Saigon, Juvenile, Z-ro, Memphis Bleek, Kanye West and exclusive tracks from Despot and Beans.
A third album, LP3, was released on July 8th, 2008.
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Illysia wrote:
LP3 <3
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cannibaldrama wrote:
great anytime
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DeucesAreWild wrote:
slightly less quality but still irritatingly harmonic
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Nightmaru wrote:
New album is a-mazing. :]
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xeysz wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/I+Can%27t+Remember+the+Last+CD+I+Purchased
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gruvholmes wrote:
tags listed here really confused me. i'm hearing instrumental abstract hiphop beats and kick ass remixes! by looking at the tags it seemed like a generic indietronica band.
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jftman wrote:
Amazing performance in Montreal at Club Soda. I had a blast!
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LittleMissDarko wrote:
LP3 is perfect
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wichru87 wrote:
awesome music !
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takeshijitano wrote:
Always in my sessions! One day of this Mike Stroud is going to break his back! Awesomeman!!!
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illmasta wrote:
Saw them at the Starlight Ballroom in Philly, and they were just incredible. I was blown away. Also, I don't know why anyone talks shit about LP3. It's totally great.
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skinnydre wrote:
I saw them live in Montreal yesterday and all I can say is KICKASS!!!!
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he-war wrote:
who would be stupid enough to listen to a guy called countrymatterz. Ratatat rule. No disrespect man, but thats how I am. lol
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Tygerr wrote:
Lex is nise. very nise.
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countrymatterz wrote:
brsinepyce is a cock tease
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danotoriouscho wrote:
does anyone else find the Shempi video slightly terrifying
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Toniouf wrote:
Where is Animal Collective's remix of Mirando ??? I've been waiting for it for weeks now ...
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brsinepyce wrote:
countrymatterz is a dumbfuck
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flow2356 wrote:
confused with pokemon rattata
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countrymatterz wrote:
who would be stupid enough to listen to a band called ratatat
Events
- Oct 5 Ratatat Sonar, Baltimore, United States
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Moby Dick, Madrid, Spain
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Nouveau Casino, Paris, France
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| 64 attendees
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