Ratatat

Encontrei-os o ano passado na altura em que mudei de casa e fui viver sozinho pela primeira vez. O mais curioso é que os teria adorado se talvez lhes tivesse dedicado mais tempo (na altura a febre musical estava posicionada noutro quadrante logo este duo ficou em solidao). Independentemente disso, agora é-lhes devido reconhecimento. Nao se trata de determinar influencias mas as ideias de criacao musical que levitam no meu quarto, por muito confusas que sejam, também tem momentos de simplicidade. Se Boards of Canada muito tem de relacionado com a sonoridade que me corre em sinapses, este duo nao ficará no último lugar da lista.

Ratatat is a New York City music duo: guitarist Mike Stroud and synthesizer driver and producer Evan E*vax Mast.

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 - 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 and "The Knife – We Share Our Mothers Health"

In August 2006, Ratatat released a second album "Ratatat - Classics", from which the single Wildcat was taken.

Ratatat will be releasing Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2 within 2007. This album will feature 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.


Not Official Video, Original Artwork by Olivier Beaudoin.


"Nostrand" by Ratatat