Ratatat

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Name = Ratatat
Background = group_or_band

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Img_capt = Mike Stroud and Evan Mast performing in 2004
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Origin = New York City
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Genre = House, Electronic, Alternative, Post-rock
Years_active = 2001 – present
Instrument = Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer
First_album = Seventeen Years (2003)
Latest_album = Classics (2006)
Notable_albums = Ratatat
Notable_songs = Seventeen Years
Label = XL Recordings, Rex Records
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URL = [http://www.ratatatmusic.com/ Official website]
Current_members = Evan Mast, Mike Stroud

Ratatat is a New York City electronic music duo consisting of guitarist Mike Stroud and synthesizer driver and producer Evan Mast.

History

Mike Stroud and Evan Mast first met as Skidmore College students, but they did not work together until they recorded several songs under the name Cherry in 2001. Their 2004 debut, "Ratatat", was written and recorded in Mast's Crown Heights, Brooklyn apartment on Stroud's PowerBook.cite news |url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14473088/ |title= Have laptop will travel |publisher=MSNBC |first= Steven |last= Leckart |accessdate= 2006-08-25] This album is entirely instrumental, except for occasional excerpts of dialog at the beginning and end of some tracks.The group started out releasing their debut single "Seventeen Years" on Evan and his brother's record Audio Dregs label in the US and Rex Records in the UK. They released that single again on Evan and his brother E*Rock's record label Audio Dregs. They then signed for XL Recordings, releasing their debut album and the single "Germany to Germany". Ratatat occasionally remixes others for collected release on "Ratatat Remixes Vol. 1" (which garnered the attention of "Rolling Stone"), as well as the later second volume, both of which were self-released in co-operation with Audio Dregs.

Both musicians have had experience with other projects, such as Mast's E*vax and King Pang and Stroud's stage work with B4-4, Joe Satriani and Manowar. Stroud has also recorded with Ben Kweller on On My Way. Ratatat has toured with bands such as Björk, Daft Punk, Mouse on Mars, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, CSS, The Faint, Super Furry Animals, Clinic, Panther and The Killers. In 2006 they supported Mogwai in Japan.

On October 10, 2006 a new demo album from Ratatat entitled "9 Beats" was leaked online. This set of tracks does not appear on any official discography listings. The tracks consist of short instrumental electronic musical pieces and demos for their next mixtape.cite news |url= http://banagale.com/new-ratatat-9-beats-hits-hard.htm |title= Ratatat 9 Beats Hits Hard |publisher=Bittersweet Blog |last= Rob |accessdate= 2006-12-07] This release was followed by another remix album, Ratatat Remixes Vol 2..

It has been rumored that they will be signed by Star Trak as the understudies of the Neptunes.

Mast has most recently collaborated with former Shudder to Think vocalist Craig Wedren on a record for a Tokyo independent label, Mold Recordings and said to be finishing a follow up solo album for Audio Dregs.

The official site has been updated showing that a new single, Shiller, is now available for purchase (only on 7"). The duo's most recent album, LP3, was released on July 8 2008. [ [http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/releases/lp3/ Beggars Group USA - Releases ] ]

Discography

Studio albums

In popular culture

*In 2005, the song "Seventeen Years" was used in Keith Hufnagel's part DVS footwear's skateboard video "Skate More".
*"Beat #6" (From 9 Beats) was used in CSI Season 8 episode 14 (Drops Out) aired 24th April 2008.
*The song "Seventeen Years" was used in the J. J. Abrams movie "Cloverfield" (2008). It has been in a Hummer television commercial, on British television show "Soccer AM's" "Crossbar Challenge" segment and in a ski movie called " [http://www.level1productions.com/movies.php?id=26 Shanghai Six] ".
*The song "Lex" has been featured in a Zune commercial.
*In February 2007, Cartoon Network aired a commercial for "My Gym Partner Is a Monkey" in which "Wildcat" played in the background. An episode of the same show contained over two minutes of the song, edited slightly with a few parts cut out.
*In 2007, "Loud Pipes" was used in the soundtrack of 989 Sports"MLB 07 - The Show".
*"Lex" was used in Standard Films 2007 production "Catch the Vapors" for a segment featuring snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo.
*The song "Wildcat" was featured in Mack Dawg Production's 2007 snowboard video "Picture This".
*The film "Knocked Up" (2007) played "Tropicana" during the various gestation time lapse scenes within the story.
*The website GOOD Magazine used the song "Gettysburg" in an animated video about nuclear weapon proliferation. [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-lADZG6-PI YouTube - GOOD Magazine: Nuclear Weapons ] ]
*Numerous Ratatat works have been featured in excerpts on public radio. Most regularly El Pico on This American Life
*"Wildcat" was played in background to the Printemps-Ete 2007 catwalk of Chanel.
*"Gettysburg" was used in a Nylon.com short video profiling the Marc by Marc Jacobs show during New York Fashion Week on February 5, 2008.
*The song "Lex" was also used during the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show. The Louis Vuitton set was mixed by Daft Punk which "Lex" was mixed with Daft Punk's "Technologic".
*The song "Wildcat" was played in the background of a 2008 Rhapsody commercial.
*The song "Gettysburg" was featured in Naptime Films 2008 snowboard video Workplay.
*The song "Cherry" was featured in the MadMan Movies 2008 thriller "The Nausea Bunch".
*The song "Swisha" was used as interlude music on NPR's All Things Considered, September 10, 2008
*The song "Three" From the album 9 beats was used in the show Entourage in season 5.
*The song "Desert Eagle" was used in Season 2 - Episode 2 of the NBC show Chuck.
*The song "Wildcat" was used in the Loaded Carving Systems video for Orangatang 4President wheels.

References

External links

* [http://www.ratatatmusic.com Official site]
* [http://syn.org.au/syncast/ Radio Interview. November 2006] - 3SYN 90.7FM Melbourne, Australia
* [http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2006/08/22/everlasting-bass Fader Magazine interview]
* [http://www.zoom-in.com/apple/music/spotlights/rehearsal_space_ratatat Rehearsal Space: Ratatat]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ratatatmusic Official Ratatat Myspace page]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:yxjxlf0eacqy Ratatat at All Music Guide]
* [http://www.audiojunkies.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=539&Itemid=63 Ratatat Interview with Audiojunkies]
* [http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=2696&type=Interviews Ratatat Interview]