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Ratatat - LP4 Instores June 8th
All hail the return of Ratatat! Evan Mast and Mike Stroud are back to once again redefine the current state of instrumental music.
Ratatat’s new album, LP4, is the duo’s next step forward on the work that they began on LP3. It was conceived during the creative streak that began during the LP3 sessions at Old Soul studios, in rural Upstate New York.
The band describe LP4 as a ‘weirder’ album than LP3, with a much braver approach to the arrangements. There are more instruments featured on the record than ever before, and for the first time a full string section.
The album also features a number of spoken word interludes, one taken from Werner Herzog’s film Stroszeck in which the lead character Bruno S describes the keyboards he owns. The other samples are all courtesy of Linda Manz, the first taken from Terence Mallick’s period drama Days Of Heaven.
While trying to clear the sample, Evan unexpectedly ended up on the phone with Linda herself. The call resulted in a trip to Linda’s house, where he recorded an interview with her, excerpts from which make up the remaining vocal samples.
Ratatat will be touring North America in the summer and fall.
Following a previously successful trip to David Letterman, Ratatat will be making the rounds of late night once again with dates to be confirmed shortly.
Available on US import CD and LP (with MP3 download coupon), the release will feature 3 separate video
treatments.
For more information, please visit www.ratatatmusic.com, www.xlrecordings.com, and www.beggarsgroup.ca
“(Mike Stroud) is Electronic music’s first guitar hero.” – Big Shot
“Almost single-handedly saving and redeeming an entire genre, this two-piece psychotropic orchestra has been concocting tripped-out jams since 2001 with some of the most complicated digital pops and snaps in contemporary music. Hell, probably ever. This is headphone music, the kind that will make your brain bounce.” – Fuel TV.com
“ Where previous albums had the austerity of blueprints, LP3 adds enough shifty overlays and undercurrents to give Ratatat’s music a new dimension of mystery…all the new transformations enrich Ratatat’s music both sonically and psychologically, stoking new drama and hinting at hidden reservoirs of
melancholy.” – The New York Times
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