Ratatat

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Ratatat
Evan Mast and Mike Stroud (2004)
Evan Mast and Mike Stroud (2004)
General information
origin New York City , United States
Genre (s) Indietronic
founding 2001 as Cherry
Website www.ratatatmusic.com
Current occupation
Mike Stroud
Bass , synthesizer, percussion
 Evan Mast
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
LP3
  US 82 07/26/2008 (2 weeks)
LP4
  US 65 06/26/2010 (1 week)
Magnifique
  US 36 08/08/2015 (1 week)
Singles
Pursuit of Happiness ( Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat)
  DE 51 
gold
gold
06/15/2012 (13 weeks)
  AT 46 06/15/2012 (6 weeks)
  CH 50 09/23/2012 (7 weeks)
  UK 64 
gold
gold
03/17/2012 (8 weeks)
  US 59 
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum
October 03, 2009 (3 weeks)
Loud pipes
  AT 72 05/03/2013 (2 weeks)

Ratatat is a Indietronic - band from New York . It consists of guitarist Mike Stroud and producer Evan Mast.

history

Mast and Stroud found each other in 2001 and played their first concert under the current band name in September 2003 after they had to give up the original name Cherry for legal reasons. Their first single, Seventeen Years , was released in 2003 on the Rex Records label as a 12 "record. In the same year, Evan Mast and his brother Eric - under the stage names E * vax and E * rocks  - founded the Audio Dregs label , which released the single in November Released in a second edition limited to 1100 copies in 2003. The first studio album entitled Ratatat was released in April 2004 on the independent label XL Recordings , from which the single Germany to Germany was released in October 2004. In August 2004, Evan Mast released as E * vax his first studio album. his producers qualities were also instrumental appeared for the second under the name Ratatat album that Ratatat mix tapes , a remix album, on which the duo R & B and hip-hop tracks from artists such as Missy Elliott and Kanye West with enriched electronic as well as guitar sounds.

Ratatat have been touring the USA and Europe since 2004 and have played in the opening act for bands such as Franz Ferdinand , Tortoise and Interpol . In May 2013 they entered the Austrian singles charts with Loud Pipes , after the mobile operator A1 Telekom Austria had used the song for a commercial.

Discography

Albums

  • Ratatat , April 2004, XL Recordings
  • Ratatat Mixtape Vol. 1 , 2004
  • Classics , August 2006, XL Recordings
  • Ratatat Mixtape Vol. 2 , 2007
  • LP3 , 2008, XL Recordings
  • LP4 , 2010, XL Recordings
  • Magnifique , 2015, Because

Singles

  • Seventeen Years , 2003, Rex Records, later Audio Dregs
  • Germany to Germany , 2004, XL Recordings
  • Wildcat , 2006, XL Recordings
  • Shiller , 2008, XL Recordings
  • Shempi , 2008, XL Recordings
  • Mirando , 2008, XL Recordings
  • Loud Pipes , 2013
  • Cream on Chrome , 2015
  • Abrasive , 2015

Web links

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  1. ↑ Ratatat in the US charts (Billboard)
  2. ↑ Kid Cudi in the US charts (Billboard)