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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.^[1] This album is entirely instrumental, except for occasional excerpts of dialog at the beginning and end of some tracks. For touring in 2006, they added a third member, Jacob Morris, on keyboard. Skidmore College is a private, liberal arts college located in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States, and is ranked as the nations 47th best liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report[2]. The college currently enrolls approximately 2,500 students and offers B.A. and B.S... The musical group Ratatats 2004 debut album. ... Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn in New York City. ... This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ... The PowerBook was a line of Macintosh laptop computers that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. ... An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. ...

The group started out releasing their debut single Seventeen Years on Evan and his brother's record label 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. Seventeen Years is a song by the band Ratatat, their first release as a band. ... Audio Dregs is a record label run by electronic musicians and brothers E*vax and E*rock. ... Categories: Record labels | Stub ... Audio Dregs is a record label run by electronic musicians and brothers E*vax and E*rock. ... XL Recordings is an independent record label which was launched by Nick Halkes (joined in 1992 by Richard Russell) with Beggars Banquet Records in 1989 to release its rave and dance music. ... By the band Ratatat, this single was taken from their self-titled album and was released on XL Recordings. ... Ratatat Remixes Vol. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Ratatat Mixtape Vol. ... Audio Dregs is a record label run by electronic musicians and brothers E*vax and E*rock. ...

Both musicians have had experience with other projects, such as Mast's E*vax and King Pang and Stroud's stage work with Ben Kweller, Joe Satriani and Dashboard Confessional. 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. E*vax is an electronic music artist and one half of the band Ratatat. ... Ben Kweller (born 16 June 1981, San Francisco, California) is an American rock musician. ... Joseph Satch Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor. ... Dashboard Confessional is an alternative rock band, led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Carrabba, from Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America. ... This article is about the musician. ... Daft Punk is a duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974)[1] and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). ... Mouse on Mars is a duo from Germany (Jan St. ... For the international organisation, see Interpol. ... Franz Ferdinand are an indie rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001. ... Cansei de Ser Sexy (literally tired of being sexy in Portuguese; better known as CSS) is a Brazilian band from São Paulo. ... The Faint is an indie rock/synth pop band. ... Super Furry Animals (also known as SFA, the Furries and the Super Furries) are a Welsh rock band, with leanings towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. ... This article is about the English band Clinic. ... For other uses, see Killers. ... For the Swiss progressive house producer who releases under the name Moogwai, see Chab. ...

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.^[2] This release was followed by another remix album, Ratatat Remixes Vol 2.. is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ratatat Mixtape Vol. ...

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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. Shudder to Think was an American rock group. ... Lead singer for Shudder to Think, lead for newer pop-mash project, BABY. ... Audio Dregs is a record label run by electronic musicians and brothers E*vax and E*rock. ...

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Discography

Studio albums

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In pop culture

• "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 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 SportsMLB 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.^[4]
• Numerous Ratatat works have been featured in excerpts on NPR (National 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 a 2007 Louis Vuitton fashion show in New York. The song was played as a standalone and as a remix with an edition of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which was specifically tailored for the fashion show.
• In Mack Dawg Productions' latest snowboard film, Picture This, "Wildcat" is used in the opening Of Wille Yle-Luoma's part
• The song "Wildcat" was played in the background of a 2008 Rhapsody commercial.

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References

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Ratatat

• Official site
• Radio Interview. November 2006 - 3SYN 90.7FM Melbourne, Australia
• Fader Magazine interview
• Official Ratatat Myspace page
• Ratatat at All Music Guide
• Ratatat Interview with Audiojunkies