Breathe on high altitude.
In a supreme matter of being for the here and now RATATAT make a rerun for some shows in conjunction with their recent announcement on the 2016 GROOVIN THE MOO lineup.
Last year saw a tour that covered all quarters this way… Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and India.
A great new album Magnifique, and all quarters the other way… US, Canada, Europe, Mexico including Coachella 2015, Barcelona’s Primavera, Governor’s Ball… and of course the incredible set at Meredith 2015.
Latest video Supreme captures the drift of that great southern tour – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZlzC1qQH0k.
No more than six words were uttered throughout the show. The music did the talking.
http://themusic.com.au/music/livereviews/2015/12/04/ratatat-metro-theatre-mick-radojkovic/
Ratatat brought their shredding brilliance to The Tivoli Theatre for a performance that left this reviewer grinning with joy.
http://scenestr.com.au/music/ratatat-the-tivoli-theatre-review
Constantly pushing the envelope of experimentation, Ratatat continue to achieve and soar, with their infectious marriage of the strangest samples, they left the crowd sweaty and heaving for an encore.
http://aaabackstage.com/live-review-ratatat-the-tivoli-2122015/
…the ingenuity of their visual ideas push this sense of dynamism even further, allowing each song to really occupy its own space… that reap the maximum benefits of this synaesthesiac experience.
http://themusic.com.au/music/livereviews/2015/12/07/ratatat-the-tivoli-jake-sun/
Ratatat delivered one hell of a set in Sydney!
http://howlandechoes.com/2015/12/review-ratatat-delivered-one-hell-of-a-set-in-sydney/
Up, up and away… burn bright you crazy stratosphere.
RATATAT
supreme exhalation australia 2016
presented by The Music, Tone Deaf, FBi Radio, Triple R, RTRFM and consume
plus special guests announced soon
tickets on sale Wed 10 Feb.
WED 27 APR – Sydney ENMORE THEATRE
tickets from http://enmoretheatre.com.au/
THUR 28 APR – Melbourne 170 RUSSELL
FRI 29 APR – Melbourne 170 RUSSELL
tickets from www.170russell.com or 1300 724 867
THUR 5 MAY – Perth METRO CITY
tickets from www.oztix.com.au or www.heatseeker.com.au
www.metroconcertclub.com
ALSO APPEARING GROOVIN THE MOO 2016!!!
Sat 23 April – Maitland Showground NSW
Sun 24 April – University of Canberra ACT
Mon 25 April – Oakbank Racecourse SA
Sat 30 April – Bendigo’s Prince Of Wales Showground VIC
Sun 1 May – Murray Sports Complex, Townsville QLD
Sat 7 May – Hay Park, Bunbury WA
Tickets from http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/groovin-the-moo
More info: http://www.gtm.net.au/
MAGNIFIQUE out now on XL/Remote Control.
Website: ratatatmusic.com
Facebook: facebook.com/RATATAT
Twitter: twitter.com/ratatatmusic
VIDEOS:
Supreme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZlzC1qQH0k
Pricks of Brightness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TKhP-ybKVs
Abrasive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7wkRET0hbo
Cream on Chrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlcywgEMuGI
Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRM-BRTwwZY
RATATAT bio:
Released its fifth full-length album, Magnifique, on XL Recordings in July 2015 – a solid five years after Mike Stroud and Evan Mast’s last release, LP4 from 2010. Following up on the experimental sounds of LP3 and LP4, Ratatat return to their core guitar-driven sound on Magnifique. “I feel like it’s our strongest record,” Evan says. “We did it in spurts. We made a few trips to different locations where we’d set up a studio and work.” Mike and Evan spent time in Port Antonio, Jamaica, upstate New York (at the same studio whereLP3 and LP4 were recorded), Long Island, New York and at their own studio in Brooklyn. Combining the bedrock beats and primordial riffs from their first two albums with the sonic experimentation and production prowess of LP3 and LP4, Mike and Evan arrived at a new plateau with Magnifique.
Formerly known as Cherry, New York’s rock-meets-electronica duo Ratatat feature multi-instrumentalist/programmer Evan Mast and guitarist Mike Stroud. Mast was also the brains behind the pretty laptop pop of E*vax, and with his brother E*Rock he ran the indie electronic label Audio Dregs. Stroud also played, in the studio and on tour, with artists including Ben Kweller and Dashboard Confessional. Between these duties (and Mast’s job as a graphic designer), the duo found time to work on their collaboration. In his bedroom studio, Mast worked on beats and song ideas that he gave to Stroud to develop while the guitarist was on the road. Though Mast and Stroud began working together in 2001, things really began to come together for the pair in 2003: in May, while they were still called Cherry, they played their first gig; by September they changed their name to Ratatat; and that November they issued their first single, which had a limited run of 1,100 copies, on Audio Dregs. Dates with Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, and Battles followed, and Ratatat signed to XL Records. The duo’s self-titled debut album arrived in spring 2004, coinciding with another round of dates with bands including !!!, Electrelane, and Tortoise. Classics appeared in 2006, followed by a self-released remix album. Ratatat then took a different approach to their third full-length effort, emphasizing live percussion and keyboards while toning down their familiar mix of programmed beats and guitars. Recorded in several short weeks, LP3 was released in July 2008, followed by the more experimental LP4, released just shy of two years later in 2010.