SUNDAY OCTOBER 5TH
@ SONAR!
Tax Lo presents...
RATATAT!
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"LP3 is the third studio album from Ratatat, the follow-up to 2006's Classics and 2004's self-titled debut. Since the release of Classics, Ratatat have toured relentlessly, headlining shows around the world. They were asked to open for Daft Punk at Los Angeles Sports Arena back in June 2007, before they jetted off to play shows in Hawaii and Japan. They have also added their unique sound to a recent remix of Bjork's 'Wanderlust' and released the second in their acclaimed 'Remixes' series, featuring bootleg remixes of Notorious BIG and Young Buck among others.
Remixes Volume II also featured exclusive new freestyles from Beans (Warp) and Despot (DefJux) and is currently available for free download on the band's site
www.myspace.com/ratatatmusic. Whereas Classics took them months to record, LP3 came together in a matter of weeks after the duo â?? Mike Stroud and Evan Mast â?? were asked to produce some tracks for their friend White Flight who introduced them to Old Soul Studios.
Old Soul is a large old house in the small town of Catskill in upstate New York. It doesn't have much in the way of hi-tech recording equipment but does have a wealth of keyboard instruments from a grand piano and harpsichord through to a mellotron and Wurlitzer. Pretty much all of the instruments at Old Soul made it onto LP3 giving the record a much broader palette of sounds. The record is much more dynamic than their previous two, with a leaning towards keyboards as opposed to guitars, and live percussion rather than programmed beats.
The band also decided to mix the album in a studio for the first time, and headed to Trout in Brooklyn, NY to mix the entire record down onto 1/4inch tape which has lent the entire album another layer of atmosphere.
Ratatat have also had some friends remix tracks from the album, including Animal Collective who've turned 'Mirando' into a 10 minute techno wonder. After several remixes under their various solo guises, this is Animal Collective's first remix done under their own name. YACHT, Zongamin, Copy and E*Rock (brother of Evan 'E*Vax' Mast) have also taken on some album tracks, expect to hear these soon.
LP3 sounds like the album Ratatat have wanted to make for some time; equally stripped back and fuller sounding than their previous two. Overflowing with ideas and with more pop and dancefloor moments mixed in with their unique take on atmospheric, instrumental rock. LP3 could have easily come across as disjointed, instead Ratatat have created a fully formed, 21st Century record instilled with the unique sound that made their name. LP3 sounds completely timeless and very, very now."
http://www.myspace.com/ratatatmusic PANTHER
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"Panther is the two-headed effort of Charlie Salas-Humara (The Planet The) on vocals, cello, guitar, and keys and Joe Kelly (31 Knots) on drums. But even when it was Charlie's solo effort he was never really alone. Whether live or on record there was a sense that PANTHER was being overtaken by something, not an alter-ego, this was something else. Think Ian Curtis' convulsive intensity and James Browns spastic swagger and you still won't have PANTHER, but a sense of what-the-fuckness that all of them seem to call up. The early recordings born in the basements and warehouses of Portland OR around 2001 brought a new brand of broken electro that when coupled with the lunatic immediacy of his modern dance meltdowns defied categorization entirely PANTHER landed on bills as varied as opening slots from PEACHES to WOLF EYES. The monstrous throb of the beats matched by Charlie's intensity bring a sense of religious visitation to any room PANTHER humps the floor in. His panic-driven falsetto howling non-sequiturs about paranoid sexuality make his jams hysterical, compelling but most importantly danceable.
After several successful releases on indie labels Kimosciotic and Fryk Beat, the art galleries soon turned to sold out venues when PANTHER caught the attention of headliners like GOSSIP and RATATAT. And while touring in support of 2007's epic and cheerfully damaged SECRET LAWNS Charlie realized he wanted to dance to a new beat. Soon after employing the ferocious drumming of Joe Kelly the HE became a THEY and on the upcoming 14 KT GOD contagious hooks and loops over crushing drums usher PANTHER into new and lucid songwriting territory, even hinting at the political with songs like "Violence, Diamonds" and "Beautiful Condo." But just when things seem to be making sense the fever kicks in and everything suddenly unglues and before you know it you're dancing to full blown anthems about sexual obsessiveness and airplane paranoia. Rest assured, PANTHER hasn't calmed down in the slightest, they're just poised and ready to pounce."
E*Rock
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"Based in Portland Oregon, E*Rock is a multi disciplinary artist and electronic musician who runs the record labels Audio Dregs and Fryk Beat and produces animated music videos with the Wyld File crew. His artwork has appeared in exhibits across the world from Hanna in Tokyo, LIttle Cakes in NYC, Impakt in Utrecht/Netherlands, Nu in Athens, CCA in Glasgow, Trudi in Los Angeles, Paris, Oaxaca, Chicago, Seattle, and Portland. His drawings and designs have appeared in books such as Radical Album Cover Art, This is a Magazine compendium and Dot Dot Dash; and featured in magazines like Res, Plazm, The Fader, Afterhours. Most often though his work finds itself home on various forms of music based media such on the covers of numerous CDs, LPs, DVDs, concert posters, magazine covers and also his contributions to music videos and animation have graced the likes of MTV2. He has also toured the USA, Japan and Europe with a combination of his video art and electronic music."
Tax Lo DJs
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(Cullen Stalin and Simon Phoenix)
Playing the jams you've come to know and love so very dearly, OMGGGGG!!!!!
THIS SHOW IS ALL AGES SO BRING YOUR KIDS!
Advance tickets can be purchased at the Sonar box office without service charge or through ticketmaster (with a not so friendly service charge)
go here for tix...
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/15004115C2BB6E03?artistid=918680&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1 Even if you don't come to see Ratatat, there is an afterparty open to everyone with the Tax Lo DJs hosting the dance party. Entry is FREE with Ratatat ticket or $5 otherwise and the afterparty is ages 18+, so sorry kids.
This is all going down at the world famous
SONAR TOWN!
407 East Saratoga
Downtown Baltimore City, USA
www.sonarbaltimore.com
