Sonntag, September 03, 2006

StuSie Musik - Ratatat


I was given a CD by a friend of mine from school last week. He said that if I liked Thievery Corporation I might like this, though they're certainly different. Holy shit was he right. The band is called Ratatat, which is even more fun to listen to than it is to type. Totally instrumental, the album I have is called "Classics" and was released on August 22, so it's pretty much brand new. The music is difficult to describe; it's melancholy, but fun. There's way too much slide guitar to call it ambient, and yet it's ideal background music. It sounds pretty clean and simple, but there are many, many little nuances to enjoy. I read in an interview that many of the songs on this album have as many as 70 tracks and samples layered on each other. Sweet sweetness.
This music is too cool for school and as my little lady immediately noticed, it could well be the soundtrack to a Wes Anderson movie. I've included the video to the song "Germany to Germany" below. Check it out.

1 Comments:

At 7/9/06 10:23, Blogger der Mistfink said...

interesting stuff. sounds new and old at the same time. I'll definitely be checking some more of it out. The video is hilarious in a way. They really seem to like that exotic car in the background.
P.S. How are things?? I've been hellishly busy, but classes (and teaching German 102) have been going ok so far...

 

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