If any of you experienced techno music you normally know the feeling, thumping bass, loads of repetition (which is awesome!) and the occasional vocal. Also the crap load of ecstasy "accidentally" placed in your drink.

However a band (more like a duo) like Ratatat brings a truly different sound. Infusing hiphop roots along with there famous 70 hand made guitar loops all in one track. There first album "RATATAT" was made with Mike Stroud's amazing guitar riffs, and fine synthesizing by Evan Mast. After a successful hiphop remix album, the next album "Classics" did the same only with the add on of a Bass guitar and a sound effect here and there.

After another remix album, LP3, is recorded and slated for a July release. Me being impatient decided to steal it, because that's what all the cool kids do along with stealing just about any type of media.

Anyway, the album is different than what they have done in the past. Percussion, sound effects, a guitar here and there, they kinda cleaned up a little bit and decided to go all out on experimentation and try what ever they feel is best.

The album opens up with the single "Shiller". Giving the listener the atmoshpere of something that is old and timeless, but also setting up for something big. Almost like an overture, it basically "introduces" the album in some way with a slow start and constantly adding on more beats and loops. Until it brings in a wave of sound similar to fans of RATATAT, almost saying that something is different, but not entirely. The next track "Falcon Jab" is a great example of this. A near throwback to their other famous single "Wildcat". Falcon offers the addition of some more instrumentals not normally associated with RATATAT, but in the end it is pure RATATAT, nothing is truly new which is nice and fine by me. The next track, "Mi Viejo" gives a simply reverse loop and places a beautiful Guitar on top of it, which gives it a hispanic feel. Then in a random twist of cultures, the addition of indian tabla drums creates a wierd mix, that makes it seem more Hispanic as the name which means my old. As the song speeds up you are then dropped into this malstrom that is "Mirando". A tribal/jungle piece that moves like a Drum and bass song but offers something completely RATATAT by the great guitars through from the middle onwards. The album then gives you a short song called "Flynn", a song that in its own way calms the person down to slow movement almost making this 1:55 song going for an eternatity. But as soon a "Bird Priest" comes on, you are brought up again, but not as uppity as say Mirando, you are thrown into something that is a mix of 8-bit and a very sinister loop. "Shempi" makes you basically forget about Bird Priest and thrusts you into a up and more disco like feel, this is probably a song that is perfect for the nightclubs. The organ and synths created the effect that something is out of this world and futuristic. Almost like the main goal in Techno music in general. As "Imperials" comes on you immediately think of something as lounge and dub as Apex Twin or Broken Social Scene. Don't listen to the water loop so much, kinda wants to make you go to the bathroom. Don't the clavichord opening of "Dura" fool you, this is something that RATATAT loves, hiphop. The focus is of simple beats continuing to get complex as the song goes on ending in a slow simple rythm. "Bruleé" gives a near gospel approach to RATATAT along with a more tropical flavor added in, a very enjoyable song that makes you very mellow in certain ways. Whereas "Mumtaz Khan" creates yet another tribal and a different arabic approach, this song is loud and complex, and something along the lines of video game, with the slow build up and quick response of sound that is produced, with that classic hip hop edge the duo loves. The second short (this time 1:37) called "Gipsy Threat", gives a sense of a fast, old arcade game, simple yet rushing loop and the adding of random effects, give the sense that things are simply passing the listerner by. The album is finally drawn to a close with "Black Heroes", a song that flat out signals the end of the album, with a ballad approach of booming drums, and a marry tune finally ending with a synthesized violin redubbed to be something like a record fading to end.

Overall LP3 gives listeners a chance to see what RATATAT is trying to do, something different, I have personally mixed opinions, while it is gleming with different tones and mix of cultures, RATATAT strays from the Hip-Hop they love, which Im guessing most fans love as well, I cannot blame them I guess. But to sum it all up LP3, is something completely different, however is completely RATATAT

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