Guitar tracks stacked with few effects and two-finger eighties synthetizers: Ratatat’s music is simple. From this simplicity, the mysterious New York-based duo, an outstanding guitarist and an electronic multi-instrumentalist, manage to extract melodic, touching, obsessive music. Mike Stroud and Evan Mast draft a repetitive framework throughout their songs, with just enough discreet nuances to keep the listener alert. From their introductory album recorded in 2003 in a bedroom to famous hip-hop remixes, these fans of Jay-Z and Beethoven have us charmed. Ratatat generates atmospheres, vast expansions where imagination ignites and melancholy meets the stampede of cavalry.