Come 9:40 on Sunday night, many Coachella festival goers had serious choices to make. Get your tent on with Happy Mondays in the Sahara or Teddybears in the Gobi…or Damien Rice playing against Ratatat at opposite ends of the field. Well, if the latter was a heartbreaking choice, then look no further.
Filthy End User has cooked up a tasty mash-up of Damien Rice's “Elephant” and Ratatat's “Everest.” Download the track here.
It's all about the cougar calls. Not to mention the sleigh bells, steamy pipe organs and a mini orchestra of understated strings and laptop percussion patterns. Together they're the tasteful touches that keep Ratatat's second record from sounding like the sickening retread it should have been. Well, most of the time at least. As remarkably unique as the duo's sanded and waxed hybrid of IDM, hip-hop and cock rock may still be, the blend's built-in expiration date is showing signs of spoiling. Like bread clotted with patches of mold, ...
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