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and you can hear it on the web, says Chris Salmon Friday April 20, 2007
New York electro duo Ratatat are currently swimming in online kudos thanks to their Remixes Volume 2 mixtape. Featuring unauthorised reworkings of a clutch of big-name rap tracks, the CD has been available at recent Ratatat shows, and many of its 14 tracks are now appearing on MP3 blogs. The is offering the duo's pulsating take on Allure, actually one of the dreariest tracks from Jay-Z's Black Album.
Using only the original's a cappella, they've transformed it into a sunshine strut, now featuring a verse from Biggie Smalls. Meanwhile, has posted Ratatat's version of Young Buck's Stomp, which easily outdoes the original for both intensity and invention. And French blog is offering the duo's storming reworking of Kanye West's Diamonds from Sierra Leone, which dumps the Shirley Bassey sample in return for a heady electro groove.
Put your money on Ratatat following Danger Mouse from bootlegs to high-profile production duties before long.
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