Ratatoeskr
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Ratatoeskr is created to produce sounds that evoke pictures of desolate, bizarre and bleak landscapes and deep emotions of solitude and despair... It shall be looked upon as a trip into darkness, to places which get lost among the needs to do and have everything as easy and quickly as possible. Close your eyes, listen and forget everything else.Band/artist history
Ratatoeskr was founded in September 2004 by Thomas Keitel. The first song ever to be created was Lost in the Ether which was supposed to evoke a feeling of emptiness in the hearer. Of course at this time the skills concerning soundquality were not that good but I carried on to write songs and already in March 2005 the first output was released, a split CD with Emptying Place from New Jersey, USA which contained three songs by Ratatoeskr. At that time the aim of making droning soundscapes which contain melody as well as non-melodic sounds was already defined and the songs were even rather harsh and destructive, for instance S-I-D which is still the noisiest song that was created by me. The first output with full length was Leaving the light with 7 songs at about 80 minutes. The style was a little different from the Split CD, the main attention was put on vast and empty droning sounds that surround and support the melodies which appear from time to time but most of the time only as an accent that gives a lonely, small glimpse of light to the dark drones and noises which are omnipresent.Have you performed in front of an audience?Its not possible to play that live I think.
Your musical influences
Influences can maybe be found among the artists who produce drone and noise, minimalistic soundscapes and ghost-electronics. Actually I discovered this genre only after I made the first few songsWhat equipment do you use?
Casio CTK-611
several software
my voice
everything that makes sounds, like pots, forks and spoons, cups and that sort of stuffAnything else?
Id like to say thanks to everyone who is interested, drop me a line if you came across my stuff and tell me what you think+Pentangle_Vodka+
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Geez, you've got a real attention to detail in these tracks. I love the most how you add the extreme noise in tiny little bits here and there. Your stuff is impossible to use for background music, and it's the first time I've ever found that kind of dark ambient.
Keep doing this! I'm downloading a bunch of your stuff for my radio show.Hey, I added your song SID to my station - I really like it, it has a nice edge. If you get a chance, check out my stuff.
Peace - celadonI really like your work...When you get a chance, check out my page, Let me know what your favorite tracks are...Keep it up, very nice work.All comments (7)
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Played one of your tracks on my radio show for this week. http://thefalsegods.livejournal.com has a playlist and download links for you.