Fratatat: Brothers Eric and Evan Mast have helped shape American electronic music. LC finds out what shaped them.

By Michael Byrne
Eric and Evan Mast
WW: Do you guys keep in pretty good contact?
How big a part of your growing up was music?
How did you do?
Too bad. What kind of music were you playing then?
Who were you listening to?
Eric, would you have put out that first Ratatat single if you'd just gotten it as a demo from someone you didn't know?
What appealed to you?
How do you think you guys diverge musically, between E*Rock and Ratatat?
Do you think your approach is more experimental than Evan's?
Ratatat and E*Rock play with Envelope and Panther Saturday, Sept. 16, at Berbati's Pan. 9:30 pm. $12. 21+.

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