The Rapture
Encyclopedia
The Rapture is an Indie rock
band based in New York City
. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk
, acid house
, disco
, electronica
and rock
, pioneering the post-punk revival
genre. They were forerunners of the post-punk revival of the early 2000s, as they mixed their early post-punk sound with electronic and dance elements.
, on Gravity Records
in 1999. Bassist Matt Safer joined the band prior to the 2001 release of the six-song EP
Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks
on the Sub Pop
label.
, the band recorded "House of Jealous Lovers" in 2003 and eventually released their first full-length album Echoes. The album secured two Top 40 singles in the UK
and also was met with critical acclaim, being awarded Album of the Year by pitchforkmedia.com and runner up in NME only to the White Stripes. Gabriel Andruzzi joined the band full time after the record was completed to help tour.
In the wake of the success of "House of Jealous Lovers", The Rapture opened for the Sex Pistols in a soccer stadium in England, and underwent a large major bidding war eventually signing with Vertigo Records out of the UK and Strummer Records (a Gary Gersh Label) both owned by Universal Music.
In January 2004, the Rapture toured with Franz Ferdinand on the NME Awards Tour.
Later that year, the band toured on the main stage of the Curiosa Festival
alongside Interpol
, Mogwai
, and the The Cure
.
, on Universal Motown Records in September 2006 after Strummer folded. Paul Epworth
, Ewan Pearson
and Danger Mouse
produced the album. Recorded mostly in New York city at Sear Sound (studio of Walter Sear, partner of Bob Moog) but also recorded a few song in Los Angeles to work with Danger Mouse. The bulk of the recording being handled by Epworth and Pearson. The title track features Cee Lo Green on backing vocals.
The Rapture also toured with Daft Punk
on the North American leg of their tour in 2007. Playing such venues as Red Rocks in Colorado, and the Greek Theatre in Berkeley California.
In an interview with Dave Owen of Access All Areas and I Can't Breathe Media Luke Jenner stated that Justin Timberlake originally sang on the track "No Sex For Ben.": "We were recording with Timbaland, 'cause he beatboxes on the track and Justin was upstairs with Duran Duran and he came down and sang on the track, but when we got it back from the label someone had removed JT's vocals."
In 2008, Luke Jenner left the band in the wake of his mother's death and son's birth. After a few months he returned to the band but soon after Mattie Safer left.
On July 14, 2009 on The Rapture's official website they announced that bassist Mattie Safer decided to leave the band and add "We are sad to see him go but it seems it is the best for all of us." The Rapture have been working on new material since Safer's departure in their Brooklyn studio. In the days following Matt's departure Dave Owen caught up with Luke Jenner who said that the split was amicable.
fold for their new album, In The Grace of Your Love. DFA will release the album on September 6 in the U.S. and September 5 in Europe. Modular will release the album in Australia and New Zealand.
Phoenix
producer/Cassius member Philippe Zdar produced the record, which the Rapture recorded in Brooklyn and Paris. This will be the Rapture's first album since 2006's Pieces of the People We Love.
novel The Rules Of Attraction
.
The song "Echoes" plays in a scene of the film Superbad, and is the opening theme for the E4 television series Misfits
.
The song "The Devil" plays in a scene during the episode "Rocket Club" in the television series Aliens in America.
Their song, "Whoo! Alright, Yeah…Uh Huh" is the official anthem for New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer
.
The same song is used on the EA sports game Madden 2007, under the name "W.A.Y.U.H"
"No Sex for Ben
" is featured in The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV
a soundtrack that is bundled with the special edition version of Grand Theft Auto IV
. This song was number 26 on Rolling Stone
and was a major hit in Australia.
Mixtape with songs chosen by the band
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
, acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
, disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, pioneering the post-punk revival
Post-punk revival
The post-punk revival was a development in alternative rock of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in which bands took inspiration from the original sounds and aesthetics of garage rock of the 1960s and post-punk and New Wave of the late 1970s...
genre. They were forerunners of the post-punk revival of the early 2000s, as they mixed their early post-punk sound with electronic and dance elements.
Formation
In 1998 drummer Vito Roccoforte and guitarist/vocalist Luke Jenner formed the Rapture. They released a single, "The Chair That Squeaks", on Hymnal Sound that same year. After heavy touring, they released a debut mini-album, MirrorMirror (Mini-LP)
Mirror is the mini-album debut by dance-punk band The Rapture, released in 1999.- Track listing :...
, on Gravity Records
Gravity Records (US)
Gravity Records is an underground independent record label from San Diego. It was formed in 1991 by Matt Anderson, a member of the influential underground band Heroin. It has been central in developing and promoting the "San Diego sound" - an idiosyncratic form of post-hardcore with loose, chaotic...
in 1999. Bassist Matt Safer joined the band prior to the 2001 release of the six-song EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks
Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks (EP)
Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks is the first legitimate EP by The Rapture. It was released in 2001 before Gabriel Andruzzi had joined the band. The title track was featured in the film The Rules of Attraction.-Track listing:...
on the Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
label.
Echoes (2003 - 2006)
With the help of the DFA production teamDFA Records
DFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....
, the band recorded "House of Jealous Lovers" in 2003 and eventually released their first full-length album Echoes. The album secured two Top 40 singles in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and also was met with critical acclaim, being awarded Album of the Year by pitchforkmedia.com and runner up in NME only to the White Stripes. Gabriel Andruzzi joined the band full time after the record was completed to help tour.
In the wake of the success of "House of Jealous Lovers", The Rapture opened for the Sex Pistols in a soccer stadium in England, and underwent a large major bidding war eventually signing with Vertigo Records out of the UK and Strummer Records (a Gary Gersh Label) both owned by Universal Music.
In January 2004, the Rapture toured with Franz Ferdinand on the NME Awards Tour.
Later that year, the band toured on the main stage of the Curiosa Festival
Curiosa
Curiosa is the name of a 2004 concert tour in the United States and Toronto , organized by Robert Smith of The Cure. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29....
alongside Interpol
Interpol (band)
Interpol is an American indie rock and post-punk revival band from New York City. Formed in 1997, the band's original line-up consisted of Paul Banks , Daniel Kessler , Carlos Dengler and Greg Drudy . Drudy left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino...
, Mogwai
Mogwai
The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...
, and the The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
.
Pieces of the People We Love (2006 - 2011)
The Rapture released their second full-length album, Pieces of the People We LovePieces of the People We Love
Pieces of the People We Love is the second full-length album by dance-punk band The Rapture. The album was released in the United States on September 12, 2006.-Track listing:# "Don Gon Do It"# "Pieces of the People We Love"...
, on Universal Motown Records in September 2006 after Strummer folded. Paul Epworth
Paul Epworth
Paul Epworth is an award-winning British music producer, musician, and songwriter. His production credits include Adele, Cee Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, Plan B, Friendly Fires, Bloc Party, Primal Scream, The Rapture, Jack Peñate, Kate Nash and Maxïmo Park.-Lomax:From 2002-2004 Paul provided...
, Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
and Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse
Brian Joseph Burton , better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from The Beatles' White Album.He...
produced the album. Recorded mostly in New York city at Sear Sound (studio of Walter Sear, partner of Bob Moog) but also recorded a few song in Los Angeles to work with Danger Mouse. The bulk of the recording being handled by Epworth and Pearson. The title track features Cee Lo Green on backing vocals.
The Rapture also toured with Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
on the North American leg of their tour in 2007. Playing such venues as Red Rocks in Colorado, and the Greek Theatre in Berkeley California.
In an interview with Dave Owen of Access All Areas and I Can't Breathe Media Luke Jenner stated that Justin Timberlake originally sang on the track "No Sex For Ben.": "We were recording with Timbaland, 'cause he beatboxes on the track and Justin was upstairs with Duran Duran and he came down and sang on the track, but when we got it back from the label someone had removed JT's vocals."
In 2008, Luke Jenner left the band in the wake of his mother's death and son's birth. After a few months he returned to the band but soon after Mattie Safer left.
On July 14, 2009 on The Rapture's official website they announced that bassist Mattie Safer decided to leave the band and add "We are sad to see him go but it seems it is the best for all of us." The Rapture have been working on new material since Safer's departure in their Brooklyn studio. In the days following Matt's departure Dave Owen caught up with Luke Jenner who said that the split was amicable.
In the Grace of Your Love (2011 - )
The Rapture have announced on Facebook and Twitter that they will be back in the DFADFA Records
DFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....
fold for their new album, In The Grace of Your Love. DFA will release the album on September 6 in the U.S. and September 5 in Europe. Modular will release the album in Australia and New Zealand.
Phoenix
Phoenix (band)
Phoenix is a Grammy Award winning French indie rock band from Versailles, founded by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.-Formation and early years:...
producer/Cassius member Philippe Zdar produced the record, which the Rapture recorded in Brooklyn and Paris. This will be the Rapture's first album since 2006's Pieces of the People We Love.
Songs featured in other media
"Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks" featured in the film adaptation of Bret Easton EllisBret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis is an American novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into 27 different languages. He was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney...
novel The Rules Of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction is a dark comedy and satirical novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987. The novel focuses on a handful of rowdy and often sexually promiscuous, spoiled Bohemian college students at a liberal arts college in 1980s New Hampshire, primarily focusing on three of them who...
.
The song "Echoes" plays in a scene of the film Superbad, and is the opening theme for the E4 television series Misfits
Misfits (TV series)
Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders forced to work in a community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The first series started broadcasting on 12 November 2009 on E4, and was...
.
The song "The Devil" plays in a scene during the episode "Rocket Club" in the television series Aliens in America.
Their song, "Whoo! Alright, Yeah…Uh Huh" is the official anthem for New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
.
The same song is used on the EA sports game Madden 2007, under the name "W.A.Y.U.H"
"No Sex for Ben
No Sex for Ben
"No Sex for Ben" is a song by The Rapture from the soundtrack to the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, and was featured in Rolling Stone magazine's tracks of the year for 2008...
" is featured in The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV
The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV
The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 soundtrack packaged with the special edition of Grand Theft Auto IV. The disc contains several soundtrack selections from the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. The soundtrack features several genres, from gangsta rap to rock music and reggae. Several...
a soundtrack that is bundled with the special edition version of Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
. This song was number 26 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
and was a major hit in Australia.
Albums
- Mirror (1999) Gravity
- Echoes (2003) Strummer/UniversalUniversal Music GroupUniversal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
(#121 USBillboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, #32 UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
) - Pieces of the People We LovePieces of the People We LovePieces of the People We Love is the second full-length album by dance-punk band The Rapture. The album was released in the United States on September 12, 2006.-Track listing:# "Don Gon Do It"# "Pieces of the People We Love"...
(2006) MotownMotown RecordsMotown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
/UniversalUniversal Music GroupUniversal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
(#113 US, #40 UK) - In the Grace of Your LoveIn the Grace of Your LoveIn The Grace of Your Love is the third full-length album by dance-punk band The Rapture and the first without former bassist Mattie Safer. The album was released on September 2, 2011. The album marks their return to DFA Records after leaving Universal Music Group...
(2011) DFADFA RecordsDFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....
/Modular (#125 US, #93 UK, #53 AUS)
Compilation albums
- Tapes (2008) !K7
Mixtape with songs chosen by the band
Singles and EPs
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "The Chair That Squeaks" | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks (EP) Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks is the first legitimate EP by The Rapture. It was released in 2001 before Gabriel Andruzzi had joined the band. The title track was featured in the film The Rules of Attraction.-Track listing:... EP |
- | - | - |
| 2002 | "House of Jealous Lovers House of Jealous Lovers "House of Jealous Lovers" is a single by The Rapture, from their second album Echoes. The track was rated 16th and 6th respectively on Pitchfork Media and NME's tracks of the decade... " |
- | - | - |
| 2003 | "Killing" / "Give Me Every Little Thing" (The Rapture/Juan Maclean split) | - | - | - |
| "House of Jealous Lovers House of Jealous Lovers "House of Jealous Lovers" is a single by The Rapture, from their second album Echoes. The track was rated 16th and 6th respectively on Pitchfork Media and NME's tracks of the decade... " (Re-release) |
- | 27 | Echoes | |
| 2004 | "Love Is All" | - | 38 | |
| "Sister Saviour" | - | 51 | ||
| 2006 | "Get Myself Into It Get Myself Into It "Get Myself Into It" is The Rapture's first single taken from the 2006 album Pieces of the People We Love.-12":*A1 – Get Myself Into It *A2 – Get Myself Into It... " |
- | 36 | Pieces of the People We Love |
| "Whoo! Alright — Yeah... Uh Huh" | - | 65 | ||
| 2007 | "Pieces of the People We Love" | - | - | |
| Live from SoHo | - | - | - | |
| "The Sound" | - | - | Need for Speed: ProStreet Need for Speed: ProStreet Need for Speed: ProStreet is the 11th installment of Electronic Arts' popular racing game series Need for Speed. On May 21, 2007, Electronic Arts published a teaser trailer of ProStreet, and officially announced it ten days later. It was released worldwide in November 2007. Its action footage was... soundtrack |
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| 2008 | "No Sex for Ben No Sex for Ben "No Sex for Ben" is a song by The Rapture from the soundtrack to the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, and was featured in Rolling Stone magazine's tracks of the year for 2008... " |
- | - | The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 soundtrack packaged with the special edition of Grand Theft Auto IV. The disc contains several soundtrack selections from the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. The soundtrack features several genres, from gangsta rap to rock music and reggae. Several... |
| 2011 | "How Deep is Your Love" | - | - | In the Grace of Your Love |