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- audiotion - sonic tribute to Takashi Miike
- Avantometric Attachments 2002
- Ballads
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- Blood, Muscle & Air: The Intimate Voice
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- Come Away Death
- Concepts of Sorrows & Dangers
- CyberArts 2003: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica
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- Defragmental
- Den øverste toppen på en blåmalt flaggstang
- Det eneste jeg vet er at det ikke er en støvsuger
- Dissolution Tapes
- En aldeles forferdelig sykdom
- EN/OF 001-030 Catalog
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- Illegal Parking
- International Rostrum of Composers 1955-1999
- Kantarell
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- LIGHT
- listen...and tell me what it was
- Looking on Darkness
- MAJAAP
- Money Will Ruin Everything
- Money Will Ruin Everything 2
- More Music for Shopping
- Music for Faking
- Music for Gardening
- Music for Loving
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- Rolex
- Runeology 4
- Safe as Milk Festival 05 sampler CD
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- Solveigs Lied Remixed
- some cassettes with Arve Hjalmars
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- Super Street 7 "How To Make Brains"
- Syklubb fra Hælvete (CD)
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- teip
- Tempo! 10
- Tender Love Is A Bitch
- The CD Electric Leak - the North
- The Dalston Shroud
- The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast
- Travel Now Journey Infinitely
- Turntable Surface Fireball 2
- Twenty Centuries Of Stony Sleep
- Until Human Voices Wake Us And We Drown
- Utflukt: LYD
- Ventemesteren
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- Voice, live in zagreb
- Voluptuous Vultures
- Vox ex machina
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- Women Take Back The Noise
- XXIII Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo di Musica Elettroacustica
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- "Høyt Oppe i Fjellet", the second performance for children 0-3 years is still running in Bergen! http://t.co/XiDvq6X8
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- @dontbeafraid "just let them show: True colors, true colors..." ? I love that song.
Upcoming shows
- 13/02/12 - 03/03/12 Hanne Dieserud in Bergen at Den Nationale Scene Buy tickets
- 03/03/12 Aksiom with Maja S. K. Ratkje in Oslo at Norges Musikkhøgskole
- 09/03/12 Maja S. K. Ratkje in Hamar at Høgskolen i Hedmark
- 09/03/12 POING and Maja S. K. Ratkje in Hamar at tba
- 17/03/12 POING and Maja S. K. Ratkje in Odda at tba
Category Archives: Recorded improvisation
LIGHT
Rune Grammofon: “This DVD gives a rare and unique insight into the live concert experience of one of Norway´s most prominent and long standing contemporary impro groups. Commisioned by the Henie Onstad Art Centre for it´s 40th anniversary in 2008, … Continue reading
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Danse Macabre
Free improvised solo concert at Podium, Oslo, 16 June 2009. Continue reading
Music for Gardening
Picadisk: “The forth entry in Ratkje and Marhaug’s “Music For”-collaborative series. After Shopping (2002), Loving (2004) and Faking (2005) comes… Gardening. The title is inspired by Ratkje’s new life in the coutryside. The seven tracks on this CD are meant … Continue reading
Cyborgic
The Last Record Company/Rune Grammofon: “A rare live recording and her first solo album for quite some time, this finds Maja on top form. Since her recording debut as a member of SPUNK 10 years ago, she has continuously challenged … Continue reading
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Kantarell
Rune Grammofon: “Free collective improvising is one of the most demanding ways of making music: the pitfalls are many – self-absorption, incoherence, certain standardized “gestures” of free jazz, lack of dynamics, humourlessness – but Spunk are alert to the dangers. … Continue reading
Northern Stains
Important Records: “Northern Stains is the result of a collaboration between experimental phenomenon Carlos Giffoni and Spunk/Fe-Mail members Maja Ratkje & Hild Tafjord. This trio finally met when Giffoni booked Fe-Mail to headline the sunday night of his genere defining … Continue reading
Illegal Parking
Lotta Melin – theremin with effects. Maja S. K. Ratkje – flee market microphone. Duets and solos. Released as 12′ vinyl. Track list: A 01. A Perfect Mental Image A 02. Empty Ladders A 03. As the Talk Goes On … Continue reading
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Stalker
catalog number: imprec092format: picture disc This vinyl only picture disc release is limited to only 500 copies worldwide. Important Records: “Renowned international composer Maja Ratkje is a founding member in two of Norway’s most respected improvisational units – Spunk & … Continue reading
Post-Human Identities
Maja Ratkje and Jaap Blonk have been performing and recording together since 2001. Their first release was a cd of acoustic voice duets (, also released on Kontrans). Here they go electronic with their voices still as their primary sound … Continue reading
En aldeles forferdelig sykdom
Rune Grammofon: “Their third studio album marks the 10th anniversary of this all female quartet. Free collective improvising is one of the most demanding ways of making music: the pitfalls are many – self-absorption, incoherence, certain standardized «gestures» of free … Continue reading
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Music for Faking
C3R: “From the team that brought you ‘Music for Shopping’ and ‘Music for Loving’ comes an aural experience so shocking that you’ll need to hear it again and again and again. Marvel at the amount of noise that they can … Continue reading
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MAJAAP
Acoustic vocal improvisation by Maja S. K. Ratkje and Jaap Blonk, recorded in Amsterdam, Oslo and Arnhem 2001-2002. Continue reading
All Men Are Pigs
Gameboy Records: “sounds surface from all over the map. i hear voice, some synths, effects galore. this is a noisy affair not unlike (and maybe even more so than) fe-mail’s debut – recently issued on cd by important records. the … Continue reading
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Music for Loving
Bottrop-Boy: “Second collaboration between Norwegian masters of noise Maja Ratkje (Spunk, Fe-Mail) and Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer, Del) after their 2002 vinyl-only album Music For Shopping on Synesthetic Records. Music For Loving is wild, frantic, nervous, loud, delirious and scattered all … Continue reading
Music for Shopping
Maja S. K. Ratkje and Lasse Marhaug play music for shopping. Limited edition of 300 copies on black 220g vinyl. Released on Synesthetic Recordings. Vinyl only. Side One: 1. The Street Parade Massacre 2. Femail Popcorn Demon With Mobile Slash … Continue reading
Tender Love Is A Bitch
Norwegian Noise Orchestra’s debut concert at Betong, Oslo. Live recording 12.12.02. Line up: Andrè Borgen, Andreas Meland, Sten Ove Toft, Bjørn Hatterud, Per Gisle Galåen, Kai Mikalsen, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Sindre Andersen, Ole H. Melby, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Svein … Continue reading
Den øverste toppen på en blåmalt flaggstang
Rune Grammofon: “The new studio album from this increasingly exciting and colourful quartet boasts yet another Pippi Longstocking related title. This free spirited and anti authoritarian character is one of the most loved and wellknown from the late, great Swedish … Continue reading
listen…and tell me what it was
No Spaghetti Edition is an improvisation ensemble with different line-ups for each project. This presentation includes ten of the most active Norwegian improvisers, the German trumpet player Axel Dörner and the English keyboard player Pat Thomas. The music is a … Continue reading
Det eneste jeg vet er at det ikke er en støvsuger
Rune Grammofon: “Improvisation from four young female musicians with backgrounds from jazz, classical, contemporary, rock and country. Weird, wonderful and completely beyond categorisation, the quartet was formed in 1995. This is their debut recording.” Tracks: 1. tapeunderlaget 2. …