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- 29/05/12 The Norwegian Girls’ Choir in Bærum at Bærum kulturhus
- 01/06/12 The Norwegian Girls’ Choir in Bergen at Logen Teater
Category Archives: Record reviews
Stemmekjærlighet (NO)
Magnus Andersson, Morgenbladet:
Når hun høres ut som et ekorn, når hun synger med sin feteste jazz-stemme eller når hun ler høylytt, utstråler hun en glede over å produsere klangen som er mer interessant enn hvordan hun strukturerer musikkens storform fra denne lyden. Dette leder meg til å påstå at det grunnleggende premisset for Ratkjes musikk er lekent. Continue reading
Kantarell reviews in French
Octopus: “Quatrième album de Spunk, Kantarell (chanterelle en français) possède un avantage incontestable sur les précédents : son titre est enfin prononçable pour les non norvégophones ! La musique, toujours entièrement improvisée par Kristin Andersen (trompette, etc.), Lene Grenager (violoncelle, … Continue reading
Kantarell reviews in German
In perfekter Balance an der Schnittstelle von elektronischer und akustischer Klangwelten bewegt sich dieses Langzeitquartett auf seinem bereits vierten Album. Das hat zur Folge, dass die Herkünfte der Sounds nicht nachvollziehbar sind und bei allem Schwergewicht in der Schwebe bleiben…. Resultat: ein sperriges, in seiner Sperrigkeit lustvolles, offensives Album. Continue reading
Kantarell reviews in Swedish
Spunk samtalar, men de är också experter på att lura öronen. Ofta är det omöjligt att identifiera ljudkällorna. På “Kantarell” – tror jag – går det lättare. Framför allt framträder Lene Grenagers cello starkare, klarare, mer i centrum av de … Continue reading
Kantarell reviews in English
“Whatever the case, this piece is just brilliant. Clever, sexy, dramatic, dynamic, humorous, and dangerous. The fact that it emerged from an improvised process is all the more impressive” Continue reading
Music for Gardening reviews (in English and Swedish)
Full of invention, humour, absurdity, and a distinct lack of preciousness that is a welcome antidote to many over-manicured laptop releases. Continue reading
River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Millefeuille (FR)
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje est comme son nom l’indique Norvégienne. Compositrice et musicienne à part entière… Continue reading
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Voice reviewed by Killing Time Kills
Mike Patton, eat your fucking heart out. Maja can do some INSANE shit Continue reading
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Travel Now Journey Infinitely reviews (in English, German, Dutch, French, Norwegian)
“Norwegian noise artists Maja Ratkje and Hild Sofie Tafjord (Fe-mail) signed for the industrial influences on ‘Travel Now Journey Infinitely’ and these parts especially make Trinacria sound like something completely new.” “Travel Now Journey Infinitely is a courageous crossover that the black metal genre hasn’t seen in this form yet, and that alone deserves respect. Always good, sometimes sublime, it definitely deserves to be checked out by fans of the dark arts, but also by everybody else who’s into transgressing artistic frontiers.” Continue reading
River Mouth Echoes reviewes in Norwegian
Om Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkjes uttrykk kan man si mye. Det er variert – komponisten er også vokalimprovisator, skrur lyd og vrenger effekter – det er høyenergisk, det er raffinert og det er svært sjelden kjedelig. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Foxy Digitalis
River Mouth Echoes alternates between sweet romanticism and distorted ferocity, marking a dynamic set of compositions. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Musique Machine
River Mouth Echoes takes the listener on a varied, manic, strange and beautiful sonic journey. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Octopus (FR)
Qu’il s’agisse de haute voltige vocale, d’improvisation sans complexe ou d’offensive sonore, Maja Ratkje a déjà largement prouvé qu’elle était aussi douée qu’insatiable. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Boomkat
In addition to being one of the most exciting vocalists and noise musicians working within the contemporary avant-garde scene, Maja Ratkje should also be regarded as one of Europe’s foremost young composers. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by The Wire
Maja Ratkje is a scary new typ of composer: trained to write for orchestra, a member of the all-female Improv quartet SPUNK for 12 years, a noise freek and still in her early thirties. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by MIC
For this new release Maja Ratkje has put together a selection of recordings of her compositions, spanning the last ten years. The key-word is intensity. Continue reading
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The many sides of Maja Ratkje
Chicago Reader:
One of the things that’s made me such a huge fan of experimental Norwegian vocalist and composer Maja S.K. Ratkje is that she doesn’t subscribe to any kind of hierarchy concerning the various styles and approaches she deals with. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Brainwashed
As part of Tzadik’s ongoing Composer series, this album highlights the many sides to Maja Ratkje’s approach to sound. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Signal to Noise
Singer Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje has a sensibility that comfortably embraces a wide range of styles, and she has an impressive ability to synthesize them in her own compositions. Continue reading
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by themilkfactory
Despite being only 34, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje is one of the world’s leading modern composers and musicians and has been for well over a decade. Continue reading
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