Whereas much has been said about the eclectic nature of SPUNK, there is something seamless and holistic about their music. SPUNK’s albums are not a hotchpotch of borrowed musical references, disjointed arrangements and incongruous contrasts. Any ruminations on blurring the boundaries between composition and improvisation or high and low art make no sense. This is music from a new generation for a new generation. Listening to SPUNK, one is flushed down the plughole of time into a dark dank drain to be eventually washed-up on some new musical shore. The contribution and combination of Kristin Andersen, Lene Grenager, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, and Hild Sofie Tafjord is in no way contrived. SPUNK are musicians who are part of a zeitgeist who, in their very essence, are pluralistic, in and out of certain traditions, and belong only where they have arrived. Some strange and strong cultural phenomenon is abound and SPUNK are part of it. (John Richards)
SPUNK has existed since 1995, and have made concerts over the whole world. SPUNK records album on the Norwegian label Rune Grammofon.
Current projects by SPUNK are LYS:
and REIR:
Two very different music and video installations. We also do regular improv concerts, with or without electronics and with or without video cameras (on our heads!) and a live video mixing technician.
And then there is the 12 year long project Das Wohltemperierte SPUNK!
SPUNK is:
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje –voice, various, electronics
Hild Sofie Tafjord – French horn, electronics
Lene Grenager – cello
Kristin Andersen – trumpet, recorder
SPUNK’s discography (on Rune Grammofon):
Det eneste jeg vet er at det ikke er en støvsuger (1999)
Filtered Through Friends (2001) (remix album)
Den øverste toppen av en blåmalt flaggstang (2002)
En aldeles forferdelig sykdom (2005)
Kantarell (2005)
This is SPUNK’s Aniversary memorial volume. You can get it from looop.no.