Author name: Maja Ratkje

Godis för öron och ögon (SE)

Svenska Dagbladet:
I “Agrare” möter den suveräna improvisationsdansaren Lotta Melin den norska noice-doun Fe-Mail i en rad innovativa ögonblick. Det börjar läckert då dansaren i prasslande cellofan får sällskap av musikerna som i näbbiga halvmasker liknar spelsugna orrhanar. Deras elförstärkta ljud från valthorn och röst kommenterar, formar och formas av dansarens kropp; ömsom vasst, ömsom mjukt men i distinkt närvaro.

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Voice reviewed by Smallfish

“I’m ashamed to admit that this is the first material I’ve heard by the much talked about Ms Ratkje. So it pleases me to report that this is a uniquely intriguing piece of work entirely based on sampled and manipulated snippets of her own voice. As always, it’s difficult to actually say what it’s all

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Voice reviewed by Pitchfork

“Undisputedly the best record of 2002 that I didn’t hear until 2003, Maja Ratkje’s Voice is a relentlessly creative treatise on the possibilities of vocal expression and manipulation. Using only her voice and subtle electronic touches, Ratkje’s debut solo album delivers a range of sounds beyond the grasp of most multi-member ensembles, and in the

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Big noise from Norway

Nordic Sounds:
The contemporary music world and the noise world are both a kind of subculture, but it is still rare for them to meet as they do in Ratkje. Her preoccupation with “sound” – sound for its own sake, rather than aesthetic principles in a more academic sense – makes her own listening and creating unusually all-embracing.

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Women of the world – take over! (DK)

Geiger:
At ikke alle var lige villige til at fortabe sig i lyden, kunne man se rundt omkring i lokalet, hvor adskillige folk sad og holdt sig for ørerne – men én ting var sikker: Tafjord og Ratkje leverede et sæt af den slags, man aldrig glemmer. En dybt intelligent lyderuption, der fik én til at famle sig blindt rundt på gulvet i en forgæves søgen efter sin egen vilje.

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Music Unlimited XVII Nov. 2003 – Wels, Austria

CODA magazine: “The most riveting surprise of the festival was Fe-mail + Lotta Melin. Fe-mail is the duo of Maja S.K. Ratkje (voice, electronics, etc.) and Hild Sofie Tafjord (french horn, electronics, etc.), and for this performance they were joined by frequent collaborator Lotta Melin, a dancer. Sputter-funk from twisting electrodes smacked up fast! (gesturesound

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HØRT

A double CD compilation for the 75 years anniversary of TONO, Norway’s Performing Rights Society. 40 Works by Norwegian composers and performers through the last 75 years. Includes “Joy” from the album Voice by Maja Ratkje.

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Laptop festival (SL)

Mesto žensk Jaša Kramaršič Kacin, Mladina. Photo: Nada Zcank (…) Medtem ko je Bennettova navdušila s sprevrženo, halucinantno sliko civilizacije, se je norveški duo Fe-Mail v Cankarjevem domu, po za sodobni ples atavističnem načelu ti-plešeš-na-kar-midve-igrava, šel improvizacijo z Majo Delak, dan kasneje, v torek, pa svoj nabor zvokov, do obisti, celo deathmetalskega renčanja predelanega oglašanja

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