Every Friday, Dusted Magazine publishes a series of music-related lists determined by our favorite artists. This week: 25 Suaves and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje. (…) Norwegian singer, improviser, and composer Maja Ratkje has worked with such artists as Merzbow, Jazzkammer and Otomo Yoshihide. She plays electronics with the free improv group Spunk and has also […]
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Panorama: Støy. Et ord mange kanskje ikke har de beste assosiasjoner til. Men det er nettopp i det musikalske territoriet kalt støy man også finner noe av den beste musikken her til lands. Midt i all frekvensleken og det atonale landskapet finner vi Maja Ratkje. Det er nok strengt tatt ikke riktig å kategorisere musikkformen
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POING is Rolf-Erik Nystrøm on saxophones, Frode Haltli on accordion and Håkon Thelin on double bass. This is the debut album of the charming and virtuoso trio often described as the ‘enfant terribles’ of Norwegian contemporary music. POING works with composers from all over the world, but “Giants of Jazz” features Norwegian composers in their
Full is part of the VOID/FULL project. Contributors to FULL are: toshimaru nakamura, nikos veliotis, joe colley, daniel menche, evol, edwin van der heide, as11, maja ratkje, matt shoemaker, eric la casa, sachiko m, lasse marhaug, alejandra and aeron. Full is part of the VOID/FULL project. On this record: [intlink id=”3820″ type=”post”]Punkhouse Conversation[/intlink]
I don’t have this interview, if I get it digitally, I’ll publish it!
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“One interesting aspect was that the musicians – all of whom were technically very accomplished – played both on and off stage and were, indeed, much more part of the action than in conventional opera.” “One of the more interesting parts was based on a well-known Negro spiritual/jazz number and a subsequent section had a strong French café society influence.”
2003; dur: 5’30”; Accordion, alto sax and double bass
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Rune Grammofon: “We celebrate 5 years and some 30 albums with a real treat. “Money Will Ruin Everything” is an exquisite 96 page hardback book designed and edited by Kim Hiorthøy with 2 cds of mostly exclusive tracks from the likes of Supersilent, Biosphere, Jaga Jazzist, Food, Deathprod, Arve Henriksen, Alog, Phonophani, Nils Økland, Fe-mail,
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(…)Voice är bland det mest fascinerande jag har hört på länge. Hela skivan byggs upp av Ratkjes röst. Hon pratar, sjunger, skriker, jojkar, kvackar, väser, fnittrar, viskar. Använder rösten på miljoner olika sätt.(…) Ibland bryts sången ner i digitala atomer och förvandlas till noise och suggesive långa stunder. Hysteriskt galet ena stunden. Drömskt, lugnande lite
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“Voice bliver aldrig andet end en slags ekspressionistisk stemmeteater, hvor al galskaben er sat i citationstegn. Prisen som det mest irriterende nummer tager ”Insomnia”.”
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Ultramaryna: “Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje jest 30-letnią Norweżką, która uwielbia japoński noise, feminizm i Fizię Pończoszankę. Jej nowa płyta, zatytułowana bezpretensjonalnie , to dźwiękowy ekstremizm oparty wyłącznie na przetworzonych komputerowo popisachwokalnych. Głos jest tu medium całkowicie uwolnionym – niezależnym od zasad kompozycji, przyzwyczajeń słuchaczy i gatunkowych schematów. Ani to jazz ani nowa kameralistyka, raczej jakiś
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Certo… le carte in tavola per presentarsi da nuova enfant prodige del canto sperimentale, la giovane norvegese Maja Ratkje le ha collezionate quasi tutte. Neanche varcato il trentesimo anno d’età la musicista ha raccolto con se un passato di studi in composizione orchestrale al pari con diversi riconoscimenti accademici, rispettivamente per la migliore opera elettroacustica
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A fonte sonora exclusiva de todo este disco é a própria voz de Maja Ratkje, membro do grupo feminino anarquista norueguês Spunk. Captada nos mais variados locais (o mausuléu de Emmanuel Vugeland, um telhado, duas caves, um elevador, diversos estúdios e uma casa rolante) e pelos mais distintos meios (gravador de fita, disco rígido, dictafone,
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The Wire, Janury 2003 Issue 227: “(…)None of that, however, can serve as preparation for the furious babbling and squalling insanity that at times rages tornado-like through this album. All the training, discipline and precision that you might expect from her CV are here enlisted in the service, or possession, of forces that leave behind
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