River Mouth Echoes
2001; dur:20′; Viola da gamba quartet; Score at nb.no
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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 mixture of acoustic and electronic sound, all improvised live in studio. The ten Norwegians are
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Om komponistens mange gjøremål (NO)
Ballade: Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje var en av de som holdt innlegg under NMIs heldagskonferanse 26. april. I dette personlige foredraget setter hun lys på hva det innebærer å være “ung og fremadstormende komponist” av idag, og forteller om en hverdag der hun bl.a. bruker internett aktivt for å nå ut med sin musikk. Men
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Kung-fu sliced banana
2000; dur: 0’15″; Electronic; Remix of Jazzkammer
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Gi meg en grunn til å være kvinne
A film about the development of female characters in Norwegian film history. Music by SPUNK. Information in Norwegian: Filmen setter fokus på hvordan kvinnelighet er iscenesatt i norsk film. Klipp fra norske spillefilmer fra det tidligst tilgjengelige materialet på tjuetallet fram til de aller siste filmene på nittitallet. Stereotyper, klisjeer, idealer og vrengebilder synliggjøres i
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27’10″554 by John Cage arranged for percussion and CD
2000; dur: 27’10,554″; Perc, CD
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Navigations
“Norway 2000 – who do we listen to?” is a music-media concept performed, directed and produced by Kyberia: Tanja Orning (cello) , Victoria Johnson (violin)2 and Randy Naylor (digital coreography). They have commissioned mini pieces from 20 young Norwegian composers representing cross-genres between improvisation, rock, jazz and classical contemporary music. Maja’s work on this record:
Faces
A compilation of music by young, Norwegian composers conducted by Christian Eggen. Lars Petter Hagen, Trond Reinholdtsen, Bendik Hagerup, Maja S. K. Ratkje and Eivind Buene have all made their mark as new voices in Scandinavian contemporary music. Born between 1972 and 1976 they represent different views on music, in comparison with earlier generations of
I Hate Cars (Super Chicken Floppy Willy in a PPP Swimsuit)
2000; dur: 4’30”; Electronic; Remix of Jazzkammer
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Music for Shopping
2000; Album by Maja S. K. Ratkje and Lasse Marhaug. [intlink id=”4861″ type=”post”]Record link[/intlink]
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Manifesto
With cyberspeed we stumble around in the universe of today, only to find that to a high degree it is constructed for individuals. Everything is so strangely made to fit that we tend to forget what we wanted to say in the first place.
Renverser l’espace
2000; dur: 55′; Dance performance by dans design, music by SPUNK
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Tre tangos till texter av Gunnar Ekelöf / Three tangoes…
1999-00; dur: 13′; Acc, voice (various instrumentations); Score at nb.no (duo only)
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7 prøverom (seven dressing rooms) – “Gi meg en grunn til å være en kvinne”
2000; Film and art exhibition with music by SPUNK
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Maja slipper musikken løs (NO)
Adresseavisen:
– Musikk kan oppleves på mange bevissthetsnivå, ofte samtidig. Jeg håper min musikk treffer lytteren umiddelbart uten at vedkommende har teoretisk eller stilistisk bakgrunnskunnskap for å forstå verket. Det er et minstekrav for all god musikk.
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