Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan. Jazzland Recordings: After 11 years of concerts all over Europe, TJO & OMV are releasing the live album “THIS IS WUPPERTAL!” on Jazzland Records!This is the band’s third release so far, and it shows an ensemble armed to the teeth with a deep understanding of Vågan’s music and […]
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by Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang and Erik Honoré PUNKT EDITIONS: Renowned Norwegian musicians Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang and Erik Honoré are proud to announce the release of their collaborative album “Punkt Live Remixes vol. 2.” This album features live remixes performed at the Punkt Festival in Kristiansand, as well as live remixes from various international
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TRACKLIST: Nobilis Humilis East Tennessee Perfect Matrimony I Bowed Divine Supplication (feat. Maja S. K. Ratkje) S’on Me Regarde Avoiding Friction Bell, Book, Candle Falling Away A Not-Quite Locked Door LINK TO ALBUM ON BANDCAMP Divine Supplication, Derek Piotr’s new release, is a deeply intimate work wrought from a series of personal tragedies. Yet while
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by Moor Mother The Great Bailout is Moor Mother aka Camae Ayewa’s ninth studio album and third with ANTI- Records, with production contributions on various tracks from Mary Lattimore, Lonnie Holley, Vijay Ayer, Angel Bat Dawid, Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty, Aaron Dilloway and more. Called “the poet laureate of the apocalypse,” by Pitchfork, Ayewa’s music contains multitudes of
A compositional investigation of musical languages and conversation. Is the myth of BABEL about God creating communicative discord to control man, or was the intent to nurture fertile diversity?A disruption of a self-perpetuating echo chamber, to stimulate a more varied and complex perspective of the world.Maybe she wanted to show us that we will find
21 tracks based on recordings by 33 artists, among them Maja S. K. Ratkje. Released November 2022. Label: Cellule 75 Music and Art Direction by Marc RichterMastering by Rashad BeckerPaintings by Bora Baskan Link to album on Bandcamp
Music for the film with the same title. Sound track to the great animation movie Titina by Kåre Chr. Vestrheim. “Je Cherche Après Tititine (Titina in the Street)” and “Je Cherche Après Tititine (Titina´s Musical Trip Version)” featuring Ratkje as a vocal soloist. Released by Propeller Recordings Oct 2022 and available at streaming services.
Album by Hasse Farmen. Released 2022. Maja contributes on theremin to the track Spøkelsesby and on title track, Villa Parafina (del 2). Link to album on Bandcamp.
Clean Feed Records: “Hugs and Bugs” is the product of the compositional mind of saxophonist Kristoffer Berre Alberts, whom the notes of this album indicate as its initiator, curator, editor and producer, with the help of electronics visionary Lasse Marhaug. Alberts and Marhaug aren’t among the players reunited for the Block Ensemble, but their presence
Album by Trondheim EMP. Øyvind Brandtsegg’s project explores cross-adaptive processing as a radical intervention in the communication between performing musicians. Digital audio analysis and processing techniques are used to enable features of one sound to inform the processing of another. This allows the actions of one performer to directly influence another performer’s sound, and doing
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Album for kids (and grown-ups!) by the Norwegian duo Meg og kammeraten min. Featuring The Norwegian Radio Orcheastra, The Norwegian Girls’ Choir, Maja S. K. Ratkje (on theremin) and others.
Gonimoblast, the ever-inventive sonic, electronic and jazz-inspired improvisers, led by dynamic bassist and composer Chris Mapp, are to release a double live album featuring striking guest performances from leading Norwegian vocalist Maja S. K. Ratkje and renowned trumpeter Arve Henriksen. Made up by four of the UK’s most noteworthy musical experimenters, Mapp formed Gonimoblast with
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Derek Piotr’s Drono is, as its name suggests, a drone album. It emphasizes the form and durational composition of drone through unquantized, glitching samples and near-absence of rhythm. Yet this is a drone album preoccupied with mutability: the tracks are technically built on sustained harmonic centers, but they feature variation, movement and depth that transcend
Tzadik: “Expanding their duo into a sextet with the addition of strings, piano and voice, Ikue and Zeena have created a compelling and varied soundscape inspired by fairy stories the world over. Combining plucked and bowed strings, sinuous vocals, driving percussion and Ikue Mori’s trademark electronics into a balanced and unified whole, Through the Looking-glass
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The Norwegian noise duo Maranata (Jon Wesseltoft and Dag Stiberg) has released this 7″ with a CD included. 7″: Lucky Forever b/w Pig Magic. CD: 1. Pieces, 2. Gravity Connector, 3. Black Tongue Darshan Track 3 features Maja S. K. Ratkje on vocals and noise, recorded live at Støyfest @ Podium Oslo May 7th 2011
Smalltown: “For 20 years Norwegian sound wizard Lasse Marhaug has been one of the leading names of the noise scene. Marhaug has released more records than any other Norwegian artist, and through relentless touring across the world he is well established internationally. Marhaug has collaborated with artist like Kevin Drumm, Merzbow, Enslaved, Jim O’Rourke, Oren
Tzadik: “Friends and colleagues since 1988, Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins are two of the strongest musical voices out of the downtown scene. Lynchpins of bands as diverse as DNA, Skeleton Crew, Electric Masada, Hemophiliac and Björk, their duo project Phantom Orchard is the perfect outlet for their unique and personal musical languages and their
“24 years after the debut Amen, WLJ release their second album, Tognazzi and Tristan is surrounded by guests on this album: Rebekka Karijord, Haddy N´jie, Arve Henriksen, Martin Horntveth, Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger), Maja Ratkje, Hild Sofie Tafjord and Prague Philharmonic Orcestra. The album is produced by Tognazzi with Trond Bjerknæs.” White Lord Jesus homepage
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Solo debut from Norwegian guitar/vocals jazz master. Jørn Øyen (keyboards), Mats Eilertsen (bass), Andreas Bye (drums). Guest artist: Maja Ratkje on theremin (on “Stella by Starlight”.)
2 X CD compilation with Takashi Miike (Introduction), KK Null, Shinjuku Thief, Converter, Hentai, Shinkiro, Sunao Inami, Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (Pouppée Fabrikk), Contagious Orgasm, Hecate, P.A.L., S:Cage, Asmorod, Iszoloscope and Tokitoshi Shiota (Outroduction). Jazkamer track: Virgin Flower (with vocals by Maja S.K.Ratkje)
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