Danse Macabre
Free improvised solo concert at Podium, Oslo, 16 June 2009.
Mixed media/Vinyl/Other shapes
Solveigs Lied Remixed
Vital Weekly: “To state the liveliness of the world of CDRs this is probably the most ultimate item on the scene as it is released by no less than ten different labels around the globe, including two Chinese labels, two Dutch and three in Norway. Mine has got a stamp from Stront Tapes, so that’s
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Cyborgic
The Last Record Company/Rune Grammofon: “A rare live recording and her first solo album for quite some time, this finds Maja on top form. Since her recording debut as a member of SPUNK 10 years ago, she has continuously challenged us with groundbreakingsolo performances or in projects like Fe-Mail and with Lasse Marhaug as well
Money Will Ruin Everything 2
Rune Grammofon: “Originally planned as an update and slightly revised edition of the long deleted 2cd / book of the same name released in 2003 to celebrate 5 years of Rune Grammofon, this has now turned into a completely new and absolutely gorgeous book, quite simply a must have. Completely redisigned and improved with all
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Super Street 7 “How To Make Brains”
Frankly, I have no ide what this is. Some kind of bootleg? It’s a cassette, I think. Found it at Discogs. Fe-mail is on it? “all live comp. featuring : odd clouds, fe-mail, taliban, luasa raelon, charlie draheim. 5 heavy hitters w/ the longest jam by Norways (?) fe-mail.edition 77.” – Fag Tapes.
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Utflukt: LYD
A DVD/CD issue of a Norwegian magazine. Featuring Agrare, Maja Ratkje/Monica Aasprong, Maia Urstad, Risto Holopainen, Natasha Barrett and other artists.
teip
Ambolthue Records: “This is the content of Maja’s analogue dictaphone that’s been with her on concerts, around the world and with her in the studio for the last years.” Here you’ll find short extracts from various concerts, solo performances and recording sessions. You’ll hear SPUNK in studio, noise concerts, joking around, rehearsals with POING, material
Women Take Back The Noise
A compilation, showcases a collection of 47 women artists worldwide who experiment with sound in various ways, ranging from ambient-organic to quirky-glitch-beat to harsh or extreme noise, as well as categories yet to be defined. The finished release of three discs is a limited edition of 1,000 in custom-made circuit bent packaging. Fe-mail is contributing
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Until Human Voices Wake Us And We Drown
Box set containing five 10″ vinyl records celebrating 50 Rune Grammofon releases. Includes 19 tracks by rune artists. “Some are cornestones in the catalog, but this is not a best of collection, we want to show the different aspects of Rune Grammofon and have tried to give each of the records a common theme or
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Illegal Parking
Lotta Melin – theremin with effects. Maja S. K. Ratkje – flee market microphone. Duets and solos. Released as 12′ vinyl. Track list: A 01. A Perfect Mental Image A 02. Empty Ladders A 03. As the Talk Goes On A 04. Falling Sickness A 05. For the Sake of Harmony A 06. Cultivating Disorder
Stalker
catalog number: imprec092format: picture disc This vinyl only picture disc release is limited to only 500 copies worldwide. Important Records: “Renowned international composer Maja Ratkje is a founding member in two of Norway’s most respected improvisational units – Spunk & Fe-Mail. While her solo work on the Rune Grammofon release Voice is without the electronic
Blixter Toad
2xCD. Asphodel: “Fe-mail, MAJA RATKJE and HILD SOFIE TAFJORD, have crafted a site-specific survey of the chaparrals of noise music. As half of the Scandinavian female improv quartet, SPUNK, they began to adapt their mediums of french horn and voice to multiple formats…” Watch videos and listen to some of the music here.
Voluptuous Vultures
Available in 10″ vinyl or full length CD which includes an extra track. Vinyl also available in a heavy metal box with poster-artwork by Lasse Marhaug (limited edition of 30 copies). Vinyl release text from PsychForm:” 10″ vinyl – standard edition 400 copies / limited edition 30 copies. PsychForm: “The new release on PsychForm Records
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EN/OF 001-030 Catalog
The deluxe exhibition catalogue which is documenting EN/OF’s first 30 editions, as presented at the Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany, May-June 2005. The catalogue (package) includes a fully illustrated book (with essays by AA Bronson and Jörg Heiser), complete with artwork reproductions and a second, die-cut tray book that holds 3 CD’s with 30 tracks totally.
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Vox ex machina
Curated by Jaap Blonk this is volume 15 in the Leonardo Music Journal CD series. Selections include ‘Kana’ by Tomomi Adachi, ‘O Som Que Circula Nas Veia’ by Americo Jorge M. Rodrigues, excerpt from ‘Mushroom Clouds’ by Christian Bok, ‘Vielleicht’ by Sprechakte X/treme, ‘OOA’ by Vincent Barras and Jacques Demierre, ‘… due Giorni Dopp’ by
Nor Noise
CD and DVD double pack. Nor Noise is a documentary about Noise music – perhaps the most exiting and innovative form of music to evolve in the last years. The film maker Tom Hovinbøle has since the project started in 2001, interviewed some of the most central artists, both internationally and in Norway. The artists
Help
A one-of-a-kind cd card with a pice of electronic music by Ratkje. Covered by a very special, decorated sleeve… The cd card is kept in a plastic sleeve decorated with blue nail polish with glitter, instant letters, and Maja’s own nails collected through the last months. This item is a part of a collection with
VSG / Erwartung
12″ with music by Maja Ratkje, covered with broken glass plates 27 x 27 x 0,6 cm by Monica Bonvicini. Edition of 100, each unique plus 30 a.p. Signed & numbered on a certificate. Review: Vital Weekly, number 447, week 45: “Maja Ratkje can no longer be described as the upcoming lady of Norwegian Noise.
CyberArts 2003: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica
A compilation book with DVD and CD of awarded works at Ars Electronica 2003. Includes a track from ‘Voice’ by Maja Ratkje and Jazzkammer. [intlink id=”1445″ type=”post”]Record link (Voice) [/intlink]
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Money Will Ruin Everything
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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