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- Auf dem Dach der Welt - Frei nach Alexander Kluge
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- Concepts of Sorrows & Dangers
- Corona lockdown concert for TUSK Festival 2020
- Crepuscular Hour
- CyberArts 2003: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica
- Cyborgic
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- Das Kepler-452b-Pre-Sequel
- Das Wohltemperierte SPUNK
- Defragmental
- Den øverste toppen på en blåmalt flaggstang
- Det eneste jeg vet er at det ikke er en støvsuger
- Deviate From Balance
- Dissolution Tapes
- DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess Meets Most Soulmates At Faust Studio Deejay Laboratory
- Drono
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- En aldeles forferdelig sykdom
- EN/OF 001-030 Catalog
- ENID BLYTON - Fünf Freunde Erzählen Kindergeschichten
- Everything is gonna be alright
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- Festival Electronica En Abril 2003-2012
- Filtered Through Friends
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- FLUXUS
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- From mouth cavity to laptop
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- Giants of Jazz
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- Illegal Parking
- International Rostrum of Composers 1955-1999
- It still haunts me like a good nightmare, and I try in vain to recover the impression
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- Kassett
- krikri 2003
- Let's Put It To Music: 20 Years Of Rune Grammofon
- LIGHT
- listen...and tell me what it was
- Live in Molde
- Looking on Darkness
- Maja S. K. Ratkje In Dialogue with Eugeniusz Rudnik
- Maja S. K. Ratkje: Works for String Orchestra
- MAJAAP
- Malleus Maleficarum Maximum
- MARA
- Maximum Metal Vol. 127
- meow nim xluf minus w-moan ulf men equals nixon
- Money Will Ruin Everything
- Money Will Ruin Everything 2
- More Music for Shopping
- Music for Faking
- Music for Gardening
- Music for Loving
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- My Deal
- Navigations
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- Oh No Love, You’re Not Alone
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- Polish Radio Experimental Studio Revisited 1998-2018
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- River Mouth Echoes
- Rolex
- Runeology 4
- Safe as Milk Festival 05 sampler CD
- Sailing To Byzantium
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- Selected Solo Works, Vol. 1
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- Shockadelica
- Sinus Seduction
- Slime Zone
- Snowblind
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- Solveigs Lied Remixed
- some cassettes with Arve Hjalmars
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- Still Eating Ginger Bread for Breakfast – The 20th Anniversary Concert
- String Quartets vol IV: Schubert-Ratkje-Britten-Haydn
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- Tempo! 10
- Tender Love Is A Bitch
- The Beauty That Still Remains
- The CD Electric Leak - the North
- The Dalston Shroud
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- Vannstand
- Variations over Variations
- Ventemesteren
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- Voice, live in zagreb
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- Women Take Back The Noise
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Upcoming shows
- 26/06/21 SPUNK in Oslo at Nasjonal Jazzscene – Victoria
- 19/07/21 Signe Emmeluth and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra in Molde at Plassen
- 22/07/21 Maja S. K. Ratkje in Molde at Romsdal Museum
- 10/09/21 Avant Joik in Oslo at Riksscenen
- 06/11/21 Maja S. K. Ratkje and Stian Westerhus in Oslo at Bruket
Category Archives: Recorded improvisation
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 … Continue reading
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 & … Continue reading
Post-Human Identities
Maja Ratkje and Jaap Blonk have been performing and recording together since 2001. Their first release was a cd of acoustic voice duets (, also released on Kontrans). Here they go electronic with their voices still as their primary sound … Continue reading
En aldeles forferdelig sykdom
Rune Grammofon: “Their third studio album marks the 10th anniversary of this all female quartet. Free collective improvising is one of the most demanding ways of making music: the pitfalls are many – self-absorption, incoherence, certain standardized «gestures» of free … Continue reading
Music for Faking
C3R: “From the team that brought you ‘Music for Shopping’ and ‘Music for Loving’ comes an aural experience so shocking that you’ll need to hear it again and again and again. Marvel at the amount of noise that they can … Continue reading
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MAJAAP
Acoustic vocal improvisation by Maja S. K. Ratkje and Jaap Blonk, recorded in Amsterdam, Oslo and Arnhem 2001-2002. Continue reading
All Men Are Pigs
Gameboy Records: “sounds surface from all over the map. i hear voice, some synths, effects galore. this is a noisy affair not unlike (and maybe even more so than) fe-mail’s debut – recently issued on cd by important records. the … Continue reading
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Music for Loving
Bottrop-Boy: “Second collaboration between Norwegian masters of noise Maja Ratkje (Spunk, Fe-Mail) and Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer, Del) after their 2002 vinyl-only album Music For Shopping on Synesthetic Records. Music For Loving is wild, frantic, nervous, loud, delirious and scattered all … Continue reading
Music for Shopping
Maja S. K. Ratkje and Lasse Marhaug play music for shopping. Limited edition of 300 copies on black 220g vinyl. Released on Synesthetic Recordings. Vinyl only. Side One: 1. The Street Parade Massacre 2. Femail Popcorn Demon With Mobile Slash … Continue reading
Tender Love Is A Bitch
Norwegian Noise Orchestra’s debut concert at Betong, Oslo. Live recording 12.12.02. Line up: Andrè Borgen, Andreas Meland, Sten Ove Toft, Bjørn Hatterud, Per Gisle Galåen, Kai Mikalsen, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Sindre Andersen, Ole H. Melby, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Svein … Continue reading
Den øverste toppen på en blåmalt flaggstang
Rune Grammofon: “The new studio album from this increasingly exciting and colourful quartet boasts yet another Pippi Longstocking related title. This free spirited and anti authoritarian character is one of the most loved and wellknown from the late, great Swedish … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Det eneste jeg vet er at det ikke er en støvsuger
Rune Grammofon: “Improvisation from four young female musicians with backgrounds from jazz, classical, contemporary, rock and country. Weird, wonderful and completely beyond categorisation, the quartet was formed in 1995. This is their debut recording.” Tracks: 1. tapeunderlaget 2. hornkonserten 3. … Continue reading
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