River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Millefeuille (FR)
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje est comme son nom l’indique Norvégienne. Compositrice et musicienne à part entière…
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River Mouth Echoes
The many sides of Maja Ratkje
Chicago Reader:
One of the things that’s made me such a huge fan of experimental Norwegian vocalist and composer Maja S.K. Ratkje is that she doesn’t subscribe to any kind of hierarchy concerning the various styles and approaches she deals with.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewes in Norwegian
Om Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkjes uttrykk kan man si mye. Det er variert – komponisten er også vokalimprovisator, skrur lyd og vrenger effekter – det er høyenergisk, det er raffinert og det er svært sjelden kjedelig.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Foxy Digitalis
River Mouth Echoes alternates between sweet romanticism and distorted ferocity, marking a dynamic set of compositions.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Musique Machine
River Mouth Echoes takes the listener on a varied, manic, strange and beautiful sonic journey.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Octopus (FR)
Qu’il s’agisse de haute voltige vocale, d’improvisation sans complexe ou d’offensive sonore, Maja Ratkje a déjà largement prouvé qu’elle était aussi douée qu’insatiable.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Boomkat
In addition to being one of the most exciting vocalists and noise musicians working within the contemporary avant-garde scene, Maja Ratkje should also be regarded as one of Europe’s foremost young composers.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by The Wire
Maja Ratkje is a scary new typ of composer: trained to write for orchestra, a member of the all-female Improv quartet SPUNK for 12 years, a noise freek and still in her early thirties.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by MIC
For this new release Maja Ratkje has put together a selection of recordings of her compositions, spanning the last ten years. The key-word is intensity.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Brainwashed
As part of Tzadik’s ongoing Composer series, this album highlights the many sides to Maja Ratkje’s approach to sound.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Signal to Noise
Singer Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje has a sensibility that comfortably embraces a wide range of styles, and she has an impressive ability to synthesize them in her own compositions.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by themilkfactory
Despite being only 34, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje is one of the world’s leading modern composers and musicians and has been for well over a decade.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by All Bout Jazz
Multidisciplinary electro-acoustic composer/vocalist Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje has, over the course of the past decade, built a significant reputation in her home country of Norway as an intrepid artist for whom few, if any, boundaries exist.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Danmarks Radio (DK)
En særlig flot lydbehandling. Det er i det hele taget et gennemgående træk ved Maja Ratkjes musik. Hun har virkelig evnen til at fastholde og bevæge, og selv i de mest stille passager skaber hun en musikalsk spænding, der gør, at man som lytter sidder klistret til højttalerne.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Soundofmusic (SE)
”River Mouth Echoes” är ett mycket välkommet tillskott i Maja Ratkjes skivkatalog.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Onda Rock (IT)
La musica si genera in sincopi o avvalli, in tensioni o cospetti di cui l’auriga Ratkje rivendica autorità e arbitrarietà di scelta.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Sound Contest (IT)
Sguardo vispo e ammaliatore, questa trentacinquenne brunetta non la diresti neanche norvegese.
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Radio France (FR)
Sur le même label (Tzadik) l’artiste norvégienne Maja Ratkje a compilé une dizaine de titres particulièrement intenses…
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Nordische Musik (DE)
Sie ist so etwas wie Norwegens geniale Störenfriedin, eine musikalische Krawallmacherin und Querschlägerin
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River Mouth Echoes reviewed by Paris Transatlantic
River Mouth Echoes is a reminder that Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje is not only an acclaimed performer.
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