Voice

Tour à tour mystérieux et étrange, élégant et splendide, enfantin et enchanteur, parfois même rageur, Voice est plein d’atmosphères, de couleurs et de folie créative. C’est autant une expérience sans compromis qu’un opus sous acide. Bref, un album pas banal, d’une grande richesse, acrobatique, protéiforme et surprenant qui sollicite constamment l’auditeur et qui devrait lui garantir une place au sein des meilleurs chanteurs de musique expérimentale.

In contrast to Supersilent’s recent release, Ratkje’s work is much more uncompromising in tone- whether it benefits from this is up to the listener, but nonetheless this album is an example of a striking solo debut of confident purpose and polished execution. While it may not be for everyone, for adventurous listeners it will be a treasure that reveals itself fully on multiple listens.

BBC:
It’s as though Laurie Anderson’s vocoder had been infected by a gleefully disruptive software virus.

“I’m ashamed to admit that this is the first material I’ve heard by the much talked about Ms Ratkje. So it pleases me to report that this is a uniquely intriguing piece of work entirely based on sampled and manipulated snippets of her own voice. As always, it’s difficult to actually say what it’s all

Un disco per sola voce. Trattata, filtrata e stirata. Irriconoscibile e irriconoscente, dolcissima e sofferente, ma sempre a disegnare percorsi di gioia nella scia delle maestre del genere.

“Undisputedly the best record of 2002 that I didn’t hear until 2003, Maja Ratkje’s Voice is a relentlessly creative treatise on the possibilities of vocal expression and manipulation. Using only her voice and subtle electronic touches, Ratkje’s debut solo album delivers a range of sounds beyond the grasp of most multi-member ensembles, and in the

(…)Voice är bland det mest fascinerande jag har hört på länge. Hela skivan byggs upp av Ratkjes röst. Hon pratar, sjunger, skriker, jojkar, kvackar, väser, fnittrar, viskar. Använder rösten på miljoner olika sätt.(…) Ibland bryts sången ner i digitala atomer och förvandlas till noise och suggesive långa stunder. Hysteriskt galet ena stunden. Drömskt, lugnande lite

“Voice bliver aldrig andet end en slags ekspressionistisk stemmeteater, hvor al galskaben er sat i citationstegn. Prisen som det mest irriterende nummer tager ”Insomnia”.”

Ultramaryna: “Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje jest 30-letnią Norweżką, która uwielbia japoński noise, feminizm i Fizię Pończoszankę. Jej nowa płyta, zatytułowana bezpretensjonalnie , to dźwiękowy ekstremizm oparty wyłącznie na przetworzonych komputerowo popisachwokalnych. Głos jest tu medium całkowicie uwolnionym – niezależnym od zasad kompozycji, przyzwyczajeń słuchaczy i gatunkowych schematów. Ani to jazz ani nowa kameralistyka, raczej jakiś

Certo… le carte in tavola per presentarsi da nuova enfant prodige del canto sperimentale, la giovane norvegese Maja Ratkje le ha collezionate quasi tutte. Neanche varcato il trentesimo anno d’età la musicista ha raccolto con se un passato di studi in composizione orchestrale al pari con diversi riconoscimenti accademici, rispettivamente per la migliore opera elettroacustica