Marhaug/Ratkje – Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje

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28/10/2013 / Blog, Other concerts / Marhaug/Ratkje

Göteborgs-Posten 28.09.2013: (…)Undantaget är duon Maja Ratkje och Lasse Marhaug som har ett mer fysiskt förhållningssätt till det som låter. I kollisionerna mellan olika beståndsdelar bildas nya och oroande energier. Den vackraste passagen av den stökiga och lekfulla spelningen består av en serie oväntade sidomanövrer. Plötsligt börjar Black Sabbath ljuda mitt i improviserade noisebruset och …

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Abstrakte Pinselstrichte and Klangarchitekturen (DE)

13/02/2013 / Blog, Other concerts / Marhaug/Ratkje

Biel: Fulminanter Auftakt: der erste Abend am diesjährigen Festival “Ear We Are” bestach durch pointerte Farbkontraste.

Lasse Marhaug & Maja Ratkje à l’Ancienne Belgique (Club) , Bruxelles, le 20 janvier 2011 (FR)

22/01/2011 / Other concerts, Solo concerts / Marhaug/Ratkje

Dans le cadre du Festival Norway Now, inauguré en novembre 2010 par Jonas Gahr Støre, le Ministre des affaires étrangères norvégien, un concert de noise improv music, featuring deux des artistes les plus recommandables dans le genre; Lasse Marhaug et Maja Ratkje. Tu te pointes dans le club à 19:45′, t’es tout seul dans la …

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More Music for Shopping

25/08/2010 / Mixed media/Vinyl/Other shapes / Marhaug/Ratkje

A 3″ CD-R included in a super-limited Special Shopping Edition of Maja S.K. Ratkje & Lasse Marhaug’s 2003 album “Music For Shopping”. But this edition never materialized, so here you can finally hear these tracks for the first time. Maja S.K. Ratkje & Lasse Marhaug – More Music For Shopping by petterfe Synesthetic Recordings Release/catalogue …

Music for Gardening reviews (in English and Swedish)

22/10/2009 / Music for Gardening / Marhaug/Ratkje

Full of invention, humour, absurdity, and a distinct lack of preciousness that is a welcome antidote to many over-manicured laptop releases.

Music for Gardening

22/10/2009 / Full length album features, Recorded improvisation / Marhaug/Ratkje

Picadisk: “The forth entry in Ratkje and Marhaug’s “Music For”-collaborative series. After Shopping (2002), Loving (2004) and Faking (2005) comes… Gardening. The title is inspired by Ratkje’s new life in the coutryside. The seven tracks on this CD are meant to inspire the listener to spend more time in their garden taking care of their …

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Music for Loving reviews (in English, German, Russian)

16/02/2005 / Other album reviews / Marhaug/Ratkje

“This is the noise record of the year. Pixelated, muddy, awkward, fricticious, its all in there; like a mystery stew of aural delights.”

Lyden av for mye energi (NO)

24/12/2004 / on Maja in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Other album reviews / Blonk/Ratkje, Fe-mail, Marhaug/Ratkje

Morgenbladet oppsummerer det omfangsrike Maja Ratkje-året. Støymusikk: Maja Ratkje opererer i et musikkmiljø som i spesielt stor grad er dominert av nerdete menn, og nyter stor anerkjennelse, skriver Svein Egil Hatlevik. Foto: Ellen Lorenzen Det er blitt lett å lage plater, og nesten like lett er det blitt å få gitt dem ut. Innenfor blant …

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Music for Faking reviews (in English and French)

16/11/2004 / Other album reviews / Marhaug/Ratkje

“They thrown in sounds of popular culture in their blenders, and put the temperature all the way up, but the two are capable to produce some noise that really matters. One in which something is happening, a dynamic field of sound, small stuff is enlarged and amplified, like a high pressure cooker. Noise as it should be. A lesson to study for many.”

Music for Faking

16/11/2004 / Full length album features, Rare stuff, Recorded improvisation / Marhaug/Ratkje

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 make! Speculate on why the clown is so sad! Get out your noise bible and …

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Music for Loving

16/03/2004 / Full length album features, Recorded improvisation / Marhaug/Ratkje

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 over the place. The perfect music to listen to with your loved one.” [intlink id=”3726″ …

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Music for Shopping reviews

17/01/2004 / Other album reviews / Marhaug/Ratkje

“Ideal for browsing the racks in your favourite high street store. I think people would appreciate the accompaniment of desiccated samples belching out against trembling Theremin as they sip latte in air-conditioned comfort.”

Music for Shopping

26/05/2003 / Full length album features, Mixed media/Vinyl/Other shapes, Recorded improvisation / Marhaug/Ratkje, vinyl

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. [intlink id=”4859″ type=”post”]Reviews[/intlink] [intlink id=”2179″ type=”post”]More Music for Shopping[/intlink] Side One: 1. The Street Parade Massacre 2. Femail Popcorn Demon With Mobile Slash Reflector 3. Spunk Rock Goes Total …

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