SPUNK

Maja Ratkje – Spunk Happens (DE)

hairentertainment.com: Knapp zwei Jahre ist es her, dass mein Blick in den so üppig ausgestatteten CD-Regalen eines Plattenladens zwischen all den Reihen schrill-bunter CD-Cover auf ein aus dem Rahmen fallendes Motiv fiel. Es zeigte ein grobkörniges Frauenportrait in schwarz-weiß: Das Haar seitlich zum Zopf geflochtenem, die Augen geschlossen. Eine Fotografie wie aus den 1920er Jahren.

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SPUNK på Manchester EXPO med verk av Joseph Byrd (NO)

Ballade: Lørdag 24. juni urfremfører SPUNK ”White Elephant” av Joseph Byrd i Manchester. Verket som er skrevet for SPUNK og lydkunstgruppa Dreams of tall buildings, er Byrds første grafiske verk på nærmere 40 år. 22.06.2006 Sonic Arts Network og University of Manchester arrangerer i år sin omreisende biennale Expo i Manchester. Helgen 23-25. juni er

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En aldeles forferdelig sykdom reviews (in English and Norwegian)

Named after Pippi Longstocking´s favourite word, nothing to do with bodily fluids, Spunk are a Norwegian improv quartet who share their fictional heroin´s feistiness and insistence on doing things a bit differently. The quartet are about to celebrate their tenth anniversary and have marked the occasion with this quite wonderful new album. I laughed out

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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 jazz, lack of dynamics, humourlessness – but SPUNK are alert to the dangers. Bold, sometimes

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Women of the world – take over! (DK)

Geiger:
At ikke alle var lige villige til at fortabe sig i lyden, kunne man se rundt omkring i lokalet, hvor adskillige folk sad og holdt sig for ørerne – men én ting var sikker: Tafjord og Ratkje leverede et sæt af den slags, man aldrig glemmer. En dybt intelligent lyderuption, der fik én til at famle sig blindt rundt på gulvet i en forgæves søgen efter sin egen vilje.

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No Title Performance and Sparkling Water reviews (in English, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian)

“One interesting aspect was that the musicians – all of whom were technically very accomplished – played both on and off stage and were, indeed, much more part of the action than in conventional opera.” “One of the more interesting parts was based on a well-known Negro spiritual/jazz number and a subsequent section had a strong French café society influence.”

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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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SOUN

100 artists submited very short pieces that were randomly assigned numbers and then merged into one track. These pieces cover all subgenres of sound from field recordings to harsh blasts. IDM meets electro-acoustic meets home taper. Some of the 100 artists: SPUNK, (x,y,z), fe-mail, merzbow, haters, reynols, matmos, aube, runzelstirn & gurgelstock, bastard noise, hrvatski,

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