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3-4 Weeks
01. MAJA RATKJE - Intro
02. MAJA RATKJE - Joy
03. MAJA RATKJE - Trio
04. MAJA RATKJE - Octo
05. MAJA RATKJE - Vacuum
06. MAJA RATKJE - Dictaphone Jam
07. MAJA RATKJE - Voice
08. MAJA RATKJE - Chipmunk Party
09. MAJA RATKJE - Interlude
10. MAJA RATKJE - Acid
11. MAJA RATKJE - Insomnia
ARTIST
TITLE
Voice
FORMAT
LP+CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
RLP 3028LP RLP 3028LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/1/2013

LP version. Comes with a CD copy of the album. The debut solo album from founding Spunk member and composer Maja Ratkje has secured her a place among the finest experimental singers. From the weird and furious to the enchanting and beautiful, this is an album rich in atmosphere, color and creative madness. First released on CD in 2002 and now available on vinyl for the first time, this is a central release in Rune Grammofon's catalogue and is an essential item in any record collection of experimental music. Composer, singer, electronic manipulator -- and sometimes, violinist and theremin player -- Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje (born 1973) has exceptionally impressive credentials. Her compositions have been performed in more than 30 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, Japan, USA and the Sc2andinavian countries. Performers include distinguished ensembles such as Oslo Sinfonietta and Cikada and Vertavo string quartets. Her teachers have included great contemporary composers like Sofia Gubaidulina, Louis Andriessen, Klaus Huber and Kaija Saariaho, and her own works have won international and Norwegian prizes. She has recorded and performed with a myriad of musicians, among them Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, Sylvie Courvoisier, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love, Poing, members of Enslaved and of course Spunk, the all-female improv quartet she co-founded in 1999 and who have released six albums on Rune Grammofon, including the impressive Das Wohltemperierte Spunk 6CD box set (RCD 2140CD).