| upcoming concerts | | 1. aug 2010 | | | : | "Passing images" arranged for musicians at Stangvikfestivalen in concert at Stangvik Kyrkje. | | 17. aug 2010 | | | : | Trio with Guro Moe and Else Olsen S under Oslo Jazz Festival. | | 18. aug 2010 | | | : | Slugfield (Marhaug/Nilssen-Love/Ratkje) at Mono under Oslo Jazz Festival. | | 26. aug 2010 | | | : | Solo at Festival meteo, Mulhouse, France. | | 27. aug 2010 | | | : | SPUNK at Festival meteo, Mulhouse, France. | | 3. sep 2010 | | | : | Making a live remix at PUNKT, Kristiansand. | | 9. sep 2010 | | | : | First performance of "Breaking The News", written for the Peärls Before Swïne Experience, at Copenhagen Music Theatre duric the Nordic Music Days. | | 18. sep 2010 | | | : | Premiere of "Crepuscular Hour", and hour long work for three choirs (Nederlands Kamerkoor, Latvijas Radio Koris, Det Norske Solistkor), 6 noise musicians (Sten Ove Toft, Lasse Marhaug, Antoine Chessex, Kjetil Hanssen, Per Gisle Galåen, Stian Westerhus) and church organ (Nils Henrik Asheim) at Uranienborg church in Oslo during the Ultima festival. Conducted by Grete Pedersen. | | 25. sep 2010 | | | : | Solo at Avant Art Festival 2010, Wroclaw, Poland. | | 2. oct 2010 | | | : | Concert with Sylvie Courvoisier and Ikue Mori in Cagliari, Sardinia. | | 7. oct 2010 | | | : | Solo performance, performance of a new piece by Manuela Kerer and performance of the percussion quartet "For Raindancers" at Transart, Bolzano, Italy. | | 20. oct 2010 | | | : | Das Wohltemperierte SPUNK, part 10. TBA, Oslo. |
| recent concerts | | 31. jul 2010 | | | : | Solo concert at Rutlåven under Stangvikfestivalen. | | 30. jul 2010 | | | : | Opening concert at Stangvikfestivalen, Prestegården. | | 29. jul 2010 | | | : | Concert with POING at Stangvikfestivalen, Todalsøra. | | 23. jun 2010 | | | : | Four performances of the baby opera "Korall Koral" at the festival in Harstad, North Norway. | | 9. jun 2010 | | | : | "gagaku variations" performed by Andreas Borregaard and Den Danske Strygekvartet at DKDM in Copenhagen. | | 7. jun 2010 | | | : | "gagaku variations" performed by Andreas Borregaard and Den Danske Strygekvartet at Athelas New Music Festival in Copenhagen. | | 5. jun 2010 | – | 6. jun 2010 | : | Six performances of the baby opera Korall Koral at Bergen International Festival. | | 29. may 2010 | | | : | Duo with Stephen O'Malley at Bad Bonn Kilbi, Switzerland. | | 27. may 2010 | | | : | Concert with Frode Haltli's Passing Images-quartet in Brugge, Belgium. | | 26. may 2010 | – | 30. may 2010 | : | 'The green horn', Desibel to Bergen International Festival. | | 20. may 2010 | | | : | Two performances of "Korall Koral" at Ullevåll hospital in Oslo. | | 30. apr 2010 | | | : | "Wach auf!" with POING and Maja Ratkje at Soddjazz, Inderøya. | | 24. apr 2010 | | | : | Performance: "Mother", with dancers Pernille Bønkan and Siri Jøntvedt at The Villa, Oslo. | | 19. apr 2010 | | | : | Performs excerpt from "Birds and Traces" with Frode Haltli at Kickoff-party at Parkteateret, Oslo, for the Norwegian people's movement to protect the nature around Lofoten from oil industry. | | 16. apr 2010 | | | : | Trinacria at the Roadburn festival. | | 14. apr 2010 | | | : | Ikue Mori, Håvard Skaset and Maja S. K. Ratkje at Victoria, Oslo. | | 10. apr 2010 | | | : | Duo performance with Frode Haltli at opening of exhibition by Tore Hansen at Lillehammer Art Museum. | | 8. apr 2010 | | | : | Frode Haltli, Atle Sponberg and Maja Ratkje in Oppegård kirke, Svartskog. | | 7. apr 2010 | | | : | SPUNK at Victoria, Oslo. | | 27. mar 2010 | | | : | "Dancing Cranes", installation with Kathy Hinde, at Bristol Live Open Platform. | | 15. mar 2010 | – | 20. mar 2010 | : | Faster Than Sound. Creating sound art in East Suffolk, UK. | | 14. mar 2010 | | | : | Duo with Joëlle Leandre in Berlin. | | 5. mar 2010 | | | : | Solo at Norway House, Houston, Texas. | | 24. feb 2010 | | | : | Double interview with Maja and Sigurd Wongraven in Kongens gate 4, Oslo. 'Musikkforum'. | | 16. feb 2010 | – | 18. feb 2010 | : | Premiere of new piece by Agrare in Stockholm! Performance also on the 18th. | | 10. feb 2010 | | | : | Duo with Paal Nilssen-Love at Victoria, Oslo. | | 4. feb 2010 | – | 14. feb 2010 | : | The baby opera Korall Koral is performed at the Norwegian Opera 4.-7. and 11.-14.02. Two or three performances every day. | | 21. jan 2010 | | | : | Duo with Lasse Marhaug, shared concert with Sunn O))) at Chateau Neuf, Oslo. | | 13. dec 2009 | | | : | POING's anual Christmas concert. TBA, Oslo. | | 28. nov 2009 | | | : | Performinc Pauline Oliveros "Horse Sings from Cloud" in Markus cathedral, Oslo. Performers: Pauline Oliveros,Tony Dryer, Guro Moe, Jacob Felix Heule, Børre Mølstad, Kristin Andersen, Lisa Dillan, Frode Haltli, Maja Ratkje, Sigyn Fossnes, Harald Fetveit, Håvard Skaset, Michael Duch, Kristain Skårbrevik, Mia Göran, Yoann Pencolé, Yngvild Aspeli, Kyrre Heldal Karlsen, Else Olsen S. | | 27. nov 2009 | | | : | Attending seminar with Pauline Oliveros at NoTAM, Oslo. | | 26. nov 2009 | | | : | "Liquid Vapor", a performance at The Norwegian Opera foyer by Else Olsen S. In collaboration with all performers: Pauline Oliveros, accordion and EIS, Guro Moe, double bass etc., Maja Ratkje, voice, theremin etc., Victoria Johnson, el-violin etc., Alexander Refsum Jensenius, sounds and silences, Yoann Pencolé and Yngvild Aspeli, dolls and acting, Kyrre Heldal Karlsen, light design. Else Olsen S., prepared piano, Toy Orchestra etc. Based on the research in thermodynamics by Signe Kjelstrup. | | 12. nov 2009 | | | : | "ØX" performed by Gianpaolo Antongirolami in Neaples, Italy. | | 7. nov 2009 | | | : | Phantom Orchard Orchestra (Ikue Mori & Zeena Parkins with Sara Parkins, Maggie Parkins, Shayna Dunkelman, Maja S. K. Ratkje and Hild Sofie Tafjord at Music Unlimited in Wels, Austria. | | 6. nov 2009 | | | : | SPUNK at Music Unlimited in Wels, Austria. | | 6. nov 2009 | | | : | Participating in Zorn's 'Cobra' at Music Unlimited in Wels, Austria. | | 24. oct 2009 | | | : | First performace of "Moods IV" for harp solo by Ellen S. Bødtker in Glinka hall i St Petersburg. | | 7. oct 2009 | | | : | "RO - URO" performed by Det Norske Jentekor at Kanonhallen, Oslo. | | 4. oct 2009 | | | : | "Three tangos..." by Ratkje/Haltli performed by Kersti Ala-Murr and Jaak Lutsoja in SKUR 2, Stavanger, Norway. | | 30. sep 2009 | | | : | Duo with Jaap Blonk, Victoria, Oslo. | | 27. sep 2009 | | | : | Solo at Henie Onstad Art Centre. | | 26. sep 2009 | | | : | Desibel at Hardanger fartøyvernsenter 25 years' anniversary. | | 24. sep 2009 | | | : | Outdoor jam with Jon Halvor Bjørnset and Johannes Berkmark at Akerselva, Oslo. | | 20. sep 2009 | | | : | Das wohltemperierte SPUNK, part 9, Hønse-Lovisas hus, Oslo. Concert start: 20:09. | | 18. sep 2009 | | | : | First performance with the installation Desibel by Geir Hjetland/Maja S. K. Ratkje at the opening of the anniversary of the art meeting in in Vevring, Norway. | | 14. sep 2009 | | | : | SPUNK performs two concerts at Emanuel Vigeland's Mausoleum in Oslo. 18 and 20. Limited audience. | | 5. sep 2009 | – | 30. oct 2009 | : | The baby opera Korall Koral on tour in Norway: Operahuset Nordfjord 05.09., Rauma kulturhus 06.09., Sunndal kulturhus 07.09., Ørsta kulturhus 08.09., Førdehuset 09.09., Flora Samfunnshus 10.09., Sogndal kulturhus 11.09., Nøtterøy kulturhus 14.09., Hjertnes, Sandefjord 15.09., Gamlesalen, Seljord 16.09., Notodden teater 17.09., Risørhuset 18.09., Ibsenhuset, Skien 19.09., Utsikten kultursenter, Kvinesdal 21.09., Sirdal kuløturhus 22.09., Munken kino, Larvik 23.09., Jasseimr, Jessheim 24.09., Drammens teater 25.09., Scene U, Kongsvinger 27.09., Kulturhuset i Elverum 28.09., Maihaugsalen, Lillehammer 29.09., Vestre Toten kulturhus 30.09., Kulturhuset Fagernes 01.10., Ål kulturhus 02.10., Otta kulturhus 12.10., Storstuggu, Falkbergetsalen, Røros 13.10., Stjørdal Kino 14.10., Orkdal kulturhus 15.10., Bjugn kulturhus 16.10., Inderøy kulturhus 17.10., Namsos kulturhus 19.10., Mosjøen kino 20.10., Kino-teateret, Mo i Rana 21.10., Folkets hus, Narvik 22.10., KulturHuset, Tromsø 23.10., Alta kultursal 26.10., Arktisk kultursenter, Hammerfest 27.10., Kultursalen i Lakselv 28.10., Vadsø kino 30.10. | | 3. sep 2009 | | | : | Solo at the Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway. | | 10. aug 2009 | – | 16. aug 2009 | : | The opera "Korall Koral" for children age 0-3 performed at the Opera in Oslo. A collaboration with Christina Lindgren and Hanne Dieserud. Performers are Hanne Dieserud and Silje Aker Johnsen. | | 25. jul 2009 | | | : | "Three tangos..." by Ratkje/Haltli performed by Kersti Ala-Murr and Jaak Lutsoja in Tallin, Estonia. | | 18. jul 2009 | | | : | Duo with Joëlle Leandre at Molde Jazz Festival, Norway. | | 18. jul 2009 | | | : | "Three tangos..." by Ratkje/Haltli performed by Kersti Ala-Murr and Jaak Lutsoja in Valga, Estonia. | | 16. jul 2009 | | | : | Solo at Pori Jazz Festival, Finland. | | 27. jun 2009 | | | : | Solo performance under Weltklang – Nacht der Poesie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin. | | 24. jun 2009 | | | : | Duo with Joëlle Leandre in Besancon, France. | | 16. jun 2009 | | | : | Solo at Podium, Oslo. | | 10. jun 2009 | | | : | "Då dagen var slut" and "Fanfar" by Ratkje/Haltli and Ekelöf (text) performed by La Fuente in Nesodden, Norway. | | 5. jun 2009 | | | : | Theremin performance in collaboration with Drivhuset, Teknisk Museum, Oslo. | | 4. jun 2009 | – | 14. jun 2009 | : | Premiere of "Korall Koral", an opera for children age 0-3. A collaboration with Christina Lindgren and Hanne Dieserud. Performers are Hanne Dieserud and Silje Aker Johnsen. A stage is built inside the new Opera in Oslo. Music by Maja S. K. Ratkje. | | 10. may 2009 | | | : | Release concert at the Henie Onstad Art Centre for the album Kantarell by SPUNK. | | 30. apr 2009 | | | : | POING and Maja performes worker's songs at Tranen, Oslo. | | 20. mar 2009 | | | : | POING and Maja performs "Wach Auf!" (Brecht/Weill and other workers' songs) at Concertgebouw Club, Brugge, Belgium. | | 18. mar 2009 | | | : | Frode Haltli's p'passing images' quartet in Zürich. (Garth Knox, Maja Ratkje, Arve Henriksen ad Frode Haltli.) | | 16. mar 2009 | | | : | Live voice improvisation over telephone with Maskinanlegg and friends at Sound of Mu, Oslo. | | 13. mar 2009 | | | : | "Concerto for Voice (moods IIIb)" performed by Ratkje and Trondheim Sinfonietta at Dokkhuset, Trondheim. | | 18. jan 2009 | | | : | "Rondo - Bastard - Overture - Explosion" and "On Wombs and Wovels" performed by POING and Håkon Thelin at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo. | | 18. jan 2009 | | | : | Passing Images Quartet (Frode Haltli, Garth Knox, Arve Henriksen and Maja Ratkje) in Zürich. | | 21. dec 2008 | | | : | "Three tangos..." by Ratkje/Haltli performed by Kersti Ala-Murr and Jaak Lutsoja in Tallin, Estonia. | | 27. nov 2008 | – | 30. nov 2008 | : | SWR2 New Jazz Meeting with Zeena Parkins' and Ikue Mori's Phantom Orchard Orchestra in Baden-Baden. Concerts in Baden-Baden (public dress rehearsal) 27.11., Tollhaus Karlsruhe 28.11., Gare du Nord (Basel) 29.11. and Frankfurter Hof Mainz 30.11. With musicians Shayna Dunkelman, Margaret Parkins, Sara Parkins, Hild Sofie Tafjord and Maja Ratkje. | | 16. nov 2008 | | | : | "Breathe" and "HELP" performed during a concert with Trondheim Sinfonietta. | | 15. nov 2008 | | | : | Solo concert at Kunstnernes Hus, 14:00 at the Per Inge Bjørlo exhibition. | | 14. nov 2008 | | | : | Duo with Lasse Marhaug at a Art Council Norway conference. | | 29. oct 2008 | | | : | "gagaku variations" performed by TM+ and Pascal Content at Musikhøst in Odense, Denmark. | | 27. oct 2008 | | | : | "Du som fremmed" by Ratkje/Haltli and Karin Haugane (text) performed by Tora Augestad, Frode Haltli and Trygve Seim in Kairo. | | 24. oct 2008 | – | 25. oct 2008 | : | Sonic Arts Network and BBC Radio 3 present a two day festival based around Stockhausen’s "Aus den Sieben Tagen" (From the Seven Days): Cut and Splice. Under the Artistic direction of Anton Lukoszevieze performers will include David Behrman, Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Reinhold Friedl, Frank Gratkowski, Robin Hayward, Apartment House, Seth Josel, Aleks Kolkowski, Phil Minton, Maja Ratkje, Twentytwentyone, Mark Wastell, Marc Weiser, Nikos Veliotis, Michael Vorfeld. | | 18. oct 2008 | | | : | Acoustic voice performance at Ultra Eczema Galmbal in Brussels. | | 10. oct 2008 | | | : | Paneldebatt på NMH om utøverens rolle i ny musikk i regi av Ultima. | | 10. oct 2008 | | | : | Ultima festival discussion panel debate on the performer's role in composed music. | | 5. oct 2008 | | | : | "gagaku variations" performed by TM+ and Pascal Content at the Nordic Music Days in Helsinki. | | 3. oct 2008 | | | : | Maja Ratkje/Jaap Blonk Duo in Krems, Austria. | | 26. sep 2008 | | | : | "69 Marching Bars Left Over From A Previous Century" performed by FMKV at the BrassWind festival in Bergen. | | 25. sep 2008 | | | : | "essential externsions" performed by POING at Kristiansund kirke- kunst- og Kulturfestival. | | 21. sep 2008 | | | : | "Du som fremmed" by Ratkje/Haltli and Karin Haugane (text) performed by Tora Augestad, Frode Haltli and Trygve Seim at Stillscape, Vettre. | | 19. sep 2008 | – | 21. sep 2008 | : | "HVIL", performed on tour in Norway by Marianne Beate Kielland , mezzo, and Sergej Osadchuk, piano in Kongsberg 19.09., Leknes 20.09. and Kabelvåg 21.09. | | 2. sep 2008 | | | : | Forelesning ved Aschehougs forfatterskole. | | 23. aug 2008 | | | : | Premiere of SPUNK's commissioned concert installation, "LYS", for the Henie Onstad Art Centre's 40 years anniversary. | | 20. aug 2008 | | | : | Das Wohltemperierte SPUNK, part 8, at the roof of the new Norwegian Opera, Oslo. | | 1. aug 2008 | – | 10. aug 2008 | : | Composer in residence at Nordland Music Festival, Bodø, Norway: Premiere of SPUNK's new sound/video installation REIR 01.08., THeremin performance at the city square and "Concerto for Voice (moods IIIb)" performed by Ratkje and Bodø Sinfonietta 02.08., concert performance with the trio POING, also including Ratkje's work "essentila extensions" 02.08., "passing images" performed by Frode Haltli 03.08., concert with SPUNK 03.08., First performance of "HVIL" with text by Aasne Linnestå, performed by Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo) and Nils Mortensen (piano) 06.08., "gagaku variations" performed by Frode Haltli and Engegårdkvartetten 10.08. | | 18. jul 2008 | | | : | SPUNK at Konfrontationen, Nickelsdorf, Austria. | | 13. jul 2008 | | | : | Duo with Jaap Blonk at the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Netherlands. | | 26. jun 2008 | – | 15. aug 2008 | : | "Thre Tangoes..." by Ratkje/Haltli performed by Kersti Ala-Murr (voice) and Jaak Lutsoja (accordion) on tour in Estonia: Pärnu 26.06.08, Tartu 02.07.08, Tallinn 03.07.08, Jöhvi 14.08.08 and Köpu 15.08.08. | | 20. jun 2008 | | | : | Solo in Trondheim. | | 14. jun 2008 | | | : | SPUNK feat. Guro Skumsnes Moe at The Villa, Oslo. | | 12. jun 2008 | | | : | Duo with Joëlle Leandre at Bouffes du Nord in Paris. | | 30. may 2008 | | | : | Slugfield (Maja Ratkje, Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse Marhaug) at Nattjazz, Bergen. | | 17. may 2008 | | | : | SPUNK at FIMAV, Victoriaville, Canada. | | 10. may 2008 | | | : | Solo at the MADE festival in Umeå, Sweden. | | 8. may 2008 | | | : | "essential extensions" performed by musicians from Collegium Novum Zürich: Rico Gubler, saxophone and Johannes Nied, double bass, with guest Frode Haltli on accordion in Zürich, Switzerland. | | 6. may 2008 | | | : | Maja solo, Les Halles, Brussels, Belgium. | | 30. apr 2008 | | | : | "Wach auf!" with Maja, POING and guests at Tranen, Oslo. | | 25. apr 2008 | | | : | Maja solo at La Casa Encendida, Madrid. | | 23. apr 2008 | | | : | Solo at Blå, Oslo. | | 21. apr 2008 | | | : | "essential extensions" performed by POING at the cruise ship Independence of the Seas in the Oslo fjord.
| | 19. apr 2008 | | | : | "essential extensions" performed by POING in Tampere, Finland. | | 12. apr 2008 | | | : | Premiere of the Sonic Vista Bench project in Stavanger, under Stavanger 2008. An outdoor installation consisting of benches by Ranso and sound art by Biosphere, Goodiepal, David Toop, Kim Cascone, Karlheinz Stockhausen (memorial bench), Hai Nguyen Dinh (Next Life), Maja Ratkje, Kaada and Sten Ove Toft is to be placed several places in the region. Maja's work is "Breathe" / "Pust", especially composed for the bench and the destination by the ocean. | | 30. mar 2008 | | | : | Maja solo at GRM, Paris. | | 20. mar 2008 | | | : | Solo at Blå Grotte, Fredrikstad, Norway. | | 3. mar 2008 | | | : | SPUNK feat. Joelle Leandre at Belleville, Oslo. | | 23. feb 2008 | | | : | "RO - URO" performed by The Norwegian Girls Choir (Det Norske Jentekor) in Stavanger. | | 23. feb 2008 | | | : | Maja solo and with Phil Minton in Stavanger, Norway. | | 22. feb 2008 | | | : | All Ears Band at By:Larm, Belleville, Oslo. | | 15. feb 2008 | | | : | Maja Ratkje, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Frode Haltli at the Våler skolekorps anniversary, Våler, Norway. | | 3. feb 2008 | | | : | "ET OS" performed at the Ilios festival, Harstad. | | 2. feb 2008 | | | : | 'Meet the artists', Frode Haltli and Maja Ratkje at the Ilios festival, Harstad. | | 1. feb 2008 | | | : | Affinis ensemble and Ratkje does Brecht/Weill at a lunch concert and Frode Haltli/Maja Ratkje performs at the festival evening venue at the Ilios festival in Harstad, Norway. | | 31. jan 2008 | | | : | Concerts with Frode Haltli 'Passing Images' quartet at the Ilios festival in Harstad, featuring Maja Ratkje, Arve Henriksen and Garth Knox. | | 24. jan 2008 | | | : | Guest performance with Jørn Simen Øverli trio (with Arve Henriksen and Stian Carstensen), at Vysotskij's 70 years anniversary at Litteraturhuset, Oslo. | | 10. jan 2008 | – | 20. jan 2008 | : | Liselotte Wajstedt's film "Sámi nieida jojk" with music by Fe-mail is shown at an exhibition called Video Rendez-Vous in Osaka, Japan. | | 3. jan 2008 | | | : | Programme release concert for the All Ears festival. Quartet consisting of the board: Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse Marhaug, Kjetil Møster and Maja Ratkje. |
| | news from maja
27.09.2009: Music for the green horn!
Norwegian article and video clip
06.08.2009: I'm on twitter!
User name: majaratkje
13.07.2009: Cyborgic:
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This release is found in Rune Grammofon's subcatalogue for vinyl releases only. This new label is called The Last Record Company. Cyborgic is a solo release, featuring Maja on voice and electronics. Recorded live. 500 copies only!
More info here.
16.04.2009: new CD: SPUNK: kantarell
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release date 20.04.09 on rune grammofon!
19.01.2009: River Mouth Echoes nominated for ’Norwegian Grammy’.
Norwegian info: Spellemannprisen deles ut førstkommende lørdag. Kanskje litt besynderlig at juryen for kategorien 'årets samtidskomponist' er NKFs musikkfaglige utvalg, i og med at det som gis ut på plateselskapet Aurora (som også er nominert) faller under deres vurderinger.
14.01.2009: Annual newsletter for new years 2009 is out.
Send me your email if I don't have it and if you want it.
05.11.2008: Congratulations USA!
02.11.2008: Stockhausen performance on BBC3
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The performance of Aus den Sieben Tagen was a coproduction between the Sonic Arts Network and BBC Radio. The entire concert was sent over the radio. Perhaps it will be released soeday. Was very exciting!
16.08.2008: Updates on River Mouth Echoes.
I have finally done some updating here, check this out: A list of record reviews. (No slaugthers so far...Or maybe one. Try and find it!)
There's also some new interviews in English, French, German and Norwegian further up under 'text' in the main menu. Fantastic response so far on this album! Many thanks to all those who support me.
24.04.2008: Du kan bestille River Mouth Echoes i NORGE
her. (looop.no)
17.04.2008: River Mouth Echoes at Boomkat
here.
17.04.2008: Here it is.
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18.02.2008: Composer in residence this summer in North Norway.
This is a great festival with all sorts of music. Here's their web: Nordland Musikkfestuke.
18.02.2008: An upcoming CD!
It's now official. Have a look under "upcoming releases": Tzadik.com
18.02.2008: Another upcoming CD.
(Less surprising though:) Trinacria on Myspace
10.01.2008: all Ears 2008!
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Yes! The festival starts today. This is a pict from the program release concert a week ago. Check out the program hereall Ears website
20.11.2007: teip
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check list of recordings for more info.
02.10.2007: Looop!
It's time to check out looop.no
10.09.2007: Trinacria Norway Tour.
More info at Triancria's MySpace site.
20.07.2007: "Arcana II" available now from Downtown Music Gallery
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"In his preface to the first Arcana: Musicians on Music (2000), avant-garde composer and saxophone player John Zorn wrote: "This book exists to correct an unfortunate injustice, the incredible lack of insightful critical writing about a significant generation of the best and most important work of the past two decades." That the injustice was repaired by that collection was happily affirmed by its subsequent success. The range of writing--from the technical to the aphoristic/diaristic--demonstrated that sometimes critical writing on music can inspire as much as it can explicate. As Zorn acknowledged, though, Arcana was also a first step. Now Arcana II, also edited by Zorn, extends the scope of its predecessor, compiling further essential writing by luminaries of contemporary improvisation and composition such as Butch Morris, Evan Parker, Marina Rosenfeld, Ned Rothenberg, Sylvie Courvoisier, Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas, Annie Gosfield, Jim O'Rourke, Milford Graves, Zeena Parkins, Bill Laswell and Uri Caine. Volume 2 includes essays by: Christopher Adler, Mick Barr, Borah Bergman,Lisa Bielawa, Uri Caine, Noah Creshevsky, Steve Coleman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Chris Dench, Dave Douglas, Trevor Dunn, Jason Eckardt, Jewlia Eisenberg, Annie Gosfield, Milford Graves, Carla Kihlstedt, Lukas Ligeti, Jose Maceda, Ernesto Martinez, Butch Morris, Jim O'Rourke, Evan Parker, Zeena Parkins, Maja Ratkje, Marina Rosenfeld, Ned Rothenberg, Trey Spruance, JG Thirlwell, Matt Welch, Yamataka Eye"
22.03.2007: The Wire’s April issue features Maja with big interview.
Also available an Agrare video demo at the 'web exclusive' part of their home page. Look here! (This movie is also out on YouTube now.)
04.03.2007: Agrare performs in Oslo March 9.-11.
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More info here!
And Stockholm March 22.-23. (Kulturhuset)
26.02.2007: spark eller sleiv? (NO)
Frode har faatt en svärt positiv anmeldelse i Morgenbladet, se her
! Men hva har egentlig den kommentaren om meg der aa gjöre? Syns det er skikkelig ekkelt... Hva er motivet? Slik jeg ser det er det ikke mange alternativer: 1. Journalisten syns jeg faar alt for mye oppmerksomhet, og 2. at det skyldes maaten jeg framstilles paa paa bilder. Og 3. at han maatte finne paa noe subjektivt böll for aa kunne höste ovasjoner for sin frekkhet, det holder jo ikke lenger at en anmelder bare skriver om musikk. Vel, uansett sender jeg en stor hilsen til alle som leser norsk fra Österrike, hvor jeg er i full gang med aa innstudere et nytt verk med Klangforum Wien, kanskje verdens beste samtidsorkester! De har visst ikke jobbet med noen norske för. Det er fryktelig spennende! (Og blir garantert forbigaatt i norske medier. De er jo generelt ikke interessert naar jeg gjör noe saa uspektakulärt som aa skrive et partitur.) Norske bokstaver kommer senere...
18.02.2007: Trinacria.
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No longer a secret, we will play our first concert the opening night of the Inferno festival in Oslo. (This Press picture is now found in high res. under 'pictures' here on my web.)
16.01.2007: Greetings from All Ears!
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We are celebrating. Thank you for showing up.
06.01.2007: Pitchfork reviews Adventura Anatomica:
here
02.01.2007: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
May 2007 be the year the leaders of this world finally cleans up after themselves, the enviromental issues being on a point of no return.
16.11.2006: Download noisy ringtone by Ratkje/Melin to your phone!
in more info here (seems like this is a norwegian feature...)
12.11.2006: New Swedish interview
in Tidningen Kulturen
10.11.2006: new CD with Fe-mail and Carlos Giffoni: Northern Stains
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released on important records
19.10.2006: Illegal Parking, new vinyl by Ratkje/Melin.
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You can now order this limited vilnyl from the great label Kning Disk: here!
10.10.2006: Watch Fe-mail music video from Blixter Toad.
asphodel download page
30.09.2006: Listen to Adventura Anatomica on Boomkat:
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Boomkat.com
17.09.2006: YouTube bootleg, Maja live.
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solo in Paris. Parts from this free improvised voice-noise concert is recorded on the record Stalker.
15.09.2006: Maja on myspace.
(Can't believe I'm doing this...) www.myspace.com/majaratkje
30.08.2006: Agrare, new performance:
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Agrare performs "Carrying our ears and eyes in small bags" in Malmø, then other places in Sweden. Video still by Kathy Hinde.
Last performance so far, and very nice review here.
01.08.2006: Stygg overskrift!
"Eksperimentell kvinneglam". Adresseavisen anmelder konsert med Fe-mail og Pekka Kuusisto. Jeg har ikke lest selve anmeldelsen ennå, men jeg spiser hatten min om den ikke er skrevet av en fyr. Ikke rart man sliter med rekrutteringen av damer når det ligger på dette saklighetsnivået hos de som får betalt for å vurdere musikk profesjonelt. Synd for Adresseavisen. (Sorry, Norwegian only, this is a remark on a primitive headline in a local newspaper, concerning women and noise.)
22.07.2006: WTBTN
Fe-mail is proud to participate in this project: wtbtn. Congratulations to Ninah Pixie!
22.07.2006: All other subjects.
Here you are welcome to post stuff that doesn't belong to the other headlines. (For the future this will be fixed in another way!)
16.07.2006: a libanese musician`s blog:
mazenkerblog
05.07.2006: Voluptuous Vultures on CD!
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Fe-mail's album, released as a 10" on PsychForm records last year is now available on CD including more music as well. For order info contact psychform (at) hotmail (dot) com.
05.04.2006: cheers from Svalbard!
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79 degrees north
29.03.2006: blixter toad!
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it's here, it's here!!! Fe-mail's new double cd out on asphodel (US).
Already reviewed in The Wire (issue 266).
22.03.2006: TONO-debatten.
Jeg bare måtte skrive noe her.
(Sorry, this is Norwegian!)
22.03.2006: a limited picture vinyl: STALKER
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out on important records (US).
14.03.2006: John Hegre & Maja Ratkje: Ballads.
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New album out soon. It's not what you think... More info here. (And check review in Vital Weekly!)
06.02.2006: In these blog times.
As you see this news column is now open for comments and dialogue with you. I will see how this works for a period.
06.02.2006: mp3.
I have recently started to publish strange and unreleased stuff under 'mp3' in the main menu. The goal is to fill this page up with concert bootlegs, unfinnished and wierd recordings, compositions that are history or under question etc. This is just a start.
23.01.2006: SPUNK news:
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Aniversary memorial volume is ready. You can order it from SPUNK's manager!
SPUNK has a new website (made by Kristin in SPUNK):spunkmusic.com
03.01.2006: Planet POING out now!
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Works by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, Sachiyo Tsurumi, Lars Petter Hagen, Áki Ásgeirsson and Jezper Holmen.
22.12.2005: Program ready for All Ears 2006, Oslo Jan 12.-15.
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(photo by jan Davis)
All Ears 2006
08.11.2005: adventura anatomica
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A new performance by Ratkje, Karl Hansen and Odd Johan Fritzøe. Premiere at Black Box in Oslo Nov. 17. (photo by Erik Berg.)
08.11.2005: Here it is!!!!
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SPUNK: en aldeles forferdelig sykdom
17.10.2005: News from www.spunkmusic.com:
Would you like to contribute to SPUNKS 10 year anniversary memorial volume? Send your contribution to hildb@spunkmusic.com.
Deadline: Dec 15.
10.07.2005: New Fe-mail album!!
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"Voluptuous Vultures" will be released on PsychForm records in September. Will be three different releases: Standard vinyl, special edition with vinyl (30 copies only!) and eventually cd. Pre-orders now accepted. Don't hestitate!
PsychForm.com
27.06.2005: new record with Jaap Blonk!
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electric voices, already available from www.subdist.com
05.05.2005: greetings from China!
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(with DJ Dee and chinese dancers)
04.10.2004: music for loving:
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see 'recordings' for more info!
22.08.2004: Nor Noise
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- a DVD and CD double pack, now available from [OHM] records www.ohmrecords.no. Contains a documentary on noise with exclusive interviews and concert clips by international artists and a CD compilation of not yet heard Norwegian noise music. More info under 'recordings'.
28.03.2004: A place in Germany called SPUNK!
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Thanks to Morten for sending me this picture from last year.
03.12.2003: SPUNK's new homepage:
click here for short cut!
28.01.2002: Astrid Lindgren,
the author of the phantastic books about Pippi Longstocking and the major source of inspiration for my group SPUNK is dead, 94 years old. She died quietly in her home in Sweden. Her impact on millions of children will live on!
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