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Maja S.K. Ratkje

Punkt Festival 2021

by Henning Bolte
October 9, 2021

Eivind Aarset Hotel Norge, Blå Kors Punkt Festival Kristiansand September, 2-4, 2021 Live remix is the key element and trademark of Punkt Festival in Kristiansand, southern Norway, now in its 17th year. Life itself had been remixed severely by the COVID pandemic that struck at the beginning of 2020. It ...

Punkt Festival 2013

by John Kelman
September 19, 2013

Punkt FestivalKick Kristiansand, Norway September 6-8, 2013 Punkt is back. Three simple words with greater significance. While the annual festival, which has made its name on the strength of two additional words--Live Remix--had an eighth edition in 2012 that, on paper, should have been nothing short of spectacular, it was ultimately ...

Cinema Documentary About Maja Ratkje Seeking Support

November 28, 2012

"Voice - Sculpting Sound with Maja S K Ratkje" is a cinematic feature documentary about the charismatic Norwegian composer, performer, innovator, multimedia artist and cult figure in various music genres, who also speaks up regularly about environmental issues. “Voice" is not only the portrait of a singular musician and artist, but the film will explore and ...

Ultima Festival: Oslo, Norway, September 10-15, 2012

by John Kelman
October 3, 2012

Ultima Festival Oslo, Norway September 15, 2012In a country that has called its “pathology" of over 600 music festivals per year “festival inflation," it's hard for any festival to stand out amongst the others, and yet so many of the events in Norway do. From Kristiansand's Live Remix festival, Punkt, to the superbly ...

Elephant9: Live at the BBC

by John Kelman
February 6, 2012

Despite the re-emergence of vinyl as a once-again acceptable medium, it's still bigger in some countries than others. In Norway, there are now labels that are releasing vinyl-only editions, including the intrepid Rune Grammofon, which introduced its The Last Record Company a couple years back, with limited-run albums including guitarist Stian Westerhus' Galore (2009) and equally ...

Wach auf!

By Maja S.K. Ratkje

Label: Ora Fonogram
Released: 2011
Track listing: Der Morgenchoral Des Peachum; Solidaritätslied; Der Song Von Mandelay; Vom Ertrunkenen Mädchen; Nationalhymne Der DDR; Die Seeräuberjenny; Seeing Red 1; Revolusjonens Røst (Revolution Calling); Gategutt; Youkali Tango; Mining For Gold; Seeing Red 2; True Colours; Kanonensong; National Anthem Of Russia.

POING / Maja S.K. Ratkje: Wach auf!

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 10, 2011

Wach auf! (Wake up! in German) is only the third release by POING in its 12 years of activity, but what a remarkable achievement from a Norwegian trio whose repertoire encompasses compositions by pioneer minimalist composer Terry Riley, nuevo-tango composer Astor Piazzolla , political alt-rock band Rage Against The Machine, Russian songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, Prince, Charles ...

River Mouth Echoes

By Maja S.K. Ratkje

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2008
Track listing: Øx (2005); Essential Extensions (1999); Wintergarden (2005); River Mouth Echoes (2001); Waves IIB (1997=1998); Sinus Seduction (Moods Two) (1997).

Maja S.K. Ratkje: River Mouth Echoes

by John Kelman
July 25, 2008

Multidisciplinary electro-acoustic composer/vocalist Maja Solveig Kjelstyrup Ratkje has, over the course of the past decade, built a significant reputation in her home country of Norway as an intrepid artist for whom few, if any, boundaries exist. No small achievement in a country filled with artists for whom nothing is forbidden and anything is possible. Known to ...