Drone Records

RATKJE, MAJA S. - Sult

Format: LP

Label & Cat.Number: Rune Grammofon RLP3204

Release Year: 2019

Note: based on her music for the ballet "Sult" (performed by the Norwegian National Ballet), this is a very different album compared to previous works, presenting RATKJE performing and singing to a 'out of tune' pump organ, fitting to the atmosphere of Kristiana in the 19th century; "Metal tubes, PVC tubes and a wind machine were built into the organ; guitar strings, a bass string, a resin thread, metal and glass percussion and a bow are also utilized..." lim. 500 white vinyl

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Composed, performed, mixed and produced by Maja S. K. Ratkje Based upon Ratkje's music created for the ballet "Sult" ("Hunger") by profiled director Jo Stromgren for the Norwegian National Ballet, this is a departure from records and live settings normally associated with Maja S. K. Ratkje, as we find her placed behind a modified, wiggly and out of tune pump organ, singing songs and improvising. Metal tubes, PVC tubes and a wind machine were built into the organ; guitar strings, a bass string, a resin thread, metal and glass percussion and a bow are also utilized. With little or no previous experience, she had to learn to play the thing live, using both hands and feet at the same time as singing. Maja played live on stage during every performance, but later modified and recorded the music especially for this record, with Frode Haltli co-producing. It's a freestanding document, an entity of its own, but the atmosphere is very much the same as in the play: the dusty city of Kristiania in the 19th century, the street noises and the sounds.