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01. Maja S.K. Ratkje - This wondrous city
02. Maja S.K. Ratkje - And not a sound left my throat
03. Maja S.K. Ratkje - The bouncing movement my foot makes every time my pulse strikes
04. Maja S.K. Ratkje - A gliding sound such as this
05. Maja S.K. Ratkje - A woodchip to chew on
06. Maja S.K. Ratkje - Eyes like raw silk, arms of amber
07. Maja S.K. Ratkje - A white lighthouse in a muddy sea of humans where wrecks floated about
08. Maja S.K. Ratkje - I sense my shoes as a slowly whizzing tone towards me
09. Maja S.K. Ratkje - Kristiania
ARTIST
TITLE
Sult
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
RCD 2204CD RCD 2204CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/15/2019

Composed, performed, mixed, and produced by Maja S. K. Ratkje, Sult is based upon Ratkje´s music created for the ballet Sult ("Hunger") by director Jo Strømgren for the Norwegian National Ballet. This is a departure from the records and live settings normally associated with 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.