Rune Grammofon
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Central artists from Norway's flowering electronica and noise scene join forces to remix female chamber anarchist quartet SPUNK, the source being the group's debut album from 1999, "Det eneste jeg vet er at det ikke er en støvsuger" (RCD 2010).Visit product page →
Contributions from Martin Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist), Kim Hiorthøy, Upper Rooms, Phonophani, Svalastog, Kristin Andersen (SPUNK), (X, Y, Z), Andreas Meland (Düplo), Jørgen Træen, Sun Demon, Risto Holopainen, Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer) and Andreas Mjøs (Jaga Jazzist, Rotoscope).
Tracklisting:
1. Det Eneste Jeg Vet Er At Det Var Et Horn Engang
2. Akershus Pubertet
3. Thing That Hurt
4. Fjernfjernkontrollkontroll
5. Feil Remix
6. Truly Falling Slowly
7. Tapeunderlaget På Ball
8. Buljong
9. Trav'lin'light
10. Akershus (Demon Dub)
11. Aker Brygge
12. Septemberunderlaget 2
13. Sticky Tapedeck -
Free collective improvising is one of the most demanding ways of making music: the pitfalls are many ' self-absorption, incoherence, certain standardized gestures of free jazz, lack of dynamics, humourlessness ' but Spunk are alert to the dangers.Visit product page →
Bold, sometimes witty, always alert, they make engaging music, and keep the sound of surprise alive.
They have no fear of bringing the music to the brink of anarchy - they are interested in extremes as well as subtleties - but their instincts as composers-in-action also serve them well. Most of all, perhaps, Spunk convince by the force of their own convictions.
As Maja Ratkje says:
Music has to be strong. It deals with communication in an extremely direct fashion, within its own language. This is something that makes it vulnerable, but also, potentially, a bearer of great poetic power.
Tracklisting:
1. Tremble
2. The Lake
3. Bipolarity
4. Quadralogue
5. Antisolar Point
6. Mosegrodd
7. Ankomst
8. Ute
9. Eaten -
This DVD gives a rare and unique insight into the live concert experience of one of Norway's most prominent and long standing contemporary impro groups.Visit product page →
Commissioned by the Henie Onstad Art Centre for it's 40th anniversary in 2008, Light can be seen as an interaction between the art centre's environment and the musicians.
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje: voice, electronics
Kristin Andersen: trumpet
Hild Sofie Tafjord: french horn, electronics
Lene Grenager: cello -
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Spunk 'Still Eating Ginger Bread For Breakfast, The 20th Anniversary Concert' CD
£12.49
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Spunk 'Still Eating Ginger Bread For Breakfast, The 20th Anniversary Concert' CD
£12.49
Visit product page →"Last time I heard SPUNK was phenomenal! They are among the most exciting improvising groups in the world right now". Fred Frith
Formed in 1995, SPUNK comprises four of Norway's most innovative musicians: Kristin Andersen - trumpet and recorders Hild Sofie Tafjord - french horn, toys, live processing and sampling Maja S. K. Ratkje - voice, theremin, oscillators, live preocessing and sampling Lene Grenager - cello.
Free collective improvising is one of the most demanding ways of making music: the pitfalls are many - self-absorption, incoherence, certain standardized "gestures" of free jazz, lack of dynamics, humourlessness - but SPUNK are alert to the dangers. Bold, sometimes witty, always alert, they make engaging music, and keep the sound of surprise alive.
They have no fear of bringing the music to the brink of anarchy - they are interested in extremes as well as subtleties - but their instincts as composers-in-action also serve them well. Most of all, perhaps, SPUNK convince by the force of their own convictions. As Maja Ratkje says: "Music has to be strong. It deals with communication in an extremely direct fashion, within its own language.
This is something that makes it vulnerable, but also, potentially, a bearer of great poetic power". For their 20th anniversary concert in December 2015 they moved from the exotic concert sites of previous years to Oslo's Nasjonal Jazzscene, home of the most interesting local and international jazz and impro concerts in the capital.
Still Eating Ginger Bread For Breakfast is a recording of that concert - divided into two sets - as on the evening. It is also SPUNK's ninth album since their 1999 debut Det Eneste Jeg Vet Er At Det Ikke Er En Støvsuger, all on Rune Grammofon. One would think that the Ginger Bread title would come from the same Pippi Longstocking universe that gave name to the group as well as their early albums, but not so.
According to Maja it simply came to them as an absurd association. In tune with much of their music making, one would be tempted to add.
