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SUMMARY:Lasse Marhaug & Maja Ratkje
LOCATION:AB Club (Anspachlaan 110\, 1000 Bruxelles)
DESCRIPTION:LASSE MARHAUG (Jazkamer) + MAJA RATKJE (Spunk/Fe-Mail) +\nLASSE MARHAUG & MAJA RATKJE (duo)Be sure to also check\nout the PICA DISK (Lasse Marhaug's label) exposition\nthat runs from 1 January to 31 January in the AB Café/Resto\n(Steenstraat 23).8:00 pm - Lasse Marhaug (Jazkamer -\nsolo)Lasse Marhaug - better known under his moniker JAZKAMER\n(previously: Jazzkammer) - is the uncrowned king of the\nNorwegian Noise scene. It is not without reason that\nhe's often referred to as the Norwegian Merzbow. Marhaug\nhas been active since the 90's and has his name linked\nto more than 200 (!!!) releases. In ’07 he started his own\nlabel\, Pica Disk\, which in its short existence can already\naccount for 30 or so releases. The first release ‘Tapes\n1990-1999’ (a 4-CD box set) documented the debut years in\nwhich Marhaug released about 70 cassettes. Marhaug has\nalready worked together with Maja Ratkje (see further)\, his\ngod Merzbow\, Enslaved and Sunn 0))). In 2010 Marhaug came\nup with the ambitious plan to release a Jazkamer album every\nmonth. When asked to explain why he did this\, Marhaug dryly\nreplied: “Because releasing an album every week is too\nmuch work.”. You're looking for points of reference?\nTry ‘Timex’ (from ’99\, Rune Grammofon) or ‘Metal\nMusic Machine’ (from ’06\, Smalltown Supernoise) and\ntuck into his ‘2010 series’ that is now released every\nmonth this year.9:00 pm - Maja Ratkje (Spunk/Fe-Mail –\nsolo)"Somewhere between Diamanda Galas and Joanna\nNewsom." ( Paris Transatlantic)"Ratkje's\nvibrant vocal fluctuations can make Björk sound like an\nAmerican Idol candidate." (Washington Post)"Maja\nRatkje is the female equivalent to Mike Patton - a\nfreestyling\, uninhibited\, logic-defying one woman music\nmaking organism that sings with the angelic harmony of\nBjörk at one moment and squeals like a possessed pig the\nnext". (Boomkat)Maja Ratkje is certainly easier than\nher full name MAJA SOLVEIG KJELSTRUP RATKJE. Ratkje – born\nin Trondheim - is a Norwegian composer/performer and mainly\nfamed for her impressive voice. To give you an idea (in case\nthe above quotes aren't sufficient): she once performed\nin Brussels as part of a festival with ‘madness’ as\ntheme . She often performs solo but performs duo as well\n(with Jaap Blonk or in her band Fe-Mail) or with her regular\nimprovisational ensemble Spunk. She has already released\nalbums on Rune Grammofon\, Noise label Pica Disk\, jazz\nlabel ECM as well as John Zorn’s Tzadik label.10:00 pm -\nLasse Marhaug & Maja Ratkje (duo)Lasse Marhaug and Maja\nRatkje in duo will undoubtedly cause fireworks. They\ndescribe it themselves as ‘noise improv with vocals’.\nAlthough they say it's been a long time since\nthey've performed together\, they're not unfamiliar.\nThe ‘Music For…’ series was released under their\nnames\, which included ‘Music For Shopping’\, ‘Music\nFor Gardening’ \, ‘Music For Loving’ and ‘Music for\nFaking’ . The Wire on the subject: “Incredibly strange\nsounds and fractured\, chaotic sampling. "How much\nnoise can we make?” is one of the questions asked here\,\nand they answer it with a Godzilla-sized blast of digital\ndemolition that comes down hard and keeps pounding.” The\nMaja Ratkje album ‘Voice’ (from ’02\, on Rune\nGrammofon) was an intensely forceful collaboration with\nMarhaug too. Ready for a battle of these unique talents?    \n                                                        \n\nhttps://www.abconcerts.be/en/agenda/lasse-marhaug-maja-ratkje/a105J000001wgi6QAA
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