RÖKKUR, by Maja S. K. Ratkje & Nordic Affect

RÖKKUR

by Maja S. K. Ratkje & Nordic Affect

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1.	Into The Dark 08:40	info	buy track
2.	I Cannot Look 01:24	info	buy track
3.	Love Took My Hand 02:33 video	info	buy track
4.	Den sprættende bevægelse min fot gjør hver gang pulsen slår 05:49	info	buy track
5.	Love (III) 03:46	info	buy track
6.	Passing Stranger 05:30 video	info	buy track
7.	Lokk 01:21	info	buy track
8.	Du som fremmed 05:04	info	buy track
9.	And Smiling Did Reply 02:00	info	buy track
10.	Introducing Love 02:49	info	buy track
11.	Martes nattasang 02:36	info	buy track
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Øra Fonogram announces the worldwide release of RÖKKUR, the joint album of Norwegian composer and performer Maja S. K. Ratkje and Icelandic ensemble Nordic Affect (Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, Marie Stockmarr Becker, Hanna Loftsdóttir, Guðrún Óskarsdóttir).

What is ‘rökkur’?

‘Rökkur’ is the Icelandic word for twilight — the hour when shadows fall, a time of transition, ambiguity, and magic. When ‘rökkur’ fell in pre-electric times, a space appeared for storytelling, reading, yarn spinning, singing, or even a dreamlike state of dozing. Inspired by this shared tradition, Maja S. K. Ratkje and ensemble Nordic Affect have embarked on a sonic journey allowing ‘rökkur’ to become a path for morphing and shifting between the familiar, the atmosphere from the past, and the yet to be imagined future.

Since their first appearance together at Dark Music Days in Iceland in 2019, their music making has evolved in relation to each new performance, always exploring and revealing new shades of noise and timbre. Ratkje blends her extended vocals with the Baroque instrumental sound of Nordic Affect, at times treated and re-established in real-time by the cyborg electronic extensions of Ratkje’s live electronics.

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released November 10, 2023

Recorded live by Nordic Affect (Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, baroque violin; Marie Stockmarr Becker, baroque viola; Hanna Loftsdóttir, baroque cello; Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, harpsichord) and Maja S. K. Ratkje (vocals, various objects, and live electronics).

All music composed by Ratkje and arranged by Ratkje and Nordic Affect except 8 (co-composed by Frode Haltli), 11 (composed by Frida Haltli) and 2, 6, and 7 (composed by Ratkje and Nordic Affect). Lyrics by George Herbert (5), Karin Haugane (8), and Frida Haltli (11). Quoted lyrics by George Herbert (1 and 2).

Recorded by Jo Ranheim, Øra Studio and Dokkhuset, February 2022. Mixed by Maja S. K. Ratkje, Svartskog, 2023.
Mastered by Karl Klaseie, Øra Mastering, 2023.
Produced by Maja S. K. Ratkje with Nordic Affect.
Cover Photos by Eva Schram.
Cover Design by Guðlaug Friðgeirsdóttir.
Supported by Svartskog Music AS, The Norwegian Society of Composers, Reykjavík City, and the Ministry of Culture’s Music Fund in Iceland.

Love Took My Hand video by Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir 2023.

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Maja S. K. Ratkje Svartskog, Norway

“Anyone who has seen or heard Ratkje perform live will know what a superb musician she is, and one who can genuinely be said to be extending the expressive range of the voice through technical and technological means. Her work is celebratory and inclusive, an energising rallying call to those who are curious enough to peek out from behind the curtain of mainstream mediocrity.”
-The Wire
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