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Passing Stranger is a meditative and ambient composition that features the strings of Nordic Affect together with Ratkje’s live sampling and real-time electronic treatments. Recorded live (as all of the tracks) in one go at Øra Studio. Such a process is all about finding the right timing for the musical structures to evolve naturally, in this track much like a sustained breath during dusk, all the while attending to the small shimmers and reflections that ‘rökkur’ brings forth.

Passing Stranger is also an anticipation of harmonies used in the song Du som fremmed (You as stranger (our translation)) which comprises the album’s eight track, hence referring to its title.

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from R​Ö​KKUR, released November 10, 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.”
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