Maja Ratkje & Jaap Blonk

Composer of orchestral and electro-acoustic works, opera performer, free improviser, and experimental electronica artist: Maja Ratkje was able to claim all these titles before her 30th birthday. The Norwegian singer has been active on many fronts since the mid-'90s, winning composition prizes in her home country before starting to build an international reputation, first as part of the all-female free improv quartet Spunk, then as a solo artist. Her experimental singing has been compared to Jaap Blonk and Phil Minton, although her use of electronics and Theremin in her perform...