Maja S. K. Ratkje, Torstein Slaen & Sigurd Ytre-Arne - The Swamp (2025) [Hi-Res]

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Title: The Swamp
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Bislet Beats
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) 24/48, FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 00:40:08
Total Size: 427 / 193 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - The Swamp (5:41)
02. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - Heptashinok (7:29)
03. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - Trust the Locals (2:01)
04. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - Fragility (7:50)
05. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - Oligarchification (2:47)
06. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - Discomanic (4:02)
07. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - A Busy Day at the Office (2:49)
08. Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Sigurd Ytre-Arne/Torstein Slåen - Lullaby for Trembling Hearts (7:33)

Three left-of-center Norwegian improvisers go wild and almost drown in a dark sonic swamp. Sigurd Ytre-Arne is an audio-visual artist-sound engineer who works with samplers, synths, drum machines, and electronics in his studio, located in an old railway school in Hamar, north of Oslo. Guitarist Torstein Slåen is Ytre-Arne’s close collaborator, and since 2022, they have released four albums as Torstein & Sigurd (and another one of Ytre-Arne playing duos, with him, drummer Fredrik Wallumrød, and tuba player Hermann Hestbek). Vocal artist, vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Maja Ratkje needs no introduction.

The Swamp documents the first meeting of Ratkje, Ytre-Arne, and Slåen, captured at Ytre-Arne’s studio in Hamar in December 2024, mastered by Ratkje’s frequent