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Title:  Ballads Artist:  John Hegre, Maja Ratkje - Various Artists Label:  Dekorder Format:  CD Price:  € 14.00   Mp3 samples:   1   2

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This release is a tangled amalgamation of micro-sounds, impromptu sequences and very lean effects together with modulated effects, dissonances and sparse vocal elements. John Hegre & Maja Ratkje's 'ballads' are captivating in their articulated mastery of abstraction, minimalism and experimental attitude. The background is made of intimate and oblique melodies, iterated guitar chords, north-European spleen, fascinating in its absence of emphasis, in the chilling tranquility of endless days. Just eight tracks, composed between 2004 and 2005, a great album that, in its final track, focuses its more markedly evocative connotations, at the crossroad of different stylistic attitudes, without succumbing to mannerism. Aurelio Cianciotta

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