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spunks 10 year anniversary memorial volume 

krumelur"Fine, lille krumelur, hjelp meg så jeg ei blir stur!" - SPUNKs 10 year anniversary memorial volume is ready. Designed by Lasse Marhaug, it's very beautiful with a wide range of texts about SPUNK. There's also a lot of photos and newspaper clips from SPUNKs archive.

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about spunk 

spunkWhereas much has been said about the eclectic nature of SPUNK, there is something seamless and holistic about their music. SPUNK's albums are not a hotchpotch of borrowed musical references, disjointed arrangements and incongruous contrasts. Any ruminations on blurring the boundaries between composition and improvisation or high and low art make no sense. This is music from a new generation for a new generation. Listening to SPUNK, one is flushed down the plughole of time into a dark dank drain to be eventually washed-up on some new musical shore. The contribution and combination of Kristin Andersen, Lene Grenager, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, and Hild Sofie Tafjord is in no way contrived. SPUNK are musicians who are part of a zeitgeist who, in their very essence, are pluralistic, in and out of certain traditions, and belong only where they have arrived. Some strange and strong cultural phenomenon is abound and SPUNK are part of it.

en aldeles forferdelig sykdom 

RCD2010 "en aldeles forferdelig sykdom" was SPUNKs first album made with an external producer, Jørgen Træen. Cover design by Kim Hiorthøy.

latest news

SPUNK with Joelle Leandre June 15. 2008

March 3 2008 SPUNK played together with double bass player Joëlle Léandre at Belleville, Oslo. We are hoping to play together again soon!

SPUNK reviewed by John Kelman May 23. 2008

...But the best music, as in the best lives, is all about confluence and contrast; pain and pleasure; harsh and beautiful. Spunk manages to bring together all these elements, making their performance one of the highlights of FIMAV 2008 and, quite possibly, the best show of the festival. Read the whole article. at allaboutjazz.com

Reviews from FIMAV! May 20. 2008

"...on ne pouvait que se laisser bercer par les sentiments inspires par cette suite musicale etrange, intuitive et audacieuse." lanouvelle.net. "Norway's all-female Spunk breaks the gender barrier when it comes to free improv with their combination of boldness and sensitivity and non-competitive spirit." (Montreal Gazette.

SPUNK to FIMAV, Canada May 13. 2008

On Norway's national day, May 17, SPUNK will be playing in Victoriaville, Canada, in the programme of the wonderful festival Festival International de Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV). Hurra!

SPUNK played on WOMR November 19. 2007

We got a message from Canary Burton that she played "Strom & I have a Dream" from our Orange and White album on November 3, 2007 on her WOMR radio station. We are happy to hear this!


upcoming performances

August 1. 2008

SPUNK premiere their new sound/video installation REIR at Nordland Musikkfestuke, Bodo, Norway. Technical support: Asbjorn Flo

August 20. 2008

Das Wohltemperierte SPUNK 2008

August 23. 2008

SPUNK premieres a commissioned project for Henie Onstad Art Centre's 40th anniversary

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