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spunks 10 year anniversary memorial volume January 19. 2006
"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.
different browsers January 14. 2006
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about spunk January 7. 2006
Whereas 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 January 7. 2006
"en aldeles forferdelig sykdom" was SPUNKs first album made with an external producer, Jørgen Træen. Cover design by Kim Hiorthøy.
SPUNK premiered "White Elephant" by Joseph Byrd and Dreams Of Tall Buildings at the Manchester Expo on June 24 2006. Read more about White Elephant