ALLOY is Lemur´s first collaboration with German pianist Reinhold Friedl. Fusing their practices and their particular taste for live sonic interaction, Friedl and Lemur found common ground instantly.

Meeting in 2015 for a series of concerts and a session in the studios of the Norwegian Academy of Music, the five musicians share experiences from working at the intersection of composed and improvised musics. A combined focus on the use of extended playing techniques, a keen taste for form experiments and the utilization of all different group formations within the available quintet, resulted in an organic but also strictly diciplined album, divided into seven distinct tracks or Components.

The title, Alloy, reflects the pressures and intensities found in such first meetings, where strong expressions and different perspectives are merged.

Recorded by Bjørnar Habbestad.
Edited by Bjørnar Habbestad, Hild Sofie Tafjord and Reinholdt Friedl.
Mixed by Bjørnar Habbestad.
Mastered by Christian Obermayer.