Browse by Artist: LEMUR

Artist:	LEMUR
Title:	IIIIIII
Label:	+3DB (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	3DB 001CD

Originally released in 2008. Lemur's album IIIIIII is a document from their debut tour: recorded in one session at Grieghallen Studio and presented in its original order. These seven tracks portray an ensemble on the edge of defining a new sound and their musical identity. Throughout the tracks, the four musicians unite as one sound-generating body, manipulating their instruments into making sounds one would believe to be electronic. The result is a music defying old or new aesthetics, instead searching for the ultimate sound experience using these exact instruments in the hands of these particular musicians. Although making a clear contrast to "the northern sound" of Norwegian jazz, IIIIIII brings beautiful soundscapes side by side with frantic phrasing and inspired solo playing. Members: Bjørnar Habbestad (flutes), Hild Solfie Tafjord (french horn), Lene Grenager (cello) and Michael Duch (double bass).

Artist:	LEMUR
Title:	Aigéan
Label:	+3DB (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	3DB 011CD

Originally released in 2010. Norway's Lemur presents another journey in their quest for a new improvised chamber music: acoustic sound-oriented music from four highly original players. Aigéan is Lemur's follow-up to their acclaimed debut IIIIIIII, from 2008. Continuing their work to develop an improvised chamber music with an emphasis on sonic experimentation and ensemble character, the ensemble delivers a darker and more fragile album. More open to explore the particulars in each piece, the ensemble seems to strengthen their sound, delivering a truly insistent and strongly-crafted album. Lemur has found their position as one of Europe's truly original improvising ensembles. The four instrumentalists combine their work from classic composition, noise, chamber music and free jazz making a highly surprising and unique blend of contemporary sound and attitude. Since their first performances in 2006, the ensemble has done a series of tours in Scandinavia, Europe and Asia to great acclaim. Members include Bjørnar Habbestad (flutes), Hild Sofie Tafjord (horn), Lene Grenager (cello) and Michael Francis Duch (double bass).

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