Lemur

Improvising quartet, composers collective, curator group and creative team.

Bjørnar Habbestad flutes
Hild Sofie Tafjord  french horn
Lene Grenager  cello
Michael Duch   double bass

 

Simmering with quiet intensity, Norwegian sound innovators Lemur aim for a new music with their collective improvisations, compositions and projects. The ensemble develops a subtle, poetic sound side by side with broadly painted landscapes, balancing the beauty of a single pitch and the complexity of a sound cloud.

Lemur was formed in 2006. SInce their debut in Trondheim they have performed i Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Taiwan, Macau, China, England and Scotland. Their two albums on +3db records have been met with much critical acclaim. Lemur has collaborated with Paul Lytton, Julia Eckhardt, Mats Gustafsson, Amit Sen, John Hegre, Dickson Dee, Trondheim Sinfonietta, N Ensemble and Tom Løberg. They also contributed to the punk poet Patrick Fitzgeralds release “Spirit of the Revolution” from 2007.

PRESS
“Med kontrabasisten Michael Duch och flöjtisten Bjørnar Habbestad skapar Tafjord och Grenager en mycket laddad och detaljrik skiva där kammarmusikens precision löper parallellt med improvisationsmusikens lyhördhet och snabba reaktioner. Svagt plockar de i småljuden, men bygger också tätare vävar i en helt akustisk ljudvärld. Att de dessutom är svaga för det utdragna och dronande gör det hela oemotståndligt.” Svenska Dagbladet, 17.11.2010

 

Lemur web site

Lemur @ Soundcloud

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