Alloy first came into being as a performance concept - it was originally intended as a moniker for Tom Ludvigson's collaborative live electronic music performances. An alloy is a mixture of metals, and the name was intended to highlight the collaborative mixture nature of the music performed. Subsequently the name was applied to all electronic dance music produced by Tom.
Alloy / plutonium
The first alloy performance was called alloy / plutonium. It was a collaboration between Tom Ludvigson and Mike Weston, took place in Auckland (New Zealand) in 1998.
Algorhythm
The first public release of an alloy recording took place with the inclusion of the alloy dance track named 'The Entire Universe' on the Kog Transmissions tech-house compilation CD "'Algorhythm', released in New Zealand in 1999:
If licks could kill
The next release of an alloy recording came about with the inclusion of the alloy dance track named "So Good" on the Antenna Records compilation CD "If Licks Could Kill", released in New Zealand in 2000:
KFM broadcasts
A major opportunity for the people of Auckland to become aquainted with alloy compositions and recorded output took plave in January, February and March 2004, when seven 35 minute radio shows consisting entirely of alloy recordings were broadcast on the Auckland "KFM" local radio station.
Intermetallica CDs
The most recent set of alloy recordings available were recorded in January and February 2005. Ten tracks were produced and have been packaged as five individual 'single' CDs, each containing two tracks.
The complete set of ten Intermetallica tracks have been compiled to one CD and released in New Zealand on Jazzscore Reissues in January 2006.
You can listen to the 'Intermetallica' recordings by following the links on the on the alloy CDs page.