Hans Hulbækmo & Egil Kalman

With this concert drummer Hans Hulbækmo and modular synthesist Egil Kalman aim to show that we can experience the essence of time through rhythm. How can the perception of time—both for the listener and the performers—be turned completely on its head by rhythm?

By zooming in on rhythms from traditional music from around the world, the hyper-focused interplay of free jazz, and the rhythmic structures of just-intoned drone music (which is essentially about resonant intervals built on polyrhythms), these gentlemen create a wholly unique rhythmic universe—a universe where both listeners and performers can lose themselves in a thicket of twisted branches.

Their debut record was released on Motvind Records earlier this year.

Photo by Thor Egil Leirtrø