múm performs »Sonnenuhr«

Melancholic, fragile, and quietly playful, the music of múm has always carried the distinct atmosphere of their native Iceland. It is a sonic language unfolding between experimental electronics, fleeting melodies, and expansive, immersive spaces.

At Pop-Kultur Festival, they now present »Sonnenuhr« at the Pierre Boulez Saal – a new performative work that brings together a string quartet, electronic and acoustic instruments. The set-up is expanded by a sensor-based percussion interface, in which acoustic gestures shape electronic sound in real time. Conceived and performed by founding members Gunnar Tynes and Örvar Smárason, »Sonnenuhr« blends new compositions with specially reworked versions of selected, more introspective pieces from múm.

In doing so, they connect to their recent album »History of Silence«, developed over a two-year period in studios across southern Italy, Reykjavík, Berlin, New York, and Prague. For the project, they already worked with orchestral elements – recorded at Sinfonia Nord in Akureyri and arranged by Ingi Garðar Erlendsson. The result is a work that feels intimate and expansive at once, fragmentary yet cohesive – a reflection on distance, proximity, and the act of inhabiting the in-between.

This special Pop-Kultur evening promises nothing less than a concert experience that stretches time and space, allowing múm to unfold their singular poetic depth.