Tromleorkestret is two people and a homebuilt music machine. We play psychedelic barrel-organ music on self-constructed, mechanical, high-tech instruments.
The performance is a celebration of man’s ability to create machines that can do what humans cannot. It is just as much a doomsday prophecy about the machines’ inevitable takeover of human consciousness.
The music draws on krautrock, psychedelic jazz and experimental electronic music, and the look has references to steampunk. On stage we improvise together with the robotic instruments.
Hjalte Bested Hjorth
Instrument design · Composer · Performer
Hjalte is a musician and composer with a background in robotics engineering. He is in charge of the technical side of the project and composes the music.
He designs and builds the robotic instruments, the sensor interfaces and the software behind them, mostly with Bela, MaxMSP and Open Sound Control (OSC).
Sofie Hjorth Schausen
Special effects · Visual design · Performer
Sofie has created the costumes and the visual design of the project. On stage she mainly controls the live audio effects.
She is also a sound designer, and the creator and host of the podcast Lyden af Videnskab (The Sound of Science). Her background is in cabaret.
