Pendulum
“...this work may not be about pendulums alone. It speaks of our way of being in the world. Of how we inhabit time, embrace its cycles, its returns, its slow transformations. It reminds us that movement is never a straight line, but a continuous oscillation between balance and imbalance, departure and return, tension and release.
Opening Arcs is an invitation to listen differently: to slow down, to follow curves rather than clocks, and to perceive in the swing of a pendulum something of our own presence within time. And perhaps, beneath every vibration, to hear this silent question: What becomes of music when gravity itself begins to improvise?"
Emma Forestier - In&OutJazz Magazine
Pendulum is an international trio of singular voices whose mastery of improvisation turns gravity into groove. Benoît Delbecq (piano), Jonas Westergaard (bass), and Peter Bruun (drums) share a deep trust in both compositional structure and improvisational openness. Their music draws on metric relations, shifting balances, and elastic phrasing that allow time to bend and breathe. Each musician brings a distinct language to their expression, yet their interplay forms a shared axis, binding together the counterpoints of levity and gravity. Unique to Pendulum is the presence of physical pendulums on stage. More than scenography, these oscillating bodies guide the music. The result is new music that, paradoxically, feels familiar: music that sways and breathes, while finding rhythm in the inevitability of motion.
Opening Arcs
What
Opening Arcs is an eight-part release cycle unfolding across eight months. With the eight offerings, Pendulum presents nearly three hours of music, released piece by piece. Each installment swings on its own, while forming part of a larger structure. As the months pass, the music accumulates into an open body of work. Listeners enter the cycle at different moments and move through it in their own time.
How
With nearly three hours of music released across eight months, Opening Arcs invites listeners to spend time inside the work. The cycle can be entered at different moments and explored gradually, floating with time, without regard to the clock. No single listen will encounter every detail. Instead, listeners can form their own path through the material, moving between pieces, returning to others, and discovering different connections in their own time.
When
2026
Arc No. 1 — May 16
Arc No. 2 — June 15
Arc No. 3 — July 14
Arc No. 4 — August 12
Arc No. 5 — September 11
Arc No. 6 — October 10
Arc No. 7 — November 9
Arc No. 8 — December 9
Arc no 1
Time leans before it moves.
Motion unfolds patiently, stretching and rebounding with quiet elasticity. What propels the arc is not force but attentiveness, which allows duration to bend and return without breaking.
Each swing carries clarity and restraint, revealing time as something more shaped than measured.
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Arc no 2
Afterwards appears before it is recognized.
Movement writes itself into space, leaving subtle traces that guide listening
rather than direction. Rhythms form paths, both adaptable and responsive,
where perception stretches between memory and anticipation.
The arc remains fluid, shaped by change rather than arrival
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Arc no 3
Movement turns inward.
Each gesture is weighted, deliberate, and reduced to necessity. Time
thickens as motion slows, inviting attention to settle inside the smallest
shifts. The arc transforms discreetly, as intensity is held beneath restraint.
Balance is discovered through presence, not display.
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Arc no 4
Wooden time moves with grain and resistance.
Motion creaks, sways, and negotiates its own structure. Oscillation becomes tactile, shaped by friction and patience. The arc holds multiple possibilities at once, allowing form and freedom to coexist without resolution.
The rings of time are both counted and counting.
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Arc no 5
A phase shifts nearly unnoticed.
Motion lightens, stepping carefully through softened contours. Layers thin and
overlap, revealing phrasing where gestures begin and fade. The arc listens
closely to its own balance, finding meaning in nuance rather than emphasis.
The push and pull are their own reason for being.
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We are especially pleased to invite you to join us as we will release a new chapter of the work each month, from May 16 through December 2026. Opening Arcs is a lyrically intense universe in which themes and rhythmic foundations are woven together in a kaleidoscopic manner. New spaces emerge, and connections continually arise, casting fresh light on what has come before. With a total duration of three hours, the work offers listeners a rare glimpse into an artistic process—one to which the musicians of Pendulum devote themselves with curiosity, openness, and love.
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