Nacho Arimany is more than a multi-instrumentalist with a special ear for world percussion, he’s a translator, and a channel for creating dialogue between different cultures. This dialogue is spoken through rhythm, and Arimany said this language is universal and spoken by all of us.

When he’s on stage, whether during his solo performances or when he’s joined by an improv jazz trio, Arimany is surrounded by his pallet of instruments. He sees them all as different colors that paint the picture of humanity.

“I always play two instruments at a time, it is really rare that I’m only playing one instrument, so I’m putting in dialogue these instruments that come from different cultures,” he said. “So I really see myself like this bridge and translator between cultures, colors and rhythms.”

During his solo show at Peery’s Egyptian Theater July 25, Arimany plans to sit on the floor with his assortment of world instruments that also include the piano, guitar and harp. He said of all instruments he’s brought for the performance, he’s most honored to play the harp.

“I just came back from Asheville, North Carolina, at a percussion festival, and one of the sponsors was Heartland Harps maker, and I will be able to play harp for one piece and he is going to send one harp of his for the Egyptian Theater for me to play,” Arimany disclosed. “So I am really excited too.”

Arimany said all these instruments are created from elements of nature, and he doesn’t feel overwhelmed being surrounded by so many noisemakers.

“For me it’s such a joy to have all those instruments around me, it’s like having the whole world around me in colors,” he said. “At the very end I realize I’m just putting together elements and sounds of nature that comes from cultures and traditions, so the soul and the body can resonate deeply with these rhythms, and this music and sounds.”

Along with the earthly elements Arimany brings to life with his improvisational jazz music, He sees music, especially rhythm and melody, as “one eternal pulse.”

“I see myself as this connector between cultures and this translator between cultures and I let the instruments play themselves through me,” he said, “and rhythm has this amazing property of bringing roots and rhythmic patterns and pulsation from different cultures into one eternal pulse, I really love that.”

Jazz in its nature is full of subtle communication between instruments, and the improv characteristic of the genre is what pulled Arimany to it in the first place. Raised as a vocalist and pianist, Arimany said he rejected the perfectionism base of his classical training in his teens.

This rebellion started when he first heard a drum circle in the streets of Spain.

“I ran out of that environment because it was so structured, and I felt there was something missing, I felt like there was something missing in all the perfectionism and I get really exhausted from that,” he said, describing his journey through music.

“Then when I found and started hearing drums on the streets with people in a circle playing together, I realized I want to be part of that, I want to be part of the community, I want to be part of that celebration.”

Arimany’s journey through music has allowed him to engage in the beats of cultures from all over the globe. His most recent recording project, “InTime,” is a music therapy program in collaboration with Advanced Brain Technologies. Arimany said it’s a collection of his compositions that span over five hours.

“The music, I’m so proud of the music,” he said. “I put together all these ancient rhythms and ancient instruments with modern instrumentation like the piano, guitar and harp.”

Much like his work on InTime, Arimany promised his local performance will be “sound poetry” that will take listeners to a different time and place.

“At the concert I will just use the guitar for the instrument for sound poetry as I call it, sound poetry, in the way that poetry also in traditions has been used as a channel for the source to get back to, for the soul to go back to the source,” he said. “So then I translate words into sounds, I use the sound of the guitar as drawing poetry too.”

While on stage and performing live, Arimany said his mind follows where is heart is leading, and that is always to the source of sound and the source of the cultural phenomenon he’s creating in real time. Although he always has a plan and itinerary for the concert, he’s flexible in following the sounds.

“I approach the instruments, like for example the harp, in a really rhythmic way that also helps along my voice to sing, and also bring along all these melodies from different countries,” he said.

“So the concert will be a great journey through the cultures of this world, and all the possible sounds from the earth aligned with modern instruments and all instruments. So try to make a journey between the past and the future sound of music.”

Contact reporter Raychel Johnson at 801-625-4279 or rajohnson@standard.net. Follow her on Twitter @raychelNEWS.

PREVIEW

• WHAT: Nacho Arimany
• WHEN: 8 p.m. July 25
• WHERE: Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden
• TICKETS: $15/advance, &21.50/day of; 801-689-8700; www.egyptiantheaterogden.com/