År & Dag is a Copenhagen based collective led by four composers: Andreas Pallisgaard, Mads Forsby, Anders Lauge Meldgaard, and Michael Mørkholt. Each of the four members has an independent practice as a musician/composer, working with instrument-building, computer programming, live improvisation, and notated composition.

The uniqueness of År & Dag’s sound has a great deal to do with the lack of hierarchy in their approach to composition and performance, and the collective element of År & Dag is essential to understanding how their music is made. År & Dag’s intention is to create an open field for the examination and exploration into new methods, instruments, and systems for composing and performing music as a collaborative entity. Their recent LP release "Tifold af Fri Form og Fælles Motiv” won the prize as “Experimental album of the year” at the Danish Music Award Jazz 2021, and is the product of several years of development, live performance, and studio recording, documenting År & Dag’s work with a large ensemble of 10 musicians that includes self-built synthesizer and electronic instruments, reeds and brass, and percussion.

Magnus Bak / trombone
Victor Dybbroe / percussion
Mads Pind Forsby / gong wheel, percussion
Lars Greve / clarinets, soprano saxophone
Anders Bach / percussion
Anders Lauge Meldgaard / clock wheel sequencer, synthesizers, EWI
Michael Mørkholt / clock wheel sequencer, synthesizers
Andreas Pallisgaard / clock wheel sequencer, synthesizers
Anders Vestergaard / percussion
Jakob Munck / trombone, sousaphone, pocket trumpet