Final Descent x HUSET: År & Dag - A MAJOR CELEBRATION | Vinterjazz

Michael Mørkholt, Anders Lauge Meldgaard, Andreas Pallisgaard, and Mads Forsby form the core of the ambitious musicians’ collective and record label Aar & Dag, which since 2017 has set new standards for contemporary music in Denmark. Through experimental concert formats, innovative release methods, homemade instruments, and unconventional scores, they explore the intersection of composition and improvisation, creating new musical languages. Across Aar & Dag’s discography, cyclic motifs and open musical landscapes form the foundation.

As a group and collective, Aar & Dag has experimented with spontaneous composition, where large ensembles improvise within frameworks of tonal systems, logics, mechanisms, and various rule sets. This has resulted in numerous concerts over the years with different musicians and concepts, leading to releases like Tifold af fri form og fælles motiv, which came out in 2019.

The lead-up to this concert began at Bådehuset on July 1, 2023, where 30 instructional cards with time and tonal indications formed an open score, performed over three concerts by 33 musicians. Recordings of these three concerts have been merged into one 45-minute composition, now to be released on the cassette A MAJOR CELEBRATION.

Prepare to lose track of time as Aar & Dag fills Xenon with hypnotic, cyclic motifs when A MAJOR CELEBRATION is performed in its final form at this special release concert with 33+ participating musicians.

The concert is part of Vinterjazz and is organized by HUSET and Final Descent.