Bright Young Future

Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Bright Young Future is an experimental collage-pop project
consisting of Rune Risager (Vibrant as Fuck, Den Fjerde Væg) and Jacob Abildgaard (Black
Horse). Combining ambient, sample music, noise, glitch, doom and pop music, BYF is
contemporary, playful and spontaneous post-genre music best described as a photogram of
moods: Abstract and colorful musical montages, saturated, synthetic, chemical-like - with sound
sources such as synths, organs, laptop, guitars and field recordings - shifting between
expressions of strange warm hazy nostalgia and harsh digital futuristic explorations; ultimately
engaging us in a tremendously personal, dream-like and surrealist musical universe.

Jacob and Rune has been creating music under “Bright Young Future” since 2017 when they
played together in the indie-folk band Black Horse. They needed a space for creating
spontaneous music without limits, and began to improvise black metal, ambient, noise, punk, free
music and obscure pop songs. Through that they discovered a deep interest and understanding
of instant composing, and what was to become a strong foundation for the music of Bright Young
Future. In August 2020 they self-released their debut-album “Black Wings”