Tahmela Six single Ground VI is here!
Otto Eskelinen, alto sax, flute, shakuhachi
Sami Sippola, tenor sax
Eero Tikkanen, double bass
Eero Savela, trumpet
Janne Tuomi, drums, vibraphone
Topias Tiheäsalo, guitar
Listen at: SPOTIFY, TIDAL and all other major streaming services!
Buy digital at: Bandcamp
Single: Tahmela Six – Ground VI
Otto Eskelinen, alto sax, flute, shakuhachi
Sami Sippola, tenor sax
Eero Tikkanen, double bass
Eero Savela, trumpet
Janne Tuomi, drums, vibraphone
Topias Tiheäsalo, guitar
Listen at: SPOTIFY, TIDAL and all other major streaming services!
Buy digital at: Bandcamp
Latest Mustik Motel features in Media
Recent press round-up: reviews and features for Mustik Motel artists across print various media.
SuomiJazz — Pentti Ronkanen
- Tahmela Six: Mount – SuomiJazz
- 4.5/5 stars
- English translation by google: here
“It doesn’t take many minutes of listening before the feeling arrives: this is my kind of music.”
“They know how to build compelling musical narratives — the tension holds throughout these stories.”
Happy to receive review of Tahmela Six debut album review just before the second one is coming! Here’s another by Pentti who been busy listening to our releases.
- Eero Savela: Way To – SuomiJazz
- 4/5 stars
- English translation by google: here
“This quartet has its own sound — and it’s a good one.”
“Savela and his partners have crafted a record’s worth of really excellent contemporary jazz.”
“Clear structures and catchy melodic elements blend enjoyably with the music’s freer currents.”
UK Vibe — Andy Hazell
“Oresme is a triumph of close listening.”
“The music prioritises the extension of tone over the moment of impact.”
“Percussion that feels richer and more melodic as a consequence.”
One Man’s Jazz — Maurice Hogue
One Man’s Jazz featuring Mika Kallio & Janne Tuomi around 1h 44mins time.
Viive – Sammal – out now!
Listen!
Riikka Suutari – vocal and synths
Antti Niiranen – drums
Samuli Heikkinen – bass
Oula Karppinen – saxophone
Listen at: SPOTIFY, TIDAL and all other major streaming services!
Buy digital at: Bandcamp
Single: Viive – Sammal
“Sammal” (eng. Moss) is Viive’s first release with their newly solidified four-piece lineup. The track has already evolved into a standout moment in their live set while touring their debut album.
“Sammal” captures the grittier edge of the band’s sonic spectrum: saxophone screams through the cosmic atmosphere in the heavy pulse of the rhythmic section. The quartet’s instrumental groove is also accompanied by Riikka’s lyrical expression.
The collaboration of the musicians results in an organic yet intense adventure that will unravel one chapter from the band’s second album currently in the works.
Riikka Suutari – vocal and synths
Antti Niiranen – drums
Samuli Heikkinen – bass
Oula Karppinen – saxophone
Listen at: SPOTIFY, TIDAL and all other major streaming services!
Buy digital at: Bandcamp
Viive to release new single: Sammal
Single: Sammal – 23.4.2026 – DIGITAL
The single will be available on all major streaming platforms upon the release date.
“Sammal” (eng. Moss) is Viive’s first release with their newly solidified four-piece lineup. The track has already evolved into a standout moment in their live set while touring their debut album.
“Sammal” captures the grittier edge of the band’s sonic spectrum: saxophone screams through the cosmic atmosphere in the heavy pulse of the rhythmic section. The quartet’s instrumental groove is also accompanied by Riikka’s lyrical expression.
The collaboration of the musicians results in an organic yet intense adventure that will unravel one chapter from the band’s second album currently in the works.
Riikka Suutari – vocal and synths
Antti Niiranen – drums
Samuli Heikkinen – bass
Oula Karppinen – saxophone
Mika Kallio & Janne Tuomi – Oresme Is Released Today
Two drummers exploring inner and outer space.
Oresme takes its name from a 14th-century philosopher who argued that a rotating Earth and a rotating cosmos would look identical from the inside. All perceived motion depends on where you stand. Kallio and Tuomi take that as their starting point: nine tracks built from drums, cymbals, gongs, vibraphone, and a lot of open space.
Today the record is yours to hear.
Featured Musicians
Mika Kallio – drums, percussion, Paiste cymbals & gongs
Janne Tuomi – drums, cymbals, gongs, percussion, vibraphone
Let us know where the music lands! We’re always happy to hear your thoughts and share your support across our channels and celebrate the music together.
STREAM
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VINYL
Record store distribution has started!
Oresme is a co-release with Roku Records. The idea behind it belongs to Ville Vuorjoki — punk bassist, DIY legend, and the mogul running Roku Records. Inspired by Sandy Nelson‘s prolific drumming output, Vuorjoki had nursed an ambition for a record built entirely around percussion for over 20 years. When he caught Janne Tuomi playing live, the missing piece fell into place. After two decades, it was finally time to make the call. Tuomi said yes almost immediately — and then suggested Mika Kallio join him. It is the first release in Roku Records‘ catalogue that was, in a sense, commissioned from the artist.
Album: Mika Kallio & Janne Tuomi – Oresme
Mika Kallio and Janne Tuomi are two of the most restlessly searching percussionists in Finnish improvised music. Across separate but frequently intersecting careers, both have worked consistently at the outer edge of what rhythm and texture can mean. Their debut duo album Oresme (MMM009) takes its name from Nicole Oresme, the 14th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer who theorised about the daily rotation of the Earth and the motion of celestial bodies well before the instruments existed to prove him right. In his Livre du ciel et du monde he argued that a rotating Earth and a rotating cosmos would appear identical from the inside: that all perceived motion depends entirely on where you stand. Kallio and Tuomi are asking the same questions here. Through sound.
“It’s about exploring inner and outer space,” says Tuomi. The nine tracks navigate that double territory openly. Several reach outward and deep: Bok Globules (the dense interstellar clouds that precede star formation), Eagle Nebula, Eeta Carinae, Moon-Tides. Hadein, Juwugo and Odys carry a more interior weight, untranslated and personal. Puut, the Finnish word for trees, sits near the record’s centre, grounding it. Odys closes the B side at nearly ten minutes. The album opens with a 95-second sketch and ends in open space.
Two percussion setups, one vibraphone, and the space between them. The music is patient, close-listening, and unafraid of silence.
Mika Kallio: drums, percussion, Paiste cymbals & gongs
Janne Tuomi: drums, cymbals, gongs, percussion, vibraphone
Listen at: SPOTIFY, TIDAL and all other major streaming services
Buy digital & vinyl at: Bandcamp
What the Press Says About Quartet
Here are three recent Hatka – Quartet reviews.
Jazzrytmit — O.R.
- Hatka: Quartet – Jazzrytmit
- English translation by google: here
“The result is intense, playful, and unafraid of noise, abrupt beauty, or the unknown.”
“I dare recommend both a live encounter with Hatka and this Quartet album to anyone seeking variety, freedom, and difference — without any preconceptions.”
SuomiJazz — Pentti Ronkanen
- Hatka: Quartet · SuomiJazz.com
- English translation by google: here
“Together, the three-man Hatka has created a magnificent, powerful whole in the best traditions of free jazz. After the intense journey, you’re left in a state of happy bewilderment: where on earth did you just go?”
“The Quartet album can be heard as an obituary to Takamäki — to his sound, his music, his life.”
“The intensity of the playing on Saari is enormous. Wilkinson takes his time building, but eventually accelerates enough to set the whole Saari ablaze.”
UK Vibe — Steve Williams
“This is improvisation at full tilt: bold, sometimes challenging, and adventurous, but never gratuitous.”
“Quartet is as much about absence as presence. Takamäki’s intended contribution lingers in memory, shaping the emotional texture of the recording.”
“Hatka’s Quartet is an uncompromising, thrilling journey into sound.”
Kadi Vija’s Tiny Hands in the Press
Further Kadi Vija Emma winning album reviews are here!
Levyhyllyt — Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
- Kadi Vija tekee äänitaidetta laulaen – LevyhyllytLevyhyllyt
- English translation by google: here
“Tiny Hands is an intuitive, organically structured whole, one you listen to wide-eyed and with a fluttering heart. The sonic world lingers in the moment — softly rustling, dimly gleaming, and intimate.”
“Vija’s use of voice is free and breathing, minimalist and endlessly rich.”
“Instead of a scat virtuoso, Vija is now nakedly a person observing the world, and jazz phrasing surfaces only now and then, as if from another reality.”
SuomiJazz — Pentti Ronkanen
- Vija, Kadi: Tiny Hands Gathering Wonder, The World Becomes Magic · SuomiJazz.com
- English translation by google: here
“A bold visionary who always makes music on her own terms, without worrying about others’ opinions.”
“Many of the tracks are puzzle-building, and we’re often talking about very small pieces. Skillfully they find their place, interlock, find a shared pulse — the instrumental and the vocal blend. Vija and Mäkynen paint with powerful color combinations.”
“At the same time, this is a total artwork — the album should be heard as a whole, from start to finish, to really feel it.”
UKVibe — Imran Mirza
“A captivating and incredibly nuanced record that finds Vija conveying the album from the perspective of a child, capturing the joys, wonder and curiosity of those early years.”
“The very categorisation of Vija as a ‘vocal instrumentalist’ is demonstrative of the dynamic and considered approach to her own affections for vocal improvisation.”
“A genuinely fantastic release that just gets better with repeat listens.”