Last August, Tahmela Six set up in the yard of Palmutsaari farm in Kiikala, on the open ground where the field meets the forest. No studio, no walls, no isolation booths — six players, an August afternoon, and whatever the day brought with it. The wind, the insects, the warmth, the distances across an open field: all of it is on the record, not edited around it.

That recording is Alight, the second Tahmela Six album, and it’s out on 21 May — on vinyl and digital.

You may already have heard “Ground VI,” the single we put out at the end of April. It opens the B-side. Around it sit three more pieces, from the “Endless Summer Sun” to the fifteen-minute title track that carries the whole arc of the day. The music moves between near-silence and full collective surge, with the place itself acting as a co-improviser.

Otto Eskelinen, alto sax, flute, shakuhachi
Sami Sippola, tenor sax
Eero Tikkanen, double bass
Eero Savela, trumpet
Janne Tuomi, drums, vibraphone
Topias Tiheäsalo, guitar

We’re celebrating the release live on 27 May at G Livelab, Tampere, Finland, with Lauri Kallio’s group sharing the night.

Listen at: SPOTIFY, TIDAL and all other major streaming services!
Buy digital & vinyl at: Bandcamp

A note on the vinyl: our test presses arrived in good time and we listened — just not loud enough to catch a background noise running through the pressing. That one is on us. The vinyl is delayed while we sort out a proper fix with our pressing plant. Digital is out 21 May as planned; we’ll write the moment the vinyl meets the Mustik Motel mark.