Josu Mämmi - Mirari (2021 Flame Jazz Records)

Mirari is an electroacoustic exploration of sampling, improvisation and interaction. It aims to bridge together the worlds of jazz, contemporary art music and electronic music to find fresh ground where new structures and working methods are to be found. Every track is based on a mutual improvisation between the featured artist and Josu Mämmi, and taken further via extended sampling and sound design techniques. Mirari tells a story of finding oneself again in a rapidly changing world.

1. Pinnacles 04:19

2. Heart To Hold It 04:16

3. Glocal 03:57

4. Musica Bassa Modern 04:28

5. Cybeles Keys 04:37

6. Resubmerged 02:17

7. Good Crises 04:22

8. Still Waters Run Deep 05:13

9. Thistle Root 05:21

10. Sharpnel 03:42

11. Words Were Like Magic 02:28

12. The Goal Of Odysseus 05:09

Aino Juutilainen, Josu Mämmi - Pinnacles

Aino Juutilainen: cello

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live, modular synthesizer, frame drum

Composing and arranging: Aino Juutinen ja Josu Mämmi

Max Zenger, Josu Mämmi - Hearth To Hold It

Max Zenger: saxophone, flute, bass clarinet

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live

Composing and arranging: Josu Mämmi, Max Zenger

Ilkka Arola, Josu Mämmi - Glocal

Ilkka Arola: saz, trumpet, ud, calabash

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live, synthesizer, calabash

Composing and arranging: Ilkka Arola, Josu Mämmi

Teemu Åkerblom, Josu Mämmi - Musica Bassa Modern

Teemu Åkerblom: double bass

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live

Composing and arranging: Teemu Åkerblom, Josu Mämmi

Nikita Rafaelov, Josu Mämmi - Cybeles Keys

Nikita Rafaelov: synthesizers, electric piano

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live

Composing and arranging: Nikita Rafaelov, Josu Mämmi

Aino Juutinen, Josu Mämmi - Resubmerged

Aino Juutinen: cello

Josu Mämmi: modular synthesizer

Composing and arranging: Aino Juutinen, Josu Mämmi

Aki Himanen, Josu Mämmi - Good Crises

Aki Himanen: trumpet ja effects

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live

Composing and arranging: Aki Himanen, Josu Mämmi

Ilmari Aitoaho, Josu Mämmi - Still Waters Run Deep

Ilmari Aitoaho: prepared piano

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live

Composing and arranging: Ilmari Aitoaho, Josu Mämmi

Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen, Josu Mämmi - Thistle Root

Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen: harp, Kantele, finnish bowed lyre/jouhikko, frame drum

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live, frame drum

Composing and arranging: Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen, Josu Mämmi

Teemu Åkerblom, Josu Mämmi - Sharpnel

Teemu Åkerblom: double bass

Josu Mämmi: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live, modular synthesizer

Composing and arranging: Teemu Åkerblom, Josu Mämmi

Ilmari Aitoaho, Josu Mämmi - Words Were Like Magic

Ilmari Aitoaho: prepared piano

Josu Mämmi: Ableton Live

Composing and arranging: Ilmari Aitoaho, Josu Mämmi

Martti Vesala, Josu Mämmi - The Goal Of Odysseus

Martti Vesala: trumpet, effect pedals

Composing and arranging: Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live

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Ilkka Arola - From the Depths of the Earth (2017)

Ilkka Arola (b. 1988) is a Finnish trumpet player. Besides playing his special Quartertone trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion and many other instruments, he works as a teacher, composer and an arranger, and performs regularly with variety of groups. Ilkka Arola loves to improvise and interact with other musicians. His background is in jazz music but he draws inspiration from all kind of music styles, like Arabic maqam tradition and Indian rhythm solfage for example. Ilkka Arola completed his Master studies in Aarhus, Denmark in 2016 (The Nordic Master of Global Music). Before that he studied pop and jazz music and pedagogics in Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory and Helsinki Metropolia the University of Applied Sciences.

Ilkka Arola sees himself as a very visual person and that can be heard also in his way of playing and composing music. He finds simple but meaningful melodies, strong rhythms and interesting soundscapes the most important elements in his music. Ilkka likes to travel and experience different cultures of the world, which has given a lot of inspiration to his music. His first full length album "From the Depths of the Earth" will be released in spring 2017.

01. Qalandia

02. Uphill And Headwind

03. Shower of Rain

04. Heraan

05. From the Depths of the Earth

06. Nahiri (crashed)

07. Kapteeni Arola

08. Qalandia (radio edit)

Ilkka Arola – Quartertone trumpet, flugelhorn, riq

Nis Hellerøe Myrtue – baritone sax, bass clarinet

Mikas Bøgh Olesen – electric / ac guitar, percussion

Adrian Christensen – double bass, synth bass

Jakob De Place – drums, percussion

Kristoffer Thorup Jeberg - percussion

featuring:

Maher Mahmoud – oud

Jenni Hanikka – Bambaran flute

Rasmus Fisker Pedersen – electronics

Ninna Morsing – glockenspiel, percussion