This is Finland: Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen at Flow Festival, Helsinki

TIMO LASSY & TEPPO MÄKYNEN, two household names of Finnish jazz, combine forces to present their powerful music at full speed. While saxophonist Lassy and drummer Mäkynen have collaborated for more than a decade in various bands such as the Five Corners Quintet, Teddy Rok 7, Jo Stance and the Timo Lassy Band, there is a feel of freshness, excitement and something new when listening to their latest release Live Recordings 2019-2020 (We Jazz Records, 2021). The live album follows the duo's 2019 LP which was shortlisted for Jazz Album of the Year at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards. While the studio album versions were studies in improvisational brevity, onstage the long-time collaborators really let loose and build memorable sonic narratives around the compositions.

“ZOMP”, composed by Lassy/Mäkynen, was originally released as a 7” single with the b-side “Dark Magenta” (We Jazz Records, 2019). The song also appears on the album Live Recordings 2019-2020 (We Jazz Records, 2021).

Artist website: https://timolassy.com/
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Artist contact: https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/

FLOW FESTIVAL, the truly urban boutique city festival, has been organised annually in the heart of Helsinki since 2004. Flow is a carefully curated, high-quality festival with an innovative, content-driven program that is an inspired mixture of popular culture and experimental arts. Flow is an internationally acclaimed event known for its broad music and arts programme, hand-picked food and restaurant services, thoughtfully designed and decorated festival area and extensive sustainability program. Responsibility is at the core of Flow's values and operations. The environment, sustainable development as well as social aspects of sustainability are considered in all actions.

Festival website: https://www.flowfestival.com/en/
Visit Helsinki: https://www.myhelsinki.fi

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Artists: Timo Lassy (saxophone), Teppo Mäkynen (drums)
Song: Zomp
Composition: Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen
From the single Zomp / Dark Magenta (We Jazz, 2019)

Executive Producer: Kerttu Penttilä
Cinematographers: Vessi Hämäläinen, Pekka Rousi, Jussi Hellsten
Drone footage: Skyproduction Oy (Flow Festival) and Vessi Hämäläinen
B Camera Operator: Kerttu Penttilä
Recording: Julius Johansson
Live mixing: Creative Technology
Sound: Arttu Volanto
Editor: Tommi Hietaniemi

Location: Flow Festival, Helsinki
Date: August 2022