Mikko Hassinen Future Food Factory on album release tour in April

Mikko Hassinen Future Food Factory will embark on a tour organized by the Finnish Jazz Federation following the release of their new album, Anemoia. The band will perform in Kotka, Kuopio, Oulu, Savonlinna and Jyväskylä as part of the album release tour.

The compositions on Mikko Hassinen Future Food Factory’s album, to be released on April 13, are connected to the concept of anemoia – a longing for a time one has never personally experienced. The album, titled Anemoia, is the group’s second full-length release and will be published by Flame Jazz Records.

Percussionist and composer Mikko Hassinen has returned to small ensemble music, inspired by his youthful and highly skilled band. The broad and richly layered wind orchestrations of Hassinen’s earlier work, Blood Red by the Espoo Big Band, transform on Future Food Factory’s debut album into the intimate and focused resonance of a small collective, where acoustic jazz is infused with an electronic dimension.

On the band’s debut album Future Food Factory (2024), Hassinen explored his own complex relationship with nature through music. The sound is fundamentally acoustic and breathing, yet despite this acoustic foundation, there is a subtle presence of electronics throughout the album. Many tracks have gained additional layers in post-production that depart from traditional quartet jazz: recorded material has been modified and processed, and what begins as an acoustic album gradually evolves into something else along the way.

Mikko Hassinen has had an exceptionally extensive career as a drummer, conductor, composer, arranger and producer, and his achievements have been recognized with awards such as the Teosto Prize and the Yrjö Award of the Finnish Jazz Federation.

Mikko Hassinen Future Food Factory

Mikko Hassinen – drums, electronics
Max Zenger – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Mikko Antila – vibraphone
Antti Ahoniemi – double bass

Concert dates and venues

Mon 13.4. at 19.00 Kotka, Restaurant Kairo / Kotka Jazz ry
Tue 14.4. at 19.00 Kuopio, Restaurant Teerenpeli / Kuopio Jazz & Blues ry
Wed 15.4. at 19.00 Oulu, RioLive / OMJ Jazz & Etno
Thu 16.4. at 19.00 Savonlinna, Kulttuurikellari / Olavin Jazz ry
Fri 17.4. at 19.00 Jyväskylä, Poppari / Jazz Jkl ry

The tour is supported by the Music Promotion Centre Finland (MES).

Jazz – heard and seen!

Finnish Jazz Federation’s essential form of operation is national touring. The annual touring activities enable approximately 100 concerts in 40 different locations all over Finland. The concerts mainly take place in their member organizations. Tours include both in-house productions and collaborations with external producers.

Photo: Mikko Hassinen