Intuition, which often guides us in both everyday life and other decisions, served as the guiding principle for Case Kämäräinen’s album Mystique From The North, released in 2022. Tomi Kämäräinen approached composing new music, placing complete trust in his intuition. Almost every song’s style and rhythmic framework began with “drum grooves” that he had improvised and put forward for the new album.

In his composition work, Kämäräinen utilized the sound of a British vibraphone from the 60s, which he had grown fond of. Thus, the harmony and melodies of the compositions stemmed from freely improvised vibraphone pieces, which he adapted to fit his rhythmic ideas. The rest of the band members’ strong free improvisation propelled Kämäräinen’s music forward, allowing each member to realize their own vision as a musician and thereby contribute their unique touch to the whole.

Tomi Kämäräinen (b. 1984 Leppävirta) is a Finnish jazz drummer and composer. He has been a freelance musician since 2004, playing in various productions and bands all over Finland, performing e.g. with Esa Pietilä, Kari Antila and Kaisa Mäensivu. Kämäräinen has previously released his own music in November 2018, when he released his debut album Waiting (Eclipse Music). Kämäräinen graduated with a master's degree in music in the summer of 2019 from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kämäräinen has worked in various teaching positions for more than 10 years.