Jimi Tenor - Wormhole Mystic (2026)

For more than three decades, Jimi Tenor has been one of the most original artists on the European music scene. The Finnish composer and multi-instrumentalist has always moved effortlessly between jazz, funk, electronic music, Afrobeat, and experimental pop, without ever allowing himself to be pigeonholed stylistically.

With “Wormhole Mystic,” he returns to solo work after a period of intensive collaboration with the newly formed Jimi Tenor Band. The starting point for the twelve new tracks were rhythm loops created on vintage drum machines from the 1960s and 1970s, which then served as the foundation for the rest of the compositions. Combining these with synthesizers, flute, saxophone, and his distinctive voice, Tenor has crafted an album that draws on familiar elements of his body of work while simultaneously breaking new ground. “Wormhole Mystic” impressively underscores the enduring creative curiosity of an artist whose work has remained in constant flux to this day.