Aki Rissanen - Imaginary Mountains

Imaginary Mountains is the bold new trio album by Finnish pianist and composer Aki Rissanen. A bold, rhythm-focused evolution of one of Europe’s most distinctive voices in improvised music, Imaginary Mountains embodies a rawer, more tactile sound, shaped in part by the Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, with a gritty and metallic sound, sitting somewhere between acoustic piano and Rhodes.

While the trio’s trademark intuition remains, Rissanen’s compositional voice has evolved - leaner, more visceral, yet no less precise. Inspired by internal landscapes, visual art, and geopolitical unease, the record plays with contrasts. Imaginary Mountains is both a subtle nod to Jarrett’s Personal Mountains and a standalone statement—a mature, rhythm-forward work that invites you into terrain that’s not always comfortable, but always deeply felt.

Aki Rissanen - piano & electric grand piano
Antti Lötjönen - bass
Teppo Mäkynen - drums

Music composed by Aki Rissanen except #7, 9, 11 by Rissanen, Lötjönen & Mäkynen