Released in the summer of 2015 by english leading label EDITION RECORDS, FLOW is the new album from the Belgium based quartet DRIFTER, co-led by Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila and Belgium saxophonist Nicolas Kummert, who won huge praise and acclaim across Europe and Australia as the Alexi Tuomarila Quartet in the early 2000's.

In the following decade during which the pianist and saxophonist expanded their musical horizons with constant touring, the band's special relationship was not forgotten and, finally, the time was right for both Tuomarila and Kummert to reform the original quartet with a new sense of purpose and energy under the new collective name of DRIFTER.

This next phase in the quartet's history sees the band fuse the youthful energy and vibrancy of ten years ago with the experience of a decade on tour playing with some of the biggest names on the European jazz scene.

As Tuomarila explains: "The music means so much more now. Ten years ago, we were just playing tunes that we loved to play. Now the music comes from within us and somehow encapsulates the feelings of the last ten years: having our recording contract taken away, the development of our friendship as a band and the greater sense of purpose we all have in our lives. It's so exciting for us'.

Flow has already been critically acclaimed across Europe and many are ready to bet it will take no time to bring DRIFTER in it's rightful place at the top of the European, and world, jazz tree.