Led by Istanbul-based saxophonist and composer Tamer Temel, the quintet carves out a quietly defiant space in contemporary jazz. His writing favors restraint over flourish—compositions that hover between structure and openness, shaped by a curious ear attuned to both tradition and the present. There’s deep thought in every phrase, with form playing a deliberate and integral role, providing the framework within which the music can drift, turn, and speak.

Their 2021 release, Serbest Düşüş (Free Fall), revealed a deep commitment to space, tone, and ensemble intuition. The music unfolds slowly, with patience and precision—melodic fragments, textural shifts, and open-ended forms create a language both meditative and exploratory. The quintet avoids clichés of virtuosity, offering something more demanding and rewarding: attentive listening and shared exploration.

Currently preparing to record their second studio album, the group continues to evolve with a renewed lineup. While the personnel has shifted, the ensemble’s focus remains on collective expression, subtle interplay, and sonic exploration shaped by trust and long-standing musical relationships.

Drawing on the late ECM aesthetic's lineage and the energy of New York’s creative music scene, Temel’s music stands as a distinctive example of contemporary European jazz. The quintet avoids clichés of virtuosity, offering something more demanding and rewarding: a form of storytelling that unfolds through attentive listening and shared exploration, inviting, immersive, and shaped by collective expression.

Temel has shared the stage with artists such as Shai Maestro, Michael P. Mossman, Antonio Hart, Dave Allen, Stefano Battaglia, Volkan Öktem, Can Çankaya, and Matt Hall, and is widely regarded as a key figure in the Turkish jazz scene.