Mist Season was founded in 2004, in Hämeenlinna (Finland). The group of musicians who made up the band were motivated by a desire to explore that spectrum of music bordering between progressive rock and fusion

The band members bring a lot of experience to the project: Keijo Hakala (bass) has extensive experience as a rock / jazz musician. This holds true for Kimmo Pörsti (drums) as well, who has been involved, for instance, in numerous television music productions. Tommi Varjola (guitar) teaches guitar in a music institute. He and Timo Kajamies (keyboards) both have classical training. Kari Rantakallio (sax) is a professional sax player in a brass band in addition to many theater productions.

The members in the quintet have gathered musical experience with an array of different artists, such as Jouko Kantola (formerly with Kaamos), Juhani Aaltonen (formerly with Tasavallan Presidentti) and Ted Curson (formerly with Charles Mingus).

Mist Season has elements in their music which make it possible to think of such bands as PFM, Camel, Phil Miller, Pekka Pohjola, Yellowjackets, Koinonia, Passport and Pat Metheny Group.