Lauri Hyvärinen

Recorded live at Hošek Contemporary, Berlin on April 12 2023. Lauri Hyvärinen: electric guitar Naoto Yamagishi: percussion Recorded by: Lauri Hyvärinen Mixed and mastered by: Teemu Korpipää Photography by: Henri Antikainen

'Koodi' w/ Juha Rautio out on Falt now. https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/koodi In July 2021, as part of the ESSE festival in the island of Seurasaari, Helsinki, musician Lauri Hyvärinen and poet/sound artist Juha Rautio performed four one hour improvisations in various natural locations. Using small battery powered electronics, an electric guitar, a typewriter, a dictaphone, a cassette player and voice, their intention was to experiment with the impact of duration, repetition and natural environmental sounds on their performance. In addition, the duo sought to research the balance between text and sound – both conceptually (the effect of sound on text/cognition), and practically (the process of writing as a sound source, and voice as an instrument). After the fact, three fixed pieces were composed by layering different elements of the recordings using a dogmatic but intuitive approach. Lauri Hyvärinen: electric guitar, electronics, cassette player, objects Juha Rautio: typewriter, dictaphone, diy synth, voice Photography by Nick Storring

Ilia Belorukov – modular synthesizer Lauri Hyvarinen – electric guitar, effects pedals Recorded by Zsolt Polgar & Ilia Belorukov at kuda.org studio in Novi Sad, Serbia on 19, 21 & 22 October, 2023 Mixed and mastered by Ilia Belorukov Artwork Picture : "A woman divided into two, representing life and death. Oil painting." Wellcome Collection Graphic Design by Ilia Belorukov Thanks to kuda.org, 2K+ Antifestival, Creative Europe and NUNC.

Mixed by Lauri Hyvärinen Mastered by Ilia Belorukov CD and digital: https://bokashirecords.bandcamp.com/album/pulled-apart-by-horses

Thanks to Noid, Dieb13, Sébastien Branche, Ilia Belorukov and J-P Kervinen at least. Listen on Bandcamp.

Mastered by Cristián Alvear Drawing by Erika Woollett-Chiba Design by Cathy Fishman https://hitorri.bandcamp.com/album/vacances

Sähkökitarakvartetti albums I-IV out now. https://sahkokitarakvartetti.bandcamp.com/ https://linktr.ee/sahkokitarakvartetti I 1. Laura Naukkarinen: Lfolfolfos 2. Sami Klemola: Chiaroscuro Etydes 3. Daniel M Karlsson: Mutually Exclusive Continuities II 1. Marja Ahti: The Threshold 2. Lauri Hyvärinen: Tropes 3. Clara de Asís: everyday less, less everyday III 1. Pauli Lyytinen: Särmiö 2. Sergio Castrillón: 12 Miniatures 3. Hafdis Bjarnadottir: Hyrnan IV 4. Juhani Grönroos: Orb 5. Kalle Kalima: Ajan Haju IV 1. Aili Järvelä: Satama 2. Riikka Talvitie: Energiavaje 3. Meriheini Luoto: Dust Devil 4. Aino Juutilainen: Melting, Flowing, Freezing, Ice 5. Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson: Dettifoss Sähkökitarakvartetti: Juhani Grönroos, Lauri Hyvärinen, Jukka Kääriäinen, Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson - electric guitar Featuring: Jenni Kinnunen - electric guitar on "Mutually Exclusive Continuities Sergio Castrillón - cello on "12 Miniatures" Recorded, mixed and mastered by: Teemu Korpipää Recorded at: Ambience Studios, Helsinki Cover art: Aino-Maija Metsola Layout: Georgi Eremenko

Sähkökitarakvartetti II out now. Compositions by Marja Ahti, Clara de Asís and Lauri Hyvärinen. Sähkökitarakvartetti’s II continues the quadrilogy chronicling their multifaceted approach into contemporary electric guitar music. II features compositions by three young composers who have developed their unique sound as musicians and composers in the field of experimental and improvised music. Marja Ahti’s “The Threshold” is built around unusual guitar tunings and the EBow, an electronic device which produces sustained timbres reminiscent of a bowed violin. “Everyday less, less everyday” is a meditative composition by Clara de Asís. Slowly moving soundscapes of tones interfere with each other creating harmonic beatings. Sähkökitarakvartetti member Lauri Hyvärinen’s composition “Tropes”, also makes use of unusual guitar tunings. Whereas the other two compositions on the album are calm and slowly moving, “Tropes'' showcases almost violent uses of the guitar with distorted and screaming sounds finally resolving to sparse fields of harmonics. Sähkökitarakvartetti: Juhani Grönroos, Lauri Hyvärinen, Jukka Kääriäinen & Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson. Recorded, mixed & mastered by Teemu Korpipää at Ambience Studios. Cover art by Aino-Maija Metsola Layout by Georgi Eremenko Tropes composition supported by Taike. Album production supported by Koneen Säätio. Stream here: Spotify TIDAL Apple Music

Sähkökitarakvartetti’s debut album I out now. Compositions by Laura Naukkarinen, Sami Klemola and Daniel M Karlsson. Sähkökitarakvartetti’s I begins a quadrilogy chronicling their multifaceted approach into contemporary electric guitar music. I contemplates a three track window into electroacoustic soundscapes. Laura Naukkarinen’s (Lau Nau) ‘Lfolfolfos’ takes cues from the swelling waves of synthesizer low-frequency oscillators. Sami Klemola’s ‘Chiaroscuro Etydes’ is a study of shade and light in layers of no-input pedal chain hiss. Daniel M Karlsson’s EBow’d and ring modulated sludge drone epic ‘Mutually Exclusive Continuities’ sees the ensemble augmented to a quintet with Jenni Kinnunen on fifth electric guitar.

 Sähkökitarakvartetti: Juhani Grönroos, Lauri Hyvärinen, Jukka Kääriäinen & Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson Recorded, mixed & mastered by Teemu Korpipää at Ambience Studios. Cover art by Aino-Maija Metsola

. Supported by: Koneen Säätio. Stream here: Spotify TIDAL Apple Music Youtube Music

New CD ‘Cut Contexts’ out now on Intonema! A series of pieces composed of fragments recorded during 2017-2020, in Elektronmusikstudion Stockholm, c.off Stockholm, New York City, Providence RI, Living room Helsinki, Syros Sound Meetings, Cité internationale des arts Paris and PA-F St-Erme-Outre-et-Ramencourt. These recordings were re-composed into five tracks and mixed at home during 2020-2021. Lauri Hyvärinen: electric and acoustic guitars, objects, floor, recording, mixing with Klemens Kohlweis: floor (track 2) Teemu Korpipää: recording of acoustic guitar (track 3) Mastered by Ilia Belorukov Track list: 1. Narrow Aperture (7:00) 2. Gyral Drifts (7:00) 3. Unurned (7:00) 4. Miasmic Sublimation (7:00) 5. Twig Mesh (7:00) https://intonema.bandcamp.com/album/cut-contexts http://www.intonema.org/2021/10/int032-cut-contexts.html

Premiere of “Tropes” (2021) for four electric guitars.  From a Klang series livestream at The Helsinki Music Centre. Sähkökitarakvartetti: Juhani Grönroos - electric guitar Lauri Hyvärinen - electric guitar Jukka Kääriäinen - electric guitar Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson - electric guitar Video: Ville Syrjäläinen Audio: Kirsi Peteri

Ilia Belorukov & Lauri Hyvärinen: Inverted Canvas CD / digital (Hemisphäreの空虚, Australia) Ilia Belorukov: modular synth Lauri Hyvärinen: acoustic guitar Warsaw / Recorded live at 4 Pokoje on February 12, 2019 Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ilia Belorukov / Images and layout by Philip Mylecharane. https://hemispharenokukyo.bandcamp.com/album/inverted-canvas

New album with Belorukov out now digitally via Paahtimo Sounds. Ilia Belorukov - modular synth Lauri Hyvärinen: acoustic guitar Recorded live in Riga and Tartu in February 2019. Artwork by Tuukka Haapakorpi. Available on: Spotify YouTube Bandcamp

New Ritual Extra tape ‘In Luthero’ out. Julien Chamla - percussion Tuukka Haapakorpi - voice Lauri Hyvärinen - acoustic guitar Recorded live on March 10 2018 in an empty cistern of a water supply facility in Muna Lübberstedt, Germany. Released by Dinzu Artefacts. File under improvised slow cyclical movements

Appearance on ‘Distanced Continuity’ by Eric Wong. https://ericwong.bandcamp.com/track/distanced-continuity Musicians and sound artists located in 17 cities made an audio recording simultaneously during physical distancing amid Covid-19 pandemic, one minute from each recording is used to create a 17-minute continuous piece. Complete presentation with images and description of each location and their surroundings is here. ericszehonwong.tumblr.com/distancedcontinuity The order of sound from each minute is as follows: 00’00” – 00’59” Félicie Bazelaire, 2/4/2020, 13:00, Paris 01’00” – 01’59” Johnny Chang, 3/4/2020, 00:01, Auckland 02’00” – 02’59” Félix-Antoine Morin, 2/4/2020, 18:02, Hanoi 03’00” – 03’59” Yuen Chee Wai, 2/4/2020, 19:03, Singapore 04’00” – 04’59” Gabriela Areal, 2/4/2020, 08:04, Buenos Aires 05’00” – 05’59” Yan Jun, 2/4/2020, 19:05, Beijing 06’00” – 06’59” Catherine Clover, 2/4/2020, 22:06, Melbourne 07’00” – 07’59” Beat Keller, 2/4/2020, 13:07, Winterthur 08’00” – 08’59” Eric Wong, 2/4/2020, 13:08, Berlin 09’00” – 09’59” Anders Ørbæk, 2/4/2020, 13:09, Aarhus 10’00” – 10’59” Lauri Hyvärinen, 2/4/2020, 14:10, Vantaa 11’00” – 11’59” Germaine Sijstermans, 2/4/2020, 13:11, Heerlen 12’00” – 12’59” Casey & Johan Moir, 2/4/2020, 13:12, Gothenburg 13’00” – 13’59” Denis Sorokin, 2/4/2020, 14:13, Saint Petersburg 14’00” – 14’59” Alice Chang & Nigel Brown, 2/4/2020, 19:14, Tainan 15’00” – 15’59” Annie Garlid, 2/4/2020, 07:15, New York City 16’00” – 16’59” Steve Hui, 2/4/2020, 19:16, Hong Kong 

New split tape out on Rypistellyt Levyt. Duo with Andrew Drury and on the other side ‘Yamagishi Naoto to Kaeru tachi’. https://rypistellytlevyt.bandcamp.com/track/side-a-another-island

photo by henri antikainen attenuation circuit 2019. https://emerge.bandcamp.com/album/yesterday-by-chance