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Bio
Lau Nau, aka Laura Naukkarinen, is a Finnish composer whose music is imbued with an idiosyncratic, finely honed sound world. Her palette often consists of traditional instruments, singing voice, modular synthesisers, reel-to-reel tape recorders and field recordings.
To date Lau Nau has released ten albums on record labels in Europe, USA and Japan and a large number of collaborative releases. 2023 saw her releasing two albums: “5 x 4” which is recorded with the Buchla 200 synthesiser at Elektronmusikstudion Stockholm, and “Aphrilis” which is an ensemble album of songs, recorded with Pekko Käppi, Hermanni Yli-Tepsa, Matti Bye, Topias Tiheäsalo and Samuli Kosminen, who also co-produced an mixed the album.
Lau Nau is also known for her music to films and multi channel sound installations. In her role as a sound designer she won the Finnish State Prize for the Performing Arts 2021 and her original score for Katja Gauriloff’s film Je’vida earned her the Jussi Prize 2024. She has toured abroad for over 20 years, playing in venues such as Super Deluxe in Tokyo, the Lab & Castro Theatre in San Francisco and Knitting Factory, Blank Forms & Issue Project Room in New York..
Besides of Lau Nau, Laura Naukkarinen plays also in an improvisational group Kiri Ra! and in duo with Matti Bye. She has been playing in various improv bands as IAX, Maailma, Hertta Lussu Ässä, Kiila, Avarus, the Anaksimandros, Päivänsäde, Kemialliset Ystävät, Chamellows and others.
Albums:
Lau Nau: Aphrilis (Fonal Records, Beacon Sound, USA & Ektro Records 2023)
Lau Nau: 5 x 4 (Fonal Records, Beacon Sound, USA & Ektro Records 2023)
Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau: Valo Siroutuu (Beacon Sound, USA & Ricco, Japan 2022)
Lau Nau: Puutarhassa (Akti Records 2022)
Kiri Ra!: s/t (OONA Recordings, Sweden 2021)
Matti Bye: Tove Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (with Lau Nau, 2021)
Lau Nau: Själö Original soundtrack with sound environments by Janne Laine (Fonal Records 2020)
Lau Nau & Matti Bye – Signals (Time Release Sound, USA & Galloping Waves 2020)
Lau Nau: Land Without God, Original score (Fonal Records 2019)
Lau Nau: Amphipoda, EP (Long Form Editions, Australia 2019)
Lau Nau: Poseidon, LP, CD, digital (Fonal records, Finland; Beacon Sound, USA; Inpartmaint, Japan 2017)
Dire Wolves: Oceans of Green, LP, digital (Feeding Tube, USA 2017)
Dire Wolves: Excursions in Cloudland, LP, digital (Beyond Beyond is Beyond, USA 2017)
Lau Nau: Hem. Någonstans, Original score for Lotta Petronella’s film, CD & Digital (Fonal records 2015)
Maailma: Speculum LP, CD & Digital (Rotor 2014, Sweden)
Lau Nau: Valohiukkanen CD & LP & Digital (Fonal 2012, Finland)
Hertta Lussu Ässä: s/t LP & Digital (DeStilj 2011, USA)
Lau Nau & Kuupuu: Live at WNYC Ep, Digital (2010, USA)
Lau Nau: Nukkuu CD & LP & Digital & MC (Locust, Fonal & Yatzilewka USA/Finland/Russia, 2008)
Maailma: s/t, LP (Tjärnen 2008, Sweden)
Lau Nau: Kuutarha, CD & LP & Digital (Locust 2005, USA)
Päivänsäde: Puhalluspelto, LP (Eclipse 2004, USA)
Päivänsäde, Tamminauhat/Tulipesä-Tapes, CD-R (Whistle Along 2004, Belgium)
Päivänsäde, 2xMC (POK 2004, Finland)
Kiila: Silmät Sulkaset, CD (Fonal & K-raak3 2004, Finland/Belgium)
Original scores for films
Je’vida, dir. Katja Gauriloff, Oktober 2023.
First Five, documental series dir. Mia Halme, HBO / Fremantle 2023.
Kuningattaren kuolema, dir. Riikka Kaihovaara, YLE 2022.
Allas, short film, dir. PV Lehtinen, Cineparadiso 2022.
Lovi, TV-series, dir. Miia Tervo & Markus Lehmusruusu, YLE 2021.
Ikuiseen rauhaan, dir. Ville Suhonen, Oktober 2021.
Pyörre, short film, dir. Helka Heinonen, 2021.
Tove, additional music with Matti Bye, dir. Zaida Bergroth, Helsinki-filmi 2020.
Själö – Island of Souls, dir. Lotta Petronella, Made films 2020.
Unelma työstä, dir. Sari Möttönen & Jaana Semeri, YLE 2020.
Aurora, dir. Miia Tervo, full length feature film, Dionysos films 2019.
Land Without God, dir. Maedhbh McMahon, Gerard Mannix Flynn & Lotta Petronella, full length documentary, Far Cry Productions 2019.
Oh! The Night, animated large scale site projection in the city centre of Hull by Imitating the Dog / Simon Wainwright 2018.
Carin Pehrsdotter, dir. Lotta Petronella, short film 2018.
Joitain tapoja hävittää ruumis, dir. Ria Bäckström & Hannes Renvall, short film 2017.
Silmiesi tähden dir. Anna-Mari Nousiainen, short film 2017.
HOME. Somewhere, dir. Lotta Petronella, full length documentary, Fisher King 2015.
Silmäterä, dir. Jan Forsström, full feature film, Making movies 2013
Live scores for silent films
Tonka of the Gallows, with Seitsemäs Taivas, Loud Silents Festival, Kino Regina, Helsinki 2021.
Dementia, with Seitsemäs Taivas, V-S Elokuvakeskus, 2021.
Limite, with Matti Byen, Vitlycke Performing Arts Centre & Cinemateket Stockholm 2021.
Erotikon, with Matti Bye, Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020 ja 2021.
Tih Minh, with Matti Bye, Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020.
The Seventh Heaven, Lau Nau & Seitsemäs Taivas, Kino Regina’s opening screenings, Helsinki 2019.
Herr Arnes Pengar, with Matti Bye, San Francisco Silent film festival & Festival d’Áneres 2019, Cinemateket Stockholm 2017.
Kihlaus, Suomalaisen elokuvan festivaali 2019.
Minnesbilder: Alla tiders amatörer, with Matti Bye & Linda Fredriksson, Svensk Filminstitut 2019, Göteborg International Film Festival 2019.
Häxan, with Matti Bye: Malmö Sommarscen 2019, Cinemateket Stockholm 2017; WHS Teatteri Union 2015, San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2010; Ordenshuset Brofästet Tukholma 2009;. Oslo Cinemateket 2009; Bio Rex Helsinki 2007. Published on a DVD, Svensk Filmindustri, 2008.
Ingeborg Holm (Victor Sjöström) with Matti Bye, Oslo Stumfilmfestival 2018, TIFF 2019.
Nanook of the North, Festival Norpas 2018.
Körkarlen (Victor Sjöström) with Topias Tiheäsalo, Kinokoplan Taiteiden yö Turku 2018.
Die Suffragette (Urban Glad) with Topias Tiheäsalo, Loud Silents 2018.
Five short Finnish silent films from years 1918-1933, new recorded scores for the restored digital copy, concert Orion 2017, Kino Iglu, KannuKino, Suomalaisen Elokuvan Festivaali, Virtain elokuvapirtti, Ilokuvafestivaali, Blue Sea Film Festival, Red Carpet film festival, Vuotalo, Stoa, Kino K-13, 2018.
Berg-Ejving och hans hustru (Victor Sjöström) with Matti Bye, Austrian Film museum 2018.
Herr Arnes Pengar (Mauritz Stiller) with Matti Bye, Cinemateket Stockholm 2017, Festival d’Aneres 2019, San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2019.
Terje Vigen (Victor Sjöström) with Matti Bye, Best of Norden festival, Nordiska muséet Stockholm 2017, San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2017 ja Blue Sea Film festival Rauma 2015.
Suomen puu- ja paperiteollisuus (Aho&Soldan 1930) with Niko Karlsson, Suomalaisen elokuvan festivaali 2017.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger 1926) with Bye/Fredriksson/Kosminen/Naukkarinen, WHS Teatteri Unioni and Festival Norpas 2016.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene 1920), Turun taiteiden yö and Cinemadrome festivaali, Tampere 2015, Oulun kulttuurikeskus Valve 2019.
La chute de la maison Usher (Jean Epstein 1928), Cinemare, Rokumentti and Cinemadrome festival, 2014 and WHS Teatteri Union, 2015.
Anna-Liisa (Puro & Snellman 1922), Musikens Hus Katrineholm, Kavi Turku & Kaarina-talo 2019, Loud Silents festival, Reikäreuna festival & Vilimit festival 2014.
Finnish psych (live projections), Anthology Film Archive, New York, USA 2005.
With Matti Bye Ensemble: Gösta Berlings Saga, La Passion de Joan d’Arc, Earth, Battleship Potemkin, L’Inferno, L’Heureux Mort, A collection of Silent Avant Garde films, Salomé, Salt for Svanetia, A Sixth Part of the World.
Sync music
Las Hermanas de Rocinante, Alexandra Kaufmann 2019.
Panama dir. Pavel Vuckovic (Cannes official selection) 2015.
Diamonds on Vinyl dir. J.R.Hughto 2013.
Underbelly, Australian prime time TV series, episode 2.04 2009.
Selected scores for theatre and dance
Phantom Limb, dir. Ville Walo, WHS Teatteri Union 2020.
Oh! The Night, Imitating the Dog, UK 2018.
BIRD, Pichetklunchun dance company, Thailand 2018.
Kohtaamisia, Nurinpäin-kollektiivi 2018.
Tähkäpää dir. Alma Rajala, TEHDAS Teatteri, 2016.
Mustavalkoista, Nurinpäin-kollektiivi 2016.
Nurinpäin, dir. Pauliina Vesslin & Sarika Lipasti, 2014.
Unicornis, dir. Alma Rajala, Turun kaupunginteatteri 2013.
Balladen om Sejtes skatt, dir. Marika Parkkomäki, Bruksteatern 2013.
Sound installations:
feathered, pink botanic with Jez Riley French, 8-channel audio, Beechenhurst forest, SoundUk 2023.
Chorus Sinensis, with Ulla Taipale, Jan Eerala, Karoliina Lummaa, Poseidon-choir. Composition for choir & 5.1 channel audio, Pori Art museum 2022, Mäntän kuvataideviikot 2023.
Yön tullen mekaaninen spanieli, with Merja Kokkonen and Jonna Karanka. Reel-top reel -loops, Turun Taidehalli 2022.
Couplings, with David Blamey, 3 channel sound including a reel to reel player and a motion sensor player, Publics, Helsinki 2022.
Roots Burrow Through Stones and Hard Facts, 3 channel sound for Sara Jimenez exhibition, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, USA 2021.
Huoneiden kirja, Kivipaino, Turku 2021.
Lau Nau & Antti Tolvi: Uusia kysymyksiä MG-kokoelmalle, 11 channel sound, Porin taidemuseo 2020.
nabbteeri + Lau Nau: Kesähorros, Forum Box Helsinki 2020.
Sound cleaner, Turun taiteilijaseuran 75-v juhlanäyttely, Aboa Vetus Ars Nova, Turku 2019.
2019 …for the view was duplicated there, sound for a video by Sara Jimenez, USA.
The Edge of Dwelling, 3 channel sound-installation for Sara Jimenez exhibition, Wave Hill gallery, Bronx New York 2019.
Wild/Captive, 8-channel live sound installation, BlankForms, New York 2018.
Sjömannaröster, 4-channel installation with Juha Ruusuvuori, Taalintehtaan Ruukinmuseo Finland 2018.
Island Audio, with Lisa Roberts, virtual sound map, 2018.
Pehmo, with Jenni Rope, Annantalo Helsinki 2018.
Ole hyvä ja istu, with Andréa Vannucchi & Jussi Mattila, Pimeän peitto, Perniö 2016.
Hyljeksityt with Tuula Nikulainen (sculpture) & Andrea Vannucchi (lights), Jungfruskär 2014, Pimeän peitto, Perniö 2013.
Memento Illusia, with Aino Toivettula (graphics) & Sara Ilveskorpi (sculpture), Brinkkalan galleria, Turku 2012, Salon taidemuseo Veturitalli 2013 and Pimeän peitto, Perniö 2013.
Visuaalinen partituuri, Saaren kartano 2012.Raudan Äänet, Matildan ruukki, 2011.
Zoo No. 1., music for Daido Moriyama exhibition, Japan 2009.
Collaborations and appearances:
Enrico Coniglio & Matteo Uggeri: Open to the Sea (DRONARIVM 2017)
AGF & Various: Kuuntele! CD & Digital (AGF Producktion 2013, Finland)
Joshua Burkett: Xavier’s birds 7″ (Time-Lag Records 2013, USA)
Kuupuu: Sisar LP (EM Records 2013, Japan)
Matti Bye: Drömt CD (Rotor 2009, Sweden)
QBICO V UNITE – Lauhkeat Lampaat with Kuupuu & Lau Nau, LP (QBICO 2007, Italy)
Kemialliset Ystävät: – CD & LP & Digital (Fonal 2007, Finland)
Lauhkeat Lampaat: The most pöllö LP (QBICO 2006, Italy)
Es: Sateenkaarisuudelma LP (K-raak3 2005, Begium)
Lauhkeat Lampaat: Mystery of Hyyry, MC (POK 2005, Finland)
Maniacs Dream: Die Learn No Way, LP (HP Cycle 2005)
Kemialliset Ystävät: NUUHA NI HAKA (Jewelled Antler Library 2004, USA)
Maniacs Dream, split 7″ w/ Munuaissymposium 1960 (Lal Lal Lal 2004)
Avarus: Jänis vaahteran hännänkieliset seikkailut, 7″, (Audiobot 2004 [Belgia])
Master QSH, MC (Lal Lal Lal 2003)
The Anaksimandros: Camels Running through Life, MC (Lal Lal Lal, 2000)
Kemialliset Ystävät, split LP w/Echo is your love (If Society 1999)
Kemialliset Ystävät, CD-R (Huutomerkki 1998)
Prizes and nominations:
2022 Nomination for Teosto Prize.
2021 Finnish State Art Prize for performative arts for the sound design for Huoneiden Kirja.
2021 Nomination for Hyundai Nordic Music Prize.
2021 Nomination for the European film music prize Camille.
2020 Berlinale Talent.
2018 Femma prize, main category.
2018 Nomination for Emma prize, critic’s choice category.
2014 Kemiönsaaren lähettiläs prize.
2014 Nomination for Jussi prize, category best original music for a film.
2013 Nomination for Teosto prize for the compositions on the album “Valohiukkanen”.
2013 Nomination for Emma and Femma prizes.
2010 Kemiönsaaren kulttuuripalkinto prize.