New tape w/ percussionist Naoto Yamagishi out now on Bokashi Records.

Recorded live at Hošek Contemporary, Berlin in April 2023.

Limited edition cassette and digital download available through Bandcamp and locally in Helsinki and soon Japan.

bokashirecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

Playing in public this fall in Helsinki, Japan and Seoul.

Tomorrow – Ben Bennett (USA) / Lauri Hyvärinen, improvised music at Musta Kissa, the best bar in Kallio!

Sunday July 20 2025
Musta Kissa, Toinen linja 15
Start time 18:30
Free entry, suggested donation €5-€15 (mobilepay or cash)

Ben Bennett - percussion
Lauri Hyvärinen - guitar

#improvisedmusic

UUDET TERÄSKIELET – New music for steel string acoustic guitars

16.7.2025, 19-21:30
Toinen Kerros, Nokiantie 2–4
Donation 5-10€

Works by Castilla-Ávila, Dupleix, Hyvärinen, Reid Bulatovič

Performers: Lauri Hyvärinen, Gon Muruaga, Mark Reid Bulatovič, Haiyun Yu

#contemporarymusic #justintonation

Tonight #freeimprovisation @ Hökarängens Antikvariat, Stockholm.

Félicie Bazelaire, electronics
Lauri Hyvärinen, electric guitar
Girilal Baars, voice
Jörgen Adolfsson, saxophone

19:00, 100kr

#improvisedmusic #experimentalmusic

LUURANKOUNI TOUR continues today

Félicie Bazelaire, electronics
Lauri Hyvärinen, electric guitar

15.5. @suhinaklubi.bsky.social @ Myymälä2, Helsinki
Start time 19:00
Tickets: 15/8€

16.5. Hökarängens Antikvariat, Stockholm (w/ Girilal Baars, Jörgen Adolfsson)

17.5. Klang Konst, Uppsala

Luurankouni (Félicie Bazelaire, Lauri Hyvärinen) tour started yesterday @ Pethaus, Tampere. Next:
10.5. @himeraturku.bsky.social, Kutomo, Turku
11.5. Cabaret Volta, Tallinn
15.5 @suhinaklubi.bsky.social, Helsinki
16.5. Hökarängens Antikvariat, Stockholm
17.5. Klang Konst, Uppsala

#experimentalmusic

LUURANKOUNI tour w/ Félicie Bazelaire coming up:

9/5 @pethaus.bsky.social, Tampere
10/5 @himeraturku.bsky.social @ Kutomo, Turku
11/5 Cabaret Volta, Tallinn
15/5 @suhinaklubi.bsky.social, Helsinki
16/5 Hökarängens Antikvariat, Stockholm
17/5 Klangkonst, Uppsala

#improvisedmusic #experimentalmusic

’Harmonic Permutations’, new music with Daniel M Karlsson out now. Hope you’ll enjoy it.

Daniel M Karlsson - composition, electronics
Lauri Hyvärinen - electric guitar

Recorded at EMS, Stockholm.
Supported by Kulturfonden for Sverige och Finland.

danielmkarlsson.bandcamp.com/album/harmon...

May

4: trio w/ jukka kääriäinen & girilal baars @ asbestos, Helsinki

Luurankouni tour

9: @pethaus.bsky.social, Tampere
10: Springroll, @himeraturku.bsky.social @ Kutomo, Turku
11: Cabaret Volta, Tallinn
15: Suhina, Helsinki
16: Hökarängens antikvariat, Stockholm +guests
17: Klangkonst, Uppsala

Next gigs in HEL:

Apr 17: Rahina, duo w/ Jaakko Kuikka + JP Kervinen & Vesa Lehko

Apr 20: El Fant, duo w/ @jukkka.bsky.social + Tom Malmendier & Emilie Škrijelj

May 4: Asbestos Art Space, trio w/ Girilal Baars & Jukka Kääriäinen

#improvisedmusic

Feb-April 2025

Feb 22: Äämetric, Äänen Lumo, Helsinki

Mar 5: Microtonal Guitar Quartet, Myymälä2, Helsinki
Mar 7: Sähkökitarakvartetti, Fylkingen, Stockholm (premiere pieces from Lisa Stenberg & me)

Apr 17: w/ Jone Takamäki, Rahina, Helsinki
Apr 20: w/ Jukka Kääriäinen, El Fant, Helsinki

Two very interesting concerts tomorrow Sunday in Helsinki - don’t worry, I am not playing!

14:00 Otto Eskelinen & Jaakko Kuikka: Shakuhachi music @ Winter Garden, Töölö, free entrance

19:00 Transsonic (Viola Yip & @nicolahein.bsky.social), Äänen Lumo, Vallila, 5-10€

#äänenlumo #talvipuutarha

New release on Falt, ’Koodi’ w/ Juha Rautio. 

Three sound collages from 4 hours of improvisations in the natural locations of Seurasaari, Helsinki.
 Sound, text, duration, repetition and environment.



falt.bandcamp.com/album/koodi

#juharautio #laurihyvärinen #improvisation #fieldrecordings

About last Thursday. Photos by @odjinud.bsky.social from a gig with Jukka Kääriäinen at the legendary Musta Kissa bar in Helsinki. 'Twas a blast.

#improvisedmusic #experimentalmusic #music #guitar