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Two Sound Pieces (Hawaiian Rock & Wind In May)

Here are two sound pieces that I made recently.
First one is a comical noise remix of a song by my rock band, Väärät kaverit. The song is called Aika auringossa (”time in the sun”) and I named the reworked piece Hawaiian Rock Remix — the first Finnish rock recording ever was made in 1957 by [...]

Spoken Music

In 2007-2008 I made two “spoken music” pieces for a sound art course by Shinji Kanki. First one, The Funniest Concerto, was made as a interpretation of the theme “Boring Music”. I tried to express the frustration that emerges when one has to wait on the phone and listen to the awkward waiting tunes. The [...]

Helsinki Meeting Point 4.12.2008

Helsinki Meeting Point
improvisation and instant composition
Thursday 4.12.2008 at 19.00.
KOKOTEATTERI, Unioninkatu 45. Entrance 5€.
Performers this month:
Otto Akkanen (dance)
Maria Elste (dance)
Elena Kakaliagou (french horn)
Nadya Khrenkova (dance)
Nina Viitamäki (dance)
Lauri “Wuola” Wuolio (electronics + mandolin)
The Helsinki Meeting Point is a club evening event held every first Thursday of
the month at Kokoteatteri. A group of dancers and musicians are creating
together [...]

Wuola: Wuola

Wuola: ”Wuola”
Audio cd, download
Duration 25:51
In December 2007 I composed and recorded an album with the idea of a musical self-portrait. My last name, Wuolio, is an archaic Finnish word for a stream or river. In every place I have lived, there has been at least a small stream nearby. I decided to audialize my personal [...]