Lau Nau or Laura Naukkarinen (born 1980) is a composer, producer and musician from

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. She plays also under the moniker Subatlantti, in IAX, a band formed with Kuupuu and Tsembla and is a visiting member of

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. She was also a member of

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and

psychedelic folk Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of folk, but adds musical elements common to psychedelic music. Chara ...

bands Kiila, Päivänsäde,

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, Avarus, Maailma, and the trio Hertta Lussu Ässä formed by fellow

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singer-songwriters

Islaja Islaja or Merja Kokkonen (born 19 May 1979) is a singer-songwriter and musician from Helsinki, Finland. Besides her solo career, she is a member of free improv and psychedelic folk bands Avarus, Kemialliset Ystävät, and the trio Hertta Lussu � ...

and Kuupuu. Besides of composing and producing her own albums, Lau Nau accompanies

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s live and composes music for feature films, theatre plays, dance and

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s. Her instrumentation ranges from everyday objects to classical instruments and

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s. She composed the soundtrack to the 2019 movie Land Without God, directed by

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island with her husband and two sons.

Discography

*'' Kuutarha'' (Locust, 2005) *'' Nukkuu'' (Locust, 2008) *'' Valohiukkanen'', (

Fonal Fonal Records is an independent record label from Finland. It was initially founded in the mid-1990s by Sami Sänpäkkilä to release his recordings under his recording name Es. Sänpäkkilä initially ran the label from his childhood home in ...

, 2012) *''Hem. Någonstans'' (Fonal, 2015)HEM. Någonstans
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References

External links

launau.comLocust Records
1980 births Living people 21st-century Finnish women singers Finnish songwriters Singers from Helsinki Psychedelic folk musicians Women in electronic music Locust Music artists {{Finland-writer-stub