LJLauri Järvilehto

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Lyrics & credits

The words, the instruments on each track, and who made the records. Press play on any song to listen while you read.

Lauri reading in an armchair by the studio window
Songs About Sadness album cover
Songs About Sadness

2024 · 10 tracks

Songs About Sadness

Ten songs for the rainy days. Written, sung and played by Lauri, with Silja joining on two songs.

Alive With You

  • Deckard's Dream
  • TR909
  • Maschine Mk3
  • Minimoog
  • Telecaster
  • Prophet 5
  • Rhodes Mk2
  • Yamaha C3
  • Syntrx
  • Bass

Lyrics coming soon.

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Haven

  • SP404mk2
  • Deckard's Dream
  • Drums
  • Bass
  • Antares Autotune Pro
  • Yamaha C3
  • Ebow Telecaster

Lyrics coming soon.

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Typhoon

  • OP1
  • SP404mk2
  • Bass
  • Drums
  • Telecaster
  • Hand Claps
  • Les Paul
  • Tambourine
  • Syntrx
  • Juno-106

Lyrics coming soon.

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The Days We Forget feat. Silja

  • Deckard's Dream
  • Juno-106
  • Drums
  • Bass
  • Syntrx
  • Congas
  • EFX Fragments
  • SY99
  • Prophet 5
  • Maschine Mk3
  • Minimoog

Lyrics coming soon.

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Maze

  • Yamaha C3
  • Perkons
  • Telecaster
  • Juno-106
  • Deckard's Dream
  • Drums
  • Prophet 5
  • Rhodes Mk2

Lyrics coming soon.

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Moomin Weather

  • Perkons
  • TR909
  • Drums
  • Bass
  • Rhodes Mk2
  • Yamaha C3
  • Les Paul
  • Stratocaster
  • More Cowbell

Lyrics coming soon.

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My Little Butterfly feat. Silja

  • Juno-106
  • Rhodes Mk2
  • Deckard's Dream
  • Drums
  • Telecaster
  • Bass
  • Perkons
  • Prophet 5

Lyrics coming soon.

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Fair Insight

  • Rhodes Mk2
  • Bass
  • Perkons
  • Drums
  • Minimoog
  • Deckard's Dream
  • Telecaster

Lyrics coming soon.

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Whippoorwill

  • Deckard's Dream
  • Prophet 5
  • Rhodes Mk2
  • SY99
  • Bongos
  • Perkons
  • Bass
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Jaw Harp
  • Ebow Telecaster

Arrangement by Paavo & Lauri Järvilehto

Lyrics coming soon.

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Hey Kid

  • Yamaha C3
  • Drums
  • Perkons
  • Bass
  • Les Paul
  • Deckard's Dream
  • Prophet 5
  • Minimoog
  • Juno-106

Lyrics coming soon.

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North Star Revisited album cover
North Star Revisited

2023 · 9 tracks

North Star Revisited

Nine tracks over two sides, recorded and mixed at Starship Studio in Espoo.

Aliens Don’t Change Lanes

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North Star Revisited

Credits

Side A: Aliens Don’t Change Lanes, Ghost Story, Memory, Sunshine, Only Rain. Side B: Lost in Space, Geek and a Biker, You Are, Rain, Steam and Speed. Total playing time 34:10.

Written, performed, engineered & produced
Lauri Järvilehto. “You Are” performed by Silja Järvilehto and Lauri Järvilehto.
Choir
Sampled choir on “You Are” and “Rain, Steam and Speed” by Silja, Luukas, Joonatan, Tuomas and Matias Järvilehto.
Recorded & mixed
Starship Studio, Espoo, Finland
Mastered
Christian Wright, Abbey Road Studios
Artwork
Album cover and photography by Paavo Järvilehto. Single covers by Lauri Järvilehto.
Synths & keys
Yamaha SY99, Prophet 5, Moog Subsequent 25, Roland System 8, Roland Juno-106, Jupiter 8, D50, JV1080, Korg Minilogue XD, Arturia Pigments, Komplete Kontrol S88 Mk2, Yamaha C3 grand, Yamaha U1 upright
Drum machines & samplers
Roland TR8S, TR606, TR707, TR808, Teenage Engineering OP-1, Maschine Mk3
Guitars, bass & amps
Fender Squier Stratocaster and Telecaster, Epiphone Custom Shop Les Paul, Squier Precision Bass, Fender CD60 electroacoustic, Softube Marshall JCM800, Amplitube Fender Super Reverb, UAD Marshall Plexi
Pedals & outboard
ProCo Rat, EH Big Muff, Small Stone, Dunlop Crybaby, Keeley Compressor Plus, Rocktron Banshee 2 talkbox
Software
Roland Cloud, Korg Gadget, Native Instruments Kontakt, Battery, FM8, Ax Edge
Found sounds
Shakers, flutes, toys, Duplos, Legos, kettles, pans, household items, a piano outside UC Berkeley, and nature and city recordings from around the world
Key plugins
Softube Console 1, TSAR-1, Tape; UAD 1176, LA2A, Pultec EQP-1, Ampex ATR-102; FabFilter Pro-Q3, Pro-DS, Saturn, Volcano; Eventide H3000, H910, Blackhole; TVerb; NI Solid Bus Comp; Oeksound Soothe 2; Arturia Delay Tape-201, Rev Plate-140, Dimension D; Waves H-Delay, Tune, Tune Realtime, PAZ Analyzer, WLM; Baby Audio Super VHS; Wavesfactory Cassette, Trackspacer; Xfer Records Cthulhu, LFO Tool; iZotope Vinyl, Ozone Imager V2
Thanks
Macke Hakala, Timo Tiuraniemi, Karoliina Jarenko, Aleksi Raappana, Jonna Kärkkäinen, Kalle Koivisto, Paavo Järvilehto, Rauni Järvilehto, Silja Järvilehto and Laura Järvilehto for feedback on the tracks, and Otso Järvilehto for feedback on the cover art. Silja, Luukas, Joonatan, Tuomas, Matias and Laura for their support.