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Solsir​é​pifpan (LP)

by Lauri Supponen

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    12'' vinyl pressing of Solsirépifpan, manufactured in Tartu, Estonia, shipped from Helsinki, Finland.

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    Beautiful layout and graphic design by Iris Bernoulli.

    Ordering Solsirépifpan as a 12'' vinyl or CD pressing is the only way to read Klaus Lumi Maunuksela's accompanying poem, written as a parallel work to the album. The record comes hand-wrapped in Maunuksela's poem, hand-printed in Finnish and English.

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    CD pressing of Solsirépifpan, manufactured in and shipped from Helsinki, Finland.

    Ecopack with 16-page booklet with lyrics, portrait of the artists, liner notes and credits.

    Beautiful layout and graphic design by Iris Bernoulli & Studio Kaabel.

    Ordering Solsirépifpan as a 12'' vinyl or CD pressing is the only way to read Klaus Lumi Maunuksela's accompanying poem, written as a parallel work to the album. The record comes hand-wrapped in Maunuksela's poem, hand-printed in Finnish and English.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Solsirépifpan (LP) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
marcialonga (entrance) 01:16
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2.
love heavy light (dinner with flies) 04:57
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Miksi olla ihminen, jos ihmisenä olo on niin raskasta? Ryhdy kadun lyhdyksi, jonka hehku hiljaa valaisee ihmisiä. — Svetilka ob Cesti, Srečko Kosovel Why be human if being human is so difficult? Become the lamp by the roadside that quietly sheds its light on man.
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marcialonga (a street in winter) 03:36
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love heavy light (rendez-vous) 06:28
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5.
solsirépifpan 14:44
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Malgré notre misère, Et navré de douleur, Nous bravons, pour vous plaire, La honte du malheur. Ayez de l’indulgence, Sensibles amateurs, Avec peu de dépense Soyez nos bienfaiteurs. — Solsirépifpan Inspite of our grief, and consumed by pain, we endure, for your relief, the shame of the wind and rain. Have indulgence, sensible actors, with a little expense become our benefactors.
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marcialonga (at the factory) 02:46
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ubi calamari (recitativo) 06:25
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Good, bad, renewable, bourgeois. Today (absurdly) unnecessary work continues to be imposed. — We Want everything, Nanni Balestrini Finally, We are faced with this band of one, becoming a Union of Precarious Musicians. Attempting to balance and lead our little society. It is not easy. There is more and more inequity between the circles: the conservative nostalgics, the lone hearders and hermits, heralds of the new universal order, mystics and rejects cooking up an alternative history and of course, the highflyers This is the spectacle we are assisting today. Balance and imbalance. The continuation of the cycle. — after We Want Everything, Nanni Balestrini Ubi Calamari A cantata A growth-critical cantata To promote the instatement of universal basic income It is not easy. There is more and more inequity between the circles
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ubi calamari (aria) 03:15
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ubi calamari (sinfonia) 06:06
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In the end, except for the constant toil, our lives know no hardship. Paitsi jatkuvaa raatamista, elämämme ei tunne kärsimystä. En fin de compte, a part le labeur constant, nos vies ne connaissent pas d’épreuves. — Utopia, Thomas More

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Band of one – the personification of precarity

In Lauri Supponen’s debut album, precarity is personified in the character of Solsirépifpan, a band of one that sings a cantata to pro- mote the instatement of Universal Basic Income (UBI).

Solsirépifpan is an album born from the collaboration of Finnish composer Lauri Supponen and accordionist Harri Kuusijärvi, releasing on June 1st 2023. The music on the album is arranged from the four pieces of Lauri Supponen’s Union of Precarious Musicians -cycle, written in 2017- 18. Kuusijärvi has simultaneously developed his electronically extended accordion. The initial arrangement was edited and modified throughout the process, according to the development of Kuusijärvi’s instrument. The resulting album is also Supponen’s debut LP, published digitally as well as as on vinyl and CD, produced by Supponen’s own edition ’Äänitetuotanto OSK’. Previously published from the album are the double singles marcialonga (1.3.) and ubi calamari (1.4). The single solsirépifpan (1.5) is published a month before the album release.

BACKGROUND

Solsirépifpan was an acclaimed Parisian entertainer and one of the first modern bands-of-one. His attire and instrumentarium modified through decades of addition. The band-of-one of the album is an embodiment of precarity in the life of a musician. A union of precarious musicians of sorts, all in one body.

Already in 1840, Solsirépifpan sung a cantata of precarity, to a melody borrowed from Gluck;

Malgré notre misère
et navré de douleur
nous bravons pour vour plaire
la honte du malheur

Ayez de l’indulgence
Sensibles amateurs
Avec peu de dépense
Soyez nos bienfaiteurs

freely translated:

Inspite of our grief,
and consumed by pain,
we endure, for your relief,
the shame of the wind and rain.

Have indulgence,
sensible actors,
with a little expense
become our benefactors.

On the title track of the album, these words are uttered by Kuusijärvi, initiating him into this continuum of bands-of-one as Solsirépifpan’s successor.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

The album is a musical portrait of its namesake. The soundscape of a year in the life of a band-of-one. What they play. What they hear. Where they walk. What they eat. Who they meet. The opening track marcialonga measures endurance across three movements: in face of a marathon skiing competition (entrance), in face of a street in winter and at the factory. love heavy light streches an arch between the precarious dynamic created when our solitary protagonist encounters a potential love interest, both in a domestic setting (dinner with flies) and out about town (rendez vous). The title track solsirépifpan is a broken and melted accompaniment for our solitary protagonist who’d sometimes rather stay home.

ubi calamari is a parade of human and non-human animal encoun- ters, a growth-critical cantata to promote the instatement of Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a solution for our cephalopodic, multi-tasking lives.

Solsirépifpan is a celebration of precarity in music. In the music of the album, precarity is the fragility of timbre. The chaotic act of sounding. The knife’s edge, that divides the now with the yet to come.

Solsirépifpan is a manifest of precarity in music. Precarity is the reality of a musician’s life in a society that eschews permanent employment and the security thereof. As mentioned above, the concluding cantata ubi calamari openly promotes the instatement of Universal Basic Income (UBI).

ABOUT THE MAKERS

Lauri Supponen is a composer for whom composition is an act of dreaming of alternative forms of organisation. Hailing from Brussels and Helsinki, he studied composition at RCM in London and UdK in Berlin, graduating from SibA in Helsinki in 2016. Lauri’s works have been premiered by leading contemporary music ensembles such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern and BBC Singers at festivals around Europe and North America. Supponen’s work hap- pens at the intersection of music, dance, visual art and theatre, nur- turing the playfulness and creation that nestle in between structures.

www.laurisupponen.fi

Harri Kuusijärvi has explored accordion music with an exceptionally wide angle. He has forged a formidable reputation for performing contemporary repertoire for the instrument and has given concerts in several stages around the world. In recent years he has concen- trated especially on developing the electroacoustic possibilities of accordion. In 2020 Kuusijärvi was nominated for the Teosto Prize, one of the most noteworthy art prizes in the Nordic countries. 2011 he was awarded the 2nd prize in Arrasate Hiria, one of most prestigious international accordion contests.

www.harrikuusijarvi.com

credits

released June 1, 2023

Performed, recorded & mixed by Harri Kuusijärvi in Lankojärvi, Finland

Composed by Lauri Supponen

Arranged by Lauri Supponen & Harri Kuusijärvi

Mastered by Veera Vallinkoski/Vastavaihe Oy

Graphic design by Iris Bernoulli & Studio Kaabel

Photos by Ella Kiviniemi in Paippinen, Sipoo, Finland

Cover illustration, Carle Vernet ’Musicien de rue’ (© Bridgeman Images)

Texts by Srec̆ko Kosovel, Thomas More, Solsirépifpan & Lauri Supponen, with inspiration from Nanni Balestrini

Translations by Ana Jelnikar & Barbara Siegel Carlson (Kosovel), Matt Holden (Balestrini)

Kiitos Ida, Aarni & Hilda, Lankojärven väki, Marko Enbuske, Skattan klaani ja naapurit

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is a composer for whom composition is an act of dreaming of alternative forms of organisation. Lauri’s works have been premiered by leading contemporary music ensembles around Europe and North America. Lauri’s work happens at the intersection of music, dance, visual art and theatre, nurturing the playfulness and creation that happen in between structures. ... more

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