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{{short description|Finnish singer-songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lau Nau
| image = Lau Nau.jpg
| caption =
| image_size = 200
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Laura Naukkarinen
| alias = Lau Nau
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland
| death_date =
| origin = [[Finland]]
| instrument = voice, violin, guitar, keyboard, [[toy instruments]], [[idiophone]]s
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[psychedelic folk]], [[Experimental music|experimental]]
| occupation = Composer, musician, producer, singer, songwriter
| years_active = 2005–present
| label = [[Fonal Records]], [[Locust (record label)|Locust]], [[Beacon Sound]], Yacca, [[Peippo]], [[POK (defunct record label)|POK]]
| associated_acts = [[Subatlantti]], [[Matti Bye Ensemble]], [[Päivänsäde]], [[Kiila]], [[Avarus (band)|Avarus]], [[Hertta Lussu Ässä]], [[Anaksimandros]], [[Maailma]]
| website = http://launau.com
}}
'''Lau Nau''' or Laura Naukkarinen (born 1980) is a composer, producer and musician from [[Finland]].<ref name="about">{{Cite web|date=2017-12-22|title=about|url=http://www.launau.com/about.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105122/http://www.launau.com/about.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-12-22|access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> She also plays under the moniker [[Subatlantti]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-10|title=subatlantti|url=http://launau.com/subatlantti.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010921/http://launau.com/subatlantti.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-03-10|access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> in IAX, a band formed with [[Kuupuu]] and [[Tsembla]] and is a visiting member of [[The Matti Bye Ensemble]]. She was also a member of [[free improv]] and [[psychedelic folk]] bands [[Kiila(band)|Kiila]], [[Päivänsäde]], [[the Anaksimandros]], [[Avarus (band)|Avarus]], [[Maailma]], and the trio [[Hertta Lussu Ässä]] formed by fellow [[acid folk]] singer-songwriters [[Islaja]] and [[Kuupuu]].
Besides of composing and producing her own albums, Lau Nau accompanies live [[silent film]]s and composes music for feature films, theatre plays, dance and [[sound installation]]s.<ref name=about/> Her instrumentation ranges from everyday objects to classical instruments and [[analog synthesizer]]s.
She composed the soundtrack to the 2019 documentary Land Without God, directed by [[Mannix Flynn]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lau Nau: Land Without God – LAU NAU|url=https://launau.com/2019/10/03/land-without-god/|access-date=2020-07-09|language=en-US}}</ref> Maedhbh McMahon and Lotta Petronella,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petronella |first=Lotta |title=Land Without God |url=http://www.lottapetronella.com/land-without-god |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Lotta Petronella}}</ref> as well as to Petronella's 2020 documentary Själö - Island of Souls.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petronella |first=Lotta |title=SJÄLÖ - Island of Souls |url=http://www.lottapetronella.com/home-somewhere-1 |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Lotta Petronella}}</ref>
Lau Nau lives in the Finnish countryside of [[Kimito]] island with her husband and two sons.
==Discography==
*''Kuutarha'' (Locust, 2005)
*''Nukkuu'' (Locust, 2008)
*''Valohiukkanen'', ([[Fonal Records|Fonal]], 2012)
*''Hem. Någonstans'' (Fonal, 2015)<ref>[https://archive.today/20150707044608/http://www.fonal.com/shop/launau_hemngonstans_cd?typesel=20&letter= HEM. Någonstans]. Fonal. Retrieved 7 July 2015.</ref>
*''Poseidon'' (Fonal, Beacon Sound, Yacca, 2017)[https://www.fonal.com/shop/poseidon-cd/] [http://www.wearebeaconsound.com/shop/lau-nau-poseidon][http://www.inpartmaint.com/site/22411/]
*Land Without God – Original Soundtrack (Fonal, 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lau Nau Land Without God – Original Soundtrack |url=https://fonal.com/shop/lau-nau-land-without-god-mp3/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Fonal Records}}</ref>
*Själö – Original Soundtrack (Fonal, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lau Nau Själö – Original Soundtrack |url=https://fonal.com/shop/lau-nau-sjalo-lp/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Fonal Records}}</ref>
*Puutarhassa (Fonal, Akti Records, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lau Nau Puutarhassa |url=https://fonal.com/shop/lau-nau-puutarhassa-cd/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Fonal Records}}</ref>
*Live At Röykkälä (Beacon Sound, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Live In Röykkälä by Lau Nau |url=https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-r-ykk-l |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Beacon Sound Bandcamp Page}}</ref>
*5 x 4 (Fonal, Beacon Sound, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lau Nau 5 x 4 |url=https://fonal.com/shop/lau-nau-5-x-4-lp/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Fonal Records}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://launau.com launau.com]
*[http://www.locustmusic.com/index.php?option=com_artists&task=view&Itemid=6&cid=37 Locust Records]
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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Finnish women singers]]
[[Category:Finnish women songwriters]]
[[Category:Singers from Helsinki]]
[[Category:Psychedelic folk musicians]]
[[Category:Women in electronic music]]
[[Category:Locust Music artists]]
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