Theo Hakola

Theo Hakola is a singer/song-writer/musician and novelist born (1954) and raised in Spokane, Washington USA and presently living in Paris, France. He is of Finnish and Swedish descent.^[1]

Novels

• The Snake Pit, to be published in French translation by Actes Sud (September 2016) as Idaho Babylone
• Rakia, published in French translation by Éditions Intervalles (2011)^[2]
• The Blood of Souls, published in French translation as Le Sang des âmes by Éditions Intervalles (2008)
• Blood Streams, published in French translation as La Valse des Affluents by Le Serpent à Plumes (2003) and in Finnish by WSOY (2005)
• The Way of Blood, published in French translation as La Route du Sang by Le Serpent à Plumes (2001) and in Finnish by WSOY (2002)

Music

Albums

THEO HAKOLA:

• I FRY MINE IN BUTTER! – (Wobbly Ashes Records/Médiapop Records) an all covers album in CD and double vinyl formats.
• THIS LAND IS NOT YOUR LAND – (Wobbly Ashes Records/Disques du 7e ciel) 2012 ^[3][4]
• DRUNK WOMEN AND SEXUAL WATER – (Wobbly Ashes Records/Anticraft) 2007
• LA CHANSON DU ZORRO ANDALOU – (Grosse Rose/Kerig) 2000
• OVERFLOW – (Grosse Rose/Musidisc) – 1997
• THE CONFESSION – (Absinthe/Bondage-France) – 1995
• HUNGER OF A THIN MAN – (Bondage-France) – 1994

with PASSION FODDER (Barclay/Polygram-France/Beggars Banquet-World):

• WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS? - 1991
• WOKE UP THIS MORNING - 1989
• LOVE, WALTZES AND ANARCHY - 1987
• FAT TUESDAY - 1986
• HARD WORDS FROM A SOFT MOUTH – 1985

with ORCHESTRE ROUGE (RCA-France):

• MORE PASSION FODDER - 1983
• YELLOW LAUGHTER – 1982

Production

• Noir Désir - "Où veux-tu que je r'garde ?" (Barclay/Polygram-France) –1987
• E.V. - "Reuz" (Lola Label/Polygram France) – 1994
• Les Hurleurs - "Bazar" (Barclay/Universal) – 1996
• Les Malpolis - "La Fin du retour de la chanson" (Willing/Mosaic Music) – 2005
• Gecko Palace – "Tout va si bien" (New Track Music) – 2008

Film Music

• "Babel metropolite," directed by Beajena Borakova – 1988
• "Peaux de vaches," dir. Patricia Mazuy – 1989
• "Perpetua," dir. Claudia Neubern – 1999
• "La Fille préférée," dir. Lou Jeunet – 1999
• "Les Petites Mains," dir. Lou Jeunet – 2001
• "The wind", dir. Victor Söjström (ciné-concert) - 2007
• "La Vallée de larmes," dir. Agathe Dronne – 2011
• "Au bonheur des dames", dir. Julien Duvivier (ciné-concert) - 2013

Theatre

• "American Tabloid," (James Ellroy) composer/musician – MC93-Bobigny – 20013. Directed by Nicolas Bigards.
• "Rakia," scored reading based on the novel, with Dominique Reymond), composer/musician... Dijon – 2013
• "Sur la route," scored reading based on Kerouac’s On The Road, composer/musician... Manosque, Toulouse, Grenoble, Caen, Vendôme, Vincennes, Rennes – 2012-2015...
• "La Ballade de Carson Clay," scored reading based on La Valse des affluents, author, director, composer/musician... Grenoble, Bobigny – 2011-2015
• "L'Invention du monde," (Olivier Rolin) – composer/musician – at the MC93-Bobigny – 2010. Directed by Michel Deutsch.
• "Chroniques du bord de scène - Hello America," 2009/10, followed by "USA, d'après Dos Passos" – composer/musician/actor – at the MC93-Bobigny – 2009/10. Directed by Nicolas Bigards.
• "Le Chant des âmes," scored reading based on Le Sang des âmes, author/director/performer... Finnish Cultural Center, Paris – 2009.
• "La Thébaïde" (Racine) – composer/musician, Centre dramatique national de Montreuil and the Atelier du Rhin in Colmar – October/Novembre 2007. Directed by Sandrine Lanno.
• "Ellen Foster" (Kaye Gibbons) – composer/musician and translator in Dijon (Festival Frictions) and Lille (l’Aéronef) – 2002 then, as co-director, Bagnolet (l’Échangeur) and Lyon (Théâtre de la Rennaissance) – 2005.
• "Les Chansons de ‘La Valse des affluents’" scored reading based on the novel, author, director, composer/musician... Manosque, Poitiers – 2004, and Lyon – 2005.
• "Une Dizaine de morts," (based on the works of Michael Ondaatje), adapter-author, director, composer/musician... Lyon, Manosque – 2003, Paris, Lille – 2004
• "La Chanson du Zorro andalou" – author, actor, director, 1999–2000 , Rennes, Lille, Paris...
• "Mahagonny" (Brecht/Weill) actor (Alaskawolf Joe), Paris and on tour in France... – 1983 Directed by Hans-Peter Cloos.

Radio/Journalism

• D.J./producer on France-Inter, Radio Monte Carlo (RMC Côte d'Azur), France Culture, Radio Nova and Radio Cité 96.
• Publication of articles on European culture and politics in In These Times and in Cinéaste (USA) and in Libération, Actuel, Globe, Les Inrockuptibles... (France).

Education

• The London School of Economics and Political Science – 1975/76
• B.A. in Political History – Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio – 1977

Other Work

• Film actor: Pictures, Florent Quint (2011), Suerte, Jacques Séchaud (2010); The Portuguese Man O' War, Lauren Makael (2008); Une Famille parfaite, Pierre Trividic (2006); Ma Mère, Christophe Honoré (2004); La Fille préférée, Lou Jeunet (1999)...
• Director: “Reliefs” fiction workshop – Saint-Priest (Lyon), 2005 “La parole et les cris” lyrics workshop – Nevers , 1998–1999
• Translator: Composition and Non-composition by Jacques Lucan (PPUR-2012) as well as numerous film scripts, plays, poems, songs and articles...
• Organizational Secretary: The US Committee for a Democratic Spain, New York – 1975
• Instructor: “The Spanish Civil War,” Antioch College, Ohio – 1974 “Photography,” (assistant to Tony Conrad) Antioch College, Ohio – 1974
• Sound, lights, programming: Tramps Club, New York – 1977/78
• English teacher, photographer, rewriter, waiter...

References

1. "Biography". Theo Hakola - The Official Website. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
2. FRENCH PUBLISHER. "Editions Intervalles".
3. FRENCH REVIEWS. "Disques du 7e ciel".
4. NEW NOISE French interview. "Paul Revere avec une guitare" (PDF).

External links

• Official website