Theo Hakola


Theo Hakola is a singer/songwriter/musician and novelist and raised in Spokane, Washington USA. In 1978 he settled in Paris, France. He is of Finnish and Swedish descent.
WWW theohakola.com

Books

Non romanesque, nonfiction and photos published in French by Over The Volcano, novel published in French translation by as Sur le volcan The Snake Pit, novel published in French translation by Actes Sud as Idaho BabyloneRakia, novel published in French translation by Éditions Intervalles The Blood of Souls, novel published in French translation as Le Sang des âmes by Éditions Intervalles Blood Streams, novel published in French translation as La Valse des Affluents by Le Serpent à Plumes and in Finnish by WSOY The Way of Blood, novel published in French translation as La Route du Sang by Le Serpent à Plumes and in Finnish by WSOY

Solo

Shalalalala - https://microcultures-records.fr/artist/theo-hakola/Water Is Wet - https://microcultures-records.fr/artist/theo-hakola/I Fry Mine in Butter This Land is Not Your Land Drunk Women and Sexual Water La Chanson du Zorro Andalou Overflow The Confession
  • ''Hunger of a Thin Man''

With Passion Fodder

And Bleed That River Dry 1985-1991 Songs Sacred and Profane 1985-1991 What Fresh Hell is This? Woke Up This Morning Love, Waltzes and Anarchy Fat Tuesday
  • ''Hard Words from a Soft Mouth''

With Orchestre Rouge

More Passion Fodder
  • ''Yellow Laughter''

Production

  • Noir Désir - "Où veux-tu que je r'garde ?" –1987
  • E.V. - "Reuz" – 1994
  • Les Hurleurs - "Bazar" – 1996
  • Les Malpolis - "La Fin du retour de la chanson" – 2005
  • Gecko Palace – "Tout va si bien" – 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 - 2007
  • "La Vallée de larmes," dir. Agathe Dronne – 2011
  • "Au bonheur des dames", dir. Julien Duvivier - 2013

Theatre

  • "Idaho Babylone," scored reading based on the novel, with Dominique Reymond, Bénédicte Villain and Simon Texier; author/composer/musician... Grenoble, Frontignan – 2017
  • "American Tabloid," composer/musician – MC93-Bobigny – 20013. Directed by Nicolas Bigards.
  • "Rakia," scored reading based on the novel, with Dominique Reymond; author/composer/musician... Dijon – 2013
  • "Sur la route," scored reading based on Jack 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/composer/musician... Grenoble, Bobigny – 2011-2015
  • "L'Invention du monde," – 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/composer/musician... Finnish Cultural Center, Paris – 2009.
  • "La Thébaïde" – composer/musician, Centre dramatique national de Montreuil and the Atelier du Rhin in Colmar – October/Novembre 2007. Directed by Sandrine Lanno.
  • "Ellen Foster" – composer/musician and translator in Dijon and Lille – 2002 then, as co-director, Bagnolet and Lyon – 2005.
  • "Les Chansons de ‘La Valse des affluents’" scored reading based on the novel, author/composer/musician... Manosque, Poitiers – 2004, and Lyon – 2005.
  • "Une Dizaine de morts,", adapter-author/composer/musician... Lyon, Manosque – 2003, Paris, Lille – 2004
  • "La Chanson du Zorro andalou" – author/actor/composer/director, 1999–2000, Rennes, Lille, Paris...
  • "Mahagonny" – actor, Paris and on tour in France... – 1983 Directed by Hans-Peter Cloos.

Radio/Journalism

Education

Other work

  • Film actor: LA BÊTE, Bertrand Bonello ; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, Philippe Prouff ; ALIEN CRYSTAL PALACE, Arielle Dombasle ; VAMPIRES ; CURIOSA, Lou Jeunet ; PICTURES, Florent Quint ; SUERTE, Jacques Séchaud ; THE PORTUGUESE MAN O' WAR, Lauren Makael ; UNE FAMILLE PARFAITE, Pierre Trividic ; MA MÈRE, Christophe Honoré ; LA FILLE PRÉFÉRÉE, Lou Jeunet...
  • Director: “Reliefs” fiction workshop – Saint-Priest, 2005 “La parole et les cris” lyrics workshop – Nevers, 1998–1999
  • Translator: Composition and Non-composition by Jacques Lucan 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,” Antioch College, Ohio – 1974
  • Sound, lights, programming: Tramps Club, New York – 1977/78
  • English teacher, photographer, rewriter, waiter...