Jari Haapalainen

Jari Haapalainen (born 1971) is a Finnish-Swedish musician, songwriter and producer. He was born to Finnish immigrant parents. Haapalainen resides in Berlin, Germany. He played lead guitar for The Bear Quartet, and used to be a member in the pop combo Heikki.

Jari has produced several artists during the past twenty years, among others Laakso, Ed Harcourt, Camera Obscura, The Loveable Tulips and The Concretes.

As a producer (selection)

 * A Taste of Ra:
 * Avantgardet: Smile and Wave
 * Mattias Alkberg BD: Ditt Hjärta Är En Stjärna
 * The Bear Quartet: 15 albums
 * Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out of This Country, My Maudlin Career, Look to the East, Look to the West
 * The Concretes: The Concretes, Hey Trouble
 * Nicolai Dunger: six albums
 * Eldkvarn: five albums
 * Anna Maria Espinosa: Glowing With You
 * Kajsa Grytt: Brott & Straff - historier från ett kvinnofängelse, En kvinna under påverkan, Jag ler, jag dör
 * Ed Harcourt: Strangers, The Beautiful Lie
 * Heikki: Heikki, Heikki II
 * Honey Is Cool: Bolero!, Early Morning Are You Working?, Baby Jane
 * Frida Hyvönen: three albums
 * [ingenting]: Tomhet, Idel Tomhet
 * The (International) Noise Conspiracy: two albums
 * Johnossi: All They Ever Wanted
 * Siri Karlsson - three albums
 * Markus Krunegård: Rastlöst Blod
 * Laakso: four albums
 * Lacrosse: Bandages For The Heart
 * Eric Malmberg: Verklighet & Beat
 * Moneybrother: four albums
 * The Plan: Walk For Gold
 * Sahara Hotnights: Sahara Hotnights
 * Christopher Sander (musician): Jorden Var Rund
 * Stella Rocket: Stella Rocket
 * The Tiny: Starring: Someone Like You
 * True Moon-True Moon
 * Rebecka Törnqvist: Scorpions
 * Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck - two albums
 * Vega: two albums
 * Vånna Inget: Ingen Botten

As a musician

 * 2016 - Fusion Machine (with JH3-Jari Haapalainen Trio)
 * 2017 - Fusion Madness (with [Jari Haapalainen Trio)