Jari Haapalainen

Jari Haapalainen (born 1971) is a Finnish-Swedish musician, songwriter and producer.^[1][2] He was born to Finnish immigrant parents.^[2] 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 Haapalainen with The Bear Quartet at the Accelerator festival in Stockholm 2003

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:^[3]
• Avantgardet: Smile and Wave^{[4] [5]}
• 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 [sv]: 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)^[6]
• 2017 - Fusion Madness (with [Jari Haapalainen Trio)