P A U L I
L Y Y T I N E N
saxophonist | composer
contact paulilyyti(a)gmail.com
P a u l i L y y t i n e n (2012-)
"In his solo project (Machinery) Lyytinen expands his expression with inventive techniques and effects. The result is immense since Lyytinen - who is one of the most personal and interesting artists on the Finnish jazz scene - manages to bring out his best sides."
- Jyri Ojala, Karjalainen (FI)
Pauli Lyytinen - saxophones, woodwinds, mellotron, electronics
M A G N E T I A O R K E S T E R I (2015-)
"The Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri's tremendously exciting performance epitomized all that is good about contemporary jazz."
- Ian Patterson, All About Jazz (UK)
Pauli Lyytinen - saxophones
Verneri Pohjola - trumpet
Eero Tikkanen - double bass
Mika Kallio - drums, gongs
R A B B I T H O L E (fi/no/ch) (2019-)
"Rabbit Hole makes art of avoiding the obvious, both in composed and free. The music of waiting, tension and minimalism is in a class of its own."
- Kari Salminen, Turun Sanomat
Pauli Lyytinen - ewi, tenor saxophone, tempest
Andreas Stensland Løwe - piano, synth
Julian Sartorius - drums
N i i l l a s H o l m b e r g &
P a u l i L y y t i n e n (2021-)
In a collaboration between two Finnish artists, writer-musician Niillas Holmberg and saxophonist-composer Pauli Lyytinen, listeners are taken to the landscapes where the waterline of the shores rises and falls. In addition to his unpublished texts, Holmberg reads excerpts from the birth myth of the Sámi people compiled 200 years ago by Anders Fjellner. Together Holmberg and Lyytinen create an intriguing world full of poetry, music, ancient and contemporary.
Pauli Lyytinen - saxophone, live effects
Niillas Holmberg - voice, yoik
E L I F A N T R E E (2007-)
"Elifantree! What a glorious, mad, brilliant display! If jazz went mad and invented a new kind of cake, this would be it. I smiled all the way through!"
- The Sound and The Fury (UK)
Anni Elif - vocals, synths
Pauli Lyytinen - saxophone, ewi, tempest, synth
Olavi Louhivuori - drums
"Haitaristi Harri Kuusijärven, kontrabasisti Eero Tikkasen ja saksofonisti Pauli Lyytisen ilmaisulla ei tuntunut olevan mitään rajoja. Trion musiikki oli intohimoista ja tunteellista kuin tango, mutta banaalia se ei ollut: se osasi myös nauraa itselleen."
Pauli Lyytinen - tenor saxophone
Harri Kuusijärvi - accordion
Eero Tikkanen - double bass
E Q U A L L Y S T U P I D (fi/is/ch) (2008-)
"Lyytinen, Rögnvaldsson and Meier make an organic entity that works in a perfect telepathy. Rhythmically this trio reaches a level that is rarely heard anywhere."
- Matti Komulainen, Turun Sanomat (FI)
Pauli Lyytinen- tenor-, bass-, alto saxophone, electronics
Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson - baritone guitar
David Meier - drums
R a o u l B j ö r k e n h e i m e C s T a S y (2010-)
“From the zone where jazz-rock intersects with some more artful and hard-to-categorize notions, Raoul Björkenheim eCsTaSy is one of the more intriguing “electric” jazz bands out there."
- Downbeat (US)
A n n i E l i f / E d i t h (2016-)
"Anni Elifin vokaalinen laaja-alaisuus ja ilmaisuvoima häikäisivät, kuin myös Pauli Lyytisen virtuoosiset soolot yhdistettynä tuottamiinsa muihin efekteihin."
- Kaija Huida, Satakunnan Kansa
A s t r o C a n C a r a v a n (2000-)
"Huikea joukko tunnettuja jazzin ja vaihtoehtomusiikin vaikuttajia käyttää levyllä luojan suomia lahjojaan ja tämä todella kuuluu variaatiossa. Aavikkobluesista siirrytään jouhevasti mahtipontisen rockpoljennon kautta huumeiseen yökerhojazziin. Minimalistiset äänimaisemat ja vaanivan mystinen tunnelma vievät ajatukset hengellisille taajuuksille."
- Virpi Suomi, Soundi
