laonikoss Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis London I am a creative artist and wilderness guide. I believe music happens everywhere in nature and humans, as part of nature, also partake in it but by no means exclusively so. I am in love with Finnish wilderness, hooked on Japanese philosophy and poetry, and really enjoy improvisation. What fascinates me about improvising and being in the wilderness is that they both almost demand a certain presence, a being in-tune, listening. I see improvisation as a yet-unvisited wilderness, with its surprises and risks, the need for a certain humility and honesty; a landscape unravelling moment to moment as one treads through it. I play the shakuhachi, dabble with eletronics, and love listening to birdsong. Profile and cover photos taken by Sean Kelly (www.seankellyphotos.com) laonikoss’s tracks River Lea x shakuhachi by laonikoss published on 2021-05-20T14:31:06Z Kokû-Kökil (with Aida Zhakhanbek) by laonikoss published on 2021-04-16T13:29:30Z Haiku Three by laonikoss published on 2021-04-15T16:18:04Z Five Haiku (taster) by laonikoss published on 2021-03-18T16:16:29Z Honshirabe by laonikoss published on 2020-07-22T10:10:26Z shakuhachi walk by laonikoss published on 2020-03-16T13:18:59Z 3corners of the world PLUS guests by laonikoss published on 2016-10-18T13:22:29Z four - umami-music EP 2016 by laonikoss published on 2016-10-04T12:19:35Z one - umami-music EP 2016 by laonikoss published on 2016-10-04T12:16:17Z umami-music (extracts, 10.11.2015) by laonikoss published on 2016-03-17T16:46:40Z