if dance is what you want, you should get Delay's other project Luomo. the album "Vocalcity" is AMAZING!! long drawn out tech-y house with amazing vocals. the kids these days like to call it micro-house for some odd reason?? buy that, you won't be disappointed.
if you like it, check out the Anima and Naima. they sound like Luomo, he uses the same synth sounds, it's just like he turned off quantizing.
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http://www.huumerecordings.com/
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― lf (lfam), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link
There is indeed, and I'm listening to it for the first time right now. Extremely wonderful -- best thing he's done I'm not sure about, but it's instantly up there, and the cover art is perfect.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Details of the album:http://www.dotshop.se/ds/release.php?&code=HUUME07CD
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, "l'uomo" obviously means "man" in Italian, but "luomo" is also a made-up word, which is nevertheless structurally understandable in Finnish. I guess you could translate it "a place where something is created", since the "luo-" part comes to the verb "luoda" ("to create") and the "-mo" ending refers to a place where something is done (for example, "korjaamo" = "repair shop").
The title of the first track on the new Uusitalo LP translates to "Shitty Music". :)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Hahaha. Care to give us the rest of them? :-)
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― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link
2. Odottava Peto = "waiting beast"
3. Kalajuttuja = "fishing stories"
4. Lumimies = "snowman"
5. Nokkonen Päiväunilla = "nettle taking a nap"
6. Uutta verta Hangella = "new blood on the snow"
7. Tulenkantaja = "fire bearer"
8. Tervatahroja = "tar stains"
9. Misut Irti / Huutaa = "chicks off / shouts" ("misu" is a slang term for a girl)
10. Lasi Hajoaa = "glass is breaking"
Sounds like this is his "Finnish" record... (Though it's kinda sad that everytime the foreign press reviews records by Finnish or Icelandic artists they have to use the terms "icy" or "glacial" or whatever.)
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― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 10 April 2006 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
haven't heard it (yet) - any connection with the Bowie song?
― willem -- (willem), Monday, 10 April 2006 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
I read a few years ago that Vladislav had a full time job and he kept music a part time hobby and that made helped him relax about making/selling records and enjoy himself.
What a novel idea!
― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Monday, 10 April 2006 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Ugh... substitute 'overtly' for 'consistently' in what I wrote above. I need to start reading what I write before I hit submit.
It's about degrees of warmth. Most of Ripatti's productions are warm in that muggy all-enveloping way (I'd make a sauna analogy if I was cheap), whereas The Present Lover's warmth feels much more understated to me. The drums are much crisper, and it lacks those layers of hiss and noise which bind everything together.
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xposts
no warm. no way.
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 10 April 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link
aside from vocalcity, the first uusitalo lp is one my favorites, but they are all very very good. anima too! and that one on chain reaction. and entain! it's been a long time since i've heard any of these.
has anyone heard the dolls? how about the sistol release?
― breakfast pants (disco stu), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 04:03 (eighteen years ago) link
Delay is consistently awesome whenever he sticks to 4/4 dancefloor tracks, otherwise, he tends to wibble away into tiresome chin-stroking zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
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― jng (jng), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Meh. I thought we already had a thread about the Dolls album, but I thought it was dull, dull, dull. I suppose I was most disappointed with Craig Armstrong's (non-)contribution. "Phoned-in" was the phrase I used last time.
― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Well then. This isn't what I was expecting at all. And it rules.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Saturday, 7 March 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
i'm blasting this thing outdoors, pines all over, in a really hot afternoon, and it keeps delivering this sense of some telluric wildfire arriving, idk
― gaudio, Sunday, 8 March 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
New album 500-Push-Up with Sly & Robbie in May.Clips sound fantastic
― willem, Friday, 13 March 2020 09:37 (four years ago) link
Oh wow! He may live as a recluse in the icy woods now, he sure hasn't retired. I'm so glad he's back.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 13 March 2020 09:45 (four years ago) link
I feel like the recluse angle got overly played up in a couple interviews where they also mentioned he's been doing soundtracks for television. That last collaboration album w/Sly & Robbie was in 2018!
I guess the difference between retired and active is whether you do interviews and play concerts
― mh, Friday, 13 March 2020 13:47 (four years ago) link
yes this album tbh rocks
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Monday, 30 March 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
re: rakka obv
agreed
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 March 2020 13:35 (four years ago) link
i did not expect to be knocked on my ass like this, yet here i am knocked on my ass
― idgaf (roxymuzak), Monday, 30 March 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
hi roxy! rakka very much in full blast mode for sure
for anyone not following the luomo thread that enjoys that SR project as well, there's a remaster/rerelease of Vocalcity on vinyl and digital right now, too
I haven't delved too deeply into them yet, but they're definitely louder/more compressed, so depending on what else has been done, results may vary. very skilled people worked on both, though (shout out to Dubplates & Mastering)
― mh, Monday, 30 March 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
Dear Listener,i'm going to try something different this time and offer a subscription service.I want to try and see if it could be a valid model for the both of us, the creator and the listener.I have been contemplating this for a long time but now due to covid and all the concerts cancelled at least until the end of the year there's no more holding back. Basically i'm trying to establish some sort of income from making music. There's also a fact that i can't release all the material i produce, i already have a backlog of several albums and have to wait and sit on them until labels can release them. I'm going to offer exclusive material to subscribers that will not be released in any other way, as well as material that might be later on released for the public. There's also a certain amount of old stuff i have never released which will be selectively released to subscribers. I'm also thinking of including other material that would be interesting to listen to, like collections of loops i have been working on, remixes of existing tracks, bootlegs or else. I'm especially keen on trying the loops concept as i myself like to listen to them a lot once i get a good one going. Just to be clear, these loops are not production material for you, it's only for listening. It's pre-production material for my forthcoming solo works. "Rakka" album was mostly made with such loops. I will want to continue with "no fillers" mentality that i have always tried to adhere to my productions, but at the same time open a door to and share parts of the process and even failures in my productions.If you ever only listened to Luomo material then i think this will not be for you. The material will be mainly Vladislav Delay kind of stuff but there will be other more rhythmic things happening as well. I'm already working on a next Ripatti album material which is certainly geared more towards club/beats orientation and there will be other more rhythmic things happening as well.What i'm not going to do is vocal house ;)The subscription costs 10€ or more per month and includes all my back catalogue as well as all the new works that i'm releasing on Bandcamp in the future. Additionally, and maybe more interestingly, there will be new material i release monthly exclusively to subscribers. New content will be released in the beginning of each month.i know this is a substantial amount of money in the long run and i'm going to do give it a real effort to make it worth your while. Obviously you can vote with your money or otherwise tell me if there's something missing or you wish something to be changed, added, etc.I hope this all sounds good to you as a listener. it'd be great to establish a way i could keep on producing music while making the ends meet, and you could keep enjoying a wider range of my productions. Your support is greatly and truly appreciated. Let's make this happen!Sincerely,Sasu Ripatti– Vladislav Delay
i'm going to try something different this time and offer a subscription service.I want to try and see if it could be a valid model for the both of us, the creator and the listener.
I have been contemplating this for a long time but now due to covid and all the concerts cancelled at least until the end of the year there's no more holding back. Basically i'm trying to establish some sort of income from making music. There's also a fact that i can't release all the material i produce, i already have a backlog of several albums and have to wait and sit on them until labels can release them.
I'm going to offer exclusive material to subscribers that will not be released in any other way, as well as material that might be later on released for the public. There's also a certain amount of old stuff i have never released which will be selectively released to subscribers. I'm also thinking of including other material that would be interesting to listen to, like collections of loops i have been working on, remixes of existing tracks, bootlegs or else. I'm especially keen on trying the loops concept as i myself like to listen to them a lot once i get a good one going. Just to be clear, these loops are not production material for you, it's only for listening. It's pre-production material for my forthcoming solo works. "Rakka" album was mostly made with such loops.
I will want to continue with "no fillers" mentality that i have always tried to adhere to my productions, but at the same time open a door to and share parts of the process and even failures in my productions.
If you ever only listened to Luomo material then i think this will not be for you. The material will be mainly Vladislav Delay kind of stuff but there will be other more rhythmic things happening as well. I'm already working on a next Ripatti album material which is certainly geared more towards club/beats orientation and there will be other more rhythmic things happening as well.What i'm not going to do is vocal house ;)
The subscription costs 10€ or more per month and includes all my back catalogue as well as all the new works that i'm releasing on Bandcamp in the future. Additionally, and maybe more interestingly, there will be new material i release monthly exclusively to subscribers. New content will be released in the beginning of each month.
i know this is a substantial amount of money in the long run and i'm going to do give it a real effort to make it worth your while. Obviously you can vote with your money or otherwise tell me if there's something missing or you wish something to be changed, added, etc.
I hope this all sounds good to you as a listener. it'd be great to establish a way i could keep on producing music while making the ends meet, and you could keep enjoying a wider range of my productions. Your support is greatly and truly appreciated. Let's make this happen!
Sincerely,Sasu Ripatti– Vladislav Delay
― mh, Saturday, 23 May 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
Went back to Rakka, I find it really compelling but it also hasn't really clicked, I feel like there's an internal logic to the tracks that I'm not getting yet. The first track has a really interesting evolution as a fast percussive attack is gradually overwhelmed by the elements around it, remerging later after what sound like ruptures in the surface of the track ... but I only managed that through intensive, and actually exhausting listening. I feel like it would be easier if I could blast it really loud, but, roommates/pandemic ...
― lukas, Thursday, 18 June 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
Side note, and I should really start this conversation somewhere else, but I have no idea how you music critics evaluate works on a deadline. Lots of albums take forever for me to form an opinion of.
― lukas, Thursday, 18 June 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
well, they're wrong a lot
― j., Thursday, 18 June 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
I have yet to catch up with all the material, but mr. ripatti’s bandcamp subscription has had a few interesting experiments and a jazz mix I have yet to delve into
― solo scampito (mh), Thursday, 20 August 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
Has anyone heard the Sly & Robbie one?
― stirmonster, Thursday, 20 August 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
Sly and Robbie collaboration is on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7LWmYH6bFxb2Ja7RTPdZ2y?si=YA58WAUiTumNzN6G1eekVw
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 20 August 2020 21:06 (three years ago) link
I’ve listened to the older one w/Nils Petter Molvær but only one track from the new one w/just Sly & Robbie
― solo scampito (mh), Thursday, 20 August 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
this album is sick. noize dub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzjSMFGJx_8
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
otm, listened yesterday after I was reminded it exists and it was great!
― solo scampito (mh), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the Sly & Robbie album is great.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 21 August 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
great summer album for a terrible summer
― lukas, Friday, 21 August 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
I found it kinda gruelling. Will go back when I feel a bit more robust. Fwiw, I loved Nordub.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 21 August 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
Interesting, I like it more than Nordub. It's exactly what I was hoping for - strange, cavernous dub.
― lukas, Friday, 21 August 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
yup, it's exactly what you'd want given the players involved
― solo scampito (mh), Saturday, 22 August 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
really pissing my neighbour off with this tonight, good one for blasting out - it sounds fantastic on my first listen.
― calzino, Saturday, 22 August 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
I like Nordub, but this is more out of the comfort zone and all the better for it.
― calzino, Saturday, 22 August 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
great album with sly & robbie!
― moullet, Monday, 31 August 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
the VD bandcamp sub is a little pricey but i like everything he's put up i think.
love the sly & robbie collab too. between this and rakka and the bandcamp stuff, productive year
― adam, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
Rakka II is on its way!
The album is described by Ripatti as “a romantic summer vision full of hope and optimism.” Listen to the new song “Rakkn” from the album below; scroll down for an album trailer
Into my veins please lol
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 25 February 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
yes, yes, yes
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
good news!
― mh, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
Loving "Rakkn"
― beard papa, Friday, 26 February 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
FWIW
Listening to the forthcoming Vladislav Delay album, "Rakka II”. It is described as a "a romantic summer vision”, I must say it does not sound like how I think about summer, but it is a very strong release, and has that unique and powerful touch that Ripatti always brings.— Chris SSG (@mnmlssgs) March 2, 2021
― lukas, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah that description is pretty lol. Very Midsommar, maybe.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
(I like VD, although I'm only familiar with parts of his catalog, but I can't really roll with this new approach. Respect though.)
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
lol
― lukas, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
Lol, yeah. It's pretty clear VD is tongue in cheek here, but I certainly could see "Rakka II" being a more, dare I say it, "tender" record than its predecessor.
There was some discussion about "aggressive/abbrasive ambient" on some other thread. I can see 'Rakka' qualifies, but I do not experience the record (my aoty of 2020) as aggressive full stop. It's sonic purification for me, a ritualistic cleansing* of the heart and mind where every time I give myself over to it, I come out feeling tranquil, like rarely any record has ever done for me.
* ok this might veer into Midsommar terrain ;)
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 08:20 (three years ago) link
I saw Rakka as a live show first, which definitely colored my experience
― mh, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
sounds like my kind of romantic summer vision tbh
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
I like Rakka II better than the OG. This is great stuff.
― octobeard, Sunday, 25 April 2021 07:24 (three years ago) link
I am curious for people’s thoughts on Anima. I found a used CD copy for $3 recently and thought I’d try it out. I’m.. not sure how to interpret it! I like it, but it’s not exactly easy listening.
I think it *makes sense* though? Like it touches some sort of emotion or feeling that I can’t describe. It definitely makes me want to listen to his other stuff tho that’s for sure
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 30 December 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
it’s super architectural, it makes me think of a constantly changing 3D rendering of a skyscraper or something.. like the best of ripatti’s stuff it has that feel of gods playing dice games/Jenga with large astronomical objects
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 30 December 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
I have found most of his stuff really hard to listen to since…. Four Quarters? So much clanging and stuff lol
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 30 December 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
nothing this guy has ever done under any name has ever really spoken to me *except* his rhythm & sound remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwUzOWLXXUk
― the late great, Friday, 30 December 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
surprisingly (to me anyway) a lot of vladislav delay : rhythm & sound fans don’t seem to like that track!
― the late great, Friday, 30 December 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
The Rhythm and Sound remix rules. It's one of the better remixes on that album.
Anima is one of my favorite VD releases. The sample from Eyes Wide Shut sent me into bliss on my first listen. I love the wandering shapelessness. Several summers ago, after working on music in the studio until 4am, my phone happened to play the title track on random as my friend and I shared a joint in the car. He had never heard it, and we sat and listened to the entire piece. It's always nice when your musical passenger says, "no, don't change it."
― mom, Saturday, 31 December 2022 07:09 (one year ago) link
i love this description of it, totally nails it
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Monday, 2 January 2023 17:19 (one year ago) link