Vladislav Delay - Anima

Bring him to a fap!

It'll happen!

Well then. This isn't what I was expecting at all. And it rules.

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

New album 500-Push-Up with Sly & Robbie in May.
Clips sound fantastic

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.

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

yes this album tbh rocks

re: rakka obv

agreed

i did not expect to be knocked on my ass like this, yet here i am knocked on my ass

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)

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

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 ...

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.

well, they're wrong a lot

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

Has anyone heard the Sly & Robbie one?

Sly and Robbie collaboration is on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7LWmYH6bFxb2Ja7RTPdZ2y?si=YA58WAUiTumNzN6G1eekVw

I’ve listened to the older one w/Nils Petter Molvær but only one track from the new one w/just Sly & Robbie

this album is sick. noize dub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzjSMFGJx_8

otm, listened yesterday after I was reminded it exists and it was great!

Yeah, the Sly & Robbie album is great.

great summer album for a terrible summer

I found it kinda gruelling. Will go back when I feel a bit more robust. Fwiw, I loved Nordub.

Interesting, I like it more than Nordub. It's exactly what I was hoping for - strange, cavernous dub.

yup, it's exactly what you'd want given the players involved

really pissing my neighbour off with this tonight, good one for blasting out - it sounds fantastic on my first listen.

I like Nordub, but this is more out of the comfort zone and all the better for it.

great album with sly & robbie!

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

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

yes, yes, yes

good news!

Loving "Rakkn"

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

Yeah that description is pretty lol. Very Midsommar, maybe.

(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.)

lol

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 ;)

I saw Rakka as a live show first, which definitely colored my experience

sounds like my kind of romantic summer vision tbh

I like Rakka II better than the OG. This is great stuff.

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

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

I have found most of his stuff really hard to listen to since…. Four Quarters? So much clanging and stuff lol

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

surprisingly (to me anyway) a lot of vladislav delay : rhythm & sound fans don’t seem to like that track!

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."

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

i love this description of it, totally nails it