Vladislav Delay

Vladislav Delay

Delay live in 2006
Background information
Birth name Sasu Ripatti
Also known as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco
Born 1976 (age 38–39)
Origin Oulu, Finland
Genres Electronica
Dub
Techno, Dub Techno, Experimental techno
Microsound, Microhouse
Ambient music
Occupation(s) Record producer
Labels Raster-Noton
Force Tracks
Chain Reaction
Huume
Mille Plateaux
Resopal
Sigma Editions
Ripatti

Vladislav Delay is one of the pseudonyms of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco, and Ripatti.

Background

Ripatti has been involved in the ambient music, glitch, house, and techno genres. His method of track production involves a mixture of synthesizing, vocal recording and live reprocessing. Many tracks have an organic feeling that pervades through rolling, dubby basslines and vocal snippets. His partner is Antye Greie, with whom he has collaborated. Their daughter was born in 2006.

Ripatti has released EPs and albums on labels such as Raster-Noton, Force Tracks, Chain Reaction, Mille Plateaux, Resopal, and Sigma Editions. He also founded the Finnish music label Huume Recordings and currently runs a label called Ripatti, on which he has released the album Visa and several footwork-oriented singles under the name Ripatti.

From 2009 onwards Ripatti has been performing drums and percussion in the Moritz von Oswald Trio alongside Moritz von Oswald and Max Loderbauer. With the Moritz von Oswald Trio he has released two albums and a live LP. He has also released an album in 2011 with his own experimental jazz/electronic group, the Vladislav Delay Quartet.

He performed as Vladislav Delay at an All Tomorrow's Parties festival in May 2011 curated by Animal Collective.[1]

Musical style

Ripatti's music is renowned for its sophisticated textural qualities. His sonic approach relies heavily on a semi-random element, and many undulating, complementary and sometimes conflicting layers interplay throughout most of his music. A de-constructive element is sometimes detected within the music as Ripatti makes comment on established genres within his various releases.

Characteristic traits within Ripatti's music are sometimes a deep or bubbling synth-bass line, fractured and syncopated percussion - often placed freely within the music, long delay repetitions of various sounds, syncopated use of vocal samples, and complicated digital effect processing techniques. Generally, the music has a very spacious and organic sound, and albums such as "Anima" feature a very simple theme repeated with an array of musical and rhythmical interjections.

Ripatti releases under different names have conceptually varied, but have sonically related qualities; this may be due to Ripatti's different composition techniques. Uusitalo releases are often anchored by a house beat and highlight rhythmic variation (see 2007's Karhunainen). Vladislav Delay releases, on the other hand (see 2000's Multila), explore rhythmically sparse, experimental and ambient techno-dub soundscapes. Works under the Luomo name feature uncommonly wrought dance-floor ready vocal house.

Sasu Ripatti often references himself within his music. The "Vapaa Muurari" album, for example, has an instrumental track ("Social Selection") that was re-mixed or re-recorded as the track "The Right Wing" on the "Vocalcity" album. Similarly, the track "Tessio" on the "Vocalcity" album was re-recorded for the "Present Lover" album in 2003.

Discography

Albums

As Vladislav Delay

With Vladislav Delay Quartet

As Sistol

As Uusitalo

As Luomo

As AGF/Delay

As The Dolls

With Moritz von Oswald Trio

Singles

Free downloads

References

  1. ↑ ATP: All Tomorrow's Parties

External links

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