Vladislav Delay's Forthcoming Album, Tummaa

Vladislav Delay: 'Lumi' (2007, directed by Timothy Jaeger)

Vladislav Delay (a.k.a. Sasu Ripatti) announces a forthcoming album called Tummaa ("Dark"), out on Leaf, 24 August 2009. Fact magazine (UK) has published a new interview with Ripatti concerning the record.



Artist: Vladislav Delay
Title: Tummaa
Format: CD/ltd.ed. LP/digital download
Cat.no.: BAY 72CD/BAY 72V/BAY 72E
Label: Leaf (UK)
Date: 24 August 2009

Tracklist:

1. A. Melankolia (10:58)
2. B1. Kuula (Kiitos) (9:02)
3. C1. Mustelmia (8:13)
4. D1. Musta Planeetta (5:11)
5. B2. Toive (11:09)
6. C2. Tummaa (10:19)
7. D2. Tunnelivisio (11:16)

Album info @ Leaf

AGF/Delay: Symptoms

AGF/Delay: 'A Distant View' (off Explode, 2005)

Vladislav Delay (a.k.a. Sasu Ripatti) has a new album with Antye Greie-Fuchs out now.



Artist: AGF/Delay
Title: Symptoms
Format: CD
Label: BPitch Control (Germany)
Date: 9 March 2009

Tracklist:

1 Get Lost (5:10)
2 Connection (3:57)
3 Downtown Snow (4:22)
4 Outbreak (5:30)
5 Bulletproof (6:25)
6 Generic (5:46)
7 Congo Hearts (4:04)
8 Most Beautiful (4:59)
9 Symptoms (3:27)
10 Smileaway (3:39)
11 Second Life (4:57)
12 In Cycles (4:03)

Discogs entry

Press release notes:

after telefon tel aviv, it is our pleasure to welcome the next prestigious electronica/ avant-hop duo on bpitch control: agf/delay.

neither antye greie (agf) nor sasu ripatti (vladislav delay / luomo) require much of an introduction. with their various projects, both have long left an indelible imprint on electronic music.

besides two agf albums that appeared on her label of the same name (words are missing and dancefloor drachen), antye greie has produced sool, the fourth album from bpitch front woman ellen allien and has also worked on various multimedia art projects in the past year.

her significant other, sasu ripatti / vladislav delay, also worked on several projects including the release of his fourth luomo album convivial last october, wrote songs with the new york pop band scissor sisters, and played in the moritz von oswald trio alongside moritz von oswald himself.

it has been four years since the two released their first album, explode, on agf productions. symptoms picks up exactly where explode left off: futuristic pop music with singer-songwriter-gestus and tons of depth.

symptoms is agf and delay's musical reality check for a world turned upside-down. woven into a fine net from full beats, dubby textures, and tiny digital sound gimmickry, the twelve songs try to come to terms with the level of awareness and the apparently limited possibilities of mankind's development. an album that is both catchy and challenging.

pop music for the 21st century.

artist statements:

SYMPTOMS
a symptom is a departure from normal function or feeling. the new agf/delay record is a symptom check on you. a symptom is subjective.

" in tv i see floods, people lifted out of trouble, by men with white helmets" (from the song "connection" )

the planet is crying, it is in pain! agf wrote that song on her trip to the synch festival athens in 2006, where it was +41 celsius outside and impossible to leave the hotel. they had those crazy forest fires there, while watching bbc world showing floods over asia and northern america.

"... serial killers get all the attention, bubble gum chaos in high schools" (from the song "congo hearts")

violence is well documented in all media, yet there is a lot of undiscovered and silent violence in bedrooms, backyards and cellars. the human soul seems to be capable of incredible dimensions of cruelty and abuse. where do we humans pull out advice, counsel, directions, instructions, guidelines? from media?

"pop music makes us sick gives us the creeps, perfect war perfect phone absence of lust" (from the song "downtown snow")

commercial music channels create impaired hearing. mobile phones soften bones where the mobile is carried (argument by agf).

" fine prisons to live in, impossible cities to die in, we eat the same shit, we shit the same color" (from the song "outbreak")

the waste we leave behind is not saying if we are asian, african, white, female or gay. "all around we can witness a loss of purpose and meaning, values, and prospects, and an increased isolation from nature - all very self-destructive tendencies." (quote stanislav grof)

"i felt paranoid at reception desks, i felt robbed at security checks" (from the song "symptoms")

agf believes that humans can do better and overcome themselves and the darth vaders of this world, delay is less optimistic (his lyrics show that) but remains open for a change.

Luomo: Convivial

A new album from Luomo (a.k.a. Sasu Ripatti, also known as Vladislav Delay) is out on Ripatti's own label Huume Recordings. Featuring as guest stars Cassy (Panorama Bar, Berlin), Sascha Ring (Apparat), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Finnish soul singer Johanna Iivanainen, Robert Owens, Sue-C and "one anonymous singer who hides behind a name Chubbs".

You can read more on album at Luomo site; with reviews, interviews and the free 'Love you all' track featuring Sascha Ring a.k.a. Apparat.

Artist: Luomo
Title: Convivial
Format: CD/digital download
Label: Huume Recordings
Release date: 24 October 2008

Tracklist:

01. Have You Ever, (8:02) w/ Cassy
02. Love You All (7:11) w/ Sascha Ring aka Apparat
03. If I Can’t (7:48) w/ Jake Shears
04. Nothing Goes Away (6:49) w/ Sue Cie & Johanna Iivanainen
05. Robert’s Reason (6:48) w/ Robert Owens
06. Slow Dying Places (8:52) w/ Johanna Iivanainen
07. Sleep Tonight (7:36) w/ Johanna Iivanainen
08. Gets Along Fine (8:09) w/ Chubbs
09. Lonely Music Co. (5:27) w/ Johanna Iivanainen

Reviews:

Dusted

The Vladislav Delay Quartet feat. Mika Vainio / Desert Planet Tour Film

Desert Planet: 'Return of the Ninja Droids' (2005)

Assorted Finnish artists news:

1) Mika Vainio to join The Vladislav Delay Quartet

Berlin-based Finnish artist Vladislav Delay (a.k.a. Sasu Ripatti) launches an ensemble called The Vladislav Delay Quartet; featuring Mika Vainio of Pan sonic on electronics, Derek Shirley on double bass, Lucio Capece on saxophones & bass clarinet and Vladislav Delay himself on drums.

The debut performance of The Vladislav Delay Quartet will take place on Friday 11 April 2008 at My Favourite Thing festival at Radialsystem, Berlin, Germany.

More info @ Vladislav Delay site

2) Short tour movie by Desert Planet

See it at:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4rg4e_short-tour-movie-by-desert-planet_music

Desert Planet is an electronica/micromusic/space_punk/video_game_ pop band from Finland. "Short Tour Movie" presents live tracks 'Aska-Osaka Virtual Highway' and 'Opponent' shot 2006-07 on their tours in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Finland. Also including 'Green Fireballs' music video taken from the upcoming album Moonrocks (release date in G/A/S 25. April 08 by 9pm-Records).
(Movie length about 18 mins)

See also:

Kioski.De (German online shop for Finnish music)
Stupido Records (Desert Planet's record label in Finland)

Vladislav Delay @ The Wire

Berlin-based Finnish electronic artist Vladislav Delay (a.k.a. Sasu Ripatti a.k.a. Luomo a.k.a. Uusitalo) is featured on the cover story of February's issue of The Wire (#288), written by Philip Sherburne and titled "What makes today's Techno so different, so appealing?". The mag also features a stream of the track 'Lumi' from Vladislav Delay's latest album, Whistleblower.

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As a bonus, I noticed The Wire Web archive includes an unedited transcript of the interview of Mad Mike Banks, the enigmatic frontman of Detroit's Underground Resistance label. (UR had a cover feature in the magazine's November 2007 issue.)

Uusitalo: Karhunainen

The ever-productive Sasu Ripatti (a.k.a. Vladislav Delay a.k.a. Luomo) has a new album out under his Uusitalo moniker, called Karhunainen ("Bear Woman"). You can listen to some tracks from the album at Uusitalo's MySpace site.

Artist: Uusitalo
Title: Karhunainen
Label: Huume Recordings
Cat.No: HUUME14
Format: CD, Album
Date: 12 October 2007

Tracklisting:

1 Vesi Virtaa Veri
2 Korpikansa
3 Tohtori Kuka
4 Konevitsa
5 Sikojen Juhla
6 Karhunainen
7 Satumaa
8 Nälkälaulu
9 Himo Perkele
10 Puut Juuriltaan

Album info, press release notes, artwork & MP3 @ VladislavDelay.com

Entry @ Discogs

A review @ Pitchfork

Vladislav Delay: Whistleblower, A New Album

Finnish minimal dub etc. artist Vladislav Delay (b. 1976), also known as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo and Conoco, born as Sasu Ripatti and now living in Berlin, has his new album Whistleblower out on his own Huume Recordings label. You can listen to the album track 'I Saw A Polysexual' as MP3 here.

Artist: Vladislav Delay
Title: Whistleblower
Label: Huume Recordings
Cat.No: HUUME13
Year: 2007

1. Whistleblower (9:44)
2. Wanted To (Kill) (12:20)
3. Stop Talking (9:12)
4. I Saw A Polysexual (9:19)
5. Lumi (5:24)
6. He Lived Deeply (12:54)
7. Recovery IDea (10:00)

Press release notes (PDF).

More info on album and how to purchase it.

Links:

Vladislav Delay: official page

Huume Recordings: official page

Vladislav Delay @ Discogs.Com

Huume Recordings @ Discogs.Com

Vladislav Delay @ Wikipedia

Vladislav Delay search results @ YouTube

Vladislav Delay @ pHinnWeb (not updated too often)