Vladislav Delay - Anima

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.

Details of the album:
http://www.dotshop.se/ds/release.php?&code=HUUME07CD

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". :)

Hahaha. Care to give us the rest of them? :-)

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.)

haven't heard it (yet) - any connection with the Bowie song?

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!

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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no warm. no way.

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?

Delay is consistently awesome whenever he sticks to 4/4 dancefloor tracks, otherwise, he tends to wibble away into tiresome chin-stroking zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

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.

new one 'Tummaa" is reminding me of, like, Carter Tutti or something. Spaced piano-centric tracks with weird noises.

^^^what was i on? i listened to this record three times at most.

i mean the uusitalo record. i've listened to anima at least 4.

it's not a tummaa

hey i like tummaa.

i LOVE taking a nap to Whistleblower. i would go so far as to say that i hadn't really heard it until i drifted in and out of sleep to it. there is something so pleasurable and sleep-inducing about searching for patterns in the broken percussion and halting bass with the atmospheric ambient sound drifting all around. normally the broken rhythm would bother me, but something about the muffled quality and the way brief memories of songs sneak in and out makes it awesome. being familiar with his other stuff makes it even more evocative as the sounds are often very similar, so you can almost hear fragments of Luomo churned and melted into it.

i don't like Tummaa as much so far, it's darker, harsher, and more angular, whereas Whistleblower is more muted and distant.

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

I don't know that I've ever truly loved an album of his, but I do love a lot of music he's had a hand in - that Nordub album with Sly & Robbie is kind of a miracle, Moritz von Oswald Trio, and the Mirel Wagner album he produced (with an appropriately light touch).

Luomo:

https://vladislavdelay.bandcamp.com/album/talovahti

techno!

https://vladislavdelay.bandcamp.com/album/rent-seeking-missile