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Luomo is the pop-experimental face of Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti (b. 1976). The music of Luomo stretches taut lines between shadowy experimentalism and shining club aspirations of the dancefloor, capturing tension and romance in shards of polished disco. Full of dark chasms and dangerous sharp edges, the restless experimentation and bitter-tenderness in Luomo’s songs have shattered and reformed our expectations of pop, songs like ‘
Tessio’ became the foundation of what was soon known as ‘microhouse’, a genre characterised by minimal clicks’n’cuts cast in grooving bass. But the pop tropes and shimmering vocals of Luomo smeared over deeply layered backgrounds made it clear that Ripatti was drawing on a wider range of influences to come up with this uniquely re-formed sound, not only glitch, but dub, trip-hop, chicago house, soul and disco. Ripatti groped though dark territory for the ‘Vocalcity’ (2000) songs. Sometimes fumbling and failing, he presented each element — icy reverb, stuttering rhythms and brittle synth stabs –– woven into original, glittering stories with crossover pop appeal that was picked up by major labels.
At the same time Ripatti was recording for Berlin’s experimental dub-house imprint Chain Reaction – a Basic Channel sub label – and the influential Mille Plateaux as Vladislav Delay, as well as on MP parent label Force Inc. as Uusitalo. What marks out Luomo particularly from these other monikers, aside from a more overt pop orientation, is the extensive, sensitive use of vocal samples from a variety of collaborators.
Tessio’ became the foundation of what was soon known as ‘microhouse’, a genre characterised by minimal clicks’n’cuts cast in grooving bass. But the pop tropes and shimmering vocals of Luomo smeared over deeply layered backgrounds made it clear that Ripatti was drawing on a wider range of influences to come up with this uniquely re-formed sound, not only glitch, but dub, trip-hop, chicago house, soul and disco. Ripatti groped though dark territory for the ‘Vocalcity’ (2000) songs. Sometimes fumbling and failing, he presented each element — icy reverb, stuttering rhythms and brittle synth stabs –– woven into original, glittering stories with crossover pop appeal that was picked up by major labels.At the same time Ripatti was recording for Berlin’s experimental dub-house imprint Chain Reaction – a Basic Channel sub label – and the influential Mille Plateaux as Vladislav Delay, as well as on MP parent label Force Inc. as Uusitalo. What marks out Luomo particularly from these other monikers, aside from a more overt pop orientation, is the extensive, sensitive use of vocal samples from a variety of collaborators.
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The Present Lover
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Paper Tigers
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Vocalcity
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Convivial
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Let You Know
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Class
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Good to Be With
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Really Don't Mind
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The Right Wing
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Shoutbox
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aryanrocksworld wrote:
cool..
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Skweezer wrote:
refreshcool! nice sounds!
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OkerekeTML wrote:
just discovered this genius
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zahor wrote:
....5+
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kruk wrote:
i would beg to differ and say that "vocalcity" is better. much better. :)
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haloefekt wrote:
i would say 'the present lover' is still the best album to date!
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dnz81 wrote:
cool tunes !
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rinsemusic wrote:
"Vocalcity" - still so, so good!
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J-nu wrote:
quality nordic chill-house
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PhilipLetsou wrote:
paper tigers is a great cd
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Kemez wrote:
Support this artist on the most challenging chart at: http://plejlista.wordpress.com
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myneon wrote:
sweet dreams of an endless summer
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zero-inch wrote:
We've just published an interview with Sasu on our blog. Also find the complete Huume discography there.. http://www.zero-inch.com/blog/660
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marianafaraway wrote:
this music makes me happy. makes me dance. makes my day.
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radiozak wrote:
Hi there! If I Can't (with Jake Shears) is this week's Powerplay at Student Radio Żak of Technical University of Lodz. Cheers!
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Tomsing wrote:
B R A V O - Hyväa Joulua!
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bs2290 wrote:
New album is awesome !!
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astro1_rohit wrote:
New album is a letdown.
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daizok wrote:
nothing beats the Vapaa Muurari lp
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skiftninger wrote:
god damn, i cant stop listening to "love you all"
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Recent Activity
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ShaniaEve and millary added Luomo to their libraries. yesterday evening
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Creativeuphoria tagged Luomo with minimal, deep house, microhouse and 2 other tags. yesterday morning
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Sid-Nine, your_air, carlosway2 and 4 other people added Luomo to their libraries. yesterday morning
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cretinetti tagged Luomo with ‘deep house’. Friday morning
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Vesper_Z tagged Luomo with electronic and house. Wednesday evening
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magamanx added Luomo to magamanx’s library. Wednesday afternoon
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maxandthefive tagged Luomo with ‘house’. last week
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JohnJogurtt, ebabehh, Miluteen23 and 4 other people added Luomo to their libraries. last week
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