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Sasu Ripatti, in the shadow of his pseudonyms, is a drummer and electronic musician from Finland. Known for uniquely distorted takes on a variety of electronic music, his signature sound is often infused with elements of dub, pop and ambient experimental sounds. It combines arrhythmic structures with aleatory elements and sensual, layered textures.

Born in remote Oulu, Northern Finland in 1976, Ripatti grew up steeped in the classical music and jazz that his literary parents loved. His early training as a percussionist is now transmuted - endlessly reinterpreted and twisted into new forms while retaining a fundamental rhythm orientation. By the mid-90s, Ripatti had begun incorporating electronic elements into his various band performances as he gradually taught himself to use samplers and drum machines through experimentation. Eventually, he found more satisfying results could be achieved going solo with his equipment than staying with any band, so he sold his elaborate acoustic kit and went underground to work on music in seclusion.

Ripatti’s earliest releases were via his Vladislav Delay project. He began playing live in Helsinki in the late 90s, with one of the performance recordings becoming the first Vladislav Delay release, “A Kind of Blue”.
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  • shaker1979

    Came across this yesterday on VD website, recent live set of comprised of unreleased work-in-progress material. Thought i would share. http://soundcloud.com/sasuripatti/vladislav-delay_live-at-bimhuis

    10 days ago

  • rafi2600

    STUPE ET FLIPE ! ça me fout les jetons graaave

    last month

  • nanonile

    Great painting of view. This is how Finland soundscapes purely in technomind.

    last month

  • Murvin01

    So no Andy Stott in Similar Artists? Strange.

    March 2012

  • Zartzinfect

    just 166 shouts:{ SYnkro - long life Love

    February 2012

  • Drakemirow

    I don't know if Vantaa matches up Multila or anything else.. but i can still have the time of my life listening to it. But hell, I think it's just because of 'Lauma'.

    February 2012

  • Goomba4001

    It's good and impressive

    February 2012

  • frags

    "Franks_174 tagged Vladislav Delay with ‘swedish’." I wish...

    January 2012
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Whistleblower - Press Reviews

23 Oct 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/vladislavdelaymusic

urb / walter wasacz this is sonic madness for the inner space age - disturbing, enchanting and so very lovely. 5 stars igloo magazine / jericho maxim a master of twenty-first century ambient dub...

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