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- Date Released: October 24, 2006
- Genre: Electronic
- Label: Huume Records / The Orchard
More sensuous glitch-house from the master.
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We Say...
Techno is often said to be faceless, thanks in large part to the many monikers some producers use. Take Finland's Sasu Ripatti, who releases music under a variety of aliases, most notably Vladislav Delay, Uusitalo and, most famous of all, Luomo. It was Luomo that sparked the attention of both club-hopping jet-setters and stay-at-home IDM fans thanks to Vocal City, an album that continues to sound as mysterious and futuristic as it did upon its 2000 release. Ripatti's next Luomo record was 2003's The Present Lover, which was less nerve-racked but still plenty sensuous. Three years on, Paper Tigers is yet another slight turn from the initial Luomo template. Here, Ripatti's work takes on a flatter affect; the wisps of sound that suggested bottomless space on the earlier records sound a little more earthbound, and the stabbing vocal repetitions are a bit more forcefully applied here. Still, Ripatti still composes bass lines that lodge in your brain, and he does the same with his sung snippets: the highlight of Paper Tigers, "Really Don't Mind," is as resonant as anything he's composed under any name.
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They Say...
On Vladislav Delay's third Luomo album, the Finnish producer continues to push forward and vary his approach, but it's frequently at the expense of straying from his strengths. It's telling that the album's first single, "Really Don't Mind," is the one track that most resembles The Present Lover's high points; incredibly slick without being saccharine, its lithe textures and impossibly adroit rhythmic shifts are immensely pleasurable, awash in clusters of Johanna Iivanainen's cut-up cooing. "Good to Be With" is its glorified coda, the second-best track on the album. Delay, however, likely sees no point in retracing his steps for a full hour, so the rest of the album tilts heavily toward an off-putting collision between knotty IDM and Lamb's most preciously mist-pumping moments, where all the elements hover in staid suspension with little sense of development or release. "Wanna Tell" is the worst offender, stammering for nearly eight minutes. Throughout the duration of the track, there are only brief hints dropped that would normally signify an impending groove, and it winds up as the equivalent of watching a malfunctioning remote control vehicle bump repeatedly into one spot on a wall. Faring no better is "The Tease Is Over," a sickly sweet, gooey concoction destined to be licensed to at least two "After Hours Chillaxation"-type compilations -- it could cause Vanessa Daou or even Lori Carson to shudder. Add an innocuous shuffle track that's roughly four years late, as well as a couple go-nowhere instrumentals that are nearly featureless and bear little-to-no evidence of Delay's singular handiwork, and you have what might be the least appealing full-length of Delay's career. At least he hasn't lost his touch when it comes to making albums that at least sound spectacular from a production standpoint. Regardless, it might be the perfect time to lay this side of his personality to rest.
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| 01. |  |
Paper Tigers |
7:07 |
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| 02. | |
Really Don't Mind |
8:37 |
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| 03. | |
Let You Know |
7:20 |
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| 04. | |
The Tease Is Over |
5:00 |
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| 05. | |
Cowgirls |
5:43 |
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| 06. | |
Good To Be With |
9:03 |
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| 07. | |
Dirt Me |
4:37 |
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| 08. | |
Wana Tell |
7:43 |
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| 09. | |
Make Believe |
4:52 |
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09 Total Tracks, 60:02 Total Length
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Credits
- Vladislav Delay - Producer // Johanna Iivanainen - Vocals // Mikko Iivanainen - Sampled Guitar // Kaisa Kemikoski - Artwork // Kaisa Kemikoski - Design
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