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ripatti is a new label from sasu ripatti, better known to the world as vladislav delay. envisaged as a studio diary of sorts, the label will be cataloguing ongoing experiments made by sasu in his studio on his own and alongside various collaborators. this first twelve features two extended productions from sasu under his own name, feeding into the emergant techno/footwork nexus and delivering something far removed from the submerged dub variants he made his name with on his classic 12-s and albums for chain reaction and mille plateaux. instead, they continue the percussive experiments which he started to explore on last... more

sasu ripatti links with the legendary max loderbauer (nsi., sun electric, mvo trio) as heisenberg for two knotty, complex riddim trips on his -studio diary- imprint. adopting the mantle of the eponymous fictional meth chef*, the duo conduct fevered but controlled experiments in frayed, often frantic grooves eaten up with dissonant, freeform electronics. a-side is a 125bpm techno tunnel groove with offset bass hits embedded in a swarm of combustible modular chain reactions that dissolve to a gurgling breakdown and reassemble in freakier form. b-side is a full-pelt stepper operating at 90/180bpm like one of the early, hi-tempo... more

the latest in vladislav delay’s new label series finds the man himself & max loderbauer (nsi, sun electric) on top, uncompromising form. operating somewhere between wolfgang voigt s pounding waltzes and the tunnelling techno of rrose, the a-side s #2 tucks up militant triplets and chaotic, streaming synthlines to febrile effect. over on the flip #6 involves a hyper-accelerated production sounding something like dj stingray and villalobos having it out at breakneck momentum with a gush of stepping drum percolations and bouncing micro-melodies peaking for a delirious climax. it’s properly maladjusted business, and all... more