In Japanese Niwa means garden. The concept of what an album should be is really taken seriously here. With >Niwa< what you open your ears and emotions to isnt just another loose bundle of tracks. All the single stories, element by element, are constantly fusing together into a greater whole. This is Rippertons world. He draws on all the influences that have journeyed with him as a passionate musician on life’s long and winding road. Influences far beyond dark booming warehouse parties abound, and are just as likely to conjure up vivid images of dewy Lausanne sunsets. Folk tinged downbeat experiments peacefully co-exist with delicious jazz blueprints and sublime ambient soundscapes, sitting in harmony with deeply hypnotic house grooves.