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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...

Vladislav Delay Quartet is the group of Finnish experimental artist Sasu Ripatti, who is most often known under his moniker Vladislav Delay. The group released their self-titled debut album in 2011. Ripatti has always been a man of many projects, producing on his own as Vladislav Delay, Luomo, Uusitalo and Sistol, with each guise differing greatly in style. Other members of the line-up are Sähkö mainstay Mika Vainio (a.k.a. Ø), who handles electronics and processing, and live instrumentalists Derek Shirley on double bass and Lucio Capece (who also appeared on the Vladislav Delay's 2009 album Tummaa) on bass clarinet and...