Track Listing

1. Market
2. Class
3. Synkro
4. Right Wing
5. Tessio
6. She-Center

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #80589 in Music
• Released on: 2005-08-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
Finnish producer Vladislav Delay has been a force in the Scandinavian experimental techno scene since his mid '90s incarnation as Conoco. This first album under the moniker Luomo finds Delay merging his early clicks-and-blips sound from releases on Mille Plateux and Max.Ernst with influences from experimental Chicago house stylists like Theo Parrish and ambient techno innovators such as Richie Hawtin.
VOCALCITY contains only six tracks that clock in at nearly 77 minutes in length. Delay takes these compositions through gradual changes as subtle yet powerful as those of a sun setting over acity skyline. He sets a mood by teasing structure out of meticulously placed beats that appear to be random, like blocks in a game of Tetris falling upon one another in a mosaic-like pattern. In "Class", vocals punctuate polyrhythms that can be as ethereal as Tangerine Dream or as aggressive as Plastikman. "Tessio", the album's best track, builds over an agonizing 12 minutes full of sound effects, ambient noise, andnearly empty space. The vocals, a distinctly urban duet between a man and woman discussing their affair, are hushed andsuggestive, a bizarre parody and a triumph of modern R&B.

Customer Reviews

Glitch-house classic
This gorgeous album of long (ten to sixteen minutes), evolving vocal-based house by Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti has been described as 'glitch-house'. The formula is simple: lovely vocal samples are endlessly repeated, cut up, layered and reassembled to a lush backing of twitchy beats, digital pads and glitchy interjections. There is something strikingly original and addictive about this record. The sound is so warm, forward, improvised and organic. It's a hypnotic listen in headphones.