VLADISLAV DELAY "ANIMA"
This is the first of surely many for 2001 from the young yet prolific Helsinki based producer Luukas Onnekas. The word 'anima' is a psychological term meaning essentially 'an inner feminine part of the male personality'. Both the artwork, a pastel enshrouded woman, and music, demure and beautiful, perfectly reflect these qualities. The disc is indexed as a single 62 minute track, a continuous organic flow that constantly, unpredictably shifts gears while retaining recurrent themes and coherence. Delay's sound set is a vast, atmospheric sonic sandbox of arctic synth pads, low end blips and throbs, fragments and smears of fractured audio and an expansive selection of percussive minutiae. Melody and rhythm are sometimes more implied than expressed, allowing for your brain to fill in the blanks, and at other times coalesce effortlessly, flawlessly and gracefully all on their own. Stagnation is the enemy as a few notes of wash background are about the only element allowed to loop for any great length of time. The piece ends by gradually, almost unwillingly, dissolving and fading away finally concluding with a crash and sampled dialogue ... "I might never go to sleep again, I might stay awake forever!" Absolutely gorgeous. Pure genius. Yet another masterpiece. I wonder how many other slots Delay will fill in my best of 2001 list? Also out now is the LUOMO "Tessio Remixes" 12" on Force Tracks to be followed by a new full length later this summer. samples:
This is the first of surely many for 2001 from the young yet prolific Helsinki based producer Luukas Onnekas. The word 'anima' is a psychological term meaning essentially 'an inner feminine part of the male personality'. Both the artwork, a pastel enshrouded woman, and music, demure and beautiful, perfectly reflect these qualities. The disc is indexed as a single 62 minute track, a continuous organic flow that constantly, unpredictably shifts gears while retaining recurrent themes and coherence. Delay's sound set is a vast, atmospheric sonic sandbox of arctic synth pads, low end blips and throbs, fragments and smears of fractured audio and an expansive selection of percussive minutiae. Melody and rhythm are sometimes more implied than expressed, allowing for your brain to fill in the blanks, and at other times coalesce effortlessly, flawlessly and gracefully all on their own. Stagnation is the enemy as a few notes of wash background are about the only element allowed to loop for any great length of time. The piece ends by gradually, almost unwillingly, dissolving and fading away finally concluding with a crash and sampled dialogue ... "I might never go to sleep again, I might stay awake forever!" Absolutely gorgeous. Pure genius. Yet another masterpiece. I wonder how many other slots Delay will fill in my best of 2001 list? Also out now is the LUOMO "Tessio Remixes" 12" on Force Tracks to be followed by a new full length later this summer. samples:Read More
