Vladislav Delay, Uusitalo, Conoco, Sistol. Under a raft of different names this Berlin-based Finnish artist (born 1976 Sasu Ripatti) has experimented with ambient, broken beat, glitch as well as grooves and house music with soulful vocals. In addition he has collaborated with and work for a wide range of artists ranging from Scissor Sisters and Craig Armstrong to AGF, Black Dice, Massive Attack, Towa Tei and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

While his side-projects and remixes are there to flirt with more stable rhythms and dancefloor “percussionist” (actually he is originally a drummer) rather than an electronic musician despite the possibilities which lie closest to his heart, which further serves to explain why he has experimented with it from so many different musical angles.

Having always been slightly sensitive and critical towards programmed “electronic” music in come ways, (while liking it in many other ways) the composer tries to challenge himself to look for his own personal sonic integrity.

To realize his vision in sound and beyond he maintains the importance in the fact that it is him that plays and uses the machines and not the other way around while still taking the advantage of all technical advancements available today and not letting any thinking or analyzing ever take over the artist and his utmost commitment to the due meaning of every note – noting wasted, noting routine.