Uusitalo (A.K.A. Vladislav Delay)

After releasing the techno-dub album Entain in early 2000 and a series of records under the moniker Luomo throughout 2000, Vladislav Delay released a full-length album under the name Uusitalo. Titled Vapaa Muurari, this collection of techno-dub is aesthetically similar to Entain and sounds like a collection of outtakes and leftovers from that album. Of course, no matter the material's status, it's stellar. The CD version finds Delay mixing a number of tracks together as a DJ would, while the vinyl version leaves the tracks unmixed. Not as ambient or rambling as his Chain Reaction records, not as tracky or house-influenced as his Luomo records, and not as dubby or rambling as his Anima record on Mille Plateaux, Delay's Uusitalo sound is more techno-influenced, characterized by a harsh, mechanical feel. © Jason Birchmeier /TiVo