Uusitalo

After releasing the techno-dub album Entain in early 2000 and a series of records under the moniker <a href="spotify:artist:1eDJci45Pb42HLWeYP5SSF">Luomo</a> throughout 2000, <a href="spotify:artist:5E3H2KyR31E2Dj3K6vIUe9">Vladislav Delay</a> 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 <a href="spotify:artist:1WfJS2rl2ECPTt9RkAqoLH">Delay</a> 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 <a href="spotify:artist:1eDJci45Pb42HLWeYP5SSF">Luomo</a> records, and not as dubby or rambling as his Anima record on Mille Plateaux, <a href="spotify:artist:1WfJS2rl2ECPTt9RkAqoLH">Delay</a>'s Uusitalo sound is more techno-influenced, characterized by a harsh, mechanical feel. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi