Vladislav Delay

Vladislav Delay
Delay live in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Sasu Ripatti
Also known as	Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco
Born	1976 (age 40–41)
Origin	Oulu, Finland
Genres	Electronica, dub, techno, house, jazz, ambient, glitch
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Years active	1997-present
Labels	Raster-Noton Force Tracks Chain Reaction Huume Mille Plateaux Resopal Sigma Editions Ripatti

Vladislav Delay is the most frequently used pseudonym of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco, and Ripatti.

Ripatti has been involved in the ambient music, glitch, house, and techno genres. His method of track production involves a mixture of synthesizing, vocal recording and live reprocessing. Many tracks have an organic feeling, conjured through rolling, dubby basslines and processed vocal snippets, often from his partner Antye Greie. Their daughter was born in 2006.

Ripatti has released EPs and albums on numerous underground electronic labels, including Raster-Noton, Force Tracks, Chain Reaction, Mille Plateaux, Resopal, and Sigma Editions. He also founded the Finnish music label Huume Recordings and currently runs a label called Ripatti, on which he has released the album Visa and several footwork-oriented singles under the name Ripatti.

Ripatti played drums and percussion in the Moritz von Oswald Trio alongside Moritz von Oswald and Max Loderbauer from 2009 until 2015, when he was replaced by Tony Allen. With the Moritz von Oswald Trio he has released two albums and a live LP. He has also released an album in 2011 with his own experimental jazz/electronic group, the Vladislav Delay Quartet.

He performed as Vladislav Delay at an All Tomorrow's Parties festival in May 2011 curated by Animal Collective, who have praised his album Multila and whose Panda Bear thanked his Luomo alias in the liner notes of his techno-inspired album Person Pitch.