"The Present Lover" by Luomo is neither cross-genre exercise nor blind tribute, but something altogether more imaginative and strange – a rock-solid piece assembled from cracked components, a universal call drafted from so many levels of disrupted communication. It’s simultaneously accessible and deeply mysterious, a set of slinky exteriors wrapped around a spiky and desperate center as nervously detached as the album cover model’s emptily lustful gaze. What Delay’s second house outing loses in modesty it makes up for with a new brand of depth and complexity built from upt… read more
"The Present Lover" by Luomo is neither cross-genre exercise nor blind tribute, but something altogether more imaginative and strange – a r… read more
"The Present Lover" by Luomo is neither cross-genre exercise nor blind tribute, but something altogether more imaginative and strange – a rock-solid piece assembled from cracke… read more
Luomo is the pop-experimental face of Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti, (AKA Vladislav Delay). The music of Luomo stretches taut lines between shadowy experimentalism and shining club aspirations of the dancefloor, capturing tension and romance in shards of polished disco. Full of dark chasms and dangerous sharp edges, the restless experimentation and bitter-tenderness in Luomo’s songs have shattered and reformed our expectations of pop, songs like ‘Tessio’ became the foundation of what was soon known as ‘microhouse’, a genre characterised by minimal clicks’n’cuts cast in grooving bass… read more
Luomo is the pop-experimental face of Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti, (AKA Vladislav Delay). The music of Luomo stretches taut lines between shadowy experimentalism and shining club aspirati… read more
Luomo is the pop-experimental face of Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti, (AKA Vladislav Delay). The music of Luomo stretches taut lines between shadowy experimentalism and shining club aspirations of the dancefloor, capturing tension and r… read more