Ripatti Deluxe

Ripatti Deluxe is one of several monikers of Finnish visionary Sasu Ripatti, best known as Vladislav Delay and Luomo. His 2022 album Speed Demon is an ecstatic, chaotic set inspired by early rave and happy hardcore. Previously known for his subversions of dub techno, deep house, and avant-jazz, Sasu Ripatti began releasing mutated footwork as Ripatti in 2013, producing the full-length Fun Is Not a Straight Line (Planet Mu) in 2021. After hearing some early rave and happy hardcore tracks that he hadn't listened to before, he started making his own interpretations of these sound...