Vladislav Delay – Whistleblower

Sasu Ripatti released »Whistleblower« on CD under the pseudonym Vladislav Delay on his own label Huume in 2007. Now Keplar has released it on vinyl for the first time. And this version is different. I don’t just mean the artwork, but the tracks themselves. Ripatti has taken another look at the original music, and this re-release features remixes on more than half of the tracks. This makes the music sharper, edgier, more raw. »Whistleblower« already marked a turning point in Vladislav Delay’s creative work. It is the last record on which he predominantly used analogue equipment. And it is the last record he made in Berlin. Musically, too, there is a mood of departure, with the loose ends lying bare on the floor. Rhythmically, he steals away, not without leaving behind traces.