Recent Listening
June 27, 2006I’ve been playing a lot of Uusitalo (aka Vladislav Delay) lately. I held off on checking out Vapaa Muurari for the longest time because I’ve only really liked one of his albums (Vocalcity). However, after getting ahold of his latest album and noting the similarity to his other work as Luomo, I decided to give it a shot.
I’m not as into Tulenkantaja as much as Vapaa Muurari, as it’s a bit quirkier and more of a standalone album instead of being a live rework of his previous material. Had I known Vapaa Muurari contained as much reworked stuff from Vocalcity, though, I’d have checked it out much sooner.
So if you liked Delay’s work as Luomo and would appreciate it in the context of a live set with more of an ambient flavor, I’d definitely recommend checking out Vapaa Muurari. Tulenkantaja, not so much. It’s a decent album, though, just not quite my thing.
