Rajaton Finland Vinyl & CDs

Review: Sasu Ripatti's series of Behind The Silence EPs have been yet another instalment in the compelling, tangled story of his career as Vladislav Delay, Sistol, Dancefloor Classics and more. Now he's gathered together all five parts as one box set to be released on his own Rajaton label, making for a full-length immersion into his ideas about stillness and silence in music. The gaps between the notes have been a frequent feature in his music since the early days of slippery dub techno on Chain Reaction, but here he angles the approach with keenly cut shards of sound that punctuate the negative space in an exacting, engrossing fashion.