I have to say I didn't like this one. Dunno what is was...maybe something missing, perhaps the tracks were too alike...millions of ways to dislike things, BUT(notice the big but, folks!)there was one tracks that was, and is, truly a stupendous masterpiece.

"Social Selection"

"Social Selection" rolls everything that downtempo/minimal/dub songs should be like. It is airy, simple and yet surprising, and with a hook. The industrial samples on the background give this song such an indescribable lift, and take you higher than ever!

This CD is worth listening just for this track alone. Get the song if u can!

For Delay and Luomo fans alike, this album is where they can meet halfway. And by halfway, I mean smack bang in the middle. The first two movements represent passages familiar to each party, if but presented in different ways. "Notke2" is a jazzed up "Notke", and "Terra" plays out as a softer version of "She-Center". "Serti" takes you on a thrilling ride, while "Lunni" has chilling beauty. All in all, "Vapaa Muurari" takes you on an emotional journey quite unlike any other album - one that you will want to take again, and again, and again.

This album of Delay's (here going by alias Uusitalo) is a reinterpretation of previous work, in a "live" format. One of the interesting things about this album is that it's not just a set of remixes, but music that is a refreshing and yet logical outgrowth of his work to date.The pieces themselves carry recognizeable passages from his previous compositions, though the album as a whole ebbs and flows in and out of new ideas and older textures, constructing a kind of unfolded imaginary narrative. Tones and textures meld into rhythms, and back, but with a consistent dream-like sensibility. The rhythmic structures of Vapaa Muurari/Live certainly make this one of Delay's more accessible works, but no problem: it's nice to see the versatility of Delay's ideas. Fantastic.