Luomo - Convivial

mjago85, Jan 02, 2009

Sasu Ripatti has constantly been under stress every time he changes style, particularly with regards to Luomo. Once Vladislav Delay was linked to Luomo and "Vocalcity", fans of Vladislav Delay couldnt believe he was capable producing such housey rubbish. When he came out with "The Present Lover", fans of "Vocalcity" felt he had gone too pop-like. When he came out with "Paper Tigers", fans of the previous two albums became even more lost. So "Convivial", with its great likeness to "Paper Tigers" and its array of guest stars, wont win anyone back to the fold. In fact, it might just lose even the most ardent Luomo/Ripatti fans. "Convivial" highlights that exuding sensuality - regardless of the level of subtlety (and on "Paper Tiger", it certainly was not subtle) - is what makes it all Luomo; it does that by bearing no such qualities. Although it remains danceable, the sound has lost most of the soul that characterised previous Luomo works. That said, in instrumental form (available from the Huume website), this album would work brilliantly as an Uusitalo album, as the more cold mechanistic nature of the production lends itself better to being associated with that moniker.

As much as I hate to agree with Andy Kellman about anything, he might have been right when he said back when "Paper Tigers" came out that it was time to put Luomo to rest.

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