Anima (Vladislav Delay album)

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Anima
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Studio album by
Vladislav Delay
Released23 January 2001 (2001-01-23)
Genre
Length62:02
Label Mille Plateaux
Producer Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay chronology
Multila
(2000)		Anima
(2001)		 Naima
(2002)

Anima is a studio album by Finnish record producer Sasu Ripatti under the name Vladislav Delay. [3] It was released on 23 January 2001, through Mille Plateaux. [4]

Contents

Background

Anima consists of a single 62-minute track. [5] The album was created in a few days. [6] It marked the first time that Vladislav Delay used a DAW within his production process. [1]

Anima was originally released on 23 January 2001, through Mille Plateaux. [7] It was reissued in 2008 through Huume, and in 2022 through Keplar. [1] The reissue editions include a ten-minute version of the piece as a bonus track. [8] [1]

Vladislav Delay later released Naima (2002) through Staubgold. [9] It contains his live performance based on Anima's source material, with AGF providing vocals. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Now 3/5 [11]
PopMatters 5/10 [8]

Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic stated, "An hour-long composition, Anima sprawls for what feels like a short eternity, drawing you deep into its aquatic realm of random happenings and lapping dub basslines." [4] Nick Holmes of Exclaim! commented that "Folks have compared him to Pole and Kit Clayton, but (much) longer loops, smoother sounds and a less songlike approach reminded me most of the more patient and forgiving '70s approach." [12]

In 2008, Alan Ranta of PopMatters stated, "As ever, the hour-long album title track rambles across abstract analog soundscapes with lagging dub beats occasionally fluttering past." [8] He added, "Anima is the perfect sketchy comedown album, and you don't want to remember every second of that." [8] In 2020, Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork stated, "If you squint, you can see Ripatti's past as a jazz drummer in the skittering accents of the percussion, and there are moments of real beauty in the ebb and flow of complementary synth tones." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sasu Ripatti.

Anima track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Anima"62:02
2008 reissue edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
2."Anima (Version)"10:11
2022 reissue edition
No.TitleLength
1."Anima A"20:20
2."Anima B"19:44
3."Anima C"20:03
4."Anima D"2:10
5."Anima (Version)"10:11

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [7] [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Eede, Christian (18 February 2022). "Vladislav Delay To Reissue 2001 Album 'Anima'". The Quietus . Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Nasrallah, Dimitri (1 November 2005). "Luomo / Vladislav Delay / The Dolls". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "Vladislav Delay". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Birchmeier, Jason. "Anima - Vladislav Delay". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 Sherburne, Philip (4 March 2020). "Where to Start with Vladislav Delay, Finland's Shape-Shifting Ambient-Techno Auteur". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Sasu Ripatti Breaks Down His Entire Catalog, From Vladislav Delay to Luomo". Self-Titled. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Anima | Vladislav Delay". Bandcamp . Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Ranta, Alan (15 June 2008). "Vladislav Delay: Anima". PopMatters . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Naima | Vladislav Delay". Bandcamp . Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Naima - Vladislav Delay". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Galloway, Matt (1 March 2001). "Vladislav Delay". Now . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Holmes, Nick (1 February 2001). "Vladislav Delay". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Anima [2022 Remaster] | Vladislav Delay". Bandcamp . Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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