Tummaa

Tummaa
Studio album by Vladislav Delay
Released	August 12, 2009
Genre	Experimental, jazz
Length	66:01
Label	The Leaf Label
Producer	Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay chronology
Whistleblower (2007) Tummaa (2009) Vantaa (2011)

Tummaa is a studio album by Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti under the name Vladislav Delay. It was released in 2009. ^[1]

It is unique among the Vladislav Delay solo discography for its use of live instrumentation provided by other musicians, namely Argentinian musician Lucio Capece on woodwinds and Scottish composer Craig Armstrong on keyboards.

The album's name means "dark" in Finnish and is a reference to kaamos , the Finnish polar night, during which time Delay recorded this album. ^[2]

Tummaa is often cited as Ripatti's most jazz-oriented Vladislav Delay album. ^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Drowned in Sound	[5]
Pitchfork	6.2/10 [6]
Resident Advisor	[7]

Tummaa has generally been well received by critics. Resident Advisor's Noah Barron gave it four stars out of five and called it "understated and affecting." Drowned In Sound's Noel Gardner gave it a score of 7 and called it "a persuasive advert for both electronic and experimental music in 2009." Pitchfork's Jess Harvell was more mixed, calling it "just fine as these low-impact, Delay-branded outings go" but criticizing it for its lack of similarity to Ripatti's work as Luomo.

Track listing

1. "Melankolia" (Melancholia) (10:57)
2. "Kuula (Kiitos)" (Ball [Thanks]) (9:01)
3. "Mustelmia" (Bruising) (8:12)
4. "Musta Planeetta" (Black Planet) (5:10)
5. "Toive" (Wish) (11:08)
6. "Tummaa" (Dark) (10:18)
7. "Tunnelivisio" (Tunnel Vision) (11:15)

References

1. "Vladislav Delay unveils Tummaa · News ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
2. "Tummaa by Vladislav Delay". Vladislav Delay. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
3. "The Leaf Label: TUMMAA". The Leaf Label. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
4. "Tummaa - Vladislav Delay". PopMatters.
5. Gardner, Noel (August 26, 2009). "Album review: Vladislav Delay: Tummaa". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
6. Harvell, Jess (September 7, 2009). "Album review: Vladislav Delay: Tummaa". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved December 31, 2014.
7. Barron, Noah (August 21, 2014). "RA Reviews: Vladislav Delay - Whistleblower". Resident Advisor . Retrieved December 31, 2014.

External links

• Tummaa at Discogs (list of releases)