Ripatti: Fun Is Not a Straight Line
Ripatti01 EP came out, in September 2013, Bangs & Works was still rearranging peopleâs heads: Producers like Addison Groove and Machinedrum were fusing the hyper-regional Chicago-house mutation with more internationally established electronic dance styles; young guns like Slava and Thug Entrancer were finding arty uses for its arrhythmic kicks and fearsome snares; and all the while, the genreâs founding fathers were onaroll. Ripattiâs early EPs under his last name werenât bad, but they felt more like the Vladislav Delay/Luomo guy trying his hand at footwork than an expans...
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