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His momma calls him Sasu Ripatti, but you can call him anything you'd like. Whether he's Luomo, Uusitalo, or Vladislav Delay, the Finnish electron-wizard's been at it for a decade now; in fact, it was 1997 when the Kind of Blue EP, Ripatti's first recording under the Vladislav name, came to light.

Delay is set to release Whistleblower May 15, and though the music has deepened, the song largely remains the same: like most of Ripatti's projects these days, Whistleblower will bear the name of his own Huume imprint.

Delay, or Ripatti, or whatever, will hit the road for a few North American dates later this month, in between shows around the globe. Just to make things tricky, Ripatti will perform some of the dates as Vladislav Delay and some as Luomo. A bit of disambiguation is yours for the taking down below.

Blow ya Whistle:

01 Whistleblower
02 Wanted To (Kill)
03 Stop Talking
04 I Saw a Polysexual
05 Lumi
06 He Lived Deeply
07 Recovery Ide

Sasu!:

05-19 Istanbul, Turkey - TBA *
05-20 Montreal, Quebec – Salon Daome
05-22 Seattle, WA – The Baltic Room *
05-23 Seattle, WA – Broadway Performance Hall
05-25 Portland, OR – Holocene *
05-26 San Francisco, CA – Recombinant Media Labs
05-26 San Francisco, CA – Blasthaus *
05-28 Detroit, MI – DEMF
05-30 New York, NY – TBA
06-01 Bristol, England - VENN festival * (Luomo and Vladislav Delay sets)
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival *
06-07 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival *
09-15 Moscow, Russia - Ikra Club *

* as Luomo