Luomo’s long awaited third album is finally upon us on his own label Huume. His “Vocalcity” album and the unforgettable hit “Tessio” had established his status as an innovator in the house field, while he has also worked under countless aliases like Sistol, Uusitalo, Vladislav Delay and one half of AGF/Delay producing dub oriented electronica and experimental music.

Paper Tigers is the continuation of his experimentations in the sonic field, redefining the 4/4 house concept, and this is a successful album in that aspect, because he has set his trademark in the broken vocals and cold, dubby sound with huge bass and randomized beats. But, after listening to the album for a few times, I kinda think that he has not done much more than taking the poppified sound of Luomo and mixing it with Uusitalo. Yes, this is complex music, layer upon layers of clicks and changes, but after all, its constant change and chaos can be its own downfall. It hasn’t been possible yet to fall in love with the any of the tracks, apart from the single and frankly considering that there are a slew of boring imitators, I’d hoped that he would have innovated the sound and shown his creative sound a bit more. Plus the broken vocals tend to be a bit too much after listening to 6+ songs.

Here’s his first single “Really Don’t Mind“, which is the standout track of the album and I expect it to be well-received, also down is the opener from his 2006 Uusitalo album and an old AGF/Delay song which shows more of his creativity. Also refer to the magnificient 2005 AGF/Dlay album Explode.

Luomo - Really Don’t Mind
Uusitalo - Paskaa Musaa
AGF/Delay - It’s the return of us