Aaniesineita in Bloomington, MN

Antti Rannisto
's debut recording for
12k
is an anomaly in the recent string of poignant, calm meditations from the label, wasting no time in declaring its different intent courtesy of a two-part, four-minute sine-tone suite (all 11 tracks are untitled) that harks back to the early years of
electronic
experimentation with analog synthesizers. From there, it's a wild mishmash of influences and sounds (check the shout-out to his fellow countryman
Vladislav Delay
's
Multila
on track three) ranging from
hip-hop
and
IDM
to the
experimental
forefathers who preceded him. The most amazing nugget on this disc is track nine, which sounds like a classic Chicago
acid
track thrown in a washing machine with some of the
Raster-Noton
camp's more beat-friendly compositions. A solid if erratic full-length that shows
Rannisto
's versatility and refusal to be pigeonholed into one particular sound or style. Kudos to
for taking similar risks. ~ Rob Theakston