Ripperton builds a niwa

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  • The Swiss DJ/producer will release his debut artist album in February.
  • Ripperton builds a niwa image
  • Swiss-based DJ/producer Ripperton will release his debut artist album in February. The Perspectiv Records owner has plenty of fans in the dance music world, not least among them Joris Voorn and Edwin Oosterwal, who will put the record out via their Green label. Utilizing the freedom of the album format, Niwa—the Japanese word for garden—sees Ripperton exploring a variety of genres and sounds. "L'ardo" is a jazz-inflected downtempo tune, while "At Peace" is a pop number that sounds not unlike Lusine's "Two Dots." There are plenty of housier tracks as well, but variety is clearly the name of the game over the course of the 14 tracks that make up the record. Tracklist 01. A Simple Thing 02. At Peace feat. Christina Wheeler 03. Ecotone 04. The Sandbox 05. Echocity 06. L'ardo 07. Farra 08. I Know My Place 09. A Simple Interlude 10. Des Promesses de Couleurs 11. Leonor's Lanugo 12. Random Violence 13. A Train to Nowhere 14. Solastalgia feat. Christina Wheeler Green will release Ripperton's Niwa on February 1, 2010.
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