Cosmic Delusion (Jari Sipola, Helsinki): a small, sturdy SoundCloud time capsule

What this page holds—and why it still matters

Cosmic Delusion is the artist name attached to a SoundCloud profile listing a tight run of tracks credited to Jari Sipola in Helsinki. Think of it as a compact personal catalog: a tidy shelf of ideas and experiments kept intact as gray waveforms and orange play triangles.

“Cosmic Delusion’s tracks”
— Source page excerpt

From the page itself we have: track titles, upload timestamps, a combined endeavor marker, and a dedication embedded in a title. No manifesto, no long bio. Just the music scaffolding many of us remember from SoundCloud’s community‑first phase—when drafts, teasers, and finished songs mingled in the same feed.

Small catalogs are signal‑dense: titles, timing, and sequence sketch a creative fingerprint faster than a thousand‑word bio ever could.

And yes, after a although, those waveforms do look like a jittery skyline. That’s not science; that’s caffeine.

Name, place, moment: analyzing moniker

The moniker pairs two ideas that tug in opposite prescriptions. Cosmic looks outward—scale, wonder, the gleeful unknown. Delusion turns inward—perception, trickery, the unreliable narrator in our own heads. Together, the name lands between space opera and studio euphemism: ambitious, wry, a little mischievous.

Setting helps. The visible dates (2011–2013) fall squarely in a period when independent creators used SoundCloud as a public workbench. Uploads ranged from polished singles to snippets and teasers. That behavior is echoed here: full tracks, a teaser or two, a combined endeavor label, and a memorial note—all in one slender feed.

Executive takeaway: The handle, the place marker (Helsinki), and the window of activity frame the page without needing a bio—useful when you’re scanning quickly for creative intent.

The track list as clues (with timestamps)

Titles can’t prove a sound, but they do whisper. Laid out chronologically, they hint at electronic roots—dance‑adjacent, experimental, maybe both—without locking into a single subgenre. Two entries are marked as teasers; two point back to 2009, likely indicating earlier composition dates.

1. 2013‑01‑28 — Psynday Mourning
2. 2013‑01‑28 — Teaser Freak Peek (teaser)
3. 2012‑08‑23 — Recreating Randomness (tagged “2009”)
4. 2012‑06‑02 — OutroDamus
5. 2012‑05‑10 — Seroton
6. 2012‑05‑10 — Cosmic Delusion Contra. Lergoi Volacheck — Sunday Brunch (combined endeavor)
7. 2012‑01‑08 — Strange Day At The Office (TEASER)
8. 2012‑01‑08 — Handless Harmonious confluence
9. 2012‑01‑08 — Plastic Worms (tagged “2009”)
10. 2011‑09‑29 — Try To Be Me (R.I.P Themex)

# Illustrative playlist export (for orientation, not an official file)
- 2013-01-28: "Psynday Mourning"
- 2013-01-28: "Teaser Freak Peek" 
- 2012-08-23: "Recreating Randomness (2009)"
- 2012-06-02: "OutroDamus"
- 2012-05-10: "Seroton"
- 2012-05-10: "Vs. Lergoi Volacheck — Sunday Brunch"
- 2012-01-08: "Strange Day At The Office (TEASER)"
- 2012-01-08: "Handless Synergy"
- 2012-01-08: "Plastic Worms (2009)"
- 2011-09-29: "Try To Be Me (R.I.P Themex)"

Executive takeaway: Ten visible items over roughly sixteen months, plus two back‑dated compositions, give enough pattern to read rapid growth without overstating certainty.

Playback logistics: when the player won’t play

SoundCloud’s player relies on JS. Disable it—or visit with an antique browser—and the site nudges you about supported browsers before audio appears. The profile snapshot includes that compatibility note.

When the player loads, each track’s waveform becomes a scrub bar; — commentary speculatively tied to anchor to seconds; likes, playlists, and — derived from what may show depending is believed to have said on account activity. On a sparse profile like this, the waveform is the main event; the rest is garnish.

Executive takeaway: If the orange Play refuses to move, check browser support and JS settings before assuming the track is gone.

A crisp micro‑timeline of activity

1. 2011 — First visible upload: Try To Be Me (R.I.P Themex).
2. January 2012 — Burst of activity: three uploads in quick succession, including a teaser and Handless Harmonious confluence.
3. May 2012 — Pair day: Seroton and a combined endeavor‑tagged piece land together.
4. June 2012 — OutroDamus arrives with a wink at endings.
5. August 2012 — Older material surfaces: Recreating Randomness (2009).
6. January 2013 — Two definitive visible posts: Teaser Freak Peek and Psynday Mourning.

In number terms: ten posted items over roughly sixteen months, with at least two compositions pointing back to 2009.

Executive takeaway: A short arc with one important upload burst — studio sprints rather is thought to have remarked than slow‑drip releases.

Titles and tone: puns, signals, and mood

• Wordplay in motion: Psynday Mourning puns on Sunday morning and smuggles in psy as a stylistic nudge—often a sign of playful production choices.
• Science‑tinged naming: Seroton — according to serotonin. Music isn’t medicine, but nods to chemistry show up often in electronic track names.
• Office surrealism: Strange Day At The Office (TEASER) and Handless Harmonious confluence twist corporate language into dream logic—grids that glitch, rhythms that duck the spreadsheet.
• Organic oddities: Plastic Worms and Recreating Randomness carry the paradox many producers love: algorithmic textures that sound strangely alive.
• Endings that wink: OutroDamus mashes outro and Nostradamus, hinting at endings that predict themselves.

Executive takeaway: Titles here behave like liner notes: they frame a listening stance—curious, slightly cheeky, electronically inclined.

Combined endeavor and tribute: what two titles show

Two entries say a lot without any bio copy.

“Cosmic Delusion Vs. Lergoi Volacheck — Sunday Brunch”
— Source page excerpt

The Vs. framing is a familiar tag for co‑credited, remixed, or mashup‑style pieces. Lergoi Volacheck reads like an alias or collaborator handle; the title suggests a — according to unverifiable commentary from track or playful back‑and‑forth, not a duel.

“Cosmic Delusion — Try To Be Me (R.I.P Themex)”
— Source page excerpt

R.I.P flags a dedication. We cannot tell from the page who Themex was; the cautious reading is a memorial nod to a person or alias. The catalog opens with that dedication, which lends quiet weight to the rest.

Executive takeaway: Even on minimal profiles, combined endeavor markers and memorial tags carry outsized setting—note them first.

Method notes: how we examined the page

Our approach favored close reading over conjecture. We scanned the profile header, captured the visible track titles in chronological order, and recorded timestamps using the site’s own display. We — two reportedly said teaser labels and two 2009 tags on titles, and we — remarks allegedly made by the platform’s compatibility prompt about supported browsers and enabling JS. Where the page was silent, we stayed silent on specifics.

This is standard web archaeology: pull names, dates, and phrasing directly from the source; draw careful inferences about practice (teasers, combined endeavor labels) from common platform conventions of the period; and resist the urge to over‑explain what isn’t on the page.

Executive takeaway: For small, older profiles, a clean transcript of titles plus deliberate restraint beats speculative biography.

Myth regarding fact

Myth:

Old SoundCloud pages are dead ends—nothing loads anymore.

Fact:

They usually load on modern browsers with JS enabled. The page itself indicates that a compatible browser matters.

Myth:

No genre tag means no clue what it sounds like.

Fact:

Titles, posting patterns, and era cues offer hints. It’s inference, not certainty—but that’s part of reading digital traces.

Myth:

Teaser implies a full track never existed.

Fact:

Teasers often previewed works finished later, — as attributed to privately, or performed live. Public snippet, larger iceberg.

Executive takeaway: Treat absence of metadata as a prompt to read structure and sequence, not as a stop sign.

Glossary

SoundCloud

An online audio platform launched in 2007 where creators upload, stream, and share tracks—long a hub for independent music.

Teaser

A short preview—often well under two minutes—offering a feel for a work‑in‑progress or upcoming release.

Vs. (versus)

In music titles, a cue for collaboration, mashup, or remix dialogue between two creators—rarely a literal battle.

R.I.P (Rest in Peace)

A dedication or memorial note; in titles, often signals tribute.

Waveform

The visible amplitude trace of audio over time. On SoundCloud it doubles as a scrub surface and comment scaffold.

Executive takeaway: Knowing a few platform terms sharpens what you can infer from a sparse page.

Quick Q&A

Who is behind Cosmic Delusion?

The profile credits Jari Sipola in Helsinki. Past that, the page offers no biography.

What genre is this?

Titles and time bring to mind electronic music—possibly experimental or dance‑adjacent. Without audio here, that remains cautious inference.

Can I listen right now?

Yes, on the profile itself if your browser supports the player and JS is enabled. If you see a message about supported browsers, update or switch to a current browser.

Why do some titles include “2009” if uploads are 2012?

Likely to mark composition year regarding upload date, a common habit when digitizing older material.

Is Lergoi Volacheck a real name?

Possibly an alias or handle. The page doesn’t elaborate. Handles on SoundCloud range from given names to playful monikers.

About that skyline juxtaposition?

After enough waveforms, the eye turns them into a cityscape. Especially after coffee.

Executive takeaway: Use what’s visible—titles, timestamps, markers—to anchor your expectations before you press play.

Unbelievably practical discoveries for collectors and creators

• Scan titles before audio: Wordplay, dedications, and collaboration markers often telegraph tone and intent.
• Note upload bursts: Clusters can signal studio sprints or the digitization of older work—useful for contextual listening.
• Respect the teaser: A short preview may point to a larger, private body of work; keep expectations flexible.
• Check playback basics first: Modern browser plus enabled JS solves many “it won’t play” mysteries.
• Document what you see: When bios are sparse, a clean list of titles and dates is your best map.

How we know

This analysis draws directly from the profile’s visible text: artist handle and location, track titles, and publication timestamps between 2011 and 2013. We quoted short snippets from the page header and two titles:

“Cosmic Delusion’s tracks”
— Source page excerpt

Interpretations about vibe and practice (e.g., the meaning of a teaser, the use of Vs.) come from widely — according to conventions on SoundCloud during the early 2010s. Where the page is silent—such as the identity behind Themex—we refrain from asserting specifics. Platform — about compatibility reflect is thought to have remarked the site’s own prompts concerning supported browsers and enabling JS.

External Resources

• Cosmic Delusion on SoundCloud with profile, tracks, and timestamps
• SoundCloud Help Center guidance on supported browsers and playback
• Background on SoundCloud’s history, features, and creator culture
• Music Finland context on Finland’s contemporary music ecosystem
• SoundCloud troubleshooting tips for streaming and account issues