Illocanblo – Cryptovirus (2017)

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• Techno 
• IDM 
• Synth-pop 
• Glitchtronica 
• Glitch techno 
• Experimental techno

Comment: similarly to a recently reviewed album, Potential DifferenSe's Coinchain, which was analogously a part of the discography of COTA303 (and also Russian act), this batch of 9 tracks is also a mix of IDM, synth-pop, and techno. In comparison to the aforementioned album it is more tumultuous, it is more churned-up due to swirling glitches and microscopic noises at the bottom of tracks. At the same time one can relax due to spaced-out progressions at the top of melodic thread, for example, at Sustained In Galossum. Additionally, it can be said it is a bit more distanced from the motorik Krautrock vibe a la Neu!. Behind this astounding issue is a Russian electronic musician Ilya Bitekhtin having been active since the beginning of the 10s.

Potential DifferenSe ‎– Coinchain (2018)

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• Techno 
• IDM 
• Electronic music 
• Synth-pop 
• Kraut-techno

Comment: Sankt-Peterburg-residing, Russian Ivan Luchkin aka Potential DifferenSe's 5-notch outing is a dynamic tight blend of intricate techno, mellifluous IDM, and melodic synth-pop drives. Retrospectively it does mean hinting back at the glorious tradition of obsessively beatific motorik krautrock vibe a la Neu!. Yeah, the whole is trance-inducing and at the same time somehow inhibitory due to its deliberately interrupted and hopping nature. The great outing is a part of the imprint COTA 303.

InSpectr – Kaspar Nemo (2017)

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• Electronic music 
• Alternative 
• Electro pop 
• Kraut-electro 
• IDM 
• Dub techno 
• Techno pop 
• Kraut-techno

Comment: this set of 6 compositions embraces such titles as Dolphin, Jellyfish, White Whale, Lobster, Penguin, and Squid. Given that the title of the issue is Kaspar Nemo which does sound very close to captain Nemo. So what consequence could we extract from it? Is it the marine release? Is it thoroughly sea-green by its tonality? I have no competence to assume it but I think of it as a bloody catchy issue where all the aspects, the configuration of the whole is craftily set up yet stylistic scope of the whole is amusingly broad – from mellifluous spacey synth journeys and puckish IDM to elegant full-fledged electro pop/techno pop/kraut and elliptical dub techno frequencies. The outing is a part of the discography of Cota303.