An all around great release from Toronto, Canada based professional sound designer, Jakob Thiesen, who forays into techno, yet again, for another satisfying well-crafted release. Unlike his harder, more Detroit styled Equinox, Polikrom is far more upbeat and skirts EDM, dub, and downtempo yet stays deeply melodic and perhaps even dreamy at times. Evocative of early Aphex Twin, the opening “Forwul”, exudes optimism and nearly radiates sun beams from the speakers while “f80eight” is more laid-back with dubby echoes and catchy click grooves. “pIanoflut” is like drifting down a peaceful stream half asleep while the washing machine rhythms of title track, “polikrom” channels Oxygene-era Jean-Michel Jarre stylings with a build-up this reviewer can easily replay continuously. On the ambient tip, “nxtl” is a droning psychedelic trip while “rotexport” picks up the tempo for some understated funky rhythms and loops that accommodates a dreamy, near ethereal melody. Stand out track on Polikrom is “uwavesqr” which is techno with EDM moments echoed-out into kind of psychedelic accents, but with so much well-constructed cohesion that it almost comes off as biological. “epigonion” brings the listener back into ambient mode with a nice ethereal ripple while the following “memora” is also ambient, it is also more melodic and lushly layered while “slate” bookends the album with field recordings of water lapping against a shore, a pleasant way to close a fine recording. If you are into superbly crafted, near organic or perhaps ‘cyborg techno’, this would be the closest music that comes to mind.