Introspection is inspiration for Fedor Pereverzev, aka Moa Pillar. Rising to prominence in the early 2000s with the hyper-synthesised, crystalline music of 8-bit and chiptune, Pillar swiftly moved on to become a figurehead for the Russian beats scene, emulating the twisted hip hop beats of America’s West Coast. All this while still a teenager, Moa Pillar has since hardened and darkened his sound as he has gotten older, reflecting the brutalist structures of his hometown Moscow and increasingly operating in the spaces between noise and melody, rhythm and blast. With his debut LP, Humanity, receiving a release in 2015 from experimental label Full of Nothing, Moa Pillar established himself as one of the most inventive new voices of Russian electronic music. Tracks like Chants sprawl over eleven minutes, densely layering bright melodies with rough techno and industrial blare to create pure dancefloor catharsis.