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New Release

Title: The Other Side
Release: 07. Oct 2011
Format: CD, Album, Digital, DWNLD
Label: Project Mooncircle

http://soundcloud.com/projectmooncircle/pmc084-robot-koch-the-other-side



Berlin producer Robot Koch is back for his third full length release, “The Other Side”. Although Robot Koch has an international reputation as being „One of Europe`s finest producers of the beat generation“ (Low End Theory), he is much more than just a beatmaker… “(Post)-dubstep infused Electronic Hip Hop“ is far too constrained a label to understand what this producer is all about.

Instead of following the sound of his previous albums “Death Star Droid” („Essential listening“ - Bobby Friction BBC) and “Songs For Trees and Cyborgs“ („Music for a modern age that has rarely sounded so good” - Boomkat), Koch takes the genre defying ingredients from these previous records to another level. There still are some of those “Galactic ten ton beats and space age melodies“ (Dazed and Confused) that made the previous albums staple drops in the playlists of Mary Anne Hobbes, Starkey, Daedelus and Gas Lamp Killer to name a few, but there is a new dimension to Koch`s production and songwriting that didn’t show on his previous records.

The cinematic vibe of tracks like “Nitesky”, the quirky and moody feel of “Bugs” and the electricity of “Tapedeck” show how Koch more than ever manages to create intimate and timeless pieces of music that are soulful, deep, mysterious and that will appeal to fans of cutting edge Electronica and modern pop music alike. This is the most personal record of Robot Koch to date. Instead of going for big name features Koch teamed up with lesser know artists like Kansas based vocal talent John LaMonica, long time friend and theatre composer Nielson and mexican singer/songwriter Graciela Maria to find the right voices for his compositions. John LaMonica infuses his whimsical and heartfelt melodies that breathe an air of darkness and nostalgia with Koch`s fresh and forward thinking instrumentals to create something that fans of Radiohead, The XX and Jamie Lidell should not sleep on.

”I`m glad John contacted me, we were thinking of collaborating on one song for my album but it ended up being five songs, they were all fantastic and helped me find the right direction for ‘The Other Side’.” After the release of the John Robinson collaboration album (“Robot Robinson” – Project Mooncircle) earlier this year, it seems surprising how extensive Robert’s output is, but don’t be mistaken, this album is a longer term project than just releasing the songs Koch made in the last year. Some of the songs found on “The Other Side” were made seven years ago. ”I didn’t know what to do with songs like ‘Bugs’ back then. Now it felt like the time has come to release them, they just made sense with of the most recent stuff I’ve been making and it all fell into place. But it was not an easy album for me to make. The previous albums just came together rather quick but this one was a real mission, something I’ve been trying to do for years and I could never really get it together until now.” Legendary John Peel (BBC) knew in 2003 already when he said about Koch`s productions „Wonderful and strange, pop music from the future“.

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New Release

Title: Songs For Trees And Cyborgs
Release: 01.10.2010
LP / CD / Digital



After last year's release of his debut full length album entitled "Death Star Droid" Berlin stromtrooper Robot Koch kept himself hella busy.
In 2010 alone he dropped the new Jahcoozi album "Barefoot Wanderer" on Bpitch Control, released his EP "Listen To Them Fade" on Project: Mooncircle, did a bunch of remixes and productions for both major and indie artists and played stunning live shows everywhere from Low End Theory in LA to the Sonar Festival in Barcelona.

And now he's back to do some serious damage with his 2nd LP "Songs for Trees and Cyborgs".
The album shows Robot's versatility as a producer - it mixes and blends fresh, forward thinking electronic beats with heartfelt melodies and organic live instrumentation. On choice tracks Mr. Koch teams up with the likes of Boxcutter (Planet Mu), 1000 Names (Black Acre), Doshy (Robox Neotech), RQM (Baby Sumo) and Graciela Maria (Project Mooncircle) to present the point where dubstep, hip-hop and its myriad of influences fuse into a kaleidoscopic collage of sounds.

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After the successful "Aftershocks EP" on his own Robots Don't Sleep label, Robot Koch returns with this long anticipated full length heavyweighter. Death Star Droid is technically Robot Koch's debut LP, but all that this means is that the record drops with his name on it alone - the man is no rookie! Death Star Droid is a Dubstep and Wonky Hip Hop infused affair, but the introduction of live acoustic instruments and heartfelt melodies is what sets it apart from the rest in the loosely defined genre. The grizzly synthies and bass lines on the song WHILE are supported by a drifting piano. On hard to find Robot introduces strings and flutes. The wobbling signature use of the Moog and Korg is present through out. (Played by Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC), Hundson Mohawke (Warp), Starkey (Trouble & Bass), Gas Lamp Killer (Brainfeeder), Sinden and many more ...!)