Robot Koch’s ‘Dragonfly’ brings Organic sound to the future

Robot Koch began to claim his place in the electronic music scene back in the early 2000’s, his role in the avant-garde, bass-heavy music trio Jahcoozi playing a notable part in that process.

Within the sound of Robot Koch resides the organic ambience of percussion, cinematic synthesizer and artificially projected skies of minimalism. Search further and you may find ghostly vocal samples, and even elements of Techno and House.

Launching a solo career with Project Mooncircle, Koch has taken home the German Music Composers Award, had his music featured in a range of television and film, played several sessions for the acclaimed Boiler Room, in addition to performances at a number of major Festivals and running his own label.

May 29th will mark the release of ‘The Next Billion Years’, a collection inspired by the thoughts put forward in 1973 by lecturer Jacques-Yves Cousteau in regard to what the future might hold. ‘Dragonfly’ is the 6th track on the LP, an international work written in LA, recorded in Estonia and mixed in Berlin. Orchestration has been handled by industry veterans Kristjan Järvi and John Metcalfe and the result is both vibrant and versatile, embracing a unity of organic and minimal electronic.

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Atelier Pink Noise finds solace in quietude with 'Meditation of silence'

Continuing in the rich tradition of Japanese ambient, environmental, and new age music, Atelier Pink Noise releases a brand new full-length, 58-minute long album titled ‘Draw a Sleeps.’ Today, we get to listen to a selection from the album, a track titled ‘Meditation of silence.’ For the uninitiated, pink noise is a mathematical noise function that is perceived very similarly to soundscapes found in nature, such as waterfalls.

Atelier Pink Noise, however, instead of using pink noise in his compositions, goes straight to the source and samples the world around him. The sounds of forests, water, small animals, and more reverberate through his compositions, processed and warped to evoke new aural worlds, excitingly fresh yet still intimately familiar. APN blends these sources beautifully with rich, uplifting synth chords that are nominally abstract, but still manages to provoke a narrative within the mind, if one focuses clearly enough. Indeed, I would invite you to experience this track, as well as the rest of the album, in a peaceful and intimate setting, with the lights low and your eyes closed. Perhaps you’ll even see the natural sources from which these sounds originated from.

Stream ‘Meditation of silence’ above, and listen to the entire album over on Spotify.

— review by autonomy

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