Robot Koch
Robert Koch | |
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Also known as |
Robot Koch Robots Don't Sleep The Tape |
Origin | Germany |
Genres | Electronic |
Instruments | Piano, drums, synthesizer |
Years active | 2000–present |
Labels |
Project Mooncircle Bpitch Control Four Music Monkeytown Records |
Associated acts | Jahcoozi, Max Richter, Norah Jones, Bassnectar, Modeselektor |
Website | http://www.robotsdontsleep.com/ |
Robert Koch (born 1977), best known by the stage name Robot Koch, is a German, Los Angeles based, artist, cpmposer and record producer. Koch first got known as a member of the band Jahcoozi before establishing himself as a solo artist.
His sound of organic electronic music has been called "Wonderful and Strange - pop music from the future" (by John Peel of the BBC already in 2003).[1][2][3]
Koch works as a producer and composer for both indie and major artists worldwide, gaining gold and platinum records for his productions for Marteria, Casper and K.I.Z.[4][5][6] [7][8]
He won the German Music Composers Award 2014 in the category "best composer electronic music".[9][10]
His music has been used on numerous TV Shows and Films, including NBC`s "The Blacklist", ABC "how to get away with murder", MTV "teen wolf" and the trailer for the blockbuster "San Andreas"
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While Koch has been releasing his own original material on labels like Monkeytown Records, Project Mooncircle, Bpitch Control and Four Music, he has been a successful producer, remixer and collaborator for other musicians such as Tensnake, Norah Jones, Bassnectar and Max Richter.
Discography
Albums and EPs
- 2016 Robot Koch and Savannah Jo Lack - Particle Fields (Trees & Cyborgs)
- 2016 Robot Koch - Drift (Trees & Cyborgs)
- 2015 Robot Koch - Hypermoment (Monkeytown)
- 2015 Robot Koch - TSUKI (Monkeytown)
- 2014 Robot Koch x Susie Suh – Here with me (Ingrooves)
- 2014 Robots don`t sleep – Mirror (Four/Sony)
- 2013 Robot Koch - Unpaved (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2013 Robots don`t sleep - Mirror (Four Music)
- 2012 Robots don't sleep – Robots don't sleep EP (FOUR MUSIC)
- 2012 Robot Koch – Cosmic Waves EP
- 2011 Robot Koch – The Other Side (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2011 Robot Koch and John Robinson – Robot Robinson (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2010 Robot Koch – Songs for Trees and Cyborgs (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2010 Robot Koch – Death Star Droid Remix EP (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2010 Robot Koch – Listen To Them Fade EP (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2010 Jahcoozi – Barefoot Wanderer (BPitch Control)
- 2009 Jahcoozi – Namedropper (Batty Bass Records)
- 2009 Robot Koch vs Cerebral Vortex – Aftershocks EP
- 2009 Robot Koch – Death Star Droid (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2009 Jahcoozi – Watching You EP (Sugarcane Recordings)
- 2009 Robot Koch vs Cerebral Vortex – Upside Down EP (Jakarta Records)
- 2008 Robot Koch feat. Elle P - Lies (Sugarcane Recordings)
- 2008 Robot Koch vs Cerebral Vortex – Vortex Cookies (Up My Alley)
- 2008 The Tape vs RQM – Luvley 12″ (Mouthwatering Records)
- 2008 Autodrive vs. Jahcoozi – Hiding From The Truth (Tonkind)
- 2007 The Tape vs RQM – Public Transport LP (Kitty-Yo Digital)
- 2007 Jahcoozi – Blitz'n'Ass LP (A Sound/Rough Trade)
- 2007 Jahcoozi - BLN (A Sound/Rough Trade)
- 2007 Jahcoozi – Double Barrel Name (Sugarcane Recordings)
- 2007 Jahcoozi – Reworks EP (Careless)
- 2006 Jahcoozi – Black Barbie/Stereotyp Rmx (1965)
- 2006 Autodrive – Exponential (Tonkind)
- 2006 MMDC – Love Your Sister (Bomb Boutique)
- 2005 JAHCOOZI – Pure Breed Mongrel LP (Kitty-Yo)
- 2005 The Tape vs. RQM – Autoreverse LP (KYO)
- 2005 The Tape vs. RQM – Hungry Man EP (KYO)
- 2005 The Tape – Perpetual Dubbing LP (Hamton)
- 2005 JAHCOOZI – Black Barbie EP (Kitty-Yo)
- 2005 Autodrive – 4 Girls EP (Tonkind)
- 2004 JAHCOOZI – Rebel Futurism Part 2 (Crosstown Rebels)
- 2004 JAHCOOZI – V.A.: Girls EP (Remixed by Modeselektor [Shadetek Rec])
- 2003 JAHCOOZI – Fish 12″ (WMF Rec)
- 2002 Back 2 Square 1 – The State Of The World (Here2Hear)
- 2000 Goodman & Clean- Lights EP (Hamton)
Remixes, productions and features
- 2014 Markus Wiebusch - Konfetti (Grand Hotel Van Cleef)
- 2014 Anoushka Shankar & Norah Jones – the sun won`t set (Universal)
- 2014 Tensnake – Holla (Astralwerks)
- 2014 Vivaldi – Summer (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2013 Julien Mier – Porcelain Dust (Lowriders)
- 2013 Claire - next ones to come (Universal)
- 2013 Ok Kid – Ok Kid (For Music/Sony)
- 2013 Long Distance Calling -The flood inside (SPV)
- 2013 Elenka - Wolf (Chimperator)
- 2013 Hurts – miracle (Four Music)
- 2013 Alek Fin – waiting like a wolf remix (white)
- 2012 Orsons – Lagerhalle (remix) (Universal)
- 2012 Max Herre -fühlt sich wie fliegen an (remix) (Universal)
- 2012 Marsimoto - [Grüner Samt] (Four Music)
- 2011 Casper - XOXO (Four Music)
- 2011 K.I.Z. - Urlaub fürs Gehirn (Universal)
- 2011 Graciela Maria – Many Places (Project:Mooncircle)
- 2010 Marteria- Zum Glück in die Zukunft (Four Music)
- 2010 Max Mutzke – Home Work Soul (Warner)
- 2010 The Drapers – We No Speak Americano (Superstar)
- 2010 Bassnectar – Teleport Massive (Childs Play)
- 2010 Talen – the comic book EP (Mouthwatering Records)
- 2009 Sneaky – Feel Like A King feat. Barbara Panther [Robot Koch Remix] (Hot Source Records)
- 2009 King Cannibal & Jahcoozi – Murder Us (Ninja Tune)
- 2009 Mexicans With Guns – Nuts And Bongos (exponential)
- 2009 Th Mole – How 2 Be Cool (Daly City Records)
- 2009 Ira Atari – My Name Is Ira (Audiolith Records)
- 2008 Mochipet – Rambunction Rmx (Daly City Records)
- 2008 Marsimoto – Zu Zweit Allein (Four Music)
- 2008 Envy – Tongue Twister [Robot Koch Remix] (Start Rec)
- 2008 Jennifer Rostock – Feuer [Robot Koch Remix] (Warner)
- 2008 Jennifer Rostock – Kopf oder Zahl [Robot Koch Remix] (Warner)
- 2008 Jennifer Rostock – Ich Will Hier Raus [Robot Koch Remix] (Warner)
- 2008 Mochipet feat. Jahcoozi – Microphonepet (Daly City Records)
- 2008 Missill feat. Jahcoozi – Glitch EP (Citizen / Discograph)
- 2007 Filewile - Damn [Jahcoozi Remix] (Moutwatering Records)
- 2007 Tolcha vs. Soom T – Send Dem Kids To War [Jahcoozi Remix] (Metapolyp)
- 2006 Unknownmix – the siren [Jahcoozi Remix](Playhouse)
- 2006 Data MC – Pioneer Camp [The Tape Remix](Tonkind)
- 2006 Modeselektor feat. Sasha Perera – Silikon (BPitch Control)
- 2006 Justine Electra – Killalady [The Tape Remix] (City Slang)
- 2005 Raz Ohara – Hymn [Jahcoozi Remix](Kitty-Cuts)
- 2005 Tolcha feat. Jahcoozi – Crushed Like Ice (Metapolyp)
- 2005 Inverse Cinematics [The Tape Remix] (Faces)
- 2004 Mendelson – White Canary [Jahcoozi Remix](Fein Raus/Kompakt)
- 2003 Panorama – Super Race Monkey [Jahcoozi Remix] (Hamton)
Awards
Deutscher Musikautorenpreis 2014 "Best electronic music composer"
References
- ↑ https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/robotkoch
- ↑ http://www.msopr.com/n/client-roster/robot-koch/
- ↑ http://www.blueraincoatmusic.com/robert-koch/
- ↑ http://www.robotsdontsleep.com/info/
- ↑ http://www.wepublishmusic.com/index.php/artists-songwriters.html
- ↑ http://www.mec-early.com/?page_n25=13
- ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/showperson.asp?name=Robot+Koch
- ↑ http://genius.com/Kiz-lach-mich-tot-lyrics
- ↑ https://www.gema.de/aktuelles/der_deutsche_musikautorenpreis_2014_die_gewinner/
- ↑ http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Deutscher-Musikautorenpreis-2014-Gewinner-im-Ueberblick
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7445184/
- ↑ http://www.freundevonfreunden.com/mixtapes/fvf-mixtape-103-robot-koch/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1z9KORToZQ
- ↑ http://www.tunefind.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/season-1/21555
- ↑ http://www.tunefind.com/show/the-blacklist/season-1/16067
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TiEYluKf2k
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B__idTZnjk