Robot Koch


Robert "Robot" Koch, best known by the stage name Robot Koch, is a German, Los Angeles based, artist, composer and record producer. Koch made a name for himself 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".
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.
He won the German Music Composers Award 2014 in the category "best composer electronic music".
His music has been used on numerous TV shows and films, including NBC's The Blacklist, ABC's How to Get Away with Murder, MTV "Teen Wolf" and the trailer for San Andreas.
Koch also explores modern classical compositions as part of his work. For the ninth edition of Neue Meister at DRIVE Forum Berlin, Robot Koch and the Australian violinist and composer Savannah Jo Lack wrote and performed six pieces that were exclusively composed for the Neue Meister series. The music for this series will be released in 2019.
While Koch has been releasing his own original material on the labels 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.
In 2016 Koch launched his own label, Trees and Cyborgs.

Biography

Robot Koch was introduced to the piano at 6 years old, and later to the drums at 13, which he immediately took a liking. He has said both instruments were helpful in his later years as a composer, giving him a foundation in a harmonic and a rhythmic understanding of music. He worked as a composer and producer in Berlin up until 2013, when he relocated to Los Angeles, California.

Live performance

Robot has had appearances at big music festivals such as Coachella, Sónar, Melt and MUTEK. He has also played numerous sets at Boiler Room.
In 2018, Koch co-created the immersive audio-visual project ‘Sphere’ in collaboration with visual artist Mickael Le Goff. For the project, Koch’s 2018 album, "Sphere", was transformed into film and visual exploration of space and exhibited in full-dome venues and planetariums around the world. The full-dome show was designed to transport the audience through space and time using custom projection visuals and atmospheric music, presented in a 3D sound environment.

Film & TV Scores

Robot Koch’s music has been featured in the TV shows: How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, Pretty Little Liars, Living with the Enemy, Beauty and the Beast, Teen Wolf, The Vampire Diaries, The Night Shift, Famous in Love, Containment, Awkward, The Royals, Witches of East End, The Blacklist, Station 19 and Schuld II.
Koch’s music has also been a part of the short films Ode, by Elliot Lee Hazel and The Dream by Javiera Estrada.

Equipment

Robot Koch uses a wide range of equipment for his recordings and live performances. Most notably he works on Ableton Live and uses a number of analog synths such as the Lyra 8, Roland Juno and Prophet 8.

Discography

Albums and EPs

2014 "Best electronic music composer"