Australian producer Tim Koch started early, experimenting with a Tascam reel-to-reel four track, an endless supply of his siblings’ guitars, and a few 8-bit computer systems. An early fascination with 1978-1981-era Public Image Ltd. – especially Metal Box’s stark production and behemoth basslines – led Koch to play bass guitar and drums in a number of shoegaze-influenced rock bands. He soon developed a taste for more instrumental, sequencer-based music, drawn to its potential for experimentation and unorthodox sound sources. While studying at Adelaide University, Koch took advantage of the University’s EMU music-technology unit, surrounding himself with archaic analogue synthesizers and listening deeply to innovative composers like Varese, Stockhausen, and Ligeti.

Over five full-length albums, Tim Koch has explored countless moods and textures but never tied himself to one style. He initially found the attention of the electronic-music world

under the moniker Thug, layering Detroit-style pawn-shop beatboxes with rich synth pads; on subsequent releases, he reverted to his given name and toyed with more playful sounds. Koch’s recent full-length Faena refines all the elements of his career thus far while integrating acoustic guitars, female vocals, and raw found sounds. Over the years, the Adelaide-based Koch has released his music on labels including deFocus, Merck, U-Cover, Seeland, n5MD, and Intr_version and has composed for film, television, and video games.

Regarding 10:32, his newest project on Ghostly International, Koch’s remarks are as cryptic as his choice of moniker:

10:32 is the length of an albatross.
10:32 is a month and an age.
10:32 is soft skin on hollow hearts.
10:32 is quick feet on cool floors.
10:32 is seeing through your eyes.
10:32 is mornings into evenings.
10:32 is finishing before the end.
10:32 is ten thirty-two.

artist from adelaide, australia.

influences: KLF, Orbital, Brian Eno, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Ed Rush & Optical, Dom and Roland, Tricky, Jeff Mills, Ken Ishii, Dillinja.

collaborations etc: dj.mabus@gmail.com

Magic Unseen - Telomic x Riya x Voice MC - Galacy Records - https://galacy.bandcamp.com/album/magic-unseen-perfect-with-you

Up - @dunkdnb & VoicemC - City of God EP on Formation Records -
https://formationrecordsuk.bandcamp.com/track/up

Stop Asking - @Wrecklessdnb & VoicemC - WATCH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lond7T57g9Y

No More - VoicemC feat. @Spookasonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su_gW46Y728

Word on the Beat - 2nd Thursday of the month 7-9pm on Channel 2 www.aajamusic.com @aajaradio

Jungle Drum and Bass is why I started buying tapes and listening to pirate radio since 1993,  buying records since 1995, writing rhymes since 1996 as MC Flexa (until 2010) working with DJ Prospect since 1998, on Origin 2000-2017 and grateful to be playing with artists from the underground to the most influential in our music ever since.

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