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Afloat

Ocoeur - Progression

Joshua Delaney - frontman of ambient outfit Rat & Co - is preparing to make waves under new solo alias Ocdantar (Rat and Co backwards... sort of).

Having already supported the likes of Shigeto, Bicep and DT favourite Nina Kraviz, Delaney's 7-track debut Time in Flux is set for release via Smooch Records in the first half of 2016. The record promises to continue his work within ambient electronica, experimenting further with texture and space.

As expected, second single '0102' is stripped-back beat-wise, yet the Melbourne producer has enriched it with an abyssal low-end that crunches softly under silken harmonies. "Go to sleep," we're told as the vocal floods in, and if it weren't for the promise of more to come from Ocdantar, we just might drift off into serenity.

Stream '0102' here and head to the artist's SoundCloud to keep up with his latest productions:
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Ocdantar - 0102

The Other Side

Nitesky (feat. John LaMonica)

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Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles has announced his fourth full length album 'Persona' will be released on 13th April via Erased Tapes.

The title 'Persona' was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s film of the same name, specifically a shot in the opening credits of a child reaching out to touch a woman’s face on a screen, which is shifting between one face and another. This powerful image struck Ryan and it inspired the album’s main theme — an exploration of the persona, the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us, the spaces in between; between states, people, light and dark, the inner persona and the outer persona. 

"My music is generally is generally inward looking. I like finding something about the self within music, that doesn't have to be specific but maybe asks something or reveals something. This record is a continuation on the self through electronic sounds. Like Legowelt once said ‘a synthesiser is like a translator for unknown emotions’, which I think sums up what I am trying to do. I think all these emotions we have make up our persona. So in a way by finding new ones you alter or expand your persona. And that is what I want my music to try to do. I deliberately aimed to be more sonically diverse with this record. I wanted to experiment more. I wanted to create new sounds and new emotions.”

Recorded at his studio in south-east London, ‘Persona’ benefits from Ryan’s exploration of a dynamic production process that combines analogue-heavy synthesisers, acoustic and electric instruments with a shoegaze-level obsession with effect pedals. A greater depth of emotion and confidence can be heard across the album. From the deconstructed movements on ‘Unfolding’ that starts the album with a snap of delayed snares, the apocalyptic drones of the title track and thundering drums in ‘Phantom Grip’ to more  restrained ambient feels of ‘Dreamer’s Wake’, ‘Rest’ and ‘Untravel’. The latter transverses six beatless minutes of undulating melodies representing “a limbo space, a feeling of ennui, of not really ever being known to others and others not ever really being known to you”.

'Be Kind' reveals a musical connection with fellow Erased Tapes artist Nils Frahm, with its minimal approach and improvisational nature. On the more complex sounding ‘I Think So’ Ryan aims to replicate a colour collage with sound. Like a musical kaleidoscope, a flashing and convoluted mass. Written after he saw Slowdive perform live last year, ‘Hidden’ builds from whispers to landscapes of controlled noise. In an interview with XLR8R magazine, Ryan explains: “once you start trying to make a sound loud, then you turn your back on thousands and thousands of sonic possibilities. One of the best things to do is to start a track with a really quiet, weak sound.” Taking this idea to its ultimate conclusion, ‘Fragment’ closes the album as an innocent sounding ambient piece, almost nursery rhyme like, yielding time for reflection on how the persona has changed.

'Persona' follows the success of a series of releases — the ‘Odyssey’ and ‘Sonne’ EPs, long player ‘Howl’, and 2016’s mini album ‘Night Melody’ — that saw Ryan mature into what Pitchfork has called a “forward-thinking electronic musician with his own ideas about sound”. Atypical of instrumental-electronic music, Ryan has achieved a signature sound that’s unmistakably identifiable as Rival Consoles. Going beyond typical electronic music production, Ryan defines it as “songwriting with an electronic palette of sounds”.

The increasingly dynamic live audio-visual show, born from bespoke performances at the Tate and for Boiler Room at the V&A Museum featuring self-programmed visuals in Max/MSP, has propelled him to play around the world. Ryan launches ‘Persona’ at London’s XOYO on 12th April with further dates to be announced.

Persona

Unfolding

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Rival Consoles - Unfolding

This is the first single from the new upcoming robot koch album "sphere".

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Robot Koch returns with Sphere, his first solo album since 2015`s Hypermoment on Moderat´s Monkeytown Label.
Sphere will be released on his own imprint, Trees and Cyborgs, in October 2018.
The sonic world Koch creates on Sphere is cinematic, dark, visceral and melodic, taking the listener on a trip deep
into inner/outer space.
In contrast to his previous albums, Koch did not collaborate with vocalists, deciding instead to create a mainly
instrumental record, with the exception of Numb and All In Your Mind which both feature Robot Koch`s own voice.
The album was written and recorded in Koch`s Echo Park Studio in LA over the course of a year, making use of his
analog synths, guitarpedals, and a regular fix of matcha tea.
Sphere is also the soundtrack to Robot Koch`s ambitious new live show, which he has been developing in cooperation
with the Zeiss Planetarium in Berlin. Together with visual artist Mickael Le Goff, he created a show for an immersive
full dome experience with surround sound.
The live show will contain custom made dome projection visuals and music written and produced for a
3D / AV environment.
Almost a year in the making, the visuals and music will take the audience on an excursion into the universe, visiting
places that could be both the veins of an organism or the inside of a spaceship.
Like the album, the live show oscillates between the dark synth driven science-fiction moments of song like Lyra One
and the beautifully melodic and haunted soundscapes which Koch crafted on songs like Movement III.
„It was a new experience for me to mix the album not only for 2D speakers this time, but to create a 3rd order ambisonic
surround mix for the show as well, so i had to mix the album twice“ Koch says.
The visuals, created in 8K resolution were equally challenging, with a single minute of visual content rendering for
more than a week.
The result is an immersive experience that will premiere at the Zeiss Planetarium in Berlin for the Red Bull Music
Academy Festival in October 2018, kicking off a tour in 2019 performing the show in planetariums worldwide as well
as at music festivals capable of full dome shows.
The theme for the live show and the album is the exploration of inner and outer space, the balance between nature
and technology, and the quest for the unknown which is ultimately a search for oneself.

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Numb

Remastered. Originally released on the first Vector Lovers limited CDr in 2002. 
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Night Train Memories (2012)

single taken from the Robot Koch Album Sphere.
Out October 5th
Movement III written by Robot Koch and Julien Marchal

Movement III

From the Album Sphere
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Crystal Grid

written by Robot Koch and Julien Marchal
it´s the first single from the upcoming "SPHERE OUT TAKES AND REMIXES EP"
out april 26th on Trees and Cyborgs

Sphere Out Takes

Movement I

Robot Koch
www.robotsdontsleep.com
contact@treesandcyborgs.com

Robot Koch is an award-winning composer, producer, and sonic innovator whose work exists at the intersection of sound, art, and immersive technology. With a deep curiosity about the connection between music, science, and consciousness, he creates cinematic soundscapes that transcend traditional genres, blending electronic, ambient, and modern classical elements into deeply evocative experiences.

With a discography spanning multiple albums and over 100 million streams, Koch's music has been featured in films, TV series, and immersive audiovisual experiences that captivate audiences worldwide. His live performances, known for their multi-sensory depth, have sold out venues across the globe.

A recipient of multiple international awards, including "Best Immersive Experience" at the DTLA Film Festival, Koch has collaborated with renowned artists such as Grammy-nominated conductor Kristjan Järvi, as well as Max Richter, Christian Löffler, and Anoushka Shankar.

Constantly exploring the transformative power of sound, Koch’s work pushes the boundaries of music as a tool for healing, connection, and expanded awareness—bridging art, technology, and human emotion in profound and unexpected ways.

Crystal Grid

Robot Koch

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