Somnum

Aurora

The sountrack is available for purchase on Bandcamp : https://ocoeur.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-starlight-ost

In the starlight is a documentary film written, directed and edited by Mathieu Le Lay.

Synopsis:
During the darkest hours of the night, while the rest of the world is sleeping, outdoor photographer Paul Zizka ventures out into the wilderness in search of the world’s starriest skies. His journey to photograph the celestial wonders takes him from his home amongst the peaks of the Canadian Rockies to the wild, desert dunes of Namibia and remote ice caps of Greenland. Ever the adventurer, he must balance his work and passion for photography with his equal devotion as a family man. In the Starlight is an intimate portrayal of Paul’s quest to capture the night skies, and what his time spent under the stars has taught him about life, love, adventure, and our place in the universe.

All tracks written, produced and mixed by Franck Zaragoza
Photography by Paul Zizka
© Copyright: 2021 Camera Lucida
℗ Production: 2021 Camera Lucida

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In the starlight - Altair

Migratory 

Robot Koch and BlankFor.ms team up for a new single release on Koch´s imprint Trees and Cyborgs.
"Migratory" is their 2nd collaboration track, following their successful first single "Subtle Ones".

Making use of BlankFor.ms signature degraded tape and synth sounds and Koch`s atmospheric and low-end heavy production, this pulsing hypnotic track combines detailed sound design with a contemplative mood and an uplifting feel that works equally well on the dancefloor as it does for headphone listening.

Both Robot Koch and BlankFor.ms have been busy this year so already, with upcoming artist projects, film and video game scores, and high-profile remixes for other artists.

Bio Robot Koch

Robot Koch is an award-winning artist/composer from Berlin, living in Los Angeles.
He has been steadily crafting an original sound that expertly combines a deep and cinematic atmosphere, emotional reflection, and forward-thinking production.
He remixed the likes of Max Richter, Rammstein, and Christian Löffler, collaborated with conductor Kristjan Järvi and the Nordic Pulse Orchestra, and played high-profile live shows at Coachella, Mutek, Sonar Festival, and Boiler Room.
Koch`s visual music lends itself to pictures and has been used on numerous TV Shows, Movie Trailers, Feature Films, and Ad campaigns over the last few years.
When he’s not pursuing his own artistic projects, Koch can be found working as a producer and writer for both indie and major artists worldwide, gaining gold and
Platinum records for his productions. 
He won several awards for his immersive Full Dome Live Show "Sphere" which sold out in Planetariums and Festivals worldwide and also won the German Music Composers Award in the category
'Best Composer Electronic Music’.
He has amassed over 75 million streams and garnered over half a million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. Koch is currently working on a movie- and videogame score as well as on new artist projects


Bio BlankFor.ms

BlankFor.ms uses degraded tapes and analog synthesizers to create sounds meant more for the body than the mind. He has become a notable figure in the world of experimental/ambient music, garnering accolades, high-profile remixes, and 95k followers across social media. 

His performance videos on Instagram were pivotal in inspiring an entire genre of top-down musical documentation on social platforms. 

His samples have been used by thousands of artists, including a cameo in the recent Ethan Gruska/Bon Iver single "So Unimportant". 

Over the next year he has a massive "Artist Series" instrument coming out with one of the world's most popular VST makers, a feature video in Ableton's "One Thing" series, and a video game score with an award winning software publisher. 

His contributions can be heard on records by Micah Jasper, Kiefer (Stones Throw), Robot Koch (Trees and Cyborgs), and many others. He has provided remixes for The Cinematic Orchestra, Arthur Moon, and Para One. Tyler grew up in rural Wyoming.

Robot Koch and Blankfor.ms- Migratory

This clip contains 2 tracks from the upcoming soundtrack album from the film "Schächten". 1. "Slaughter" 2. "Hope Through Confusion". Released December 9th. 300xLP + Digital.


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Erik K Skodvin's feature-length score to Thomas Roth's thriller "Schächten" feels like the epitome of all his musical projects, conjuring a dark cinematic trip through 1960's post-WWII Vienna in a film that touches on topics such as law, justice & revenge.

Releasing a soundtrack as a stand-alone album can be challenging; and "Schächten" is by no means a typical listening experience. The record contains 24 more or less short pieces evolving through dramatic movements, underlaying menace and deep emotive scenes. One thing that stands out is the linear atmosphere throughout the story which creates a wholeness that keeps your attention to the very end. Set in wintery Austrian landscapes in dimly saturated colours, the film's dramatic events with dark political undertones feels like a perfect situation for Skodvin's atmospheric collages - perhaps sounding closer than ever to his early works as Svarte Greiner or Deaf Center. Cello, violin, piano, analogue synth and plenty of hardly recognizable instrumentation come together in a record that feels very organic in its subdued tones. The score also features percussion by Andrea Belfi as well as a Chopin piano interpretation by Kelly Wyse to the bizarrely schizophrenic piece "Judenfreund".

With the contemporary world sliding into darkness again, listening to the soundtrack feels like coming to terms with ones own anxieties - something that in the end comes through as a cleansing experience. As quoted in the film "Everyone is their own devil. And we make this world our hell".

Short synopsis : "Vienna 1960s - The young Jewish business man Victor has to witness how the prosecution of a Nazi crime against his family fails. The political and legal system is still virtually run by former Nazis with large parts of society being entangled in the past. When Victor also loses his grief ridden father and his girlfriend’s family opposes their relationship and his identity, Victor begins to loose faith in formal justice and takes matters in his own hands."

Schächten

Erik K Skodvin - Schächten (teaser)

With this track we say farewell (for now) to Father Disco as it’s time to move forward with a new project!

For Now

Underground

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2017/01/pick-a-piper-nikko/

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Download: Pick A Piper - Nikko

Jetlag

Hold Me

from 'Déjà Rêvé' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den310
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/lto

Based in Bristol, LTO first made waves as part of mysterious electronic collective Old Apparatus. As a solo producer, LTO has since attracted attention with his praised debut LP "The Number From Which All Things Come" and subsequent ambient/modern classical-focussed "Storybook“ LP. With "Déjà Rêvé“, he expands on that classical sensibility, creating a highly expressive and nuanced release for Denovali Records.

Each of the tracks on this record express a certain abstracted sense of time and place, often of a long forgotten memory or dream, or of an imagined future; of places foreign, yet strangely familiar; of varying states of consciousness; of non-linear time systems; of repetitive childhood fever dreams; of places with different laws of physics removing the constraints of day-to-day reality that you never want to leave; of unimaginable landscapes.

Broadening the already far-reaching colour palette of "Storybook", LTO has created something truly remarkable: complex piano arrangements, ethereal soundscapes, elegant orchestration and floating ambience, all perfectly placed in a rich cinematic landscape. LTO creates an ingenious dramaturgy, inducing different moods, from dark to light, with an inimitable depth and irresistible suction.

“haunting and comforting in equal measure. 4/5" – MOJO

“like memory preserved in nostalgic aspic” – The Independent

“a beautiful collection that stands tall alongside the work of his contemporaries” – XLR8R

“Blurring the lines between the organic and machine-made... Takes nebulous sounds and crashes them with the clatter of machine rhythms… Brilliant.”  - Hyponik 

“An adventurous blend of hues grey and dark...Staggeringly rich.”  - FACT 

"Another great album by a real talent hugely deserving of even more attention. Remarkable. 9/10"  - God is in the TV

Déjà Rêvé

LTO - Modaxen

http://www.projectmooncircle.com/releases/132 | http://projectmooncircle.bandcamp.com/album/10-yrs-hhv-de-45-volume-10

Ten years of existence and constant progress is no easy endeavor and it's honouring all the more to celebrate all these years of succesful cooperation with the tenth and concluding release of the '10 YRS hhv.de 45' series.

The limited 7“ contains four exclusive tracks produced, coproduced or remixed by label-avantgarde Pavel Dovgal, Long Arm, 40 Winks and Robot Koch, who could not embody the development of Project: Mooncircle any deeper, and, moreover, introduces just recently signed Pyur and Darius Vaikas, foreshadowing a possible future of the label.

Artwork by <a href="http://www.legendbros.de/code/projects.php">LGB5</a> | Mastering by Sven Friederichs | A&R: Malte Tarnow & Gordon Gieseking.

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40 Winks - Kodak Moment (Long Arm Remix) (10 YRS hhv​.​de 45 Vol. 10)

Portico Quartet - Clipper

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.