'Hunting Seeds' (2022) is an audio documentary about the work of ICARCA (International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas). It premiered in the Sound Ecology radio show on Internet Public Radio in September 2022.

ICARDA owns one of the world's biggest ancient seed variety archives. ICARDA's work in genetic seed conservation has become crucial in the current climate with rising temperatures resulting in famine and to communities, when they are faced with disastrous scenarios after major world events. ICARDA does not engage in genetic manipulation and provides collected seeds to farmers and scientists without financial compensation, on the condition that no patents are taken out on the seed varieties.

This audio documentary is based on a collaboration with artist Dominique Koch and her work 'Sowing the Seeds for the Future' (2020), a multimedia video, sound, and space installation. It features all original music by Tobias Koch and the voices of:

Ali Shehadeh, Scientist at ICARDA, Genetic Resources Section, Lebanon
Mahmoud Solh, Director General of ICARDA from 2006 to 2016
Mariana Yazbek, Gene Bank manager at ICARDA, Terbol Station, Lebanon

https://www.icarda.org/
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https://www.internetpublicradio.live/
http://www.dominiquekoch.com/

Hunting Seeds (2022)

Original Soundtrack for Magliano SS25 Runway show
Milano Fashion Week, June 16 2024

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Magliano SS25 Runway Soundtrack

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Chamber Music (2021) is a soundtrack that chronicles signs, objects, and messages after Bifo Berardi’s writings on the “age of imaginaries”. With referent musical instrumentations that overlay binaural field recordings, Koch renders multi-dimensional soundscapes to create sentient substructures for his sonic echo chambers. Replicating distinct characteristics of a florid age, Chamber Music has no beginning or end, sowing narratives through a process that relies on the spatial-temporal experience of listening.

The composition makes use of binaural 3D audio, which is only effective when listening through headphones.

All music by Tobias Koch

Tobias Maria Koch

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